April 19 & 20: Two Art/Craft Supply Swaps & One “Stuff” Swap in Portland
April 16th, 2008
We’ve got three swaps happening this weekend. Two of the swaps focus on craft and art supplies. Conveniently, one swap is on Saturday and the other is on Sunday, so you can go to one or both. Also on Saturday is the mother of swaps—the Spring Stuff Swap. Admission is free for all events.
If you don’t know what a swap is, it’s an opportunity to clean out your house of items you don’t want and trade them for stuff that others have brought. The main thing is to be courteous, generous and, most of all, to have fun!
Without further ado…
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Art Materials Swap at the 100th Monkey Studio
Saturday, April 19
1:00 pm–4:00 pm
The 100th Monkey Studio
110 SE 16th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97267
503.232.3457
www.the100thmonkeystudio.com
FREE admission!
This is an opportunity to swap usable art or craft materials such as paints, (clean) fabrics, yarn, beads, buttons, pens, pencils and paper. Keep “alternative” materials at home; no paper towel tubes, for example.
Leftover materials will be donated to three non-profit agencies.
For more information, visit the 100th Monkey Studio website.
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Craft Supplies Swap at Union Rose
Sunday, April 20
1:00 pm–2:30 pm
Union Rose
2023 NE MLK Jr. Boulevard
Portland, Oregon 97212
503.287.4242
www.unionrosepdx.com
FREE admission!
This is a swap for craft supplies such as yarn, fabric, notions, beads, paper and needlework materials. No finished projects, please.
Leftovers will go to SCRAP.
For more information, visit the Union Rose website.
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Spring Stuff Swap organized by PDXSwap
Saturday, April 19
2:00 pm
www.pdxswap.com
Presbyterian Church of Laurelhurst (in the gym)
935 NE 33rd Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97232
FREE admission! RSVP required:
If you’d like to attend, please send an email to urbanfarmerpdx1@yahoo.com with the word YES and the number in your party in the subject box so they can get an approximate head count.
Guidelines and what to expect:
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This is a swap for anything that’s clean, in good working order, and small enough to fit in the back seat of a car or in a trunk (examples of acceptable items are at the end of this post). Since the gym is carpeted, it’s important that all items are clean so as not to stain the carpet.
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Bring bags/boxes to put your newfound treasures in, and paper to wrap up breakables.
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The gym is not heated, so dress appropriately.
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Arrive between 1:40 pm and 1:50 pm and bring your stuff into the gym. You’ll arrange your things on the gym floor by category (books, clothes, etc.).
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At 2:00 pm, everyone will have 10 minutes or so to pick out 10 items. After that, the organizers will give the go-ahead for open foraging. The big rule is “Be Generous And Courteous.”
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For everyone’s safety, please leave little children at home. Everything will be on the floor—power tools, breakables, food items, etc. Kind, fun-loving men, women, and teens are welcome. Feel free to “shop” for yourself and others, too.
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If your organization can use the final leftovers, please let the organizer know in your RSVP (and be prepared to haul things away on Saturday after the swap—probably around 3:30 or so).
PDXSwap has provided a few funny examples of what (and what not) to bring:
Items to bring as is:
New beanie baby with tags still on, Barbie doll still in box with all clothes on. Clean trike, super balls still in packaging. Brand new soaps, candles, lotions. Fancy food items in original packaging, kids games still in wrapped box. New CDs. Brand new electronics and household items. New clothes. Any new items you want out of your house. New CLEAN tools. Your fun-loving curiosity and treasure-seeking skills.
Items to bring after you provide cleaning/care:
Machine wash and dry used beanie baby, surface wash naked Barbie doll and comb her hair if needed—wash any clothes you want to donate also. Wash outdoor sporting equipment. Put clean loose super balls or other small items in a Ziploc bag. Boxes of soaps & candles from which you used up only one and still have the rest of the box, lotions you tried once and decided you didn’t like, antiques that are in good shape and have been dusted/surface washed, games that are used but the box still is in good shape and all the pieces and instructions are there. Clean matching cups/saucers, scrubbed clean flower pots. Washed clothing, bedding, dishes, etc.
Don’t bring these:
Ripped beanie baby with an eye missing. Naked Barbie doll with a crewcut and permanent ink mustache. Tennis racket with strings missing, balls the dog chewed up. A used bar of soap or a half used candle. Lotions you used most of and have dried lotion chunks stuck to the nozzle. Stuff that is broken or any other “project” your husband/boyfriend says is easy to fix (but never gets around to fixing). Remains from yesterday’s happy meal. Puzzles and games in scuffed boxes with missing pieces. Electronics or video games that don’t work. Large things that take 2 people to lift or won’t fit into the back seat or trunk of a car (exception would be skinny items like a bike or skis—but these must be clean and in good shape). Don’t bring anything that stinks!
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