2009 Swap the Planet

INTERNATIONAL--thanks to everyone who participated in our "trial swap" and who suggested new members for our little but strong international group! We encountered just one glitch last time--no mail between Israel and Malaysia!!! Yikes! No worries, everyone got a swap! Hopefully the bot will randomize us better this time, if not, let me know!

We'd like to start off 2009 with a New Year, New Group swap! Similar to our first swap, there are several categories for you to work from, but it has a New Year's twist to it! We will each have one partner to WOW with fun, unique things from our part of the planet.

Now the fun stuff, put a package together of 6 items, that are local / unique to your area/country. You should have ONE item from each of the following categories:

~Sweet or Salty snack or spices

~Souvenir or touristy item, think "giftshop"

~Handmade something or other (can be made by your hands, or purchased from a local artisan)

~ Something that symbolizes or reflects YOUR personal or local New Year tradition (I know that your "New Year" may not necessarily fall on Dec 31 of my calendar, that makes things even more interesting!)

~ Describe how you spent your most memorable New Year's Eve, it could be in your childhood or this most recent one

~ Small profile surprise

Have FUN and Happy New Year (it will be here before we know it!)

This swap is for Swap the Planet Members only! Thanks!