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Crimson Vision hasn’t been on much and I haven’t seen anyone start this up, so here goes nothing! It’s time for the Winter/Holiday 2011 Gift Swap to get started! 🙂
PLEASE NOTE: PLEASE watch the deadlines. If you sign up and something happens that you can’t participate, PLEASE let me know by the 28th if possible! No matter what, if something comes up, at least let me know ASAP, so I at least know what is going on if arrangements need to be made, so no one is left without something. Communication is ALWAYS best! 🙂
What it is: If you enlist, your name gets thrown into a hat. You will receive the name of one person, and someone else will receive your name. Your goal is to put together a small care package for that person. Letters, candles, incense, chocolate, bath goodies, foodie goods, craft-store finds, etc. Something nice to brighten his or her day. You might even get a new friend out of the deal. You don’t have to celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, Yule, the first snow or any other holiday at this time of year to participate. You just have to appreciate brightening someone’s day. 🙂
Timeline:
DONE – November 14th, 2010 — Sign-ups open
DONE -November 20th, 2010 — Sign-ups close at 8am EST
DONE – November 20th, 2010 — Swapper notifications
November 28th, 2010 — The last day to notify me of a back-up need
December 6th, 2010 — Last Day to put packages in the mailGeneral Guidelines:
— It is suggested that you use a method with a some sort of shipping confirmation/a tracking number. I understand that this can get quite pricey shipping overseas. If you’d prefer to ship within country, just state so (US and Canadian residents, unless we get a lot of other countries participating). It just saves headaches when packages go missing at this busy time of year.
— It is suggested you include at least 3 items in your package if you are getting smaller gifts; if you wish to send one large item that is fine too.
— General price range will be $25 – $35 total spent on gift items, though if you’d like to invest more, that’s fine. And $25 is not a mandatory minimum that you have to spend– if you’re good at crafts or you have a knack for finding thrift store treasures, that’s cool, too.
— Please, please, do not ask to participate if you are unsure about your ability to follow through on your end. Yes, there are generous people who have and will throw together back-up packages so that no one gets left out. No, that does not mean that it’s okay to flake. Please note: November 28th is the absolute last date to tell me that you need to bow out.Got it? Good! Smile
To participate, please fill out this questionnaire and send me a PM or email to me at sifertb at hartwick dot edu (please make sure to type out my email the correct way rather than just copying and pasting: trying to avoid spammers!), with the subject line “Windstone Winter/Holiday 2011 Gift Swap”, just so I know that the email isn’t spam.
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Windstone Forum Name:
Full Name:
Email Address:
Mailing Address:Location:
Willing to ship internationally?:
Are you familiar with putting the required delivery confirmation on packages within the US?:Gender:
Birthday:
Pets:
Spiritual orientation (or godless heathen?):
Favorite Holiday:Favorite Windstone sculpt:
Favorite Windstone coloring:
Favorite Windstone line: (Dragons, Unicorns, Griffins…)
Favorite animal (in general):
Do you have a Windstone ‘Wishlist’? If so, what is it?:Hair type:
Skin Type:
Allergies:
Other things to avoid:
Favorite bath/beauty products:
Do you have a bathtub and/or do you like to take baths?:
Favorite bath/beauty stores, online or otherwise:Scents/notes/types of smells that you prefer:
Scents/notes/types of smells that you don’t like:Do you burn candles/incense?:
Do you have a wax tart burner or a scented oil warmer?:
If not, would you want one?:Clothing Style:
T-shirt size and preference (standard, babydoll, tank, cami, etc):
Favorite online stores:
Favorite stores in general:Favorite colors:
Style/home decoration style:
Things you collect (aside from Windstones):
Favorite music/artists:
Least favorite music:
Vegetarian/Vegan?:
Other food restrictions:
Favorite foods/drinks/snacks:Favorite authors/genres:
Least favorite authors/genres:
Books/authors you’d like to read, but haven’t yet:Jewelry – gold-tone or silver-tone? Do you have any allergies to metal?
Pierced ears, stretched ears, neither?
Ring/wrist/collar size:
Favorite gemstones:Magazines you subscribe to:
Magazines you like, but don’t subscribe to:Favorite movies:
Favorite TV shows:Hobbies/crafts done:
Do you like/collect any homemade crafts/art?-
Wish lists (amazon.com, etc):
Organizations/Causes/Activities (Things you belong to or causes you believe in):What things do you like to do to relax?
Is there anything else your swapper should know or you’d like to mention?
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* If there are questions you don’t feel comfortable answering, feel free to omit them.
I will assign swappers/swappees and mail you your recipient’s questionnaire. I will also keep a list of swappers/swapees, so if someone doesn’t send their package, I’ll know, and will find some way to compensate.
Everybody, have fun! 🙂
Just a reminder that I’ll be pulling names tomorrow morning and sending people who they get to buy for tomorrow! 🙂
Sent a couple of PMs to people who said they wanted to participate, but haven’t sent their lists. Don’t want people to miss out because they forgot to send it in time! 🙂
8 lists received! LAST CALL! 🙂
Notifications sent! If you sent me a list and didn’t receive an email or PM, let me know. I replied back to whichever method you used to send me your list.
We have 11 participants. My mom drew the names out of a hat and I was able to accommodate those who didn’t want to ship internationally pretty easily. If you run into any issues, please let me know by Monday, Nov. 28th. The shipping deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 6th, but if you finish shopping early, you are welcome to ship sooner! Post back in the thread or to me when you ship, so I can keep track and be sure to post pictures of what you get in the tread here! Have fun everyone and happy shopping! 🙂
I have picked a few things out myself already.I love this time of year.
Thank you Siberkh for doing this.Happy Holidays.Every act matters.No matter how small💞
(Wanted......Brimstone Lap)
Male Hearth....one day🤞Dream on.I just need to make something (can’t find what I need, so time to make it!) and wait for Thursday (payday) to pick up some extra goodies. Ordered something on etsy that should be here in time. I’ll be shipping mine out Thursday or Friday, since I’m out of town taking a training class all next week. Whee!!!
One person has already shipped their goodies, so we should start to see some gift openings this week! 🙂 Yay!
So excited to see what everyone gets. Feel free to post eight thousand photos of your gifts, by the way!
Thank you Brightblades!!! What a great selection of goodies! I’ve already sampled the chocolates and used the rock soap and body butter! Once I get my tree, the awesome ornament you made will have a nice place to hang:) I’ve packed the body wash in my Afghanistan box so I’ll have something nice to use out there. Thank you very very much!
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