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It’s time for the Winter/Holiday 2014 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 27th 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, Hanukkah, 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:
November 5, 2014 — Sign-ups open – DONE
November 17th, 2014 (Mon) — Sign-ups close at 8am EST – DONE
November 17th-18th, 2014 — Swapper notifications – DONE
November 27th, 2014 (Thurs)– The last day to notify me of a back-up need – DONE
December 5th, 2014 (Fri) — Last Day to put packages in the mail –General 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! 🙂
To participate, please fill out this questionnaire and send me a PM here on the forum or email to me at ‘sifert dot brianne at alumni dot hartwick dot edu’ (please make sure to type out my email the correct way rather than just copying and pasting: I’m trying to avoid spammers!), with the subject line “Windstone Winter/Holiday 2014 Gift Swap”, just so I know that the email isn’t spam.
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**NOTE: When replying, PLEASE don’t just submit answers! It’s A LOT of work to have to go back and match up what question your answers correspond with in order to send your information to your swapee without is sounding completely random and nonsensical. **
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! 🙂
Awww, we’ll miss you gals participating, but no worries. There will always be next year and you’ll be here in spirit with us! 🙂
One week left to sign up! (I know, it’s before Thanksgiving (US), but we need to have time for people to shop and, in some cases, ship internationally). 🙂
Will you let us know if you get our info? I emailed mine and just don’t know if you got it.
Love baby kirins, safari poads, mini keepers, and anything BLUE, BLUE, and, oh yes, BLUE.
Will you let us know if you get our info? I emailed mine and just don’t know if you got it.
I just sent you a confirmation. 🙂 Friday was a very long work day and I wasn’t online at all yesterday.
Sign-ups close tomorrow! 🙂 We have 10 people so far for those curious to know. 🙂
Sign-ups have closed! I will be sending notifications out tomorrow evening (I have class tonight – right now actually) and just got off of work.
Notifications have been sent! If you didn’t get a notification of who you are shopping for, please let me know! If you sent me a PM, I replied by PM. If you sent me an email, I replied by email.
Remember, have fun and post pictures when you do receive your package! 🙂
Lucked out with some great sales and unexpected sales this weekend and managed to finish a bit sooner than expected. I’ll be shipping out later this week after I find a few minutes to get things wrapped and boxed.
According to my tracking, the gift I sent was delivered on the 28th.
Seeking Test Paints & GBs ! Please get in touch if you'd trade/sell. I'll remove pieces from list by owner request
ANY Red Eyed Unis
ANY Test Paint Bat
UNIS:
The Purple/Yellow Baby Uni of Awesome
Male- Snow Leopard TP
White Lighting Male, Pony, Colt and Grand - I have Mom, Baby, & Young
Ponycorns: Golden Zebra and/or Spotted Skunk
Mother: Okapi
Gothic - Mahogany
PEGS: Male Midnight Calico, Male Bloodstone, Mother Starlight Rain
DRAGONS: Male CoyoteMy parcel is just about ready to send out, all I need is the shipping label and to take it to the post office tomorrow !! Here’s hoping it survives the high mail volumes and gets to its destination in good time! (I did pack it VERY well, with extra wrapping and such 😛 )
A note to those who have to send parcels from Canada to the US… we NEED the receiver’s phone number to complete the online shipping label … so please be sure to provide phone numbers where needed to the senders 🙂 (I suppose siberakh1 will have to handle this part since only she knows who is sending to whom… 😛 ) So… please send me the phone number ASAP so I can get this in the mail tomorrow 😀
I’ve got everything together, but I just have one more item that requires some assembly. It will be mailed out Friday and I hope it will be well received!
Love baby kirins, safari poads, mini keepers, and anything BLUE, BLUE, and, oh yes, BLUE.
Hey!
Is there a ‘Show Off’ thread yet for the 2014 Winter/Holiday Swap?
I know that the swap I sent was due to deliver early this week at the latest. 🙂IN SEARCH OF MY NEXT GRAILS:
Black Peacock & Butternut Adult Poads
Kickstarter 'Rainbow Tiger' Bantam Dragon*~*~*~* Ela_Hara: The DragonKeeper *~*~*~*
*** Come visit me on deviantArt at http://ela-hara.deviantart.com
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