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  2. Posted

    On 12/31/2022 at 3:04 PM, Em- said:

     

    Generally, card swaps count against the total, but if someone with an extensive proven track record of successfully running swaps were to take this on, I would be willing to make an exception to the 3 swaps rule. 

     

    I have created a "Swap only" type account that I will run all of my swaps with from now on to make it easier for my fellow swap ringleaders to edit posts or answer questions ala the Switch Witch account, and have posted the card swap!   whee!

  3. Posted

    1 hour ago, Greenwoodtree said:

     

    Its a nice idea, especially for those of us with no family or friends in our lives. I always see cards at Natural Grocers I want to send to someone but have no one to send to.

     

    We have a Natural Grocers here too!  (First one I'd ever seen and the only place I can find that carries Toum around here.)

     

     

    @Em-  would this count against a swap for a year so the organizer could only have two other swaps at same time?  (year long birthday card swap)  Or could it be an informal thing?

  4. Posted

    How hard do you guys think it would be to wrangle a yearly birthday card swap?  Maybe sign up for 5/10 cards a year or something?   Get ten cards on your birthday but maybe only have to send one card a month or less.  Assuming we Don't all have birthdayS the same month, lol.

  7. Posted

    44 minutes ago, goddessrobyn said:

    FYI... I'm plotting a gnome themed swap for after the first of the year... probably start sign ups right around that big fat holiday (which I hate!) that takes up the entire last 3-4 months of our year... to give folx something to look forward to...

    thinking matches happen early January and packages arriving late Feb-early March... smaller in scope... 5-6 "things" type swap...

    would DEFINITELY welcome a co-ringleader so we could have more peoples AND because I like to have a friend ?

    LMK if any of this sounds interesting to anyone....

     

    *side eyes*

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    Too bad Black Opal is discontinued because I feel like that would fit the black-grey-purple with flashes.  

     

    For cave and mineral what came to mind immediately for me was The Midnight Bell (Dark Delicacies, also discontinued sad face.)   "Diabolical monastic incense and crumbling stone."

     

    Black Annis?  It mentions "damp cave lichen."

     

    For Mushroom:  Destroying Angel or Death Cap?  Honeyed Mushroom & Incense (LE.)  

     

    Dungeon Crawl is a good stone (and leather to me) scent, but again with the limited edition.  

     

    Maybe 13 Hours from the Labyrinth?    Dusty black stone, dried rosehips, black moss, and creeping ivy.  Hmm, reviews are up in the air about stone.  

     

    Here is another thread where someone was looking specifically for the "scent of a cave".  A lot of people mention Kumari Kandam.

     

    skekTek the Scientist?   "Metal and stone and beams of dark light" 

     

    'Tis Strange mentions moss covered stone.

     

    For coffee:  

     

    Black Coffee?  (yule 2020 LE)

    There were a bunch of coffee scents "kaffeeklatsch" for Yule 2019.  Coffee Bean and Copal?  Black Coffee and Old Books?

    Kobold Barista?

     

     

    That's all I got.

  9. Posted

    So I'm not going to do the 12 days of Christmas if anyone else wants to do it.  I'm done for the holiday season ...

     

    BUT I might start a lupercalia one later this month to give people a couple of months to shop.  Is that too much time?  I figure needs to be mailed by the end of January.

  11. Posted · Edited by twilighteyes · Report reply

    I'm a patch fan but was afraid of the honeysuckle ... but I took a chance and yay!  The honeysuckle stays in the background for me and the patch comes forward.  And it's my lovely "goblin" patchouli (which is also in revenant rhythm and silky bat I believe!)

     

    it's quite lovely and I'm happy I snagged a bottle from the restock!

     

     

  12. Posted

    19 minutes ago, Greenwoodtree said:

    LOVE the Yule Cat swap.

     

    I'd also offer an idea for an international Yule themed swap  - each participant would send a package based on their favorite/personal cultural background /historical time period for Yule. For example, I have always loved Scandinavian and Dickens period of Yule. 

     

    And you make the best Christmas Pudding!!!   

     

    (We make some Scandinavian goodies already.  And Scottish/UK ish but I don't know about Dickens period.)  

  13. Posted

    6 hours ago, Missanneshirleyofgg said:

    I want to hostess an easy fun yule themed swap and wondered about Jólakötturinn? The yule cat who eats you if you do not receive an item of new clothing at Christmas… ?

     

    So in this swap everyone would receive one clothing item for cold weather. Fuzzy socks, scarf, gloves, use imagination and then something yule cat themed (made or bought, really any wintery  cat https://www.etsy.com/market/jólakötturinn ), and then two items of your choice for the partner you spared from being an oversized kittys snack. 

     

    Thoughts? 

     

    Yule Cat!  Yule Goat!  Yule Kids!   Allllll the different holiday things!!!

     

    (I had already put cute yule goat and yule cat things on my krampus wishlist.)

     

  15. Posted

    11 hours ago, Em- said:

     

    If you are seriously interested, given your excellent history as a swap leader, I think I could grant you an exception.  ?

    Also, FWIW,  it often doesn't get posted until around Nov. 2.

     

    oooh.   I'll see if anyone else wants to pick it up and which 12 days.  Like ending on 12th Night?   I just worry about gather time and shipping time during the holidays.

  16. Posted

    46 minutes ago, Em- said:

    Just a quick heads up that there is NO way I'm going to be up for organizing 12 Days of Christmas this year, if anyone wants to take that on. I will enthusiastically participate if someone else organizes, though. 

     

    nooooooo!

     

    I can't start it because I still have three swaps going right now and 13 days won't be done until 11/2.  Unless it counts that everyone has gotten a box?  :think:  (except they haven't yet... one is still in transit.)

  22. Posted

    1 hour ago, Lucchesa said:

    So what would be a meaningful restriction for a knitted tiny art project? One skein? Squishable into a 7 x 7 cube?

     

    Probably more like a doily or a small round piece that could be put on a frame (like a dreamcatcher or mandala) but I guess those are totally 7x7 or smaller.

     

    But crochet is super fast and some people can just whip out shawls in a few hours.  So yeah, maybe time?  *shrug*

  23. Posted

    On 8/23/2022 at 8:04 AM, Lucchesa said:

    Crafting something with only materials on hands is not exactly a challenge for me. I suspect that’s true for a lot of us… 


     

    And the Samhain tiny art swap will be posted within the week! We’re ironing out the details for fiber artists — I’m not one, and @Missanneshirleyofgg thinks they’re too restrictive. 

     

    totally too restrictive!!  You can squish a lot of yarn into a 7x7!!  ;)   (although I have some teeny tiny canvas, so there's that.)

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