blame the champagne.........

.....................CLOSED..................




Maybe the champagne from yesterday went to my head..............I did have a lovely afternoon with my neighbour and I was working on some paper piecing and she some cross stitch while we chatted and sipped our champs........anyway I decided it's now or never so while I am still at the cows for a few days I can deal with the emails and next week I should be at the cows again for a few days so can try and sort everything out............
So it's time for the unmentionable to be mentioned................if you have followed my blog for many years you know exactly what I am talking about..............
some of the emails I have received in the last week or 2................

Is it time yet?  I don't want to miss this one, as I've decided it's the only one I'm going to do this year.  Yours is the only swap that I have been totally satisfied with every year .  Too many others, the product you receive is not nearly as nice as the one you sent.  But your swappers are the best--every year has been wonderful! 

Ahem (clearing throat)  It is the end of August.  In case you've lost your calendar.

All received in good spirits..........but now it's time for the Secret Santa Christmas Swap 2011............

2007 - 80+
2008 - 156
2009 - 118
2010 - 108

2011 - ____?

If you want to see what happened previous years go to my labels and choose Secret
Santa Christmas S w a p or SSCS08, SSCS09, SSCS10  (or just after xmas there are a pile of posts of presents each year)
The rules are simple

### Make a beautiful gift (love, time and effort required) - you

can make whatever you want eg, bag, wall hanging, stitchery, table runner,

Christmas theme (optional) ...send something you would love to receive... 

(not something you whip up in a couple of hours)

### Make a small decoration that can be hung on a Christmas tree (simple or fiddly up to you)

### Don't tell anyone who your SSCS partner is please. This is a secret

shhhhhhhhh!!!!!! A different person will be sending to you....

### international postage essential

### You need to have an active blog .....posting a couple of times a

month.... so your partner can sneak a peek and get ideas of what to make for

you and they know you are active.....therefore existing

###  Sending (not before 19th November) deadline is 25th November to

ensure your partner gets their present before Christmas (reason for

swap)

### Make sure you "thank" your Santa - very important and post about your present when you receive it..........

### If you are difficult to contact you may be dropped from the
SSCS.....several times between now and the deadline I email out and you MUST reply...so if you are going away for a week or 2 just let me know

### If everyone can follow the above it will make for another very successful
SSCS..... less headaches for me.........

### Any problems make sure you contact me sooner rather then later

Please don't sign up

if you are not prepared to send (non-senders are named & shamed)

if you’re too busy

if you’re not committed to making and sending quality handmade gifts

 ###

If you want to join email (chookybluesscs at gmail dot com)(not my usual address) I need your (you can leave a comment on this post too if you like but email me the details)
Name, Address (including country), email and blog address

eg.

Joe Blogs

54 Blogs Lane

Blog City 2781

AUSTRALIA

joeblogs@gmail.com

www.joesquilts.blogspot.com

 {no titles – easier for me to cut and paste in that exact order}

Swap partners emailed as soon as I can get it done

PLEASE DON'T BLOG ABOUT THE S W A P  UNTIL IT IS CLOSED....

if you have only come here to join the swap and never visited before this isn’t the swap for you......this is for my regular visitors......


Let the fun begin...........

Chookyblue


PS if you have been in the swap before tell me how many this is for you...........some it will be the 5th swap...........