And the Winners Are!

Drum Roll Please!!!!!

The Goodness Girls Proudly announce the finalists in our Container Contest portion of our Summer Bucket Full of Fun Swap!

Decorating or creating a unique container was a big portion of the swap and our participants did not let us down, we had everything from boxes, buckets, bags, to balloons (and more) to choose from and it was a VERY VERY hard task as you all were winners!

But a contest is a contest, we had to make a choice so here in reverse order are the winners:

In Third Place, we have Jessie's bag from Jump and Down Blog--vintage fabric, sweet ruffles and wonderful craftmanship won us over on this beauty!! Congratulations Jessie--Rebecca will be sending you some Sweet Goodness Treasures next week!
Next is our Second Place finalist--Linda of Yellow Rose Cottage Blog. This package totally LIFTED us up out of our swap seats when we saw this most inventive packaging for her container! Inquiring minds wanna know how you shipped this Linda!! Totally cool container--congrats on your 2nd place finish!!! Be on the look out for a Sweet Goodness Treat from me next week!!!

Last but not least is our 1st Place winner----Paula from On a Rainy Night. Paula hand crocheted this lovely bag with raffia ( I had no idea you could even do that!), lined it with some sweet yellow and orange fabric and embellished with a hottie looking orange and yellow mermaid! We loved this ultra cute container and wanna give you a round of applause for trying something totally outside of the box for your container!!
Miss Thrifty Goodness will have a Sweet Goodness grand prize pack out to you next week!!

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Thank you all for participating in our Summer Swap!!

Keep your bloglines set---we will anounce our next (and last swap) of 2007 sometime in September!

Thanks for playing with us this summer!! :)

Now--get busy on your Holiday crafts!!!
YIKES!

Last Call for pics

Last call for all container photos--If you haven't yet posted your Orange and Yellow goodies, please be sure to do so this week as Friday, August 17th is our deadline date for photos!!! We wanted to give a few participants some extra time that were running late with their packages.

For the sake of time...okay and less work for us Goodness Girls (summer has given us a case of lazyitis....don't worry we will be back to normal in a month or so), we are going to pick the winners with out running a vote from everyone.

In reality--you all are winnners and it's going to be very hard to pick the top 3!!! You all out did yourselves with the creativity of the containers--I don't believe there was any two alike!

We will post the the winner and 2 runner ups NEXT Monday, August 20th (which is also my lil man's 7th birthday...which has nothing to do with anything, I just thought I'd through that in there). So, stop back to see who is the Queen of the Summer Bucket Full of Goodness Swap!!

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We know many of you are waiting for us to announce our last swap of 2007 and it's going to be a good one---it's totally different than the others that we've hosted so keep your bloglines set to Sweet Goodness Swaps--you won't want to miss out on the fun!!

This one will requre a bit of a commitment so we are going to limit the participants and require a set of criteria to participate-but we haven't ironed out all the details as of yet so again, stay tuned for the announcement in September of our next swap!!

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Last but not least, a BIG THANK YOU to all the participants who have made our swaps so much fun and successful!

Your commitment, creativity, and friendship makes all the work worthwhile :)

The Goodness Girls!

Take a LOOK!

Just a few of our swap packages
1. Vintage Sayings, 2. swap from Andie to Jenn M, 3. Summer Swap, 4. Mintbasil Summer Swap, 5. Sweet Goodness Swaps, 6. HPIM6513, 7. HPIM6526, 8. Sweet Goodness Swap Summer Fun 2007, 9. IMGP6644, 10. IMG_1572, 11. Bag of Swap Goodies, 12. SGS Bucket (Box) Full of Sunshine, 13. summer goodnes swap ( orange and yellow), 14. Swap Container, 15. Sweet Goodness Swap Container, 16. My summer swap basket, 17. DSCN2370, 18. Summer Swap, 19. 0044328-R1-017-7, 20. Sunshine Tote Lining, 21. Dana's Summer Fun Swap Container, 22. All wrapped up & pretty, 23. Basket of Sunshine, 24. IMG_1583, 25. dcp_5391

Be sure to check out more

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Wait a Minute Mr. Postman!!! I have a package for you!!

It's hard to believe another swap is coming to close, but just like everything---time flies when you are having fun!!!!

SEND OUT DATE: July 23rd

Are you all knee deep in glitter, glue, tape, paint, and fabric too as you create your containers?? I've seen some really great photo's---don't forget to upload your containers to a separate flickr group so we can choose the Summer Swap container Queen!!

For those of you who played along this swap, we want to sincerely thank you for making this swap one of our biggest yet!!! Timing has been a challenge for some of us (Leigh Ann is in the middle of a huge move across country!!), and Rebecca and I had vacations this last 2 weeks so we appreciate your patience if we had a delay in email response lately.

If you are ready to post your pictures of your swap (sent or recieved) please post here!!

Out of all of our swappers, we did unfortunately have 1 person not respond at all to her partners emails, so this is just a plea from us---if anyone wants to join our next swap, please do so with honest intentions as swapping is a commitment and we really hate for anyone to be disappointed in a flake partner. Luckily she didn't ship anything to her--but still, it is a disappointement.

Okay enough about business---let's get hopping along and finish our projects so they can board the mail lady's truck to your Summer Fun partner's door step!!! Whoooo hooooo!!

Don't forget to join our contest!!!! Post your container (only) to enter here.

*****Stay tuned for our next color swap---it will be warm and fuzzy, on the rocks or frozen, tasty and smooth--anyway you choose, these colors will surely cure away those summer blues!!

***Also upcoming we will have a couple of smaller swaps for the upcoming holidays---so keep your bloglines marked for our next swaparoo!!!!

SUMMER FUN SWAP SEND OUT DATE!

Just to clear up any confusion, the send out date for the Sumemr Fun Swap has been extending to Monday July 23rd. You can send when you are ready, be sure to let your partner know it's on the way! But please try to have all packages out by Monday the 23rd!

Getting a delivery confirmation number is always a good idea! Last time we asked that you send us that number, however this time I think that if we have a problem with a package not arriving that then we may ask you to send us the number so just keep it handy!

Thanks and SWAP ON!

And the Swap goes on . . .

Hello Summer Fun Swappers!!



How is it going? The swap is in full swing now and we can't wait to see what you've come up with! Not only are the Goodness Girls hard at work on our own swaps but we are also gathering items for prizes! Oh yes, don't forget about the prizes for the most interesting and creative containers! So before you send off your swaps remember to take a clear picture of your decorated container to be loaded into Flickr.



This is the group for uploading ALL of your Summer Swap photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/summerfunswap/



For the contest we will have a different group for you to load up a picture of your container if you'd like to enter. I wanted to post that today but Flickr is not working very well at the moment. :( So that will come later!

IMPORTANT

Has anyone NOT heard from their swap partner at this point? Please contact us at sgswaps@hotmail.com right away!!

Cheers
Rebecca

The Summer Fun Swap Partner Info

***UPDATED WITH NEW BLOG LINKS!!***

Here it is. The swap partner information that you've all been waiting for. We have 35 pairs!

Everyone should have received an email with their partner's information. Please let us know if you have not received it. Also let us know if we did not link to your blog below.

Jen H. & Sarah K.

Paula N. & Jennifer W.

Tammy O. & Ginny K.

DJ H. & Heidi B.

Amy M. & Sarah B.

Carrie A. & Alexandra M.

Monica W. & Jolena M.

Stacey C. & Tonette B.

Jessica B. & Jane A.

Cindy H. & Kirsten K.

Maureen T. & Felicia

Tara B. & Karla F.

Jennifer M. & Andie

Renee K. & Amy P.

Chara P. & Gabreial

Lois C. & Karen H.

Lisa C. & Wendy P.

Anne P. & Catieann P.

Elise R. & LeeAnn H.

Trudi A. & Patti L.

Tamy B. & Rachelle C.

Linda P. & Christina J.

Denise W. & Mary A.

Laura G. & Jodi R.

Cheryl C. & Jeannie R.

Heidi G. & Leigh Ann

Dinah M. & Evelyn L.

Jenn M. & Jane L.

Monique & Lynsey

Raesha & Katie B.

Kara S. & Mandi K.

Shara S. & Christy H.

Rebecca & Dana B.

Heidi S. & Sarah J.

Breanna & Jodi

Connie & Dita (no blogs, ladies think about starting them! :) )

Em R. & Cindy

Ok, ladies - go forth and create, thrift, and have some fun!

Cheers! The Goodness Girls

Last Call for Swappers!

Hurry, don't be late--tomorrow's the last sign up date!!!

Join us for the Summer Bucket Full of Fun Swap--see a couple posts below for more details and sign up info!!

((Bucket--can be interpreted as a container of sorts, bag, basket---anything your little heart desires as long as you embellish it and it is in one or both of the swap colors)

Thank you to ALL of our swappers, veterens and newbies for making all of our swaps so successful--your creativity inspires us, and your friendship makes all the hard work, worthwhile!

If you are new and thinking about joining a great group of thrift/craft girls, please do so!! As always, we take pride in having an awesome track record with the last few swaps having a 99% completion rate---but--we are committed to ensuring we have 100% completion rate for all future swaps, so please only join if you are sure you can complete the swap and fulfill the guidelines. We don't want anyone to be disappointed!

So now---we are about to let the swap begin---sign up now if you haven't already!

The Goodness Girls!

Summer Fun Swap Button

Leigh Ann has made us a wonderful button for the Summer Fun Swap!



Right click and save or go here for a URL address.

Thanks, LA!

xoxoxo

Drumroll Please . . . . Summer Fun Swap News!

Well here it is, the moment you've been waiting for! Details on the upcoming Summer Swap from Sweet Goodness Swaps!

SUMMER FUN: BUCKET FULL OF SUNSHINE SWAP

Sign up by: Friday June 15th

Send out by: Monday July 13th

Cost Cap: $20 (not including shipping)

Theme Colors: Orange & Yellow

Details/Rules: Fill a container with SIX items in the theme of summer and orange and yellow.

1 - You must include at least ONE HANDMADE ITEM and ONE THRIFTED ITEM.

2 - You can use anything as your container, be creative! (Does not HAVE to be a bucket) You must decorate your container in the theme of the swap. BONUS: We will have a prize for the most creative container used! Details to come on the contents of the prize package.

3 - Have fun!

Please remember that when you sign up you are making a commitment to your swap partner. Please try to have your package sent out on time and have it contain the items listed in the swap details. It is the worst feeling when you make a wonderful package for your partner and receive nothing in return.

Please send an email to sgswaps@hotmail.com with your information. Please write SUMMER FUN SWAP in the subject and include your name, mailing address, email address and blog address (if you have one.) ***NOTE - If you are willing to ship internationally please let us know. This will determine if we can admit our crafty friends from overseas to participate! ***

Thank you!

Rebecca, Lucy & Leigh Ann
The Goodness Girls

A Teeny Tiny Hint . . .

Well it's almost that time . . . time for the next Sweet Goodness Swap! Lucy, Leigh Ann and I almost have all of the details worked out and will announce the official "rules" by the end of May. But do you want a teeny tiny hint??




Does that help? :)

Details coming soon!

ta!

Rebecca, Lucy & Leigh Ann