tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40609534797056165202024-03-13T10:41:13.477-07:00DaBookLady's How To JoinDaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060953479705616520.post-11168535149503944662007-09-25T10:18:00.000-07:002008-12-11T14:24:02.753-08:00How to Join!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XpE9ji3-oUhCDe-diDA5QxzSVg27oK4J8o4iV7gD8Jfr33WK6hnxVnjMM2674Yd403T-zlhpdgfavgwsHcfNVklvFoNRn_N2ab6n8jIXrAVEDvaMm_kAg__F458Jl9sHaOYzICorrXE/s1600-h/!cid_001f01c71d03$7f3f49f0$0200000a@chris9c534a85.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5050371007637181938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XpE9ji3-oUhCDe-diDA5QxzSVg27oK4J8o4iV7gD8Jfr33WK6hnxVnjMM2674Yd403T-zlhpdgfavgwsHcfNVklvFoNRn_N2ab6n8jIXrAVEDvaMm_kAg__F458Jl9sHaOYzICorrXE/s320/!cid_001f01c71d03%2525247f3f49f0%2525240200000a%252540chris9c534a85.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://crochetswapblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-sign-up-for-any-swap-on-this.html"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;color:#990000;">How to Sign Up for Any Swap on this Blog????</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:180%;"></span><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">I hope that everyone has fun and comes back over and over again for more swapping......</span></strong> </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>S</strong></span>o.....here's the scoop!To join any swap:<br />Just email me a message at <a href="mailto:Readernutcase@msn.com">Readernutcase@msn.com</a> put your name, mailing address (guarentee to use for swapping only), email address, and your blog url (if you have one) </li><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">T</span></strong>hen add a line or two about yourself....like is this your first swap, what authors you like,favorite books, or do you have other hobbies, maybe you love to knit, pen pal, or like me do it all....tell me anything you want. </li><li><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">T</span></strong>hen I will send you an invitation to the blog so you can post here and add your name to the group list of swappers.</div></li><br /><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>T</strong></span>hen copy and paste the <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;">"Wish List"</span></strong> short questions on this blog to your blog, so your partner will learn a little about you...if you don't have a blog you can post them on this blog or I can post a little about you on the swap blog, just let me know in your email. [and be sure to let your partner know if your questions are on your own blog]</li><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Y</span></strong>ou will get an email with your partner's email and address <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">around the 12th of the month</span></strong> and the swap begins</li><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">M</span></strong>ail your partner their book and bookmark and anything else you wish to send them by <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">the end of the month</span></strong>. </li><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">W</span></strong>ith your package be sure to theme it to the current theme for example if it were a theme to match the books title: <span style="color:#000099;">EX:</span> <span style="color:#000099;">"The Lodge" you might send some country type items, "The Strawberry Shortcake Murder" you might send Strawberry soap, or a candle, or tea, and maybe something red.</span> </li><br /><li><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">O</span></strong>r: The theme could be to match your partner's first name with the authors first name. <span style="color:#000099;">EX:<strong> </strong>If your partner's name were Debb the author of book might be "Debbie Macomber"</span></li></ul><div align="left"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#000099;"><span style="color:#000000;">**Every month</span> <span style="color:#000000;">we will</span> </span><span style="color:#000000;">have a different theme.**</span></strong></div><div align="center"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Join other swappers and sign up today to join in on the fun!!!!!!</span></strong></div><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Drop everything your doing and email me now to get started!!!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;">____________________________________________</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#330099;">THE RULES</span></div><ol><li><span style="color:#330099;">If you sign up for a swap, please make sure that you will be able to keep your commitment and send a package by the end of the swap month in which you signed up for.</span> </li><li><span style="color:#330099;">Each month the swaps will be open for sign ups till the</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> 10th</span>.</li><li><span style="color:#330099;">On the <span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">12th</span> the partners will be assigned and posted on the blog.</span> </li><li><span style="color:#330099;">You must send your package by the end of that month. </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">You also need to email your partner to let them know that their package is on the way and post it on the blog. </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">If you are posting your questions on your own blog please let your partner know. </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">Once you receive your package you MUST post a picture on the blog and your</span> <span style="color:#330099;">thank you! This is very important!!! </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">Every month there will be voting for the best packages and the winner will receive a prize from the hostess. Be sure to cast your votes by posting on the blog or by</span> <a href="mailto:readernutcase@msn.com"><span style="color:#ff0000;">email</span></a>. </li><li><span style="color:#330099;">Each month will have a different theme so be sure to watch the posting on the blog for details. </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">Each swapper who has their own blog will be linked to their name under the monthly swappers </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">If you fail to send out your package by the end of the month and do not contact your partner, or the</span> <a href="mailto:readernutcase@msn.com"><span style="color:#ff0000;">hostess</span></a> <span style="color:#330099;">by the 5th of the following month, then an angel will be assigned to send to your assigned partner. If you want to send a package after that date you will need to send your package to the angel who took your place in the swap! </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">If you fail to send a package in any month you will then have to send a <em>Just in Case</em> "JIC" package to the hostess to hold for you in order to participate in any future swaps. [<span style="font-size:85%;">a book, bookmark, and a goodie</span>]</span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">A "JIC" package will be used in place of any packages that are not sent.<br />If you sign up and fail to send a package more than <span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">2 times</span> you will be banned from swapping on this blog. </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">If you have a problem because of any life circumstance and are unable to send your package you must contact the</span> <a href="mailto:readernutcasemsn.com"><span style="color:#ff0000;">hostess</span></a> <span style="color:#330099;">and your partner to stay in good standing with this swap blog. </span></li><li><span style="color:#330099;">The swapping is for fun and to be fair to all our swappers the rules have to be adhered to by all!</span></li></ol><div align="left"><span style="font-size:180%;">__________________________</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></div></span><div align="left"><span style="color:#006600;">________________________________________</span></strong></div>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060953479705616520.post-39318787967822553392007-09-25T09:15:00.000-07:002007-09-25T09:12:35.133-07:00Wish List<span style="color:#000099;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">S</span>ample "Wish" list...</strong></span> Post on this blog with a short intro...<br />My favorite authors<br />My favorite authors<br />My hobbies...<br />My favorite books..<br />My books I want to read...<br />My books I don't like....<br />My favorite type [sci-,romance,ect....]<br />My favorite colors...<br />My allergies...<br />My favorite pets...<br />My favorite scents...<br />My Amazon Wish List link.....<br />Other stuff about me...DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060953479705616520.post-4656765571129130982007-09-25T09:14:00.000-07:002008-01-24T20:59:09.963-08:00Contest Rules<div align="center"><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong>Contest Rules</strong></span> </span></div><span style="color:#003300;"><div align="left"><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">W</span>e will be holding monthly contests and/or drawings, trivia questions, and other exciting and fun contests.</strong></div><strong><p align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"># Contests:</span></p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><ul><li></span></strong><span style="color:#006600;">There will be a different contest each month </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">The contest will last 3 weeks from the 1st of the month till the 25th or 30th of that same month </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">The winners will be announced on the 1st of the following month </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">The winners will be randomly picked </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">Each winner has 7 days to respond to the "congratulations email" </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">If the winner does not respond another winner will be picked </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">All prizes will be mailed to the winner within 7 days </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">If a sponsor backs out of the commitment or the said prize is unavailable the hostess has the right to substitute another prize of equal value </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">You must be at least 18 to enter the contest </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">You may enter the contest only 1 time unless otherwise stated</span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">To enter you need to leave a comment on the contest post </span></li><li><span style="color:#006600;">The comment should include all the information requested to win the contest and your name, email, and blog/URL link </span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000099;"><strong>Photo Contests:</strong></span></p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><ul><li></strong></span><span style="color:#003333;">Each swap <em>DaBookLady</em> will announce a new winner for the photo contest at the end of each month's swap. </span></li><li><span style="color:#003333;">The winner will be chosen from all the photo's submitted of the packages </span></li><li><span style="color:#003333;">If you are not able to photo packages please let your partner know before she mails it to you so that she can take a photo of her own package and post it </span></li><li><span style="color:#003333;">The winner will be posted and sent a prize. </span></li><li><span style="color:#003333;">All winners are posted in the "Winners" area in the right sidebar </span></li><li><span style="color:#003333;">Be sure to update or make up your Amazon "Wish lists" so that your wishes can be known to your partners. </span></li><li><span style="color:#003333;">Also be sure to post your <em>BABEs</em> "Wish list" on the blog,or your blog and send the link to <em>DaBookLady</em></span><br />________________________________________</span></li></ul>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060953479705616520.post-48935716909424029832007-09-25T08:35:00.000-07:002008-12-11T14:24:03.088-08:002nd Contest "Halloween Jokes and Riddles Search"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEhyphenhyphen7Lv7LGmHiZwZ4ZwpTwd9QK9zD4kILptfxMxlDZnBoqmzEQaDSPNCCDyB0X-igPVKOUeFb1SuBNhyphenhyphenjn5LOLSXKOb0n85n_dJvVJgX8_zvr78NTaEX4VwNEik39tO_nWeteD55QlyE/s1600-h/haaa.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5122065392628567330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEhyphenhyphen7Lv7LGmHiZwZ4ZwpTwd9QK9zD4kILptfxMxlDZnBoqmzEQaDSPNCCDyB0X-igPVKOUeFb1SuBNhyphenhyphenjn5LOLSXKOb0n85n_dJvVJgX8_zvr78NTaEX4VwNEik39tO_nWeteD55QlyE/s320/haaa.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">N</span>ow are you ready for contest #2?</span> </strong></div><div align="left"><strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">"Halloween Jokes and Riddles Search"</span></strong><br /><strong>In this fun contest all you have to do is give the right answer to the "jokes or riddles " below. This is a fun one and I thought it would be cute to see what answers evolve from these question????. </strong></div><br /><br /><p align="left"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">A</span>nswer them all and then answer the last question from the swappers "Wish Lists"</strong></span></p><ul><li><strong>Why don't skeletons like parties? </strong></li><li><strong>What do skeletons say before they begin dining? </strong></li><li><strong>What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman? </strong></li><li><strong>What do you call someone who puts poison in a person's corn flakes? </strong></li><li><strong>What does a Ghost eat for lunch?</strong></li><li><strong>How do you mend a broken Halloween Jack-o-Lantern? </strong></li><li><strong>What do you say to a 2-headed monster? </strong></li><li><strong>Why do ghouls and demons hang out together? </strong></li><li><strong>Why did the witch put her broom in the wash for Halloween? </strong></li><li><strong>Why do mummies have trouble keeping friends? </strong></li></ul><p><strong>And the last one you will find the answer on one of our swappers wish lists!</strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">What swapper doesn't like orange but likes the life of Bees?</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">Good Luck Ladies!!!</span></strong></p>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060953479705616520.post-9053330832839242852007-09-25T08:34:00.000-07:002008-12-11T14:24:03.226-08:001st Contest "Treasures Chest Ally"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujnWWENaEQv0LO14nBRRw2Pa-MeQZWFPCqAJdj7xRLgJ4g2q37SjEjSTFRx8NH71UpOvYvgbWwzmYZkWivim6dKeU-m4JWniexyejjvR0samG2yaP-8L-plnOlL8xe_RG5siPFjUep-g/s1600-h/images.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5114167513751370178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiujnWWENaEQv0LO14nBRRw2Pa-MeQZWFPCqAJdj7xRLgJ4g2q37SjEjSTFRx8NH71UpOvYvgbWwzmYZkWivim6dKeU-m4JWniexyejjvR0samG2yaP-8L-plnOlL8xe_RG5siPFjUep-g/s320/images.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:180%;">F</span>or our 1st contest....Starting Now:</span></strong></div><br /><div><strong>There are 12 swappers... so let's play "Treasure Chest Ally". </strong></div><br /><div><strong>All you have to do is:</strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><ul><li><strong>find all the items listed below to fill up the Treasure Chest. </strong></li><li><strong>You will find the answers on our swappers blogs or wish lists.[since some of our swappers do not have a blog] </strong></li><li><strong>Then you will need to </strong><a href="mailto:readernutcase@msn.com"><strong>email</strong></a><strong> DaBookLady with the name of the swapper next to each answer</strong></li><li><strong>Next explain each item in your treasure chest relating to the swapper [ex: if the clue was "men that knit" your answer might be " DaBookLady, its a You-Tube video on her blog] </strong></li><li><strong>Then say which one you think is the most important </strong></li><li><strong>and why.</strong></li></ul><p><strong>That's it...so let's get hunting and if your the winner you will be sent a prize of a book off your "Wish List.</strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">"Happy Hunting ladies....Find the Treasure:</span></strong></p><strong><ol><li>A Boxer dog </li><li>A cup of cider </li><li>Cat and Mouse </li><li>Wilson </li><li>Himalayan Goji Juice </li><li>Pirates of the Caribbean </li><li>Laura Ingals Wilder series </li><li>Large yarn ball </li><li>Dolphins </li><li>Dick Francis </li><li>Indiana </li><li>Martha Stewart </li></ol><p><span style="font-size:130%;">O</span>k find the swappers that have the above information either on their "Wish Lists" or their blogs and match them up and then </strong></p><a href="mailto:readernutcase@msn.com"><strong>email</strong></a><strong> DaBookLady with "Contest #1" if you have any questions. If more than one person gets them all right then we will pull a name out of the hat. </strong><strong><p align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Deadline</span> <span style="color:#000000;">to post is</span> October 8th <span style="color:#000000;">Have fun and good luck!!!</span></span> </strong></p>DaCraftyLadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00073025829562487883noreply@blogger.com0