YANKEE SWAP

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Hi all. Kbear will be heading up the yankee swap. You can eamil her at

koalas_boutique@... to sign up.

Here are the copy of the rules I copy and pasted from the files section

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

Thanks

Shaye

ps. Kbear, sign me up!