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Strawberry Swag

I’m always looking for a craft I can do that would also double as something else. What can I say, I have a hard time justifying “crafting time” if the only purpose is to look pretty!

040615-StrawberrySwagI read on Pinterest about painting rocks like strawberries to keep birds out of the strawberry bed. (IT does actually work! Made some for my mom for Mother’s Day.)

But then I was thinking that it would be a GREAT thing to leave as swag in a geocache! Especially since MOST caches are full of… crud. Personally, I wouldn’t turn it into a signature item but a trade item that might move from cache to cache.

There’s no need to make this into a billion steps (Pinterest says to paint them white first!)

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8 years ago • • Tags: ,

Pennies as Geoswag

So I love the idea of really COOL swag. I get most of my swag from Goodwill but when I saw this on Pinterest I knew it had potential…

It’s paining pennies in cool designs and adding a little ring… I’d use a picture but I HATE it when people snag photos from MY projects without asking so I’ll refrain. But trust me on the link. It’s well worth it!

I like that pennies are inexpensive so you’re really just out some nail polish and TIME. I wonder what it’d look like if you attached a Travel Bug to the coin?

I think I might need to raid my piggy bank!

8 years ago • • Tags:

Buying Geocaching Swag

In preparation for my big upcoming geocaching event in September, I’ve been going through all my drawers looking for good swag as “seed swag” for the caches I’ll be placing. But, I’d pretty much already done that when I started caching and have placed or traded most of it.

Last weekend I was doing some shopping and decided to look into just BUYING swag. Of course, the toy department at my local Walmart had a ton of selection: for a ton of money! And the toys at the dollar store, while priced better, were just too cheap and boring looking.

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This is the swag in just two and a half bags. We ended up with 7 bags of swag so 70 trade items!

Then, I hit upon it: Goodwill!

Now, I don’t know if every Goodwill store offers toys. Of the two here in Prescott, I think only one does. But it was still worth the trip!

There were about twenty bins attached to a back wall, each filled with a selection of plastic toys. And the sign above the bins:

10 for $1.49
4 for $0.99

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12 years ago • • Tags: ,