Holiday Craft Exchange

One of my favourite things in blogland at this time of year is the Holiday Craft Exchage.

I started participating several years ago, when it was hosted by S at An Offering of Love.  Then R at Insert Metaphor took over.  This year I volunteered to do the organizing.  ALL are welcome to join in... old and new, super crafty and not.  Here are the rules:

1. Enter the swap by emailing us through the "Contact Us" link on this page.  You must include:

• your full mailing address
• your blog name
• the names of the people in your family and the ages of the children
• which winter holidays you celebrate

Please sign up by the evening of Wednesday, November 26th, 2014.

2.  I will do a random drawing to match givers/recipients.  I will email you the name and contact information of your recipient by next weekend.  The exchange of names is secret, so you won’t know who drew your name until you receive a package in the mail.

3.  If you are unfamiliar with the blogger whose name you receive, spend some time on their blog and make a new friend!

4.   Create a homemade holiday craft and mail it to your recipient by Wednesday, December 17th, 2014.  Hopefully a week is enough time for it to arrive in time for Christmas or the last day of Hanukkah or maybe even Winter Soltice as long as Canada Post and USPS are bringing their A game. 

5.  Share a picture on your blog of the craft you received and tell us who made it.

Other info:

* Feel free to create any holiday-ish craft you want.  Aside from postage, there’s no need to spend much, if any, money on this.  I would like to open this up internationally, but if you have issues shipping outside your country or North America, please let me know and I will try to accommodate you.

* To participate, you should have an active blog so that we can all feel comfortable swapping addresses.  The only people who will see your name and address are me and your designated recipient.  I will not reveal your information in any other way.

*Feel free to post a link to this exchange on your blog and encourage folks to sign up.

* Please sign up only if you can follow through.  Speaking from experience, it's quite disappointing to never receive your craft.