I’m hosting a swap. To take part, you can sign up for a swap-bot account and join the Gift Wrap Swap. But hurry, you have to sign up by Dec 1st.

In this swap you send out two packages of paper and trimming and get two packages of paper and trimmings from other swappers. The send date is Dec 10th, so you should get your wrap in plenty of time for the holidays (or those Dec/Jan birthdays that always creep up on you).

So, head on over to swap-bot and sign up for the swap!

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Follow up: There weren’t enough people that signed up for this swap to make it actually happen, maybe next year.

Wakela’s World

Norma journals about her fight with obesity, doctor’s visits and her life in between. Visit Wakela’s World here. Link.

The Pondering Sheep

Lindsay journals about her home life in Scotland, baking and her garden. If you do find it hard to follow, know that she struggles with dyslexia. I think that she is very brave to keep a public blog. See her entries here. Link.

Women Trip

Mona at Women Trip is quite the explorer. Her lovely little blog features journal entries and photos from her travels around the globe. See her photos here. Link.

I mentioned I swapped? Here are three fellow swap-bot swappers you should check out…

evey-in-orbit

Technically, not a blog, and much more of an art than a craft, Veronica has a great little flash based website at evey-in-orbit. See what she sees through her camera and how she explores herself through her paintings. If your looking for atc’s with an edge, check out the atc’s for trade under the paint tab. My personal favorite is Veronica’s telephone photo. Although, the Skee ball photo does bring back some pretty good memories. Check her out at evey-in-orbit.

Fitz Stitches

If you’re into needlepoint visit Fitz’s Stitches. She’s cross-stitched some lovely little sea creatures and is on her way to a great abstract piece too.

Zakka-Zakka

Zakka-Zakka offers a couple of great tutorials on some crafty little sewing projects. Learn how to make a five-stones game here. Or make yourself an eco friendly re-useable shopping tote here.

Zakka-Zakka also has two Etsy shops. Visit keymistress.etsy.com and shop.zakka-zakka.com for very cute japanese print fabrics and handmade totes and things.

My first real mail swap came in on Tuesday. Some stationary, stickers, gel pens, erasers and chocolate. I’ll probably swap back some of the stuff unless I find a way to use Disney stickers, which I probably won’t. But the gel pens are nice and I definitely ate the chocolate right away. Yea for swapping, I can’t wait for the next one.

I forgot to take pics of the packages I sent out in exchange for this one. I’ll have to remember that next time.

If you read this, you probably noticed that my posts were few and far between during October. Oh, I’ve got lots of excuses like traveling, work and I’ve really been doing things far to mundane to be interesting like laundry and dishes. So, hang on while I get my house in order and I promise I’ll be back soon. I’m thinking of doing a giveaway in the near future. So hey, if I was to give something away on my little blog, what would you want it to be?

In the meantime, I did get into swapping. I looked into Craftster, but decided Swap-bot was easier to use, so I’m in a few swaps over on Swap-bot. The picture above is a teaser for a ribbon swap I am in, can’t give away the whole package before it’s received.