Normal rules~

I will close this on the morning of Oct. 2nd. Your choices as well as how many swap pkg.s you want to do should be emailed to me by that evening.
kdunnaway@bledsoe.net
Ship date will be Oct. 6th. Please use delivery confirmation for your protection.

Basically you send:

1) nice tea/hot chocolate/coffee etc...

2) special treat (homemade or bought like scones, biscotti, cookies etc...)

3) a nice used magazine/paper back book/stationary (um...not used LOL) etc...

4) a small gift like a candle etc...

It doesn't have to be in a basket, although that is a very nice touch. :o) Total value should be about $12.00.

Post your likes and dislikes below:

1) I love hot chocolates, hot cider and dessert teas. I'm NOT a coffee drinker though.

2) I'm fine with homemade treats or store bought. The only things I don't like are licorice, raisins & coconut.

3) I'm interested in pretty stationary, books/mags. on crafts, sewing, homeschooling (Charlotte Mason & Waldorf styles)homesteading, gardening, attachment parenting and clean historical romances.

4) I like 100% beeswax candles, essential oils, natural bath items & soaps. As long as it is natural, I'm open to surprises. :o) I don't like floral or earthy scents. I prefer baking/food scents like vanilla, pumpkin, vanilla, gingerbread, vanilla, cinnamon, vanilla, lemon, vanilla, orange etc... Did I mention vanilla? :o)

Aileen

I've always loved these tea basket swaps!

1) I strongly prefer coffee - unflavored. Would much rather have a small quantity of good stuff rather than a large tin of folgers. Black teas (unflavored) are always welcome and appreciated, too. Not much of a drinker of anything with sugar.

2) treats are lovely! Would love some simple yummy cookies. No mint flavors, please.

3) A handmade coffee cup (used just fine) would bring a smile to every day for me.

4) magazines (pre-read are fine) always welcome, my strong interests of the year are cooking and business development.

5) no candles or artificially scented things, please. WAHM-type soaps and bath stuff always loved. (I am allergic to patchouli)

thanks!
Cathy

Tea or hot chocolate preffered.

for food - I am vegetarian. no coconut please!

no artificial fragrances & such please. reading intrests are gardening, homeschooling,cottage & romantic decor & such. :)

I'm in!!! I need something like this with the cool weather coming along.

1) I like teas (esp. fruit flavored- bag or loose is fine), hot chocolate and cider. I'm not a coffee drinker at all

2) I don't like biscotti, but LOVE scones, chocolate chip cookies, muffins, etc. No walnuts or almonds please

3) I'm not too picky. If you have some ideas you want to run by me, thats fine.

4) I love candles, especially warm fall/winter scents. Anything you send will be appreciated- no nutty scents please

1) Green or Black Tea (loose or bag) or hot chocolate

2) I'll eat pretty much anything, but I don't really care for raisins.

3) I like to sew, but I'm open to anything.

4) I love candles - vanilla, autumn, christmas, holiday scents, butter cookie, nothing floral or melon scented please.
I enjoy bath products too! Just nothing melon scented.

Thank you!
-gina

Ok!
1)Tea. I don't drink coffee--not a big fan of hot choc. either. Ummmm, mint tea, fruity flavors are yummy, other herbal teas....I like most, but not really into chai or anise flavor

2) Oh heck, treat wise, can't think of what I wouldn't like, LOL. Choc. choc. chip cookies are good ;) as are most kinds....no raisins or nuts, lol.

3)love magazines---most anything--I like sewing, crafts, cooking--light (not necessarily Cooking Light magazine...just lighter cooking, does that make sense?
Never enough time to read books, but love books that are more crafty, how-to books
used is great for any of these.

Stationary would be great too :)

4) candle/scent wise, anything fruity, spicy, or food like scented, but no florals....gives me headaches. Love minty smells, fall smells, or fresh smells.

Carey

I'm in again! :)

1) Loose or bagged tea - I drink black tea primarily, and am on coffee hiatus for now. :sob: I do like chai, minty green teas and herbal tea too!

2) Homemade goodies are fine, we're trying to do reduced sugar and dairy free around here though. I love biscotti and scones!

3) I love historical, pagan and humorous fiction, magazines like SageWoman, WonderTimes, Living Free, Oprah. I love quotes, so that kind of book would be nice too. I'm also into sewing, quilting, crafting so mags along those lines would be great too. Used is fine!

4) I collect unusual and beautiful coffee mugs. ;) Handcrafted is awesome, but things that are colorful or have excellent quotes on them are lovely.
I also like candles but prefer no bath/body items (I make my own). Baking and food scents or herbal scents but no florals please.

Gemstone jewelry is a favorite too (not like rubies and diamonds, unless you WANT to send them, more along the lines of rose quartz, kyanite, amethyst etc). ;) Earrings, pendant or necklace, no bracelets please.

Any kind of altar, goddess related or nature items would be appreciated and put to good use!

this sounds like a lovely swap!!!
1)I only drink herbal teas, green teas, like yogi or loose, I love chai(any), detox, cleansing, moontime, echinachea, peppermint, etc

2) I am waching my choc and sugar intake, but do love them, favs are ch. chip cookies, like herbal, biscotti, almonds, any nuts, coconut, don't like chewy fruit in my foods unless it's granola, lol

3) used are fine. for mags: like these or similar: cooking light, utne, living, kids, weight watchers, organic style, sewing, paper crafts, pagan, sage woman, homesteading
for books: reallife, historical, nature, philosophy, also like homemade thank you cards :D

4) small gifts....prefer beeswax or soy candles, nothing flowery, like fruity or mixed scents, votive, tealights, small notebook(for purse) or scrap-pad for desk, please no bath & body( I make this). large shells, pretty rocks, goddess or scorpio magnets, travel mug (for hot tea!).

prefer homemade/wahm/gentley used

I would so love to join this one :)

1) Not a coffee drinker at all but I do enjoy tea and hot chocolate. For teas I like any black, minty, herbal, or decaf black is fine too. Loose or bagged is okay as long as it is marked.

2) For a special treat I would really love some raw or local to you, honey or even honey sticks :) That is what we prefer to sugar around here...especially in honey. Otherwise homemake baked goods are great, scones are good, cookies, etc just nothing with nut pieces. (Not due to allergies on that one.)

3) Reading interests are on gardening, herb gardens, cooking frugally, christian fiction novels, etc.

4) If you are sending candles, prefer beeswax/soy but even more than that... nothing floraly please. Baking or food scents, fall/winter, coffee scented, vanilla, etc are fine...just no floral...for some reason they tend to give me a headache.

Thanks for doing this one Aileen!

Oh me me me me me!
I love tea, cocoa, coffee whatever! ( i really really really like tea though :o )
no nuts or cocnut or raisins for us
I prefer non parafin candles and I love all scents but especially vanilla-y ones.
I love anything funky and retro. ooh or sewing goodies!
my interests include sewing, gardening, animals, gentle parenting, etc.

Please email me your choices at:

kdunnaway@bledsoe.net

Be sure to let me know how many pkg.s you'd like to send as well as your username.

Thanks so much mamas. Have a beautiful day!

Aileen

Still waiting on choices from 4 mamas and then I'll start matching.

I'll be going out of town Wednesday morning, so I hope to have matches posted by about lunch time tomorrow, Tuesday (I'll ship to my partners before I leave, so no worries there).

I'm off to bed now. Have a restful night mamas!

Aileen

First name sends to mamas after her name. Please pm your partners to swap addresses etc...



naturalmama- ~*~Sunflower~*~, mamanaturale, tinamaries

cathleenc- mamanaturale

~*~Sunflower~*~- CathleenC, naturalmama, Carey

laideebugz- ~*~Sunflower~*~

Carey-naturalmama, ~*~Sunflower~*~

tinamaries- naturalmama

mamanaturale- laideebugz, carey


I didn't recieve choices from three mamas who got picked a LOT, so that kind of threw things off, especially for you mamas who had picked them and wanted to do more than one swap.

I am really sorry that I had to go on without you 3 mamas. On top of packing/going back out of town tomorrow, I just found out that I am having company for most of the day and dinner unexpectedly and my baby developed croup last night. So, I just had a window right now that I had to get it done in (baby sleeping, company not here yet etc...)

Also, I apologize for me ending up with 3 swaps. That may look unfair, but I took some of the mamas who didn't get picked as much and it just ended up working out that way.

So, here is what I came up with. If you see any problems, email me asap. Shipping is to be by this friday. Enjoy mamas~

Aileen

Aileen, I emailed you last night at 8:41 pm, shortly after you posted about choices. I also edited my post right after that! I swear I didn't forget! :D I would like to do two swaps, please check your pms & email at kdunnaway@bledsoe.net.

empathic heart, if you want to swap with me I'm glad to swap with you. I think Aileen is gone already.... just lmk if you want to. Cathy

empathic heart, if you want to swap with me I'm glad to swap with you. I think Aileen is gone already.... just lmk if you want to. Cathy

I'd be happy to swap with you too. :)

Aileen, I emailed you last night at 8:41 pm, shortly after you posted about choices. I also edited my post right after that! I swear I didn't forget! :D I would like to do two swaps, please check your pms & email at kdunnaway@bledsoe.net.

Hi mama,

I just answered the pm's you sent this evening. I'm really sorry things got messed up. For some reason I never got your email last night. I hope you can work out some swaps still.

Thank you Anne Marie and Cathy for offering!!

Aileen

I'll take you both up on your offers! Pming you both...

Thank you! :bounce:

ooooooohhhhhhh, <embarrassed>
I thought you were matching us, I didn't realize I had to send in swap names. I am so sorry, I was super busy last week. I rec'd your pm. If you would still like to swap, I'm in, and I can swap 1 or 2 packages.
if it's tooo much, I will wait for next time :D no worries :D

Stacey - Don't feel bad, I assumed that was how the swap went too. That we would be told who we had for a swap, not that we had to pick who we wanted. I was a bit confused on my end. LOL.

ooooooohhhhhhh, <embarrassed>
I thought you were matching us, I didn't realize I had to send in swap names. I am so sorry, I was super busy last week. I rec'd your pm. If you would still like to swap, I'm in, and I can swap 1 or 2 packages.
if it's tooo much, I will wait for next time :D no worries :D

I'll swap with you mama! PM me your address! :)

My box went out this morning via priority mail. Sorry for the delay. I have the DC #if needed.

Hi! I got one of my boxes today :) Brianna, thank you so much!!
I love everything.....oh, and the cookies are being loved by ALL here, LOL!!!
Carey

Sunflower, Aileen....have either of you gotten your boxes yet? They didn't go out until Sunday--(took 4 trips to the P.O. to get them mailed) but I sent them priority.
LMK when you get them :) Hope I did ok!
Carey

I am so glad you like it! I forgot to put a note in that says that the thingys wrapped in plastic wrap are bath melts... :lol:

Sunflower, Aileen....have either of you gotten your boxes yet? Carey


Carey, I got mine today. Everything looks wonderful. Thank you! I can't wait to put my feet up and try a few things. We just put up 21 bags of carrots into gingered carrots and are having 10 bushels of apples delivered shortly to make applesauce/apple butter. So, I'll need something to relax with by tomorrow. LOL Thanks again!

Aileen

You're welcome :)
I hope everyone likes everything ok!!

Brianna----LOL, it took me a minute, but I did figure out the bath melts :)
At first I thought mini soaps...but that didn't work, LOL!!! They smell yummy, and I had to fight my oldest so she wouldn't use any!!! I did share the cookies though ;)
Love, Carey

Have an awful migraine but I wanted to post before I forgot.

I received my package from Aileen and it was wonderful! I think my absolute favorite is the honey! I can't wait to enjoy some in my tea :)

Thank you again!!

Thank you, each of you, for a lovely tea basket!

Ann Marie (Sunflower) send a literal basket with yummy Gevalia coffee, filters, a cooking magazine, and a big yummy cookie! I'm hoarding my coffee till I run out of the current batch at work - love having something to look forward to. Thanks so much!

And Amy (Empathic Heart) send another great package! Boodamama coffee, a pretty big mug, some terrific vegan ginger cookies, and another foodie magazine. Love it!

thanks again!
hugs,
Cathy

I was very slow this time in sending..... my apologies! DH has been out of town for 2 weeks, I've been sick, my kids have been sick, blah blah blah blah. But the good news is that the mailman just left with your priority mail packages in hand - so soon, very soon you should have them in your hands.

thanks for your patience!
Cathy

I got my packages!

Anne-Marie sent some delicious Organic Herbal Chai, a yummy vegan Snickerdoodle cookie, a cool wearable craft magazine and a beeswax candle!

Cathy sent a neat looking mug (that sadly didn't make the trip intact), a garlic cookbook, yummy Vanilla Almond tea, and a pretty sunlily candle.

Stacey sent a copy of Sage Woman, some awesome homemade biscotti (must have recipes mama!), a package of Vanilla Chai mix, a pretty crystal and some polished stones and beautiful handmade pagan/goddess note cards.

All wonderful packages mamas, thank you so much! :heart:

I got mine too! thank you thank you thank you mamas! so wonderful to get some lovely packages! my kids were so jealous cause normally everything that comes in the mail is for them! :p