Doper Ornament Exchange - 2007 Edition

Thank you, Jodi, for the very festive old-fashioned Santa Claus ornament (which was packed in a little velvet stocking – two ornaments in one!) They will be adorning my tree momentarily.

The weather over the weekend derailed my plans to get my ornament in the mail, but it will be winging its way south (to a very northern sounding location!) today.

You’re welcome! It’s nothing special because I couldn’t think of anything cool or unique, but it does come with my best wishes. Merry Christmas. :slight_smile:

And I got it today!!!

They’re beautiful, they look handmade, an angel and a star.

Oh, and more chocolate than anyone should have to look at!

Thanks Mama Zappa!

thirdwarning sent me a cute little egg. It’s made of glass, and has lots of gold glitter on it, but otherwise reminds me of a Ukrainian type egg.

Really nifty, and totally not something I’d have bought for myself–which is just another way of saying really nifty.

And I got Anaamika’s ornament today- wow, is that an antique? It’s very nice. Thanks!

I’m glad you like it. I shall never tell, though. BWAHAHAHA!

Mine arrived yesterday - Thanks Alice! The snowflake “cookie”, “ribbon-candy” tree and “orange slice” star are adorable!! only one of the three had a sticker that explicitly said “don’t eat, this is not food!!” but we figured the others were inedible also and did not attempt to snack on them :slight_smile:

Looks like almost all have been mailed - if you have sent an ornament but haven’t posted to the thread, let me know.

Good! I hope they all arrived in one piece- my workplace donated the bubble wrap and I was hoping it was enough. Glad you liked them!

Thank you, Mr Bus Guy, for the nice orange cat ornament, and the descriptions of the real cats that share or shared your life. Merry christmas to you all!

My own ornament(s) have only been sent this monday, so they will probably be late - but the paint had to dry on them before I could package them and send them off. Sorry!

I got my ornament! It’s a beautiful transparent glass ball, with the glass pulled into and through the center – it’s kind of hard to describe, but it’s cool.

Thank you, labelless! I love it. :slight_smile:

Ornaments have been sent by:
Eleanor of Aquitaine
gardentraveler
pbbth
gigi
Scarlett67
Zabali_Clawbane
Thirdwarning
Eureka
Anaamika
Alice The Goon
Mama Zappa
Mr Bus Guy
Anaglyph
Ludy
Labelless
Jodi
freckafree

Ornaments received
Gardentraveler has received an ornament from Eleanor of Aquitaine
Pbbth has received an ornament from gardentraveler
Thirdwarning has received an ornament from Zabali_Clawbane
Eureka has received an ornament from Thirdwarning
Anaamika has received an ornament from Eureka
Alice the Goon has received an ornament from Anaamika
Mama Zappa has received an ornament from Alice the Goon
Mr Bus Guy has received an ornament from Mama Zappa
Anaglyph has received an ornament from Mr Bus Guy
Labelless has received an ornament from Ludy
Jodi has received an ornament from Labelless
Freckafree has received an ornament from Jodi

Looks like all but a handful of ornaments are either received or en route.

I’m so glad you like it! I bought one for myself too!

Wheee! Another package arrived today!! (I was also in Round 2). From Gigi, a beautiful egg-shaped ornament with beads in wine and blue and silver colors (and with a teensy little ladybug painted on the bottom). It’s going on the tree momentarily!

I just opened mine— three beautifully hand-made beaded snowflakes from freckafree, packed in a red organza bag. Thank you so much. You are very talented, they are gorgeous!

I sent mine on Wednesday, and it should arrive today or tomorrow.

Merry Christmas!

Given your location, I thought you’d appreciate snowflakes.

I’m glad you liked them. I had fun making them!

Oh, Ha!, Snow Camp was named because Gen. Cornwallis made camp here during Revolutionary War times, in the snow. But, it rarely snows here.

That’s OK, because now I have at least a bit of it with your wonderful snowflakes, now sparkling up on the tree. They are stunning! I treasure them already.

When I looked it up on a map, I did wonder if it ever snowed in Snow Camp!

Update - December 26th

My records indicate that all but two ornaments were sent; I’ve heard back from those two senders and they should be hitting the mails shortly. They apologize; both have been nailed by “life happens” events.

I show a number of ornaments which were sent, but have not been received yet (or the recipient hasn’t responded to my email checking on its arrival). If you’re such a sender, and you happen to have sent with some sort of tracking, can you check on that? I hate to think that such a large proportion of ornaments got lost in the mail (there are at least 4 that should have had enough time to arrive; a couple others were sent longer distances or sent very recently, so may not have arrived yet).

I think I’ve been in touch with everyone who is at either end (not sent, or receipt not yet acknowledged) of those MIA ornaments. If not, post here or drop me an email. I’m trying to see that nobody gets left in the lurch. I might ask for volunteers to send out an extra ornament to cover those participants but I’m still hoping that won’t be necessary.

Drat - missed edit window. Latest list of sent / received:

Ornaments have been sent by:
Elelle
Eleanor of Aquitaine
gardentraveler
pbbth
gigi (2)
TwoOnSunday
Scarlett67
Zabali_Clawbane
Thirdwarning
Eureka
Anaamika
Alice The Goon
Mama Zappa (2)
Mr Bus Guy
Anaglyph
Ludy
Labelless
Jodi
freckafree

Ornaments received
Elelle has received an ornament from freckafree
Gardentraveler has received an ornament from Eleanor of Aquitaine
Pbbth has received an ornament from gardentraveler
Thirdwarning has received an ornament from Zabali_Clawbane
Eureka has received an ornament from Thirdwarning
Anaamika has received an ornament from Eureka
Alice the Goon has received an ornament from Anaamika
Mama Zappa has received an ornament from Alice the Goon
Mr Bus Guy has received an ornament from Mama Zappa
Anaglyph has received an ornament from Mr Bus Guy
Labelless has received an ornament from Ludy
Jodi has received an ornament from Labelless
Freckafree has received an ornament from Jodi
Mama Zappa has received an ornament from Gigi
Cazzle has received an ornament from Mama Zappa

I sent mine but it doesn’t appear to have been received and it hasn’t come back to my return address yet. I can certianly pick up another one to send out if it was sucked into the void that is the UPS if needed.