Embellished Push Pin/Thumb tack in a Matchbox Swap

My cork board inspiration center is BORING! I thought that it would be a ton of fun to have an embellished push pin/thumb tack swap to liven things up! This will be international since the matchbox size is small and relatively cheap to post.

Requirements are to decorate/embellish 6-10 push pins or thumbtacks. You can use whatever your imagination holds to embellish them including polymer clay,paper,glitter,fabric, shrinky dinks,etc.

The actual theme or color scheme is up to you the maker but consider using your partners profile to create something that coordinates with something they like.

After embellishing, place them in a cleverly decorated small 32ct matchbox that matches the idea you are going for with the tacks and send it off to your partner. You can decorate the actual matchbox or make one from a matchbox template of appropriate size. Here is one I found on the web.

http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/matchbox.htm

PLEASE make sure that your pushpins/thumbtacks are wrapped securely. Though these are small, they are sharp and it would be a tragedy for someone to get poked accidentally in transit.

Please only send items that you would be happy to recieve. Also if don't intend on following through for the duration of the swap, making, sending, and rating your partner, please do not sign up.

Rating requirements are 4.0 or above and at least three rated swaps. If you have a good history of swapping but for some reason have a low rating please PM me before signing up and we may be able to work something out. I just want to assure that everyone that joins this swap is happy with what they create and recieve. I will personally check everyone's profile before assigning partners so hopefully we will have no flakers and can have a fun time adorning our bulliten/inspiration/note boards. Please PM me if you have any questions or feel that there is any information I have left out. This is my first time hosting so I am sure that there may be something I have forgotten to mention.

Some links to cute thumbtacks I found on FLickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessprkle/sets/72157600274429161/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/uglyagnes/98439103/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/obd-design/2384249590/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/howaboutorange/2150035957/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crossroadscottage/2040988818/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepfriedkudzu/384977400/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kayo_iz-source/2431200592/