Guilt and Stress-free Christmas card swap

I intend to send out individual ones however I wouild like to sign up anyway as best laid plans and all that!!

Oh I love this idea. Please put my name down for this one.

I suppose I'll regret this if I don't join it too - put my name down please Lynda!

It was the "best laid plans" thought that made me have the idea for this one, Ruth! Will put your, Joy's and Claire's names down - thank you all for joining.

Lynda

I have given this serious thought and come to the decision to sign up for this please, as the card kits are taking me so long to do, there is so much cutting out.

Add me too hun please, I am already panicking about making enough for family and a few to sell at a school. If I get chance to I may just send out a few special ones, but then of course I would end up feeling guilty about sending to only a few !!! but at least if I don't get chance this one has helped. A good idea by the way.

Yippee - another two! Will put your names down, Billie and Karin, and thanks for joining.

Lynda

Can you add me please Lynda. I thought I had missed the sign up. Thanks

Can you add me please Lynda its a great idea. Thanks

Can you add me please, I know I will be sorrry if I dont do it.

Will add you all to the list - thanks for joining.

Now come on, the rest of you girls and boys - this is an ideal way to take the hassle out of Christmas cards! Even if you are hoping to make lots of cards for your crafty friends on here, this would only be one extra if you did manage to make them all or, if you didn't, you can breathe a sigh of relief because you will have sent your wishes to everyone through this swap.

Lynda

Can you sign me Teabag up please lyndaejane. This is a super idea.

Will put your name down, Nona - thanks for joining.

Lynda

This is the last call for anyone who would like to join this swap: sign-up closes tomorrow.

Come on - you know you want to!

Lynda

Now the thread has closed, I will work out who sends to who and will PM you all individually, as it would be nice for the recipients to have a surprise.

If anybody comes on this evening who is not on the RAKs list, would you let me know your full name and address, please. Otherwise, I will ask you when I PM. Thanks.

Lynda

I'm so sorry I meant to sign up for this, kicking myself now.

Gillian, pm Lynda, hun.
She may not have sorted her list yet.

Thanks I've PM'd, my own fault if I'm too late.

Have got Gillian's PM and will add her to the list. Haven't done the swapping list yet, as I've been sidetracked again by my ill-fated pension errors: will try and get it done by tomorrow at the latest.

Lynda

Thankyou very much Lynda, I'm so pleased I'm in as this is such a good idea.

You should all have had a PM from me by now, telling you who your recipient will be and supplying addresses where people aren't on the RAKs list. If anyone hasn't received a PM, please let me know.

The posting date of 8th December was picked to make sure the cards were mailed in good time before the last posting dates - if any of you have any problems meeting the date, please PM me. I know that all sorts of things can happen - health problems, family crises etc etc - and especially at this time of year when we're all so busy. It won't be the end of the world, but it's a good thing to let the recipient know.

When the cards start arriving, Lou tells me she will make a new forum in the Hosted Swaps category: go into that and start a new thread for the picture of the card you have received and its message.

Looking forward to seeing the cards now!

Lynda

do we post that we've posted, or put it in our signature or just keep shtum Lynda? and do you have an earlies posting date?

You can post that you've sent the card if you wish, Maria - and you can mail it when you like. After all, 8th December isn't that far away, anyway!

Lynda

I have received my Swap Christmas Card this morning. Am not quite sure where to post this fact, nor where to put a picture of it, so will hold fire for a day or two until I see what is happening!!

Received mine too, and lovely it is!!

Edit this after reading Stephs post below!!! lol Confusing int it!!

Can I just say that if folks have got a card from me with the Canny Crafters poem in
it, that is a personal card from me and nothing to do with the swap.
Patty if you have received your proper swap, something is wrong as I am due to
send yours and I haven't done so yet!!

Whoops!!!! So sorry Steph - it is such a gorgeous card, so thanks for it anyway.

I will go make a forum for these.

i have got one with the poem in this morning( and some lovely little bits n bobs too , am most impressed with the poem steph , did you make it up yourself ?????
thanks its fab and its also my first christmas card

Gosh - these were only posted yesterday and am impressed some have filtered
through today. Hopefully everyone else's will arrive over the next few days.

Yes I did make the poem up Kim - not perfect, but I felt it was 'us' as
a group. As I said, these cards have nothing to do with Lynda's swap.