Christmas/Holiday Shopping Swap

Ok, I was chatting with @MightyMitochondria and came up with this fun idea for Christmas! Or whatever holiday people celebrate during the winter season. :purple_heart:

Instead of making something for someone from LC we could make something from someone’s Christmas shopping list! (A LC member’s of course)

I wouldn’t want to start this until October at the earliest. Is there any interest?

(Btw this came about because my son was begging me to get someone from LC to make him something lol. )

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@Manders I love this idea! My little guy loves plushies. He would be over the moon to receive one.

My daughter and her wrestling girlfriends wish Hello Kitty wrestling shoes existed. It would be fun to mail her shoes to a talented LC crafter to be painted with all the pink. 🩷🎀

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I’ve seen some really cool custom painted shoes on social media before!

I do love this idea too, but I’d like to see more interest before going ahead with it.

@Tapestry I’ve made something for one of your kiddos before, is this something you’d be interested in?

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I like this idea. It reminds me of the ongoing-wish swap which is one I really enjoy and haven’t done in awhile. I always load my wish list up with gifts for friends and family.

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I knew there was a swap where we could do wishlists for family/friends, but was drawing a blank! Thanks for filling in that blank for me :slight_smile:

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Would it be better to do another ongoing wish swap? I’d def need some help from @SwapMods for that.

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Yes, it does make sense to roll this into the OWS. :slightly_smiling_face:

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That would be the On-Going Wish Swap. Some people would list out wishes for others as part of their lists.

@kittykill runs this swap annually, and she had one last year. I expect she would run it again this year most likely. It would be best to reach out to her to see what her timeline is.

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We’ve also done a few Secret Santa swaps that were similar, & the first ones (back on the old site) definitely had people posting family wishes to their lists:

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I haven’t heard back from @kittykill yet. This also would be a fun swap to do for this idea. Do you know who usually hosts it?

It was @calluna’s originally, but I did the last two. (It does require a co-organizer tho, if the person organizing wants to play)

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Would you like to host this one closer to the holiday season?

I’d definitely consider it if there’s interest, but it seems a bit far off to start planning yet.

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That’s a fair point lol

YES, I think this is the one I was trying to wrack my brain to think of!

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I feel compelled to run by fake-coughing “Christmas in July!”

But just ignore me, i’m overtired and impulsive right now lol

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ooooh, that might be fun…