May's theme!!!

 I have been waiting for this month!!!

                                     "SOMETHING IN A WITCH'S CUPBOARD!"

I hosted a Witch's Cupboard swap the first year I had a blog.  IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

This will be a mini version of that.  

Just imagine, you are looking for a jar of Troll boogers and grab a hairy spider just hanging out in your cupboard!   Or maybe, you need that jar of  "Love potion #900"  (cuz you are an ugly, OLD hag and plain old #9 won't work on you anymore) but all you have is Ursella's old spell that turns lover's into sea-worms.  SUCH DRAMA!  Or....maybe you really DO have a chocolate covered finger of a man named "Clark"  (nod to Hocus Pocus)

Ok, enough of that....you get the idea.  Have fun with this!  Ship date is the 3rd Saturday of the month!

We have an odd number of players this month so we will NOT have partners this time.  Check your in box for your "send to" information today.

April YOE

 Hello swappers!

Two announcements because April starts a NEW QUARTER!

The second quarter challenge is "Altered Art with Edgar Allan Poe."  

The original King of Creepy.  Such an amazing and sadly, unstable mind.   I altered a cigar box years ago for a swap and it was soooo much fun!   Think bleeding hearts, poems, ticking things and ravens....amongst others.

If you aren't sure what altered art is, it is defined as " A way of recycling and giving new purpose to all sorts of items for ornamental purposes."

Common items to alter are books, journals, pages in general, old cards, cigar boxes, spice jars, altoid tins, blocks, spools...and soooo many other things!

Now on to APRIL'S THEME!!!!

March has FLOWN outta here (hahahaha, that's a joke)  and April is going to be a FUN!

WHO NEEDS A BODY....PART?

That's right, this month, it's alllll about parts of the body.  Any body.  Animal, human, alien, monster....whatever you feel like.   Veggie?  That's a thought!

Ship by date is APRIL 21st!   

Time to get creating!  Don't forget to show us your PUMPKIN HEADED DOLLS!!!!!

March's Spooky YOE Theme

 The "Winds of March be blowing" so with that in mind,  our next theme is

"Frightful Flyers!"

Think of anything that flies:  Ghosts, witches, evil fairies, cornish pixies, bats, ravens, owls....and what about those flying monkeys from OZ?  There are also vampires, gargoyles, dragons and thestrals.....oooo!  (But don't stop there, let your imagination take over and if you create something that doesn't fly....glue some wings on it!!!!  Then be sure to give your creation a name!)

You have until February 28th to join and the next day, I'll send out an email regarding partners!

Good news!   March is a 5 week month so ship date is March 25th

That's it for now, get February shipped out and sign up for March!!!!!

Thank you TRISHA!!!

 Trisha sent me the neatest swap package!

She made a decopauged ornament of the Renwick House in Belfast NY.  For those who don't know, this place is HAUNTED....and even better...Trisha and her husband bought the place and are doing renovations to bring it back to its former glory!    

She also included a cute ghostie who clearly thought the Renwick house was too scary for him and some other goodies!

Thank you Trisha!!

February Spooky YOE theme!

 Greetings everyone!!!

February's theme is "PERILOUS PLANTS!"

Think of all the itchy, pokey, prickly, poisonous plants out there!  We even have plants that are carnivorous!  

And those beautiful but deadly toadstools called Destroying Angels, what a name! Ooooo or the DEATHC CAP!

 Toadstools are my fav admittedly but I cannot fail to mention the most famous nasty plant of all....  Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors!!!!! 

The best part is that the plant doesn't have to  EXIST in real life!   Please come up with a horribly fantastic name so it's new owner will know what it is!!!!

Some of you have already joined so this post is mainly for people who stumble across my blog and want to play along.

You are required to send only ONE handmade spooky yoe ornament....any goodies/tuckins are up to the sender. (I have noticed most people are sending a little something.) 

Sign up deadline for the February swap is January 31st, 2023

Shipping date is February 18th, 2023

If you want to join, send your full name and address to valpowery(at)yahoo(dot)com asap!  

January Theme and inspiration

Happy New Year!

We start our "Spooky Year of Enchantment" off with a good old fashioned "haunting!"

That's right!  To ease us into the New Year and our first month of spooky swaps, I thought I'd keep it simple.   

Pretty much anything can be haunted!  Think of books, places, people, things.....and if you are too tired from all the celebrations last quarter, how about a simple GHOST?!

Here are a few pics I grabbed off the internet...

There are soooo many fun ideas out on the internet, these are just a sample.  Have fun, don't forget to ship the 3rd Saturday of January!

Feel free to post sneak peeks if you'd like!!!!

Bringing in a SPOOKY Year of Enchantment 2023!

 Greetings my lovelys!

For 2023, I had been asked to bring back my Year of Enchantment....a monthly swap all YEAR LONG!  I will also include quarterly creative challenges!

 A week before each month, I'll email current participants and post the theme for the following month.  Each QUARTER, I'll announce the creative challenge.  Its up to you to play or not...to swap or not. 

*For 1st quarter the CREATIVE CHALLENGE is for you to make yourself a PUMPKIN HEADED DOLL.  (You will NOT swap the doll.  It is a challenge for you to make for your own Halloween decor.)

What we are swapping:

** January's Halloween ornament THEME is "Something Haunted!"  Ooooo, I can think of so many haunted things:  headless horseman, ghosts, libraries or books via Harry Potter, houses, dark forests, attics, basements, just about anything.

You will be swapping ONE HANDMADE HAUNTED THEMED ORNAMENT.  Any media is acceptable.  Scrapbookers are welcome but please note that if you make a paper tag or canvas style ornament, it must be 3 dimensional and have a variety of textures.

Signups are open through December 30.  Ship date is the 3rd Saturday of January, please keep your reciept as proof of shipping.***  If you want to join the swap, all you do is email me your full name and address.   Leave a comment here and email me at valpowery(at)yahoo(dot)com

I will add you to the sidebar.  On the first of the month, I'll partner everyone up and send out partner info.   

I hope to see you!

*** If a swap box gets lost, please plan to replace it so we don't have to ask for angels.  We are only sending one item so cost should not be a huge factor.