Yo, Vegweb, it's gift exchange time! ALL PACKAGES SHOULD BE POSTED!
It seems it's that time again...
Post in this thread if you're keen on participating in a gift exchange with your fellow vegwebbers.
Theme/dates to be decided - any ideas welcome.
Standard guidelines apply - don't ask to participate if you have fewer than 1,000 posts or have not been actively posting on the forums for at least six months. Stick around, get to know people a bit more, and join in next time.
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Abrimmer
AC
AML
BGS
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FB
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Jessimaka
LLG
lubi
Mirrya
PG
Shell
Theo
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special one-way exchange:
Storm
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*GENERAL EXCHANGE GUIDELINES*
1. You must have been active on the forums for at least 6 months OR have 1,000 posts. If you've been here a while you're more likely to send out your package.
2. Don't flake on your partner, just like you wouldn't want your partner to flake on you. If you're unsure whether you'll have time/money to get a package together, don't sign up.
3. Bring it! Don't send out something crappy!
4. Homemade and/or store bought goodies are welcome.
5. This is an ALL VEGAN exchange.
to my person: I mailed my pkg today, but forgot to put a note in the box!
I picked up a large flat rate priority box so I can start stuffing it and determine how much space I have left for baked goodies!
I have a huge box, and I'm scared of shipping. :D I'm still waiting on one thing, then baking, then figuring out the best time to ship.
mine is packaged!! i just have to ship it now
I've decided that the post office should offer an extra large flat rate box for shipping. Also, Evan threw away the container I was going to put the baked goodies in. Crap! Now I've got to figure something out....
i'm checking out the post office tomorrow for a flat rate box... there better be one big enough cause mine is gonna be heavy...
i'm checking out the post office tomorrow for a flat rate box... there better be one big enough cause mine is gonna be heavy...
I think I'm going to have to use two medium flat rate boxes (total $22) rather than the large ($15). I guess it's not so terrible of a price difference. Maybe I'll separate the cold stuff (baked goods) from the non-cold? Not sure if it works out better that way, or if the non-cold items act as insulation. Oh, the physics of gift exchange packaging!
i am going to see if i can out do you dear fb... i went ape shit at the mexican and asian grocery stores in anaheim... goodies galore!
I'm tempted to post a picture (well if I could figure out to pictures to load on here) of an item I made as a tease to my giftee. Not that they'd know who they are. :)
I got my package today! JESS, YOU ARE SO AWESOME!!!!!!! Thank you soooo much, all of it is so cool!
I'll post pics later, I'm in the middle of an artsy project for my person, lol. But thank you so so so so much.
YAY! glad it made it to you! I was getting antsy for it to make it to you, even though i knew i had a few possible more days of travel. we (Me - Hubby - River) had so much fun putting this together for you. I hope nothing broke.
I missed the fact that Amy and Jess got their gifts. They look like they both got some great gifts!!! Waaaayyyy tooooo cooool! :D I'm anxious to see what PG got.
Ok, here are the pics of my super awesome package from Jess....
Non-food-related items (purse, coloring book and crayons for Vincent, squeaky ball for Hugo, pear and ginger soap)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TpAPy4u4hpA/TqZEqCeUnVI/AAAAAAAAADk/bSyNteAvIU4/w326-h245-k/IMG_4183_1.JPG
Mexican awesomeness part 1 (tomatillos, chipotles in adobo, salsa bowls, tortilla press)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-diXpeTst5S4/TqZDsmcwurI/AAAAAAAAAC8/OYUUuqlCI6c/w500-h375-k/IMG_4188_1.JPG
Mexican awesomeness part 2 (lots of hot sauces, Virgin Mary candle...which unfortunately broke)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3YG-6yZwX3w/TqZEe7NbVDI/AAAAAAAAADU/RBgDLmCPvTk/w199-h149-n-k/IMG_4192_1.JPG
Mexican awesomeness part 3 (tons of dried chiles, chile powders/mixes, Mexican oregano, and also the awesomely decorated note. There are multiples of some of the spices but I only put one of each in the pic)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B-Iqn9MPDck/TqZEZGrYOnI/AAAAAAAAADM/kcBQ2lgIrhM/w168-h224-k/IMG_4190_1.JPG
Random other treats (seasoned chickpeas, black soy milk, pms tea and diarrhea tea (as jokes, lol. Josh was partially responsible for that), raspberry chocolate, fig, fennel, and almond chocolate, chile chocolate)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BX_OMgpbOvM/TqZEitLmB5I/AAAAAAAAADc/zCDsDh9NVyk/w300-h225-k/IMG_4186_1.JPG
Btw, the box had a sticker saying it had been opened by customs, and a note saying they'd taken something out (but they didn't tell me what it was). Hopefully it wasn't too expensive or time-consuming, whatever it was. :( But the stuff that made it to me is all super awesome!!! I seriously can't thank you enough!
Random other treats (seasoned chickpeas, black soy milk, pms tea and diarrhea tea (as jokes, lol. Josh was partially responsible for that), raspberry chocolate, fig, fennel, and almond chocolate, chile chocolate)
Jessica!!!! You sent her the tea?!?! I was just kidding! Hahaha!
I have weird humor, PG. I saw the tea when I lived with Jess and thought they were hilarious and jokingly suggested she send them in the next exchange. I hope you were able to laugh about it. :)
Either way, awesome awesome gifts!!!! :D
-Josh
You are so welcome! I am super glad you enjoyed it! i was nervous and had a dream that you were like meh, whatever, i got my package. hehe. And it looks like they kept hubby's add of the vegan bacon popcorn... he thinks they thought it was too cool and they had to try it for themselves... weird though, it was completely sealed and packaged. I hope you make lots of awesome Mexican foods with all of that, and the virgin Mary candle was kinda a joke too, so even though i am sad it broke, at least it wasn't one of the hot sauces.
Random other treats (seasoned chickpeas, black soy milk, pms tea and diarrhea tea (as jokes, lol. Josh was partially responsible for that), raspberry chocolate, fig, fennel, and almond chocolate, chile chocolate)
Jessica!!!! You sent her the tea?!?! I was just kidding! Hahaha!
I have weird humor, PG. I saw the tea when I lived with Jess and thought they were hilarious and jokingly suggested she send them in the next exchange. I hope you were able to laugh about it. :)
Either way, awesome awesome gifts!!!! :D
-Josh
Love the box! And the teas. reminds me of joking to my mom about giving her a subscription to a tea of the month club. She got so excited about it I had to buy her tea and mail it every month for a year. I picked up one at an asian market and did not read the box carefully. It turned out it was a traditional remedy for ED and she had been widdowed for 35 yrs before she passed away and I read the box while cleaning out her pantry.
I have that coloring book. It is a great one. :)
Oh yeah, you mentioned the bacon popcorn in the note. Obviously I didn't read it again after I found out something was missing. ::) Customs doesn't let any meat products through...even though it wasn't real meat, they probably didn't read the label. Or maybe they actually did want to keep it for themselves. I suspect they take things from a lot of packages for less-than-legitimate reasons. They're probably responsible for the candle breaking too, because it didn't look like they re-packed very carefully (some of the chocolate is broken up too, and the tomatillo can is dented). At least they didn't totally ruin anything else.
Hugo loves his squeaky ball, and that coloring book is really cool. DH is super excited to have a tortilla press (we can't get decent corn tortillas here, and he loves them). The whole package is just so awesome! And LOL about your dream! Even if you'd only sent like 1/10 of the stuff I would have been super excited!!!
Nice!!! I recognize a lot of the hot sauces. ^-^ Let me know how the PMS tea works! ;)b
Whoa, this package exchange is working up to be awesome. Jess killed it with that package!
yeah!!! everyone is going all out for this one. :)
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