MAKE SURE YOUR LIST IS MED as there are too many Enlarge items asked for. It is a MED swap and we need to remember that..If you ask for to many Mega items I will PM and ask you to remove them and or add a MIN of 8 true MED!!!
for this swap a MED By SIZE it is 2 OR more craft hours ( this is not cooking time, drying time, waiting around for something to set up.......it is craft time for the average crafter)
By Price is MIN 20.00-30.00 or more PLEASE READ WHOLE POST BEFORE JOINING SWAP [/color]
few small things have changed such as You must take pics of your package before you ship & added you must post pics of your swap received within 5 days of receiving or have the sender post...
Organizers: BABALINA58 & CRAFTYBEACHGIRL
*IMPORTANT PM INFO*
When sending PMs, please label them as OWS 65 with one of the following tags:
Approval
Package sent
Package received
Question
So when sending the questionnaire, the subject will read OWS 65 – Approval. When notifying us about sending and receiving packages, add the corresponding tag. If you just have a general question, label it as that. This will keep things organized for us! When sending a sent/received PM,
please include the 'Send by' date so my craziness will stay at a minimum.Qualifications to Join
To join this round you must be cleared in all Ongoing Wish list Swaps through Round 66.
(except for international delivery). You also cannot claim in this swap if you are currently late in Round 65
Do not join this swap if you are late in other swaps. Please make those swaps your priority.
There will no longer be items allowed that are not craft or supply related, if you have questions please let us know
Swap Info
Swap name: Ongoing Wish list Swap 66
Craftster member who is organizing this swap: Babalina58 & Craftybeachgirl
Sign-up date range: 12/28 - 1/31/2011
Date to send item by: 2 weeks after wish is granted
Limited to a certain number of people?: No
Non-U.S. participants allowed? Yes
You must be over 16 years of age. If you are under 18 (but over 16) be sure that:
A) you have your parents permission (you’ll be using their address OR a P.O. Box)
B) you have access to a computer where you can keep in contact (i.e. if you get grounded from a home computer, you can use the one at the library/friends/etc.)
C) you are able to walk/get a ride to the post office ON TIME
D) you have enough supplies or funds to purchase supplies needed to create awesome crafted items
Organizer Notes and Stuff
Swap Organizer himself/herself meets these conditions:
- Has fully read the Swap Info Guide
- Has successfully completed two swaps as a participant
- Is not organizing more than three swaps right now
- Will recruit a co-organizer or give all details to a Swap Moderator if this swap has more than 25 participants
- Is at least 18 years old
Swap Organizer will check each participant to make sure they meet these conditions:
- Has been a member for at least one month
- Has posted at least 15 times
- Has completed one swap successfully before signing up for multiple swaps at a time
- Is not currently signed up for more than five swaps
- Does not have any negative feedback
- Participant has agreed that he/she is at least 16 years old
- If within the US, understands that Delivery Confirmation number is required for this swap: YES
- If outside the US, understands that a mailing receipt copy is required for this swap: YES
All swappers MUST be pre-approved for this swap!
YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE UNLESS YOU PM US AND YOU HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE LIST!
***PLEASE! Do not claim someone while waiting for approval!*** You may claim as soon as you get approval confirmation.If you want to participate, here is the information to send to the organizers. Please have the title of your PM be the name of the swap.
QUESTIONNAIRE TO ANSWER:
Name of swap: Ongoing Wish Swap Round 66
Craftster username:
Email address:
Your real name:
Your mailing address:
Have you read the Swap Guidelines and understand how this swap works?
Are you willing to send at least a medium item per claim?
( If not then you will not be approved )
A medium item is the following-
A craft or recon etc that takes you two hours to complete.
Or
20$ worth of Store Bought Items ( If bought from a thrift store, estimate at what it would have cost new )
Are you willing to post a photo of the item/s you receive or have the person who sent to you post of the photo for you with 5 days of receiving?
Are you willing to take a photo of the item you are shipping in the event the person cant post photos?
Your List must be created in the following format
Crafts
Craft Supplies
Extras
Do you agree to follow this?
(There will no longer be items allowed that are not craft or supply related, if you have questions please let us know)
Are you a Friend of Craftster?
Have you been a Swap Angel (with proof in profile)?
Are you willing to ship outside of your country?
If you are willing to ship outside your country? (You MUST be willing to ship air postal or an equivalent which will take a maximum of 3 weeks.) Are you willing?
IMPORTANT: Also, remember to read the Swap Info Guide to find other rules about participating in a swap.Please bookmark this thread and/or post here. All updates will be made here and this will help you to keep up with everything.
IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, REMEMBER TO SEND YOUR INFO TO THE ORGANIZERS VIA PRIVATE MESSAGE AND NOT TO REPLY WITH IT HERE. PLEASE MESSAGE BABALINA58
YOU MUST PUT IN THE SUBJECT in SUBJECT LINE referring to swap 66!!How This Swap Works:
Please READ CAREFULLY! This swap works differently than most!
Try to imagine a chain. The first link is the first person whose wish list is on page 1 (Person A) - that will be the craftster member who was the very last wish list from Ongoing Wish Swap 65.
Now, we want to put another link in the chain. People will read that list and see if there is something they want to/can make from the list.
Someone (Person B) will claim Person A for some item on their wish list. They post a reply to the thread that says “I claim Person A for [item]. This is my X claim (however many times they have picked someone – for example, "this is my fourth wish, with one sent, and three received,” (meaning that this is the fourth claim they've made, one is in transit to it's destination, and three of the items have been received by the people they previously claimed). Also add your location, and any preferences or aversions – “I live in Wisconsin USA, I am a vegetarian, and I am allergic to wool”.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU REPLY WITH YOUR STATUS WHEN YOU CLAIM SOMEONE! This means you need to post who you are claiming and for what, how many claims you have made, including how many in transit and how many received, and your location/preferences/aversions.
Then comes the fun part! After the introduction, Person B is the last link in the chain, and they post their wish list!!! YOU CAN HAVE AS MANY ITEMS ON YOUR WISH LIST AS YOU WANT, HOWEVER YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF EIGHT PER SECTION i.e. CRAFTS and SUPPLIES. THE MORE ITEMS YOU LIST, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES OF BEING CLAIMED QUICKLY.(Please have your list ready, this swap moves very quickly! Please include your country at the start of your wish list). Person B will also PM Person A to get her address so they can mail the item when it is finished.
Along comes Person C, who claims Person B for something on their list and the chain is built, link by link. (If Person C wanted to make Person B a purse AND a stuffie, that would still count as ONE WISH.) Then they post their list, and so on.
When you want to make a claim, you can ONLY pick from the very last wish list in the chain. You can't pick anyone else in the chain - you can only connect to the very end of the chain, which is that last wish list posted.
After you have made your claim, you need to PM that person for their address.
Friends of Craftster are allowed 3 wishes at one time, others are allowed 2 wishes. If this is your first swap, you are only allowed one wish at a time until your crafts are received for this month. Do not choose over your given limit.
If you already have one claim that will be sent out late, please don't claim again until that one is sent out. Become a Friend of Craftster! Go here:
http://www.craftster.org/subscribe.phpIf you are at your limit of wishes, you can choose again once one of your partners receives AND you have confirmation they have, NOT when you send.***Do not claim someone unless you can fulfill that wish to a high caliber***
Let's keep the quality high here. We don't want to receive PMs with people concerned over the lack of quality of their items. Please, just work your hardest to keep the bar high on the quality of items here! Don't choose just for the sake of choosing; choose to make someone else a really AWESOME wish!
Now if the thread gets in a rut for a few days/hours, the person who made the last wish should add to their list if they can think of anything else, until someone decides to craft for them. Please make sure this is not you!
Unsure of where to find wish ideas? Try the previous ongoing wish swap galleries or any other gallery on craftster. Look through your fellow crafter’s wist lists.
Sending/Communicating/Feedback:
YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS (14 days)TO GET YOUR ITEM OUT THE DOOR.THis starts from the day you claim
IF YOU DO NOT SEND A MEDIUM ITEM YOU CLAIMED FOR YOU WILL BE GETTING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.( the medium can be a couple small items etc as long as it adds up to a medium )
( A medium item equals a MIN of two hours of crafting time or $20-30 worth of store bought items )
Feedback will be given as soon as you have sent - received -posted pics.
IF YOU CLAIM FOR A COTTON HAT, THEN DO NOT SEND A WOOL ONE OR YOU WILL HAVE TO SEND AGAIN! PLEASE SEND WHAT YOU CLAIM FOR AND IF YOU FOR SOME REASON NEED TO CHANGE YOU MUST STILL KEEP YOUR PARTNERS WANTS AND WISHES IN THAT OF NOT YOU RISK SENDING AGAIN!!
Please be communicative if you are having any issues. If you communicate you still need to send your item in a timely manner. Communication does not mean you can send as late as you want. After one week past the deadline you will have negative feedback. This is only temporary as it will be changed back once you fulfill your obligation for late item(s). Do not choose to craft an item if you do not think you can meet these deadlines
Previous Swap Rounds:
If you are confused in any way by how this works, please look at some previous rounds:
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT POSTING PHOTOS IS STILL A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS SWAP. IF YOU CAN'T TAKE PHOTOS, PLEASE MENTION IT TO THE PERSON WHO CLAIMS YOU.FEEDBACK WILL NOT BE GIVEN UNTIL YOUR PACKAGES HAVE BEEN SENT AND YOU RECEIVE AND POST PICS OR max 2 weeks AFTER the swap endsBABALINA58 will be our organizer, in charge of your claims, your sends, receives and approval feedback.
Craftybeachgirl will be or co Organizer in charge of watching the Discussions, Gallery
Discussion Threads
Round 55-58 Discussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=336326.0Round 59 and 60 Discussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=349258.0Round 61- 63 Discussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=355217.0Round 64-66 Discussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=362886.0Galleries
Round Fifty-Six Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=340447.0Round Fifty-Seven Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=344358.0Round Fifty-Eight Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=347829.0Round Fifty-Nine Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=349680.0Round Sixty Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=353220.0Round Sixty-One Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=355218.0Round Sixty-Two Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=358649.0Round Sixty-Three Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=361204.0Round Sixty-Four Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=363922.0Round Sixty-Five Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=366031.0Round Sixty-Six Gallery
