Since living on my own the past few years, I have been slowly amassing home decor items. One of the items I sorely lacked was during Christmas--ornaments. This was even more apparent to me last year when I only had enough ornaments to decorate the front half of the Christmas tree. I thought maybe there would be others like me out there who have been slowly growing their ornament collection. Hence, the First Annual Ornament Exchange.
Partners:: I will pair each participant with one other person.
Cost:: It's free to participate but the ornament you send to your partner must have a minimum value of $5. If you go above and beyond the $5 worth, that is up to you and your partner. Also, if you make or sell ornaments and would like to send one of your own products to your partner that is fine AS LONG AS your product fits your partner's interests (more info about that below).
Shipping:: This gift exchange is open to international participants. I understand that some of you will be interested in items from other countries and some of you would prefer not to pay that much extra for shipping. Please be sure to specify in your comment below if you are willing to be paired with a person from a different country or not.
Schedule:: Sign-ups open today, Saturday, November 24th. Sign-ups will close Saturday, December 1st. Partners will be announced Sunday, December 2nd. Packages must be shipped no later than Monday, December 10th so we all have the ornament in time to admire on our tree.
Share + Admire:: If you'd like to share photos of the ornament/package you are sending or receiving feel free to post them to upload them to Instagram with the hash tag #ornamentexchange2012. Also, you can share them on your blog and either link back to this blog, comment below with the link, or email me about it. I look forward to sharing some exchanged ornaments when this has finished.
Cost:: It's free to participate but the ornament you send to your partner must have a minimum value of $5. If you go above and beyond the $5 worth, that is up to you and your partner. Also, if you make or sell ornaments and would like to send one of your own products to your partner that is fine AS LONG AS your product fits your partner's interests (more info about that below).
Shipping:: This gift exchange is open to international participants. I understand that some of you will be interested in items from other countries and some of you would prefer not to pay that much extra for shipping. Please be sure to specify in your comment below if you are willing to be paired with a person from a different country or not.
Schedule:: Sign-ups open today, Saturday, November 24th. Sign-ups will close Saturday, December 1st. Partners will be announced Sunday, December 2nd. Packages must be shipped no later than Monday, December 10th so we all have the ornament in time to admire on our tree.
Share + Admire:: If you'd like to share photos of the ornament/package you are sending or receiving feel free to post them to upload them to Instagram with the hash tag #ornamentexchange2012. Also, you can share them on your blog and either link back to this blog, comment below with the link, or email me about it. I look forward to sharing some exchanged ornaments when this has finished.
Getting what you want:: The questionnaire includes a section for you to fill out to help your partner pick out or make an ornament that is sure to be something you'll like. So answer the questions thoroughly!
The sign-up:: If you wish to participate in this ornament exchange please fill out the questionnaire below. Please copy and paste the questions into a comment at the end this post or email them to me at jean (dot) emily (at) gmail (dot) com. Submitting the questionnaire is your commitment to follow the guidelines as they have been explained above.
::QUESTIONNAIRE::
Name:
Email Address:
Country in which you live: (as well as if you are willing to have an international partner or not)
Your interests in ornament type: (share some of your preferences to help your partner choose or make an ornament for you - i.e. colors, styles, specific item(s) you would like inside of the ornament, texture, a link or two to other ornaments you are interested in, etc.)
5 words to describe you or your style:
Link to your blog/shop if you have one:
Anything else you'd like to ask/share:
Help spread the word about the First Annual Ornament Exchange by posting a button to your blog, sharing on Twitter/Facebook/Pinterest and any other social media site you use.
Best wishes and I cannot wait to see what we send each other!
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