Summer Round of Secret Pal Swaps - My 3rd Swap

Not going to keep count after this one...well maybe I will, just for the record. Unfortunately, I have figured out who my Unknown Secret Pal (UKSP) is. But the name I have (she's called my Known Secret Pal (KSP) because I know who she is, of course! Duh! Well, she says she doesn't know who I am. I am having so much fun with this! We're divided into 3 camps and we're all at pretend summer camps. I am in Camp Skookumchuck, yeah, that's right...Skookumchuck. After you say it a bunch of times, it gets easier. The other 2 camps are Camp Krusty Krab where Spongebob lives and Camp Whatchamacallit. Poor guys, they don't even have a name for their camp.

We've been pulling pranks on each other, sneaking off across the lake to see the boys, having all night sing-a-longs (some campers really complain about that???). We've had 99 bottles of coke on the wall and we took 'em all down. I'm tired right now and it's lights out at camp, so to be continued...

Doily Swap - My 2nd Swap

Our doily swap has been in progress since May 15. There are 2 groups: those making doilies 8" or smaller and a group making doilies larger than 8". I signed up for the larger doily group and my partner is chrissyf. We've had a lot of fun so far emailing and getting to know each other. I have one doily almost complete and am working on another. Only one is required but seems chrissyf is making 2 so I'm making 2 too! She says she has all this chocolate that she's not putting in the package for me. Funny Girl!

MY FIRST CROCHETVILLE.ORG SWAP--NOTIONS SWAP

donnalynn2 was my very first swap partner on Crochetville.org. She made my first swap experience a very positive one. She's one terrific lady! We emailed back and forth and got to know each other. We had all filled out a questionnaire giving information about what we liked and what we wanted. I had to keep asking her questions to clarify some things for myself and in one of her emails she had the nerve to say that if she only got one of her items, she'd be happy! She said, "Please don't go nuts and get all the stuff on my list. I'd honestly be happy with even one of my items." Can you imagine if I had only sent her one crochet hook? or the pair of traveling scissors she asked for? And she was the coordinator of the swap and told us all in the rules that if our partner asked for buttons, we were to send them buttons! Not just one button. The rules said to buy for your partner as you would have your partner buy for you. No, it didn't really say that...I just did. But that's what it meant! She's also from the area in which I live and will be coming here next month! We hope to get together and visit a local yarn shop, have some lunch, and drive around so she can do some reminiscing.

Notions and stuff from me to Donna:
Annie's Attic Crochet on the Double; Split-Lock Stitch Count Markers; Thergonomic Hand-Aids; Flexible Cro-Hook H & I; 14" Afghan Hooks Sizes H & I; Crocheted heart sachet w/potpourri; a little wind chime; Hook Size Place Holders; G, H, I Hooks, Clover Soft Touch G, H, I Hooks; kids scissors for traveling; French Vanilla Fragrance Sachet.
NOT SHOWN IN THE PICTURE PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISPOSED OF: Ghiardelli Dark Chocolate Squares and Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates...Hmm, wonder where they went to!

Goodies from Donna to Me, Yum Yum! I did take the picture before scarfing down the mini-cookies! (Sheep and baby lamb from my collection; they insisted on being in the picture!)

More from Donna to me: Ribbons and silk flowers for embellishing whatever I want to embellish! Hopefully, will be picturing something soon with some of these embellishments.

Notions from Donna to Me
There's tape measures, scissors, hooks, yarn needles
Smaller sheep is retractable tape measure (which I have been wanting for awhile)
Little blue boxes can hold anything! They did contain Donna's Migraine Headache Rx!
Cool, huh? I'm still trying to decide what I want to keep in them. May have to have her save more for me!
(Again, my mama sheep with her baby wanted to be with the new sheep)

The Whole Package!

I just applied to be a member of the Village Swappers Web Ring so I'm gonna need to be more active in my blogging, I suppose. Village Swappers is composed of Crochetville.org members who participate in swaps. I'm participating in my first swap right now, the Notions Swap, which ends May 20.

I have been having a wonderful time getting various notions together for my partner, Donna, and she says she's having a ball with it, too. What we do is fill out an information sheet and let our swap partner know the notions that we would like to have, plus any kind of treats. Man, that girl recently bought the MOTHERLODE of yarn, patterns, crochet and knitting stuff and who knows what else at a garage sale for $20! (Hee Hee! I think I'm gonna get some of that stuff...well I know I am...she already told me she threw in some spools of ribbon for me...ribbon was on my list.)

Tomorrow I plan to sign up for the summer round of Secret Pals. I can't wait and hope I get in...there's a limit to the number of participants...1st come, 1st serve, I think. I've got to set up an anonymous email account so I'll be able to email my partner!

So much to do and just not enough time! I don't know when I'll get any crocheting done!

Oh, I also signed up for the doily swap!