PLEASE READ WHOLE POST BEFORE JOINING SWAPWhen you PM the orgs you MUST have the name of the swap and the claim name and date!!! this is NOT an option a rule!
I.E. Sally ----> Suzy for a blah blah due out Jan 1This must be in ALL of your messages to the org!!for this swap a MED By SIZE it is 2 OR more craft hours ( this is not cooking time, drying time, etc.. 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 MAKE SURE YOUR LIST IS MED as there are too many Exlarge 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 15 true MED!!!You must have 15 crafted items AND 15 supply items (more the better chance of getting claimed quick)
you must send the DC and or customs numbers to org when sending.hold your receipts also for international ladies OR scan and post in your gallery or send to Babalina58 & LindyV321
Organizers: BABALINA58 & LINDYV321*IMPORTANT PM INFO*
When sending PMs, please label them as OWS 71 with one of the following tags:
Approval
Package sent
Package received
Question
Qualifications to Join:
For you to join this round you must be cleared feedback in all Ongoing Wish list Swaps through Round 69.
(except for international delivery). You also cannot claim in this swap if you are currently late in Round 70
Do not join this swap if you are late in other swaps. Please make those swaps your priority.Swap Info
Swap name: Ongoing Wish list Swap 71
Craftster member who is organizing this swap: Org BABALINA58 Co org LINDYV321
Sign-up date range: 5/29 - 6/29/2011
Date to send item by: 14 days from the time you claim
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 71
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 the adv. crafter more then two hours to complete.
Or
20-30USD worth of Store Bought Items ( If bought from a thrift store, estimate at what it would have cost new check the net for prices) Please do not send used items without checking with partner FIRST!!YOU MUST Check with partner if wanting to send used items to make sure they are OK with them...Do not send old thread etc as it is useless to most! are you willing to do this?
This is a HIGH QUALITY swap and you understand this will be your best work and it is very important to talk to your partner to make sure you have their wishes and your best crafting in mind ?
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?
DO you have a working camera? If not please do not join this swap as Pics are required!
Your List must be created in the following format:
Crafts
Craft Supplies
Extras
Do you agree to follow this?
Are you a Friend of Craftster?
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.DO NOT SEND SLOW MAIL) Are you willing?
IMPORTANT: Also, remember to read the Swap Info Guide to find other rules about participating in a swap.http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=6553.0 this is a great tip for being a great swapper and the link to all swap rules are there too

Please bookmark this thread post here. All updates will be made here and this will help you to keep up with everything also, please bookmark the discussion and the gallery threads!
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 & Lindyv321
YOU MUST PUT IN THE SUBJECT in SUBJECT LINE referring to swap 70!!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 70.
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. I.E. 4/1/1 = 4 claims-1 in transit-1 received by partner
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 FIFTEEN MED 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!If not I will skip you and or remove your claim!! 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 UP TO 3 wishes at one time as per the orgs discretion, others are allowed 2 wishes again as per the org dis.. If this is your first swap, you are only allowed one wish at a time until your crafts are received for this month. HOWEVER the orgs reserve the right to tell you that you may only claim one or two items at a time if you have had issues in the past with shipping late or poor communication etc!!
Do not choose over your given limit. 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***
we have had in the past a few swappers think it is OK to toss some crap in a box and ship it. This is NOT the swap for you as this is a HIGH QUALITY crafting swap!!
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, pintrests, ETSY etc
Sending/Communicating/Feedback:
YOU HAVE TWO WEEKS (14 days from the time you claim)TO GET YOUR ITEM OUT THE DOOR.This starts from the time you claim must be out the door BY the 14th day!
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 You should be able to see lite for 20-30 dollars if in an etsy type store or $20-30usd worth of store bought items )
Feedback will be given as soon as you have sent - received -posted pics but will be up to 2 weeks after the swap closed if you do not post pics and this will be noted and you might not get allowed back in the next round if you cant do this! Please take pics before you ship! This is a rule not an option!!!
IF YOU CLAIM FOR A COTTON HAT, THEN DO NOT SEND A WOOL ONE OR YOU WILL HAVE TO SEND AGAIN!
Pay close att. to your partners allergies and wishes IF you send something that is on the list of allergies, etc you WILL be required to send again! No argument on this we cant have anymore of the swappers PM that they got something that is clearly in their list of things they HATE and or have allergies of.....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( on the 7th day) you can and or 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
If the threads stall too long the orgs can claim to get it moving again but try not to however.
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 DO NOT JOIN THIS SWAP!!!.FEEDBACK WILL NOT BE GIVEN UNTIL YOUR PACKAGES HAVE BEEN SENT AND YOU RECEIVE AND POST PICS OR 2 weeks AFTER the swap ends as per the rules[/color]
BABALINA58 will be our organizer, in charge of your claims, Thread update and approval feedback.
LINDYV321 will be or co Organizer in charge of the gallery
and to make sure things run smooth and just be her wonderful self
THANK YOU LINDY FOR BEING SO WONDERFUL!
You must have your wish list saved in your computer before you make any claims as to not stall the thread 
~~~~~~~~~~Bookmark the wish, discussion and gallery thread ~~~~~~~~~
Discussion Threads: PLEASE BOOKMARK!!
Round 64-66 Discussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=362886.0
Round 67-69 Discussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=371485
Round 70-72 Disscussion
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=379462.0
Round Fifty-Eight Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=347829.0
Round Fifty-Nine Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=349680.0
Round Sixty Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=353220.0
Round Sixty-One Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=355218.0
Round Sixty-Two Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=358649.0
Round Sixty-Three Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=361204.0
Round Sixty-Four Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=363922.0
Round Sixty-Five Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=366031.0
Round Sixty-Six Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=369019.0
Round Sixty-Seven Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=371484.0
Round Sixty-Eight Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=374040.0
Round Sixty-Nine Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=376658.0
Round Seventy Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=379209.0
Round Seventy-One Gallery
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=382859.0
Remember, all must PM the orgs when you send and receive, we do not need to know you claimed or you posted pics in the gallery WE WILL SEE IT WHEN WE UPDATE! It just bogs down our in boxes, You will be told when you join how many swaps you may claim depends on your history, If you have issues PM orgs ASAP, Make sure to send a HIGH QUALITY SWAP as that is a big rule here and send what you claim for. Send a min of 20-30usd in supplies and or a craft that takes a min of 2 hours w/o all the dry,setting up, cooking time etc... HAVE FUN!!! Most important be kind, generous as this is a wonderful swap and we want everyone to feel loved here and happy with your crafts and be as addicted as the rest of us are 
any questions or concerns please pm orgs asap 