PrincessNancy96
Scrapbook Mom
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2005
Ok, it's time to start planning for 2012!!! I have names of previous hostess listed on some of the swaps as they were previous hostesses and they have priority to host again. If they don't want to host than it is open for another hostesses.
Please post in this thread if you don't wish to keep a swap or if you want to take over a swap. At your earliest convinence if you know when you want to host a swap lets get it on the board so that we don't have mass swaps going on at once. I hope to space things out a bit better this year.
Ok, here's the first amount of information.. in post #2, you will find the calendar.
2012 Swap Calendar
Important Information:
Hostess Guidelines:
Hostessing a swap:
1. Check in on your swap at least 2-3 a week. Questions do pop up that need to be answered by the hostess… If there is a change in the requirements; please note it in the original post (OP) and bold it in a different color!
2. Respond to questions promptly.
3. Once you have received items put them somewhere safe until everything arrives.
4. If someone's items are not up to standard let them know and work with them on correcting the situation. PM them don't bring it public and cause hurt feelings. (We have not had this problem; just wanted to make the request)
5. Once you have the items; divide them out for people quickly and mail them out. Make sure you are keeping on top of this and staying in contact as you do this.
6. Please note the status of your swap in the title: Sign ups Open; Active/Progress;
Return Mail; Complete.
7. Hostesses, we ask that you contact those interested in being an angel before you open it up to others already in the swap. I know sometimes it's easier just to ask the other swappers but if someone wants to angel, let's ask them first.
** Please remember the following information from the FAQ of joining a swap**
Hostessing
I've swapped and hosted swaps on other boards. How do I host a swap here?
A: We like to get to know swappers before they become a hostess. As such, we prefer that new posters complete three swaps on time and according to guidelines before hostessing their first swap. After the completion of the required swaps (3), post on the Swap Calendar thread that you are interested in hosting and you will receive additional instructions. Each first time hostess will work with a hostess mentor on their first swap. This person is an experienced hostess who will help “coach” the new hostess through their duties and act as back up as needed. After the first successful swap is completed, you are welcome to host any future swaps that will fit on the calendar.
I don't want to participate in three swaps before I host one. Can't I just host a swap now?
A:You are free to post a swap at any time. The issue is that most swappers on our board won't sign up for a swap hosted by someone they don't know or who didn't follow the above process. We do this to protect our significant investments of time, money and creativity.
A final message from Webmaster Alex on swapping on the DIS Boards. See the word “swap” where he has written exchange.
SWAPS
The list of swaps we have held this year or there has been interest in is below.. If there is a name next to the swap, the previous hostess has first dibs to host again. If the hostess wants to host, I ask that you post to this thread and let me know when is best for you to put this on the calendar. If you don’t plan on hosting, please PM me and I’ll mark it off and open it up to everyone. I would like for sign up and due dates to be given especially for January, February, March. If you are later in the calendar, you can give me ball park months (dates) if you know them. The goal is to eliminate as I said overcrowding and due dates that are falling on top of one another.
If you are hosting and a change needs to be made, we can make those changes. I know things happen, its okay. Just please post all changes to the swap calendar so that the changes can be made in the calendar for the new swappers coming onto our boards and even for the veteran swappers who are looking to see what else they want to be involved in.
To make the swaps on this board run smoothly we are going to try to eliminate some of the overcrowding that has been done with all the Mega/Large swaps being done so early in the year that new swappers while they may participate need to wait almost a full year to get into the Mega/Large swaps. (Especially the park swaps).
We've broken the swaps up into categories and the number of each category we’d like to see on the calendar. There can be and will be adjustments, these are just desire/guidelines to make things run smoothly and keep things spread out!
**if the swap is italic it is already on the calendar. **
Mega Swap: Mega Swap is the big Park Swaps. Over the years these 4 swaps have manifested into huge under takings with lots of options open to all of us. *With this being said, we may need to consider holding the Mega Park Swaps individually; but maybe breaking down some of the big wish list items into small larger swaps ~ for example the breaking down of character names etc…maybe doing a MK Character altered letter swap or a MK Ride altered letter swap that will be done after the Mega Swap is complete).
The Mega Swaps we would like to be hosted Seasonally… breaking it down into every 3 months.
Examples:
Park 1 -Jan/March ~~ MK
Park 2 - April/June ~~ AK
Park 3 - July/Sept ~~
Park 4 - October/December ~~
Magic Kingdom (MK) ~ 123SA
Animal Kingdom (AK) ~ 123SA
Epcot ~
DHS ~
Large Swaps – (1-2 per month) these are the swaps that are big but not as big as the
Examples:
Resort ~
Disney Topper ‘n’ Tag ~ M2MRB
ABC/MAW pages ~ m2mrb
Color Sketch Pages ~ AlexWyattMommy (AWM)
Character Elements ~ M2MRB
ABC Letter ~
Everyday ~ Mickeyteacher
School ~
Sports/Activities ~ DB
Holiday Elements ~
Autograph Pages ~
Sketch Swaps {holiday, everyday} ~
Character Duo/Rare ~ JLD
Rides ~ 2" words & 4" letters ~
Parks/Lands ~ 2" words & 4" letters ~ jj&jhsmom
character ~ 2" words/4" letters ~
Parks/Lands Pages ~
Disney General Page ~
Smaller Swaps- we are looking at adding 2-3 of these per month into the calendar.
Examples
Spring/Summer Activity Swap ~ JJ&JHsmom
Out of the Park (Disney) Pages ~
Events (Disney) Pages/Elements ~ JLD
Other Parks (Sea World, Universal, etc) ~ Mom-to-2- princesses
Pets ~ DisneyBarlans
Surprise ~ disney_akj
Newbie Swaps ~ PN96 if interest Newbies ONLY 3 times a year
Cruise ~
Pass It Forward ~ mycutiepatooties (MCPT)
Tag Book ~
character tag ~
Disneyland/DCA ~ JLD
Lyric Swap ~ MusicalDisneyDreams
Paper Doll ~ MusicalDisneyDreams
Technique Swaps (1 per month)- anything that is technique driven or more of altered art than for our books
Examples
Shakers
Altered Paperclips
Paper Bag Albums
ATC-
A to Z ATC
Deco Squares ~ MickeyTeacher
Paper Piecing ~ hopemax
Slidemounts ~
Disney Wall Art ~ MCPT
Gift Swap (1 per month)- swap designed to be gifts for other
Examples:
rolodex-
planners ~
Altered Binder Clips
Making Pages Swap
Recipe
Card Swap ~ morganmom2000
Card Candy Swap ~ morgansmom2000
Gift tag ~
Purchase Swaps (1 per month)- buy something and send it in, should be due within 6 weeks(for our international swappers)
Examples
Grocery Bags-
Jar of Whimsy
Embellishment Swap ~ MickeyTeacher (MT)
Prima Flowers
Interest:
Secret Sister ~ rlovew ~ dates tba
Please post in this thread if you don't wish to keep a swap or if you want to take over a swap. At your earliest convinence if you know when you want to host a swap lets get it on the board so that we don't have mass swaps going on at once. I hope to space things out a bit better this year.
Ok, here's the first amount of information.. in post #2, you will find the calendar.
2012 Swap Calendar
Important Information:
Hostess Guidelines:
Hostessing a swap:
1. Check in on your swap at least 2-3 a week. Questions do pop up that need to be answered by the hostess… If there is a change in the requirements; please note it in the original post (OP) and bold it in a different color!
2. Respond to questions promptly.
3. Once you have received items put them somewhere safe until everything arrives.
4. If someone's items are not up to standard let them know and work with them on correcting the situation. PM them don't bring it public and cause hurt feelings. (We have not had this problem; just wanted to make the request)
5. Once you have the items; divide them out for people quickly and mail them out. Make sure you are keeping on top of this and staying in contact as you do this.
6. Please note the status of your swap in the title: Sign ups Open; Active/Progress;
Return Mail; Complete.
7. Hostesses, we ask that you contact those interested in being an angel before you open it up to others already in the swap. I know sometimes it's easier just to ask the other swappers but if someone wants to angel, let's ask them first.
** Please remember the following information from the FAQ of joining a swap**
Hostessing
I've swapped and hosted swaps on other boards. How do I host a swap here?
A: We like to get to know swappers before they become a hostess. As such, we prefer that new posters complete three swaps on time and according to guidelines before hostessing their first swap. After the completion of the required swaps (3), post on the Swap Calendar thread that you are interested in hosting and you will receive additional instructions. Each first time hostess will work with a hostess mentor on their first swap. This person is an experienced hostess who will help “coach” the new hostess through their duties and act as back up as needed. After the first successful swap is completed, you are welcome to host any future swaps that will fit on the calendar.
I don't want to participate in three swaps before I host one. Can't I just host a swap now?
A:You are free to post a swap at any time. The issue is that most swappers on our board won't sign up for a swap hosted by someone they don't know or who didn't follow the above process. We do this to protect our significant investments of time, money and creativity.
A final message from Webmaster Alex on swapping on the DIS Boards. See the word “swap” where he has written exchange.
SWAPS
The list of swaps we have held this year or there has been interest in is below.. If there is a name next to the swap, the previous hostess has first dibs to host again. If the hostess wants to host, I ask that you post to this thread and let me know when is best for you to put this on the calendar. If you don’t plan on hosting, please PM me and I’ll mark it off and open it up to everyone. I would like for sign up and due dates to be given especially for January, February, March. If you are later in the calendar, you can give me ball park months (dates) if you know them. The goal is to eliminate as I said overcrowding and due dates that are falling on top of one another.
If you are hosting and a change needs to be made, we can make those changes. I know things happen, its okay. Just please post all changes to the swap calendar so that the changes can be made in the calendar for the new swappers coming onto our boards and even for the veteran swappers who are looking to see what else they want to be involved in.
To make the swaps on this board run smoothly we are going to try to eliminate some of the overcrowding that has been done with all the Mega/Large swaps being done so early in the year that new swappers while they may participate need to wait almost a full year to get into the Mega/Large swaps. (Especially the park swaps).
We've broken the swaps up into categories and the number of each category we’d like to see on the calendar. There can be and will be adjustments, these are just desire/guidelines to make things run smoothly and keep things spread out!
**if the swap is italic it is already on the calendar. **
Mega Swap: Mega Swap is the big Park Swaps. Over the years these 4 swaps have manifested into huge under takings with lots of options open to all of us. *With this being said, we may need to consider holding the Mega Park Swaps individually; but maybe breaking down some of the big wish list items into small larger swaps ~ for example the breaking down of character names etc…maybe doing a MK Character altered letter swap or a MK Ride altered letter swap that will be done after the Mega Swap is complete).
The Mega Swaps we would like to be hosted Seasonally… breaking it down into every 3 months.
Examples:
Park 1 -Jan/March ~~ MK
Park 2 - April/June ~~ AK
Park 3 - July/Sept ~~
Park 4 - October/December ~~
Magic Kingdom (MK) ~ 123SA
Animal Kingdom (AK) ~ 123SA
Epcot ~
DHS ~
Large Swaps – (1-2 per month) these are the swaps that are big but not as big as the
Examples:
Resort ~
Disney Topper ‘n’ Tag ~ M2MRB
ABC/MAW pages ~ m2mrb
Color Sketch Pages ~ AlexWyattMommy (AWM)
Character Elements ~ M2MRB
ABC Letter ~
Everyday ~ Mickeyteacher
School ~
Sports/Activities ~ DB
Holiday Elements ~
Autograph Pages ~
Sketch Swaps {holiday, everyday} ~
Character Duo/Rare ~ JLD
Rides ~ 2" words & 4" letters ~
Parks/Lands ~ 2" words & 4" letters ~ jj&jhsmom
character ~ 2" words/4" letters ~
Parks/Lands Pages ~
Disney General Page ~
Smaller Swaps- we are looking at adding 2-3 of these per month into the calendar.
Examples
Spring/Summer Activity Swap ~ JJ&JHsmom
Out of the Park (Disney) Pages ~
Events (Disney) Pages/Elements ~ JLD
Other Parks (Sea World, Universal, etc) ~ Mom-to-2- princesses
Pets ~ DisneyBarlans
Surprise ~ disney_akj
Newbie Swaps ~ PN96 if interest Newbies ONLY 3 times a year
Cruise ~
Pass It Forward ~ mycutiepatooties (MCPT)
Tag Book ~
character tag ~
Disneyland/DCA ~ JLD
Lyric Swap ~ MusicalDisneyDreams
Paper Doll ~ MusicalDisneyDreams
Technique Swaps (1 per month)- anything that is technique driven or more of altered art than for our books
Examples
Shakers
Altered Paperclips
Paper Bag Albums
ATC-
A to Z ATC
Deco Squares ~ MickeyTeacher
Paper Piecing ~ hopemax
Slidemounts ~
Disney Wall Art ~ MCPT
Gift Swap (1 per month)- swap designed to be gifts for other
Examples:
rolodex-
planners ~
Altered Binder Clips
Making Pages Swap
Recipe
Card Swap ~ morganmom2000
Card Candy Swap ~ morgansmom2000
Gift tag ~
Purchase Swaps (1 per month)- buy something and send it in, should be due within 6 weeks(for our international swappers)
Examples
Grocery Bags-
Jar of Whimsy
Embellishment Swap ~ MickeyTeacher (MT)
Prima Flowers
Interest:
Secret Sister ~ rlovew ~ dates tba
). I have a ton of scrapping to do before Sarah graduates in May! Therefore I will not be up to hosting any swaps, so the swaps I hosted in 2011 can be open to whoever wishes to host them. Thanks 
was wondering when this was going to get up and running!
