Secret Valentine

I have been involved in the Secret Valentine swap over at the beach and My person to spoil was from Qatar.  I sent  my parcel off Mid January knowing how long our country's postal service will take to send over.

Well I had given up hope of ever receiving mine and Lo and Behold yesterday I get this notification from the Post Office to let me know that I have to pay clearing costs on a Parcel coming from the Virgin Islands (USA) from a Secret Valentine.  I was livid.  Firstly I had to buy the stuff for my valentine and pay postage to get it over and now I had pay duties on my gift.

Just cant understand our system.

Mini swaps

I am involved in so many swaps over at the beach and I hope I will meet the deadlines for all of them. I am exchanging a rak with Janelle from North Carolina and a mini with Rita Hutcheson(Alabama) and Mary Melsheimer from  Wisconsin at the end of Feb,  with Lucy Bourque(Canada) as soon as possible, with Aideen  Fallon - mid April.  Way too busy.  Exchanging handmade flowers, stamped images at the end of this month too.  I am also going to the berg from the 18 - 20 Feb 2011.  How fab is that.  i need to request for myself more days.
Stay sane in the meantime....

My new Haven

Life at the scrap beach

I have found a great forum that never fails to excite me everyday. We are a group of ladies that love to make minis and swap everything. AND, if you need or want something, there is usually someone there who will share it with you. They are loving, sharing artists from all over the globe.

And for fun....we have an ATC swap going on monthly, a 6 X 6 paper and goodies swap monthly, just paper 6X6 swap monthly, handmade flowers monthly. and soon all the mini swaps will start back up. Ohhhh, I forgot the tag swap.

There is also a place to sell or trade your supplies if you want.

It's a great place to be able to come to and relax and chat...lot of that going on!!!lol

And, we also have a virtual crop each month. Haven't been able to get to that yet, but, hope to participate in the next one. They have some really good prizes!!!

Made a lot of wonderful friends on the sand......fun, fun, fun.

I am totally loving it.