Swap - bot blog post

On swap-bot I recently joined a swap where you write a blog post for that person. The person I wrote for has a blog on spirituality. In a few days you can find my post at http://www.buddhatropolis.com

Hopefully soon I will be able to put a post up from the person who had me as a swap partner.

Swap bot bubble envie

With everything going on I forgot that I had signed up to a swapbot bubble envie group. So when I recieved the bubble envelope I was a bit perplexed and checked my swap-bot account - but could not find where it had came from.  Though after a couple of days and a few messages, I found out.

 So what was in the bubble envie you ask - well I was quite surprised at the mixture. There was a


 

• small Revlon make-up bag, 
• set of three candymaker tag bags
• set of 8 notecards
• Pink paper pad
• Snowman paper pad
• Pencil and rubber
• 3 Ritter chocolates
• 3 lollipops
• 1 cd -New Kids on the Block
• iron on art set
• pack of heart stickers
• pack of teddy stickers

What did I take out? Well even before I realised which swap this came from - the ritter chocolates had called me and I gobbled them up. The set of 8 notecards, pencil and rubber and the teddy stickers I took to put towards the Uganda project. The flowery pink paper pad was definatly a "me" item - so I was very pleased to take that for myself and I have already enjoyed using quite a few sheets.


What did I replace them with - of equal value?

The teddy sticker sheet for alphabet rub on sheet
3 ritter chocolates for 1 metre red braiding
Pencil/rubber for 5 metres blue lace trim
Pink paper pad for set of iris bookplates
8 notecard set for 80 minature tags

All in all I think it was a good envie - this week I will be posting it out to the next swap-bot person who happens to be in Canada. I just hope that she likes some of the items in there.

Swap-bot pass the parcel

My recycling ethos goes hand in hand with swap-bot. I tend to join the ones that encourage recycling or emailing ideas.

My latest swap-bot venture was joining the British Birds Pass the Parcel - and I must say I am really pleased with what was received. The only down side to pass the parcel is that it does have a higher carbon footprint as the parcel journeys from place to place via royal mail.

Anyway here are the 10 items I  recieved

• Ribbon flower embellishment kit
• Embossing Greetings card book
• Cards with vellum book
• 9 small christmas stamps
• Pair of mini flip flop embellishments
• 3 postcards
• A5 photo album
• Greek snack
• Pink beads
• Pink pritt stick (with Green&Black organic chocolate bar stuck to the back)

I took out the greek snack (turned out to be Halva - something I used to adore as a child), the pink beads and the Pink pritt stick (which will be added to the Uganda school resources) but that also meant I had to eat the chocolate :) It was a very yummy parcel.

This is what I will be sending out to the next person

• Ribbon flower embellishment kit
• Embossing Greetings card book
• Cards with vellum book
• 9 small christmas stamps
• Pair of mini flip flop embellishments
• 3 postcards
• A5 photo album
• 6 metres funky fibres
• 4 handmade fridge magnets in a metal mint tin (ready for altering)
• 4 packs punched card shapes and die cuts

I think that is a good exchange. I would have included more punched shapes but at the moment everything is topsy turvy. There is always next time.