http://blog.swap-bot.com notes on everything regarding swap-bot.com Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:23:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of us in the USA, our Thanksgiving holiday is right around the corner. It is the busy holiday season already and the craft blogs are full of holiday ideas and projects. Here are a few that caught my eye: First, I must promote myself a little bit... I recently ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/20/friday-link-love-november-20th-2009/ Happy Friday the 13th! These links don't have anything to do with the auspicious date, but they are cool just the same. Enjoy! I know, some say it is too early to start thinking about the holidays... but if you are hand-making things for the season, I don't think it is ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/13/friday-link-love-oooo-friday-the-13th/ It is holiday giveaway time! I have three awesome Martha Stewart Crafts Holiday Glitter sets to send to three lucky winners. I love Martha's glitter (find out how much here) and these sets have a great variety of normal super-fine glitter, tinsel glitter, and glass microbead glitter - all in ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/11/holiday-glitter-giveaway/ You may have heard about five-year-old Noah Biorkman, a boy from Michigan who is in his last stages of neuroblastoma cancer after a 2 1/2 year battle. He is celebrating Christmas early and he loves Christmas cards. Swap-bot user, mykateyes77 is hosting a http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/10/featured-swap-cards-for-noah/ Did you know that AIDS has taken the lives of more than 25 million people since 1981 and more than 33 million people are living with HIV? In 2007 alone, 270,000 children worldwide passed away due to this pandemic. Swap-bot user Polymath is hosting a great swap in honor of ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/09/weekly-swap-world-aids-day-swap/ Wow. It is November. Are you ready for the holiday season to start? I'm not, so for this week I have NON-holiday links for you. Please add links to any of your own fun, crafty finds in the comments section. Happy weekend! Do you still have candy left over from Halloween? ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/06/friday-link-love-november-6th-2009/ Swap-bot was down for about twelve hours last night, but it is back! We are very sorry for the inconvenience. The flu has hit Swap-bot HQ. http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/03/swap-bot-outage/ This week, I am featuring a swap that will help you get ready for the winter holiday season in a small way... The featured swap is the Handmade Winter Holiday Card swap hosted by coolbaker5. For the swap, you create one holiday greeting card by hand, and send it blank ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/11/02/weekly-swap-handmade-winter-holiday-card/ Swap-bot is an international site so I know that not everyone celebrates Halloween, but to those who do: Have a fun and spooky weekend!! Happy Halloween!! (p.s. If you want to see the amazing variety of fabulous Halloween crafts made for Swap-bot swaps, click here.) http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/10/30/happy-halloween/ As part of a trade with Wishpot.com, I wrote a guest article for their Indie Blog featuring items handmade by Swap-bot users. (Above is felt cake by lisajhoney, polymer cupcake charms by craftaddict02, and kawaii dessert rings by musicoffandon.) The article shows off a bunch of Swap-bot user's Etsy stores, ... http://blog.swap-bot.com/2009/10/27/handmade-by-swap-bot-users/