Sweet Goodness Swaps: January 2011

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Mailing day!

Hello Ladies - Just a reminder that Tuesday is Mail out day. We hope that everyone has heard from their partner and made a new friend. We haven't had one email saying there are any problems, so that is WONDERFUL! But, if you have any problems, be sure to let us know so we can work some Sweet Goodness magic on it!

We will set up a Flick'r group so everyone can show off their stylish corsages.

Happy Valentine's Day - Shara

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Valentine Swap CLOSED

Swap is CLOSED. Partner info went out Sunday night. Contact us at sweetgoodnessswaps@gmail.com if you have any questions or problems.

Thanks!
~Shara

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Vintage Valentine's Day Corsage Swap is now OPEN

Welcome! Sign up now to join the Vintage Valentine's Day Corsage Swap!

DETAILS:

Send one handmade vintage inspired Valentine's Day themed corsage and a sweet treat to your partner. Your corsage should include a pin back or large decorative straight pin so your partner can proudly wear it. You could also include an elastic band to make it a wrist corsage. Corsages should be at least 4 inches and will be made in either red or pink depending on your partner's preference. Feel free to include other accents like silver, gold or pearls. For inspiration see these fabulous vintage Christmas corsages at Magpie Ethel's: Christmas Corsage Collection

DATES:

Sign up QUICKLY! We are only taking the first 24 participants. Swap sign ups close on Sunday January 9th. Partners will be sent out quickly on Monday and your swap needs to be in the mail NO LATER than February 1st so it can be enjoyed for Valentine's Day.

SIGN UP:

Send the following details to sweetgoodnessswaps@gmail.com:

Name:

Address:

Blog Address or Website:

Chocolate or Sugar?

Red or Pink?

This is a fun way to use up some things in your stash or scour those after Christmas sales for usable items. Be creative! We'll set up a Flickr page for everyone to post their corsages soon.

Cheers ~ Shara and Rebecca

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Valentine Swap - COMING SOON!

Hello - Well, we were gone for a bit longer than we anticipated. Busy lives, what can we say? Sorry about that.....

So, is anyone up for a Valentine Swap? If you chose to participate - you will MAKE one handmade vintage inspired Valentine corsage for your partner. You will mail your corsage and a sweet treat (it is Chocolate Day.......I mean Valentine's Day, of course!). You only have to make one thing and send a treat - Easy Peasey!

For a lot of sweet vintage inspired Christmas corsage eye candy visit Magpie Ethel to see her fabulous collection.

Since Christmas just ended and the holiday merchandise is being closed out, you might be able to find some red glittered goodness or red mercury glass or other fun red, white and pink things at a discount to help with your corsage.

Swap will be OPEN on Thursday morning. Limited to the first 24 participants. Mail out day will be January 31st. The Goodness Girls will match up like minded participants and have partners ready by Monday.

PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES

Participation Selection:

We like to have as many participants in our swaps as possible. However, we usually limit each swap to the first 50 sign ups as it becomes very difficult to deal with the amount of email and follow up if the number is larger. Plus a smaller group gives us an opportunity to give more personalized assistance when needed.

For most swaps we allow in any one who would like to join. Some swaps in the past have been limited to those who have successfully swapped with us before or those who are recommended by our previous swappers or known friends.

Those people who have signed up for swaps and HAVE NOT completed them are not invited back. There are some exceptions to this rule, such as the person contacting both us and their partner with their extenuating circumstances or someone dropping out early and our ability to fill their spot in time. We understand that things come up and don't hold this against people but we do tend to not reinvite those who in the past haven't even bothered to contact their partners or send any packages.

Screening Process:

We have started using a questionnaire that needs to be filled out in order to sign up for the swap. This helps us to not only get to know our swappers but to match up partners with similar interests.

We keep a list of those who have swapped with us in the past and use this to try to insure no one gets the same partner they have had in the past to add variety to the swaps.

Other than this we take everyone into consideration and ASSUME they will send a complete and quality swap. We want to give everyone a chance to join in and have fun.

Swapping always involves a bit of risk though all of our swaps have a very high success rate and we have a wonderful core of returning swappers. We do our best to solve all swap issues and assist where needed. We also would like to remind everyone that we do for fun as we enjoy swapping with our creative folks out there and coming up with fun and new swap themes.

We encourage your feedback and thoughts. As we change our swap mailbox with each swap your general comments and feedback can be sent to goodnessshop@gmail.com.

PLEASE READ

Please be sure that when joining a swap that you read the directions thoroughly. Not only do we post them on the site but we also send emails containing swap specifics. While we are all for creative license there are some rules that should be followed including the number of items to be included (more is welcome but try to stay within the budget posted) and the types of items to be included. We will always have at least one hand made item in our swaps. That is the essence of Sweet Goodness!

Thank you and we hope you understand that we do this to insure that everyone has a positive swap experience.

~ Rebecca, Lucy, Heidi, Leigh Ann & Shara