Yankee Swap

[Guest guest]

I knew there was something I forgot to mention the other day! Thanks

to Debbie Z. for being such a good sport when I took her box away.

And thanks a bunch to whoever put together the box I stole!!! It had

aloe vera gel, some chocolate kiss fo, paint pots, and a full set of

Milky Way paints. I have been dying to try those, but hadn't gotten

around to purchasing them yet. Thank you!

And - I will apologize on behalf of all of the yankee swappers

that none of us followed the rule! For those that didn't attend,

everytime a box got opened, we got scolded for going over the $10

limit that was set. ROFL! All the boxes were filled by very generous

participants!

Thanks to for organizing that & I promise next year to behave

and follow the rules!

Colleen

Country Meadow Creations

http://www.countrymeadowcreations.com

[Guest guest]

here are the Yankee swap rules:

Yankee Swap Rules:

Participants bring an item wrapped in a plain brown box or a used (used

or we could get in trouble with the PO) priority box turned inside out so

that no one can identify one person's item from another's. Only the outside

of the box should be unidentifiable. The reason for this is that if I knew

what you were bringing and I wanted it I could pick that box and hope no one

decided to take it from me.

Packages are placed on a table. Everyone picks a number out of a bag, #

1 picks a box, opens it up, shows to everyone. #2 picks a box, opens, shows

everyone and has a choice to swap with/ #1. Every person has a choice to

swap with/ anyone who has gone before them. Because #1 had no one to swap

with in the beginning, he/she has the choice to swap with anyone at the end.

The best # to pick is #1 because you have your choice of all the items

even if they have been swapped 10 times before you. Things get passed

around quite a bit and even if you have grown attached to what you picked

you have no idea what you'll end up with.

We've set a $10 package value in the past. You can include supplies

such as mango butter, lip balm tubes, bottles, FOs, powder shakers, beeswax,

molds, herbs, colorants, etc. You can also bring something that you make

such as candles, washcloths, soap bags, etc. You can include any labels,

identification etc. on anything inside the box. After the box is chosen and

opened it doesn't matter if we know who put it in the swap.

It's really a lot of fun to see: who will steal a box from someone else

because they like it better; who will try to hide their box so no one will

remember what they got and steal it; who steals a box from someone and then

gets it stolen from them. We all have lots of laughs and there have never

been any hard feelings at the end.

Shaye