Shop Swap {What I Received}

Do you remember me rabbiting on about Shop Swapping a month or so ago...and probably more than a few times since...?  Well, Louise from Elsie May and Bertha and I paired up.  Ummm...mostly because she was the only sign-er up-er!  Never you mind.  The two of us have had a whole lot of fun and excitement with wrapping and sending and receiving our parcels!

So?  Would you like to see what goodies I received in my parcel?

Lots and lotsa pink knitted goodness!

Pretty, dusty pink, soft, knitted goodness.

There are 8 little facial cleansing pads and a super soft wash cloth.

...and they were all wrapped up inside this pretty little bag.

I do not knit - so these knitted lovelies are just perfect.  I am totally pleased with my swap goodies!!

Do yourself a favour and pop on over to Louise's shop and blog.

Elsie May and Bertha {Shop Swap}

Louise from Elsie May and Bertha was the first person (and so far, only person...) to sign up for the Shop Swap.  She sells lovely little things.  In her words "I make items with fabric, wool, vintage bits and pieces, buttons etc. These can be cushions, clothes, lavender and rose scented hearts, pillows and sachets, pictures, decorations etc".

I had a cheeky browse of her shop and her Folksy shop and found much yummyness.  I especially loved all her knitted things...probably because I don't knit!

Just a few photo's taken off her shop pages...go have a browse for yourself...

Sign-ups for the swap are open until 18 July, so please come and join us.  It is just a little bit of fun that really won't take much effort on your part.  I would love to see what you make and share some of your loveliness with others.

Let the Shop Swap Begin! {July 2012}

Oky doky then.  I have had a few positive messages about my Shop Swap suggestion last week...so let's give it a go then!

There are so many shops out there that we wouldn't ordinarily buy from, for whatever reason.  I thought that swapping products with other shops might be a fun idea not only to see what is out there...but also as a little bit of self-promotion.  I am sure that I am not the only one who could do with a little help in that department?

So, if you own a shop, please sign up.  The idea is that you will choose some items from your shop to post to your partner.  It does not matter what your shop sells and you can be anywhere in the world.

Please, please, pretty please send something that you would enjoy receiving and don't use this as a way to get rid of old stock.

I think that it would be a good idea to have a guide (sales) value on your sent items.  I am thinking a guide of £15 (or 24 USD / 23 AUD / 200 ZAR) would be about right.  If you have any thoughts on that, please do let me know.  If you want to send more than this, please go ahead...this is not a strict guide - it's more of a polite suggestion.

Sign-ups close on 18 July 2012.  I am leaving sign-ups open for a month, as I want to have time to share some of the great shops who decide to join in the fun and excitement.

I will post the partner list on my blog on 20 July 2012.  So please diarise that and check back (or you could follow me ;) to keep updated more easily).  Please feel free to contact your partner and see if they have any preferences.  This is a friendly swap and if we can make a new friend or two along the way, wouldn't that just be a great result!?

Parcels should be posted by 27 July 2012 (a weeks preparation, as we all have busy lives to deal with!)

Sometime around the 27th I will post a blog link party message where you can share what you received in your surprise package.



Why not post this button on your blog or web page to show that you are playing along.  I would really appreciate the message being passed along - the more the merrier!

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Alrighty then...are you ready to sign-up??  If you are game, then please would you leave me some information in a comment:

* name/shop name:
* e-mail address:
* shop URL:
* country:
* what do you sell?
* general interests?
* crafts you don't 'do'?
* anything else you want to share?


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Edited to say:
Louise and I are the only Swappers - so we are automatically partnered.

To Shop Swap or not to Shop Swap?

What with all the swapping going on in blog land, I was thinking that a shop swap might be a nice idea.  The general idea being that if you have a shop - selling handmade or not handmade or supplies or whatever - then you can join in by agreeing to swap something from your shop with something from someone else's shop.  The sender does the choosing and the receiver gets a fun surprise.

I could try and sort partners out so that the recipient receives something appropriate - i.e.  they don't receive child related stuff if they have no children or sewing related stuff if they don't sew.  We could also put a suggested minimum (selling price) value on what is sent to try and even the playing field.

What do you think?  Would this interest you?