Welcome to our first christmas swap ever on this group. =) I know it's so early, I wish I didn't have to start now and sort of kill the spirit, but because these will be international, we need lots of time to make sure by christmas we have all of our envelopes. I've worked out when we send all of it with a calendar.

My advice: Start early. And start putting these together when you have free time.

The idea behind this swap is that you will be sending & receiving 25 happy mails to your partner. I was thinking of a christmas swap, and I thought, besides stocking stuffers, what swaps would I love to open on christmas day? What isn't heavy & expensive to post, yet super satisifying? Flat mail envelopes full of paper goodies! The swaps I participate in most, yet 25 of them to open on christmas day really would be amazing!!!!

Just like "themes in an envie" you will be sending your partner, in each swap, ONE envelope full of paper ephemera, smash book goodies, crafts, stickers, stationery, etc. Whether you would like to sign up for every single one of these swaps, is up to you. If you do, you will end up with 25 gifts to open on christmas which will be envelopes full of goodies for you.

YOU CAN JOIN IN AT ANY TIME.

I can't control when people open their swaps but I am putting this here; THESE ENVELOPES ARE FOR CHRISTMAS. Please, if you are joining this swap, PLEASE don't open your swaps when you receive them & rate saying how much you loved what your partner included. I am sneeky & I will be looking around at some ratings and if you are opening your gifts early I won't let you in further swaps. Keep your pesky hands away from them and keep them 'til christmas. Trust me, it will all be worth it in the end! Plus we have lots of flat mail swaps going on until then if you just can't wait. :)

Ok, you've all got the idea. Now let's get down to the nitty gritty. These swaps are going to be quick. We've got 12 of them to get through & I would like us to be done by the first week in December. So here's the requirements so we can get started.

Two partners - Send your partner 1 envelope, handmade or storebought. This isn't the christmas envelope. Your partner will be opening this one whenever. So decorate how you like or keep it plain. Include a note with swap name/your name!

• Please put your actual swap e.g, christmas gifts, wrapped in gift wrap (christmas gift wrap is senders choice), paper, or even another envelope. Nothing clear. Include a tag or label on it so we know who it is from. This is what we're saving to open on christmas.

• When you receive this swap, you'll open the mailed envelope, and take your christmas envelope/wrapped gifts and keep them safe until christmas.

• You will be rating on your partners sending on time, NOT on what they send until after christmas you are more than welcome to go back and edit your rating.

What to send? - These are aimed to be easy, flat swaps. It is senders choice, and yes you can destash. We are all paper lovers and that's what this swap is for. However, as always, christmas swap or not, I would recommend looking at your parnters profile just to see if you can make their day by including something they love or collect if you have time. As always, do NOT send anything dirty, broken, just plain rubbish or useless.

• Please avoid sending gifts that are not flat or store bought gifts like jewelry, lotions, books, etc. It just isn't fair if you are sending big gifts and your partner is sticking to requirements and sending flat mail. You are more than welcome to buy things like stationery and stickers for the swap but PLEASE remember this is FLAT MAIL and paper ephemera please don't be going out spending lots of money and be disappointed to get an envelope full of paper in return.

• You all know by now what goes in these types of swaps. If your memory needs refreshing... Stationery, pens, pencils, note pads, notecards, greeting cards, stickers, vintage ephemera, paper ephemera, maps, photographs, book pages, cut outs, embellishments, beads/buttons, ribbon, washi tape, memos, smash book supplies, sticky notes, book marks, postcards, attractive scrap papers, patterned card stock, patterned papers, brads, die cuts, envelopes, letter sets, used stamps, the list goes on...

• The minimum is 10 pieces. Try to fill your envie but there is a lot of swaps so you are welcome to stick to 10. Include a variety. :)

Let's start getting excited for christmas. Let's get swapping!!!

All of these info won't be on every swap. If you are going to participate in any round of this swap please bookmark this page. Calendar of all rounds: (in process)

1 - Sent by 15th September

2 - Sent by 22nd September

3 - Sent by 29th September

4 - Sent by 6th October - 1 partner only

5 - Sent by 16th October

6 - Sent by 30th October

7 - Sent by 3rd November

8 - Sent by 11th November - 3 partners

9 - Sent by 18th November

10 - Sent by 22nd November

11 - Sent by 29th November

12 - Sent by 5th December - 2 partners LAST SWAP

If anyone besides me completes this whole swap, they will receive a little something on congrats of completion in early 2015.