This year the theme is "Holiday Toadstools." That means that somehow, somewhere, there needs to be a toadstool/mushroom incorporated into your ornaments.
We are doing a "5 for 5" swap.
What this means is that you will send me 5 of the same handmade ornament. Then you will receive a variety of 5 ornaments back.
Once you join, I'll send you an invite so you can post on the swap blog.
You do not have to have a blog or webpage to join.
The deadline to sign up is Oct. 28th. I am limiting participants to 20 this year.
To sign up, send me an email at valpowery(at)yahoo(dot)com with your name and blog or flickr link/info.
This will be a USA only swap due to shipping.
The do's and don'ts:
Please DO create something you would love to receive and be sure to package your ornaments in a nice,
re-usable box so I can mail your new ornaments back to you in it.
Please DO NOT send any one dimensional tags as ornaments. If you do paper crafts, you must have layers and glitter and gorgeousness. Tags are great and I have a few lovely ones on my own tree but they were created as gift tags, not ornaments. I just chose to USE them as ornaments because they were so nice.
Please
DO take care when wrapping to make sure the ornaments are cushioned,
etc. We DO want all our ornaments to arrive in pristine condition!
Please DO double/triple check your ornaments before shipping to me. I had several 6-8 that needed fixing or replacing. Some I replaced with ornaments that were actually sent to me as a gift. I had to make more ornaments to replace the others with.
Please DO NOT join if you are unable to commit to making something you would enjoy receiving in return.
Shipping: Please send in $10.00 to cover the cost of sending ornaments back to you. This will also cover tracking. Please include a return address label already filled out.
Ship in time for me to receive them by Thanksgiving. That way, I can get them in time to organize, repackage and mail them out by the first week of December.
Sadly, I can't guarantee you getting an exchange box if your ornaments do not reach me in time. (If that happens, I'll gladly return your own ornaments to you using the money you sent for shipping.)
Shipping funds are important! If you forget to include shipping, your ornaments can't be sent/returned until you have sent me the funds to send/return them to you.
If you finish your ornaments early, feel free to send them to me early so I can start organizing them.
If time gets away from you and you need to back out, no big deal, just drop me an email and I'll remove you from the list.
Also, don't forget to grab the badge to put on your own blog to spread the word!
Please DO NOT send any one dimensional tags as ornaments. If you do paper crafts, you must have layers and glitter and gorgeousness. Tags are great and I have a few lovely ones on my own tree but they were created as gift tags, not ornaments. I just chose to USE them as ornaments because they were so nice.
Please DO double/triple check your ornaments before shipping to me. I had several 6-8 that needed fixing or replacing. Some I replaced with ornaments that were actually sent to me as a gift. I had to make more ornaments to replace the others with.
Please DO NOT join if you are unable to commit to making something you would enjoy receiving in return.
Shipping: Please send in $10.00 to cover the cost of sending ornaments back to you. This will also cover tracking. Please include a return address label already filled out.
Ship in time for me to receive them by Thanksgiving. That way, I can get them in time to organize, repackage and mail them out by the first week of December.
Sadly, I can't guarantee you getting an exchange box if your ornaments do not reach me in time. (If that happens, I'll gladly return your own ornaments to you using the money you sent for shipping.)
Shipping funds are important! If you forget to include shipping, your ornaments can't be sent/returned until you have sent me the funds to send/return them to you.
If you finish your ornaments early, feel free to send them to me early so I can start organizing them.
If time gets away from you and you need to back out, no big deal, just drop me an email and I'll remove you from the list.
Also, don't forget to grab the badge to put on your own blog to spread the word!
