Secret Santa Exchange  
 
For those who are interested, we will be organizing a Secret Santa exchange.  The purpose of the exchange is to send a small gift to another person.  The recipient of the gift will not know who they will be getting their gift from until it arrives.  

A few rules for the exchange:

All participants must have at least 25 posts at this board. (This is for everyone's protection, especially since real names and addresses will be shared).


The value of the gift should not exceed $10 US.  


The gift does not have to be hair related, but we all know we love hair toys! Please do not send hair products such as shampoos or conditioners - these can be easily tainted and are heavy to ship.
 

Since we have people here from all over the world, we will try to keep people within reasonable shipping areas, but if you are willing to do an overseas shipping, please let us know.  
 

To participate, please PM me by November 1st with your name and address, favorite color(s), hair color, type and length.  Once I have all the names I will PM you with your person's information.  Your Secret Santa may not be the person you are sending your gift to.  


I will update this post with the list of name of those participating and when they have received their gift.  
 

Gifts should be sent by December 1st. Be sure to include your screen name with your gift.  
 

Once you have received your Secret Santa gift, please post here what you got and from whom so we can all share in the fun.  


Please keep in mind that you are participating in this exchange voluntarily.  We certainly hope everyone will keep up their end of the exchange.  If unable to send your gift, please PM me so I can try to arrange another exchange.  


We have a list started!  Our Secret Santas so far are:

Sakina
Lisabelle
OldKathy
Galadriel
Trisha
Sexywitch
Silvermayne

Just a reminder, the deadline for signing up for the exchange is November 1st!  The list so far is:

Bikerbraid
Sakina
Lisabelle
OldKathy
Galadriel
Trisha
Sexywitch

Get your name in to me quick if you want to get in on the fun!

I've PM'd everyone with their Secret Santa recipients.  If you have any problems or questions - let me know.

Please remember that the name and address information should not be made public without the person's permission.  ;)

Now it is time to SHOP!!

Awww..... That sounds like fun but of course, I'm a day late.  Maybe next year!!  :)

Sorry you missed out this time.  :-/   We may have another exchange after the first of the year.... we'll announce it later.  :)

Has everyone started their shopping??   ;)

If you have a question for your recipient, feel free to pass it thru me and I'll get your answers for you.

I'm working on it! ;)

Another one after the first of the year, do you all usually do another so soon?  Well, at any rate if it's a go, I'm definitely in.  I love buying gifts. :)

I haven't started yet- I hope I'll have some shopping time the next time I visit in the big city. :)

I'll do my shopping this weekend--woo HOO!!!   :D

BB,I'm done!  Just waiting for the gift I bought to arrive so I can mail it out to my secret sants!! ;D

I went shopping yesterday, my SS is going to love what I got for them  ;D. I cant wait to get mine.

I did *most* of my shopping today. I found something quite interesting for my secret santa...

I'm heading out the the Mall of America tomorrow morning to do my walk and shop for my special recipeint....  I hope I'll find something "perfect"!

Hhehe! Almost done! :D :)

When can I mail my gift out to my SS?  I got it 3 days ago and can't wait to send it out.  I know I know it's early,but it's like being a little kid again!! ;)

I know, me too!!  I got my stuff together over the weekend, and the box is addressed + ready to go.  But then I thought, "Oh, wait...I can't post it NOW--it's way too early!"  *sigh*  Oooooo, unless....we go ahead and mail the gifts BUT pick a date when we'll all open our packages at the same time?!  --That's if we can all be trusted not to peek!!  What do you guys think?  Do not open until _____

Is there anyone here who would wait?  I'm a sucker for opening packages when they arrive.  I have my gift(s) ready too, but I'll wait.  

oldkathy wrote on Nov 13^th, 2006 at 1:43pm:

Is there anyone here who would wait?  I'm a sucker for opening packages when they arrive.  I have my gift(s) ready too, but I'll wait.

WAIT??!!   :o  You've got to be kidding!!  No way,  not me.  ;D

Hehhe!  We never wait!!! ;D Mine is packed and ready to go!!

Feel free to ship whenever you are ready!  Seems everyone has jumped right on this and is ready to go.  

I'm going to be celebrating Christmas with my in-laws this weekend, so I have 90% of my shopping (and WRAPPING!!!) done. I'm ready for Christmas!  ;D

So what you're all saying is that we use up most of our patience on the growing out of our hair, and have none left over when it comes to opening presents?!  LOL  Got it!   ;D  All right, FINE!  I'm gonna go ahead and ship mine out then...  ::)

HOORAY!!!!  Let's ship!!!!!

I have my gifts all ready. I'll probably send mine out this weekend. I dont have any patience either, especially when it comes to presents  ;D

Well, my DH and I are heading to San Antonio in our RV for a few days.  So my secret santa will just have to wait till I get back and ship it to her.  patience everyone.... it is a virtue, you know...  I'll have it in the mail before Thanksgiving, though.  

I'm thinking of adding something else so your idea of before Thanksgiving sounds good too.

I decided to add something to the package I'm sending out, so mine won't be shipped for a few days yet...

Just remember, our goal was to ship BY December 1st.  Sounds like everyone will make that deadline.  But also remember we have some international shipping, so it could take a bit for you receive your package.  :D

::starting to get "excited" about Christmas.... forget about Thanksgiving!!::  ;D

Hhhehe! :D  I already had Thanksgiving up here so its X-mass all the way.  Oh and New Years too!!

Sent out my package today. I hope my SS likes it  :).

Mailed mine out on friday! 8-)

I received my package yesterday!!!  I'll wait until more folks have gotten theirs, though, before I tell what I got.   ;)  
(Thank you, secret Santa!)

Mailed my gift out today!!  Hope she likes it! :)

mine went out yesterday too!

Got my secret Santa gift today!  Thank you Secret Santa!!!  I'll tell what I got when we're all set to reveal what we got and who we got!!!

I got mine yesterday, and yes!  I like it!  I'll show everyone my gifts when we agree to.  I told you I couldn't wait when it got here....

I've got my package all ready to go.  I went to the post office last night to mail it, thinking I would use the automatic package mailing machine since the office was closed, but after going through all the steps, the stupid machine said "sorry, due to technical difficulties, we are unable to print your label".  GRRR!  I hope I get a chance to get to the post office tomorrow!

I received a strange notification- it looks like it came from US officials. not from Finnish Customs or my post office. Since my thoughtful SS sent the gift on my "new" name that's not official until Friday, I'll have to wait for a couple of days before checking it out. I'm hoping I'll get some additional info before that.

Because I saw the Customs declaration part, I have some idea of what I'm going to get though. :) I'm excited!

grrrrrr  >:(
I gave my SSE package to my husband a week ago to ship from his office (thinking it would be faster than me going to the post office).  All this time I have assumed it was traveling its merry way to a very special person.  Last night I found out he had it sitting on his desk at work all this time.  He hadn't gotten around to taking it down to shipping.

Hopefully it will find its destination quickly once it is "in the system".  :)

Since so many packages have already been recieved, how about having our "opening" party December 4th.  Anyone that has received their package can announce what they received and from whom on that day.  The rest can post when their packages are received.

Finally!  I got my package mailed today!  I hope my SS likes what I got for her.   :)

My SSE gift arrived today!  Thanks for the abundance, my Secret Santa person!!

My SS arrived today!  Wow! I love it all! Thank you my SS person! :)

My box arrived!  I'll hold off until Monday to announce its contents and sender.  We must be getting close to everyone having received their boxes.... yes?  Let me know if you have NOT received your package yet so I can make sure no one is getting left out.

Well it's Monday!  I received two beautiful metal hairforks, painted with flowers and rhinestones.  They are gorgeous.  Thanks Curlsgirl!  I really love them!

I recieved my box today. Thanks BB!  ;D
In it was:
an awesome looong purple and gray scarf
2 skeins of lane cervinia yarn (I'm going to make something hair related with it of course  ;))
Good Hair Days hair pins
aloe vera gel

You are welcome, Sexywitch!.  I guess I might have gotten a little carried away when I was cranking out the scarf, but I've always thought store bought scarves were too short!  ;D

Silvermayne was my Secret Santa - thank you for all the goodies!  My goodies were delivered in a cute little bag that had a Christmas Tree ornament with my name on it (and THOSE aren't easy to find!); a neat little notepad case; a rhinstone studded bun cover; a wide stretchy headband; and a bar of Sexy Shea Butter Soap that smells very yummy.  Thank you so very much!

You're welcome, BB!  and I hope the holidays are your best ever! :)

My Secret Santa was Galadriel and I got a pink satin hair scrunchie and a black hair clip.  I love them both!  Thanks again Galadriel!!

My SS was Old Kathy and I got a purse bag with a scrunchie and covered elastics plus cute little wood hair sticks topped with fans in there own holder and long wooden chopsticks and a gorgeous set of red hair sticks with glass beads and matching necklace and earrings! I have worn the set already and got a zillion compliments! Thank you so much Kathy! :) :)

My Secret Santa was

Lisabelle!

She sent me so much...perfume samples and eyeshadow, chopsticks and a homemade Kanzashi (love it!), 2 sets of earrings and a necklace, bracelets, bindis..did I mention everything??

Thank you, Lisa!   :-*

Your Welcome Sakina! :)

My Secret Santa was Trisha and she sent me a HUGE gift: tea, beautiful yarn (enough to knit a shawl), two pretty photo frames and an art calendar.

Curlgirl, you're welcome. I hadn't seen Taiwan clips in wearable colors for months until I stumbled upon that clip. :)

You're welcome Lisabelle!  The hairstick jewelry set is made by me.  Be careful to put pressure only on the bone part. Otherwise, a little superglue will work to put them back together.  (Mine aren't even close to Susan's, but they work)  The emergency kit is for your purse or car, so you can fix your hair in an emergency.  The chopsticks are for eating or putting in your hair (grin) Glad you enjoy everything.  

My Secret Santa was Sexy Witch and she sent me some black hair sticks, a blood red hair band (some of my favourite colours!), and a cute little Christmas figurine.  Thank you very much!!   :)

Your welcome Trisha. Glad you liked it!  :)

I looked out the door this morning and there it was!  My Secret Santa gift!  I eagerly tore off the beautifully decorated paper and opened it up.  Inside were:  a packet containing some Amish hairpins (I've always wanted to try these) as well as assorted sizes and colors of covered rubber bands. On the bottom of the box was a wonderful book entitled "Hair - a book of braiding and styles".  Attached to the book was a box containing 2 velvet scrunchies and a beaded pony tail holder.  I've already browsed through the book and found some ideas I'd like to try.  I love that the book is 100% Klutz certified!

My Secret Santa is Sakina!  Thank you SO much for all the goodies!   I felt like a little kid all week knowing it was coming and finding it hard to wait.  That made it so much more fun when it got here.  Thanks again and may your holidays be your best ones ever.  
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Whew!  I'm so glad you like your gifts-and you're welcome!!  ;D

Now, I hope we'll see some pictures of the styles you try-no matter how they turn out!