Free jewelry for your dirt!

I've been making earrings and pendants and rings with NYC street dirt for a while now, but I've been thinking, is your street dirt the same as my street dirt? I wonder.

I wonder enough that I want to see it, and I wonder enough that I want to make some jewelry with it. I'm thinking I'll make a necklace with 50 states of dirt... but maybe when I actually get the dirt I'll think of something else. Got some ideas? Tell me. I'd love to travel around, collecting street dirt and exploring, but well... I haven't won the lottery yet.

So here's what I'm proposing...

I'd like to conduct a very unscientific survey of US street dirt, and I'd love your help. Send me your street dirt, and I'll give you free jewelry (in the form of a $20 coupon)! I'm only collecting street dirt from the United States right now, but that may change in the future.

Interested? Here's what to do:

1. Check to see if your state is still wanted. I only want one baggie of dirt from each state. (VERY unscientific, I know. heh.) I'll cross a state off the list as I receive your dirt.

2. Bag some dirt. Ideally, it will be swept from the street or sidewalk, but if it's not, I'll pretend not to notice. Fill a sandwich bag about halfway or so.

3. Email me at sayo@sarustar.com for the address where to ship your dirt. Please make sure you mail it from the state your dirt is from, and don't forget to include your contact info.

4. When I get your dirt, I'll email you a coupon code good for $20 worth of jewelry! Yay!

**BONUS** Take a picture of yourself collecting your dirt for extra credit! (an extra surprise that's still to be determined)

States I want dirt from:
note that a line through your state means I've already received its dirt, an asterisks* indicates that I'm expecting it soon.

Alabama Alaska Arizona* Arkansas

California Colorado Connecticut
Delaware Florida Georgia* Hawaii

Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa
Kansas Kentucky Louisiana
Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan

Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana
Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire

New Jersey New Mexico New York

North Carolina* North Dakota
Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania
Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota
Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont

Virginia Washington West Virginia

Wisconsin Wyoming