wonderful packages continue to be delivered.
have4boys, when I make some thing for a sp I usually start before sign up, and I just make small things anyway, as I probably would not be able to finish in time to send by the deadline if I waited til I had their survey. If it is started and not yet finished when I get my pal I see if I can work it in for a personalized color or such. Also I sometimes will think about doing something that might be in a theme for the month.
To me it is more important to follow the rules of the swap, so unless there is an unforeseen complicaton that would prevent me from being done by the deadline -such as the flu or a broken bone, which I would be pm Lori about, I would mail on time.