Welcome to the STS (Shop the Swap) 2026 Fall Market Discussion @irid3sc3nt will be hosting with ? as moderator
This swap will be USA only. I apologize to the international LC swappers. If you would like to organize your own, please do! You can contact a moderator for a spreadsheet to keep track of points. I can give you a crash tutorial on how to run this swap. You can always ask for a personal swap as well.
DATES:
signups start: TBD (Sept)
signups close: TBD (Oct)
over/under week is: TBD
last day possible after over/under week is: TBD
Shops start with at least FIVE (5) finished, handcrafted items for the other swappers to choose from. THREE (3) of these finished, handcrafted items must be new items to this round and not have been offered before in a prior round of the STS.
The scale is from 1-5 points for each.
I suggest you have at least ten handcrafted items, if you aren’t planning on crafting your way along with the swap.
Also, budget ahead of time for shipping your items.
I can definitely do fall. I finally found all the fall items I crafted that I couldn’t find for the last STS. Fall and Halloween buntings and cinnamon pumpkins that still smell exactly as they did when I made them so they should smell just as good in fall. But I’ll check to make sure! Lol.
Looks like spring is a bust and I’ll just have to wait until fall. Thanks for hosting this @irid3sc3nt! I really appreciate all the time spent in tracking points. Starting this discussion was a great idea! No confusion since created the discussion for spring to see it there is enought interest to even have one. I hope that was ok I started that thread.
I meant to post this here, but mistakenly posted in the 2025 fall thread. Thought I was loosing my mind when I looked in this thread and my post wasn’t here to be found. Anyway…
Since the Spring time for STS isn’t going to happen, I’ll just start planning now. If anyone has any requests, let me know.
Here is the link to my shop this past fall and hope to add brand new crafts to it this fall. I love this swap!
I would love to start a monthly hour-long virtual meet up for us to work on our projects and discuss our STS ideas/plans for this fall. I’m going to host one this Sunday, March 1st at 1 pm EST.
Anyone interested? Respond here and I’ll be sure to send you an invite via PM. Feel free to join even if you’re on the fence! Crafting time with crafty friends is always good.
I need this. I feel like my crafting mojo is starting to peek out and take a look around again. Its not fully ready to go wild, but its getting interested.
I think I can make this. I’m going to a matinee later in the day, but I’m on the west coast so I think it will be fine. I like this idea! Thanks for suggesting and hosting.
I would love to attend but sadly am booked for 3 separate events on Sunday, one of which overlaps this time slot. Definitely would like to attend future meet ups!
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