I had a ton of fun making these and am excited to make and swap more! (People who do ongoing ones: can you please explain them in a way to me that is not scary? When I’ve done chain stuff before I’ve found it extra stressful for some reason.)
Yay! I love these The salt shaker will fit in nicely with my kitchen tools cards
Ongoing swaps are not scary You can always just sit back and watch for a while to get a feel for it.
Basically:
~ Claim the person with the most recent claim.
~ Pick one of their themes when you claim (or claim for a surprise and pick later )
~ For ATC swaps you usually have two weeks to craft and send. No tracking needed but you’ll have to re-send if it goes missing.
~ Make sure to message the swap organizer and your claimed person when you send. And when you receive message the organizer and the sender
~ There is a limit to how many “open” claims you can have so watch that. It is either “pending” cards or un-sent cards depending on the rules. A pending card is any card not received yet (even if you sent).
I like the on-going format because I can have an idea of what I’ll be making before I commit. You can also pre-craft and hope to catch someone that has a matching theme
Feel free to message me if you have any questions or if I can make it less scary/confusing. I know it intimidated me at first but now it feels easy I really hope we have an ongoing ATC swap in the next round of swapping
I found the ongoing swap format helpful at times, but parts of it can be stressful. I could chose where to send (postage costs) and also a craft or theme within my abilities. I could decide on crafts that were flatter and more lightweight (postage again) that I was certain I could get done and mailed in the set time period for that swap.
It could be a bit stressful if someone claimed that perfect list that ticked all my boxes, but with some waiting and some luck the same list (or another one I liked) would be up again soon. It helped to know that you don’t have to claim anyone. No claims and a chat with the organiser = swap removed. Some months it just might not pan out, and that’s ok.
(People who do ongoing ones: can you please explain them in a way to me that is not scary? When I’ve done chain stuff before I’ve found it extra stressful for some reason.)
The salt shaker will fit in nicely with my kitchen tools cards 
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