Pat- If you are short, count me in. I can come up with something...don't know the rules, but can read and find out. If you need me, let me know. If not, I will catch it next time.

Yea!! I'll be checking my e-mail every few minutes all day.

Hazie

Got my name! It'll be in the mail ASAP! (Am I allowed to say who I got, or is it classified?)

FLAG: Thanks for the offer. I was already in the midst of drawing when I came across your post. Be sure to join in the next one. I'm sure everyone here would love to receive one of your pieces!

MM: NO! No one knows NADA until the gift is received. Then the recipient posts a photo and tells who it's from. Mums the word! This is the FUN of it....not knowing...until the postman brings a box to your door! You're so excited you rip it open standing at the front door, with the snow drifting in....

I've e-mailed y'all with the name of the person to whom you should mail your gift. I'm hoping it isn't someone you've already exchanged with! If it is let me know. I'm not mailing mine off until after Christmas so maybe we could do a swap.

Holy dawg snot!! I gotta name! Sooo excited now. I may not mail until after xmas also.
Are we all in agreement not to open until NEW YEARS?

heee heee he! me too, so exciting now

Got my name - I'll be sending it off this weekend - maybe. Depends on how long the line is.

I got my name! I got my name!! I'm not sending mine until after Christmas. Like someone said earlier, it won't get there any sooner if you mail it now. It's just likely to get more banged up. I'm soooo excited (intimidated, but excited).

Got my name! I'll not mail til after Christmas, but I think we oughta get to open them when we receive them!!!!

I had an idea...since our member gallery host has gone MIA for so long, how about if when we post our pic of what we got, we are IN it, so the person who sent it can see WHO actually got it?

Now there's a run-on-and-on sentence, but the question stands!

Oooohh, this is the fun part isn't it!! Waiting for yours and watching them all come in!! Yipeee!!

Maria

OH YA! Got my Victim!!!! hee hee! I totally changed my gift idea and am loving this idea waaay better!!! It's something I wanna make for me so I hope she likes it too!!! I was so excited to get my email, and to think there is way more excitement to come!!!! Yippee!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}

Whaaaaaah, I didn't get a name yet.....

Ramona

Got it thanks!

Hey Calam, is that a reindeer pig?! Looove it!

Whoooohoooo! I got it! How exciting!

Oh my goodness.....I got my name and my knees are shaking now...everyone on this site is so talented and does fantastic work, but I have to tell you when I saw this person's name I wanted to run and hide my head under my pillow :) A newbie and I got this person! Yikes.

Got mine! Yea! I'm excited about it... a bit nervous too, momof3... but everyone here is very, very supportive and fun loving I know it's going to be fun!

OH NOOO MOMof3abk, no no no! you can absolutely believe that any thing you made with love and is from the heart will be cherished by any one of us here. We all had those feelings on our first exchanges... read the lead up threads to the pan challenge and you see some serious anxiouty(sp?) even from the people I consider to be the most talented. You'll see! and from then on you'll love sharing ALL your projects with us!

Thanks! I know that my gift will be appreciated, I just had to share my initial reaction....I'm very excited and can't wait to see what I get. Now to guess who has me....

I got my name. I like the idea of waiting until New Years to open it. I also really love the idea of being in the picture.

Got mine, too!!! Can't wait to get it in the mail, but am determined to MAKE myself wait till the 26th!!

Man, is that ever gonna be hard to wait to open it....I have such little willpower when it comes to goodies!! LOL! Maybe I should give the package to DH and instruct him to hide it from me!

Pat

What do you wanna bet.......that everyone opens them when they come, and pretends they didn't? Then post them on New Years like it never happened!hahaha

Hazie

Hazie - you read my evil little mind ! LOL !!!

I got my name too! I must be frickin' nuts because I made sure I finished my exchange gift BEFORE I worked on gifts for my DH, DD and DS!!! Then, because I don't have money to buy gifts for them, I have totally stressed myself out trying to make something for them to open on Christmas! I am happy to report though that I finally finished something for them so now I am trying to catch up on all the posts that I missed. Can't post pics of the mosaics yet though because my DD checks out the forum from time to time!

Barb

I was just telling my gift where it was going and It yelled WAHOOOO !!

...you all talk to your gifts too, right??

Well, I am naughty as they come....I've peeked in bags before then have to act stupidly surprised when my gift is wrapped and I open it......I'm not one of those people that slowly rips the wrapping paper off, folds the paper up and neatly takes care of the bow.....I go at it like a raving mad dog in a dog fight.....work up a sweat, veins pop out of my forehead..eyes buldge...shake with excitement of the unknown..fall down into a pathetic pile on the floor ripping the package open...but I promise to wait until New Year's Eve........anyone have handcuffs?

BARB!!! I too have done exactly the same thing BUT I haven't made the Family/Friends gifts yet!!! Was waiting impatiently for my "room" to be done!
Meadle & Gypsy!!! TOO FUNNY!!!!

I mailed my gift today. It was today or never!!! I will be working on the 26th so I was already in line with my other stuff soo..it went too!!!

Hope you like it!!!!

Im gonna try (operative word there!!!) not to open my gift till new years eve but I cant promise anything!!!!!

I will have the hubby take a picture of me with my gift though.

Of course now Im getting nervous...dang I hate that!!!!

Yeah, sure, I can wait

Maria

Got my name this morning too!!!!Thanks to Rosie for being kind enough to take charge.I am thrilled but nervous too like everyone !!! I promise I will open mine on new Years Eve like we planned ,I promise,I didn't say it won't be hard but I promised!

If I'm home when it gets here I can wait till
New Years Eve. If my DD gets a hold of it first
it's getting opened...no patience that girl :o)
Linlee

mom0f3...ditto everything you said. I think I gotta go back and do something else.

GYPSIE: That is a scene I'd like to view. Oh, yeah, I promise to wait too, long enough to find the PROPER knife to cut it open.