Mary your package to me was well worth the wait. You took great care to send stuff that pertained to all my likes!! The red hat items were just precious. I love the santa panel. I'll have plenty of time to get him done for the holidays. My grandsons & I shared some of the "Oreo" popcorn!! That stuff could be dangerously addictive!! You were more than generous with all the gifts you sent for me. I really appreciate them and will enjoy using them. Can't wait to look thru the cook book for some different recipes to try out. I love the gemstone necklaces you sent. They will be perfect for my crazy red hat days!! I look forward to sitting quietly and reading the book of poems. I am always forgetting stuff so the planner may help me keep on track!! Thanks so much again!! crafty_linda_b
Originally Posted by Havplenty
well grammynan i had to mail my package a little later than i wanted to. and that is because my SP is a red hatter and i wanted to send her something representative of that. i ordered all of her red hat stuff and then had to fashion some of it into other items for her. it took time to search for red hat stuff, order it, receive it, refashion it and mail it out. from her response (crafty_linda_b) it was all worth the effort and the wait hopefully.
all late mailers are not being irresponsible. one of the fabrics i ordered got sent to me late so i waited for it so that i could make the special things that i made. i do however, agree that there are some who just don't keep the commitment, don't mail their packages and don't communicate what is going on either. that i would consider irresponsible.
life does happen while we are all trying to have fun and the rest of us may not know what another person's situation is. hopefully those who are having trouble will at least reach out to the host and relay that. fortunately there are swap angels active that will make sure there is no one who goes without a SP package.
Originally Posted by grammynan.[/quote
I've been participating in this swap for and entire year and I CANNOT BELIEVE that there are 67 people who haven't sent their packages yet. That's more than 1/3!! The mailing deadline was over a week ago! I sent and received my packages early in the month. So why am I so outraged by this?
Because I believe that signing up for the swap and then not sending your package by the mailing deadline is just irresponsible!!
We have 2 weeks to get the packages out after finding out who our partner is. If you can't get your package out within the alloted time, then DON'T sign up!! It has been such a delight to participate in this swap. I would be very disappointed if it got pulled because people can't follow the rules!!