More Swap gifts received!

I received my 2nd Newbie Quick Swap items, it was a great book for my coffee table titled "The Ladies Room Reader" plus a couple of recipes and some cards to send. I loved it all.

The next was a Cupcake magnet and cupcake recipe from 1 of the 3 partners I have for the Cupcake Swap. They are both great gifts.

This is fun!!

Pictures of "First Name" Swap

My partner has received her package so I can post pics now. I had so much fun doing this and if I must say myself...did pretty good for my first swap! I made a "letter" card for each letter of her name which happened to be Tracy. (Since my daughters name is Tracey....it made it easy to remember her name!)



Here are the cards for each letter:



Here are her gifts in order of her name; she liked the tote and fabric the best!
T is for Tote for Traveling:

R is for Ribbon:

A is for "All about Family".

C is for Crafts and Cooking:

Y is for a Yard of Fabric:


I also made her 3 bookmarks and sent stickers for her kids:





The stickers were "Cars" for the son and "Princesses" for the daughter.

I wrapped all of my partners gifts separate and then placed them in the tote. I wrapped the kids separately so they would have something to open.

I'd appreciate any crafters or swap-boters opinions on how I did!

Swap Surprise Received Today

I received another surprise today. One of my Quickie Newbie Swap gifts arrived today. I received 3 candles and an oven mitt set. I had a rough week this week and it was a nice surprise to get home and see this had come. Thanks to Nina for the great gift.

Working hard on swapping....

Whew....got all 6 gifts wrapped and ready to take to the post office tomorrow...hope I don't faint when I hear the total due for postage!

Once I know people have received them, I will post some pics.

First rating....and more....

I got my first rating on swap-blot. You hope for a 5 and if they really like it a Heart. I got a 5 and a Heart! What a way to start!

I also received my 3 postcards today from the Post Card Swap. They were from California, New Orleans and St Louis. They all were beautiful and I loved them. I love receiving them from all over the place! They each made me smile.

I shopped today so that I can mail 3 of my swaps on Monday. The one is the Newbie Quickie one. I have two to mail. I bought one an Art Magazine and the other a book on cats. I can't wait to see if they like them.

For the cupcake swap, I have three partners. I bought each of them something different to make them unique in what the receive. I will post pictures next week.

For the magnet swap, I have one partner but was to buy 3 magnets. I did that today. I will have pictures of them next week also.

So far I am having a blast with this..but as I said, I'll have to slow myself down going forward! =)

Addicted...

For those of you that know me well, finding out that I am addicted to something won't be surprising. For those that don't know me well, don't worry, its not an addiction to things that are bad for me or illegal!

I am addicted to Pepsi, a Mexican food place near my home, jelly beans, mini powered donuts and now I add a new one to the list...

Swap-bot. Yes, I admit it I have become addicted. So to help myself out...after I finish the ones I am currently registered with, I am going to have to limit myself to 2 swaps a month!

See I'm getting better, I at least recognize now when I pick up a new addiction!

Waking up to Tornado sirens....

I don't know if I will ever get use to being woken up during the night to the sound of tornado sirens. Its a sound that goes right through you and you sit right up in bed. Monday night I took a Tylenol PM as I have had trouble sleeping a few days prior to Monday, you got it Tuesday a.m. at 2:30 AM CT I was woken up by the sirens. I was groggy at first but luckily I was able to make sense of what was happening and got my two cats and myself into the bathroom. My one cat could have cared less just curled up in a ball and went back to sleep. The other meowed at the door to be let out. I told him that curiosity killed the cat and he should be thankful that I had him in a safe place. I don't think he appreciated my comments.

We had storms again last night and more tornadoes, flooding and wind damage happened as a result of this storm. I have been lucky except for losing some sleep and being woken from a sound sleep, nothing has happened to my place or car.

This has been a hard year on Oklahoma already, with ice storms in January worse than any others in the history of the state and now this...

Just to make sure you understand, I am grateful for the sirens, they just make your heart beat extremely fast when you hear them!

Swap update

I mailed my box today but since it is going out of the US, it could take her 6-10 days to get it, pictures will be posted when she has received it.

I mailed my postcards today too!

2 swaps done!

I will be shopping this weekend for the cupcake one!

Swap-bot update

I have my first swap ready to mail tomorrow. I will post pictures once my swap partner has received her package. I really enjoyed doing this one.

I have my 2nd and 3rd to work on now. The 2nd is a Postcard swap and my 3rd is a Cupcake Theme swap. Watch for more on them.

The 4th one I should find out about my swap partner tomorrow the 5th on 4/15.

This is so much fun! You really need to check it out!

My first Swap-bot!

I am working on my first swap. I received my partners name today. It is based on the first name of your partner, you buy/make things that they like based off of the letters of their first name.

I've already got some ideas brewing in my head!

Once I have it created and sent, I'll post a new post! I have a few more that start later this month, so you can watch for info about them also!

I do not sew so all of mine will be none-sewing! (I'm not talented in sewing like my daughter...not sure where she got that!!)

Swap-Bot Swaps

Following in my daughter's foot-steps =) I have signed up for a few swaps on swap-bot.com too. I don't sew so mine don't involve that! I'm not sure I will get accepted to all of them since I'm a "newbie". But as I get accepted, I will update my blog with the one's I am participating in.