yowahoshihime

I have a package from @twilighteyes!

There is so much nice stuff! 

It's a crochet fox!!!! I squealed when I pulled him out.

More fox! I'm going to have to fi d a place to hang this up!

And fingerless gloves! They fit perfectly and I love the colors.

And one of her fabulous bags!! 

Plus lovely smellies and tea! The bottle of perfume by the way is like the ultimate blend of my favorite scents. Also that company name! It's my favorite fairy tale. 

The little fox has already found himself among all the other little collectibles. You can spy some other forum swap items up there with him.

Thank you so so much!!!!

Well looks like my package won't go out until Monday. I had it all ready for pickup today and the mail carrier completely ignored it along with another package. My mail came after drop off hours at the post office too.

Just finished!! Took a little linger because I needed to bug my roommate to borrow her iron lol. I did something a little different and new this time that I'm really excited about. Should have it in the mail tomorrow!

Sorry for the late response to these!

 

Would you rather your creation had utility, or was simply aesthetic?

I do tend to lean more towards utility.

I have multiple ideas. Would you like to see one idea repeated across two or three... "things", or would you like two or three different ideas manifested?  (Alternatively expressed as matching set vs. unrelated expressions.) 

Either is ok with me!

What are you hoping "I" will make "you"?? 

Hmmm, I really like jewelry or knitted fingerless gloves. Anything with a fox though is great haha.

What are your feelings about bags? Do you like certain size? Would you be okay with a purely decorative small bag, or does that just sound bonkers?

I love bags. Never can have too many bags. I think I'd like a useable bag though.

Let's say I'm going to make something with your favorite non-fantasy animal that comes in multiple colors of coat.  Do you want the "classic" color or would you like one of their lesser depicted colors?  Or a fantasy color like blue or purple?

For foxes, traditional colors. It doesn't have to be the standard red and white, other natural/bred coat colors are fine.
For chihuahuas, tan and white. 

I'd love a knitted item! In a recent swap I got a pair of fingerless gloves and they've become my new favorite thing while driving in the winter. I have medium sized hands. Also I would love a hat.

I'm in!

41 minutes ago, Lucchesa said:

Things seem really quiet -- anyone interested in an art/craft swap?

That would be great! 

On 8/24/2023 at 9:13 PM, Lucchesa said:

I’m so happy that the social un-distancing swap is being remembered fondly. I’d almost forgotten it. I remember @yowahoshihime’s fabulous baby fox videos. I haven’t seen her post recently — hope you’re doing ok, @yowahoshihime! And it’s long past time to check in with my lovely partner! 

Yes I'm still around and doing great! Well minus the sprained ankle in March that never fully healed OTL I got really involved in a new anime fandom and have been mostly hanging around on discord lately. 

27 minutes ago, Vanesa said:

Anyone feeling any interest in a bath & body box or something similar to that and/or is there one that might revive soon?  I feel like it's been a difficult thing to keep going in the past, but I'm craving one.

 I tried one a few years ago but then the pandemic hit. I tried restarting it once since but didn't get many sign ups. The box is still sitting in my basement so if enough people are interested I can definitely give it another go.

In the bottle: a bit gourmand. Lots of spice with an undertone of something floral.

Wet on Skin: It's really changed once on my skin. It's a bit sharp with notes of frankincense and smoke. 

Dry down: I'm getting a bit more of a slice like clove and a bit of rose perhaps coming through. It's a slghtly powdery floral.

Overall I'm very happy with how it smells on my skin.

27 minutes ago, twilighteyes said:

Any interest for a Wolfenoot swap next year?  (if you know about Wolfenoot, you know it will be dog related but you don't have to have a dog - just be kind to dogs.)  I just wish it weren't so close to Thanksgiving (11/23) but those wacky Kiwis don't have that.

Omg yes!!!

I'm planning to get the makeup box going again soon as well since last time we tried starting it was the start of covid. I still have the box as I received it back sitting in my basement. 

I'd be up for helping on any other swaps as well.

3 hours ago, twilighteyes said:

How about a more general one?   (I don't do books, socks, or soap, hahaha.)   

 

Like the five senses or seven sins or something that is kind of ambiguous so people can make it fit to whatever they want to send.  Like in the past we've done sacrifice, self care (I wrote scare!), etc.

Seven Sins sounds like an amazing idea for a swap. 

2 minutes ago, doomsday_disco said:

Now that it's November, I just thought I'd pop in to see if any winter swaps are in the works...

 

I was just wondering the same! I’m so ready for the 12 Days of Christmas now that 13 Nights of Halloween are ending.

4 minutes ago, Greenwoodtree said:

Ive been thinking that some kind of announcement to all swap participants about not sending anything right now would be a good idea.

The virus can live for a long time on some things. I am a high risk person, it would be deadly for me.

I dont necessarily want to spray lysol on everything I receive, though it may come to that.

 

I've been considering the same thing with my current running swap. I've had two people drop out of my swap for health related concerns already. I think maybe starting thinks up again at a later date would be smartest. 

2 minutes ago, Vanesa said:

A random comment on the bath/body box, you might want to put rules or guidelines in the opening post about cleaning out leaking items.  Back in the day, I seem to remember there were a lot of issues with items starting to leak or otherwise get gross after a few rounds of shipping and people not being sure what the rules were on whether it was ok to toss out things without replacing them, etc.  If I remember correctly, we had a few occasions where people got boxes that were a bit on the soggy side.

Oh that's a good idea, I'll add that in but also put my items in separate baggies. I'm in the middle of writing up the post now.

2 hours ago, Deceitfuldescender said:

I may start the imp/decant round robin since I have SO MANY.

So tentatively

 

greenwoodtree for spring cleaning round robin

yowahoshihime for bath/body/makeup round robin

and also maybe bottles

I could also probably start both a bottle and imps/decants box (seperate).

Ok yup I definitely have enough to start a bath/body/makeup round which will include bottles. Also got a bunch of hair gloss decants to throw in. It’s a good combination of all the categories. I’ll start on a post for that. 

11 minutes ago, Deceitfuldescender said:

First off, if I ordered some fudge, you think it might arrive by Vday? Bc yuuum.

 

I also am very particular with what I can use on my skin sadly.

 

Second I love the idea of a round robin cleaning, I am super down for that.

Hmmm I may have enough stuff to start the box off both for perfume and bath/beauty. I’ll check tonight when I head upstairs to my room. This stupid broken foot is keeping me from taking the stairs more than once a day as it’s supposed to be non weight bearing. 

3 minutes ago, Deceitfuldescender said:

First I would be super down for a bath and beauty box that operated like the tea swap where you take and replace items and it round robins. I am not sure I have enough to start the box personally, but I would participate. I did often receive useful stuff in the spring cleaning swap, so I like the receiving end as well as the gifting end. And I do have stuff to clear out.

Stuff to mull over I guess. At one point there was also a round robin of imps. I wonder if that or a round robin of unwanted bottles would work, with the same take out and replace idea. The imps is great because new people can take new stuff to try out.

 

Also oh god @Greenwoodtree did you start shop for your delicious  stuff. 😍

Oh if we want to do an unwanted bottle swap I could totally start us off, I have like a box full of partials from decanting. 
 

I would also love the bath and beauty box! 

1 minute ago, Greenwoodtree said:

 

HA! I'd LOVE to be able to just pack up & ship a box without having to receive anything! 😝

Hahaha same! I'm still working on downsizing for my move and I have so much STUFF lol

Ok I've ordered imps of The Lady of Shalott, Juliet, and Pride. I already own imps of Delight, Follow Me Boy, Sea of Glass, Seraphim, and Titania. I had also just earlier this week bought a bottle of Jezebel for myself so I'll decant an imp of that. I'll pass everything onto my sister and see how it goes!

These are all such great suggestions! I'm can't wait to have my sister try a bunch of them out. Thank you so much!

My sister has asked me to help find her a perfume for her wedding in September. She wants to build a scent memory with it.

Her bouquet is going to have Roses, Dahlias, Ranunculus, Astilbe, Snapdragon, and Eucalyptus.

She's fond of Rose and White Floral scents plus her current perfume contains Lychee, Amber and Cedarwood.

She does not like Red Musk and strong bold scents.

I'd prefer to find something out of the general collection but I'll look at LEs as well as long as it's something I could easily find for her to test before the wedding.

I also get a LOT of mint from this one. It's almost overpowering and burned my nose a bit. There was definitely something sweet like underneath the mint, I was leaning towards a white floral but it just got completely drowned out by the mint for me. My overall impression was of spearmint chewing gum actually.