Christmas Ornament Exchange

Hi,

I would be very much interested in participating in this also.

Raymonde Moncton, NB Canada

Maureen, every year I have an ornament exchange. So that there are no: "I didn't get one!", here's how I run it (and any of you are welcome to participate - you just need to register at my forum):

You agree to participate. When you have finished your ornament, (there's a loose deadline), you post that you're done. Sometimes some people need a few extra days, and occasionally we miss getting it before the holiday. (We're grown ups, we'll survive.)

I nominate a person from the list of those who have said, "I'm done." They put names on paper and pull them out of a "hat". So the first name exchanges with the second name, etc.

In this manner, there's no favoritism, and nobody gets left out that actually makes one. I've been in swaps in the past and gotten taken. This eliminates that. You don't finish, you don't get an ornament.

I've had an exchange for the past five years and every time it's been a delight. We post pictures of the finished ornaments. I treasure mine. Some of the counted stitch ones are just lucious - as are the ribbon and surface embroidery ones.

Dianne

Maureen > Anybody interested in doing a Christmas ornament exchange as a secret pal

X-No-Archive: yes "Maureen In Vancouver, B.C." wrote in message news:ZaJBe.1958198$Xk.1636501@pd7tw3no...

Count me in please, Maureen - long as I only have to make *one* ornament.

emerald

An excellent idea. We did one in a group I'm a member of last year, and about half the people who sent never got one in return.

As you say, we're grown-ups, it's not necessary to have it here before the holidays, but it would have been nice for those who didn't finish in time to get it to their partner in January, instead of blowing it off completely.

There still runs the problem of: one person finishes and the other doesn't.

The most honest way is to say, "I'm done!" and then your name goes on a list. It's not very likely that anyone will say they're finished if they're not. And no one is humiliated if they don't finish. There's been a few times that people have said, "I just will have to wait until next year."

I used to be in several swaps and got stung more than once. These were one-on-one as well as a pool of stitchers who names were exchanged in advance.

Dianne

gundoc wrote:

Since coming up with what I thought was a brilliant original idea, it seems there have been other ornament exchanges, and this is not a novel idea. So I think what I'll do is go with this idea and start the ball rolling anyway.

I would like to have all participating make a needlework Christmas ornament. Hardanger, crochet, cross stitch, bobbin lace, petit point, doesn't matter. Just so long as it's hand made and done with a needle. How does that sound. I will send my address to everyone who has asked to join this round, and in turn, send you the address of the person you are making the ornament for. How does that sound? Sounds like this will be a blast! LET'S DO IT! :)))))))

Maureen In Vancouver, B.C.

You run the risk of: one of the persons who are to exchange not finishing. :-)

Granted, some of these exchanges run smoothly. Some do not. The > Since coming up with what I thought was a brilliant original idea, it seems

Maureen,

Hi Maureen,

I'm still interested in joining.

Raymonde Dieppe, NB Canada

That's great Raymonde,

Could you please e-mail me privately and send me your snail mail address?

Maureen In Vancouver, B.C.