Pat's Gifts

I have some inside info on Pat's gifts seeing as she is a local pal of mine... I guess all of her gifts are something different inside of the wrapping! Maybe we all should take pics of what she created so that we can compare notes seeing as we will all get different gifts from her. Talk about effort! The outside wrapping is yummy tissue paper candycanes but it's the tags that I find most impressive... Each tag is a little different, much like the gifts, and is detailed with little embellishments and some with real Santa photos. A very nice touch! Thanks Pat!

Sallianne's Gifts

Sallianne also decided to use takeout boxes in her gift wrapping but went with an earthy brown box. The Santa tags make for nice overall contrast for the gift. Very sweet with a little colorful bow too.

Liz's Gifts

Liz's creations are wrapped in a green plastic cello wrap for a wonderful translucent effect. The handmade tags compliment the gifts but make sure to not look too close... The see through nature has me wondering if I'm seeing that actual gift or another form of packaging. Hmmmm...

Lisa's Gifts

Lisa has sent in some super cute takeout boxes that are very colorful. Topped with a bow these little gifties are sweet as can be in bright pink and green. Thanks Lisa!

Nell's Gifts

Nell has sent in some lovely gifts that are creatively wrapped in wallpaper... All with a golfing theme I might add! Very fun and a nice twist on a traditional Christmas theme. :)

New Stats

Howdy All! Things have been very busy at the PO Box and I have nearly all the gifts in. There are a couple folks that I haven't heard a peep out of and I have e-mails out to them to see if they are still going to participate. If I do not hear from them by the end of the week I will assume that they are 'out' and move on with trying to fill with wait-listers or try to make other accommodations. This waiting stuff is kinda hard!

I do have new stats for gifts received and I think you will all be happy with the new numbers.

Group 1: 11 received
Group 2: 11 received
Group 3: 8 received but I have a promise that there are 3 more in the mail.

Not bad! As for photos of all the gifts I got from Friday until now, I will be doing a photo shoot later today so the slide shows should be here in the next couple of days if not sooner.
Thanks and please do contact me if you have any questions.
Best Wishes, Holly :)

Swap Update

Happy November to all of you! Just wanted to give you all a little update about the swap. Yesterday, I found these two lovely notices in my PO box... This is particularly great because I know that there packages that need to be collected, opened and posted here.

I have spoken with a handful of you and I'm sure for people that had packages in transit, these are probably them. As usual, even if I don't get straight to posting it here, I will contact you shortly after your package has arrived so you can breathe a little sigh of relief.

At this time I will also mention the group statistics to date:

Group 1 Packages: 9

Group 2 Packages: 6

Group 3 Packages: 5

I know these numbers may seem at tad low but I have lots of promises(and a possibly full PO box) from people that gifts are on the way... What can I say? Life gets in the way for all of us sometimes and we need to be flexible whenever possible. There are some people that I have not had ANY contact with and it is those people that I will be e-mailing to find out if they are still participating in the swap.

On the note of flexibility... At some point I am going to have to put on the mean, swap lady hat and close off the due date so that we can get on with figuring out shipping and get these items off to you all.

If anyone has not gotten their gifts in the mail yet, please do ONE: Contact me and then TWO: Get them in the mail ASAP so the swap can carry on and people will know what to expect.

Thank you so much for your support, enthusiasm and kind words. You guys all ROCK and we will be 'wrapping' up this due date business shortly.

Thanks and Best Wishes, Holly :)