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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Current News - 2015



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MAY 2015

Hi everyone! I have been busy shooting and editing my mail call videos and am almost completely caught up. Please take a look at my newest 3 from the end of Apr - May 18.  And don't forget to Subscribe to my YouTube channel if you haven't yet. I will be doing more mail/swapper videos soon, and will also be branching out and doing more art & crafty type videos soon too.


APRIL 2015

I am taking this blog into a new direction... no more organized swaps.  I will only be doing personal happy mail, personal swaps, and showing my Monday Mail Call videos.   Sorry, too many people didn't follow through with the organized swaps and I just don't have the time to babysit adults.


MARCH 2015

No swaps this month, as we are still trying to track down Feb swaps... sigh...


FEBRUARY 2015

I had 4 people sign up for the Happy Mail swap in January, and nobody signed up for the friendship book swap... so I think we'll just stick to doing a Happy Mail swap again in February.  I tried to contact everyone on Facebook to give you your partner's name, and then you contacted each other to exchange addresses... I hope everyone has sent their January swaps out.  If not, please send these out this week, so we can wrap things up for Jan.  Now for this month, I am going to be posting more of the fun mail I receive, and we'll do another Happy Swap.  I can't do too many swaps yet as we just don't have the number of people participating that I need to do more than one.

Happy Swapping!
~Barbi





January 2015
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12:05 AM Jan 3, 2015:  Hi everyone!  I am so sorry I fell behind on this blog last year. My husband had a stroke in May, was in hospital for 2 weeks, then recovery. Then this Fall the kids have been sick with mono and strep (my youngest had strep 3 times!) -- so my family was my main priority, which I am sure you all can understand.  I hope to get back into this blog again this year and do some more swapping.

I also want to do some posts on here showing some of the cool swaps I get from time to time. I have lots of great swappers I met on Facebook, and from friendship books, etc.  So I just want to share this fun hobby of mine.  Would love to hear feedback on some of the changes I'm doing here on the blog! Post comments below, or find our Facebook Event page and you can contact me on there :)  -- link is in upper left of main blog page.




Thursday, May 28, 2015

Monday Mail Call - May 18, 2015






View this video on YouTube HERE.


Thanks for watching!

~Barbi



Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and thanks for hitting the thumbs up and commenting too.  

It lets me know people have seen my video.



Related Links:


* GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
* ATC Basics / What Are ATCs? 

Monday Mail Call - May 11, 2015







View this video on YouTube HERE.


Thanks for watching!

~Barbi



Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and thanks for hitting the thumbs up and commenting too.  

It lets me know people have seen my video.



Related Links:

* GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
* ATC Basics / What Are ATCs? 

Monday Mail Call - Apr. 30, 2015







View this video on YouTube HERE.





Thanks for watching!



~Barbi







Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and thanks for hitting the thumbs up and commenting too.  

It lets me know people have seen my video.





Related Links:



* GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
* ATC Basics / What Are ATCs? 


Thursday, April 23, 2015

MAIL CALL Monday 04/13/15







View this video on YouTube HERE.


Thanks for watching!

~Barbi



Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and thanks for hitting the thumbs up and commenting too.  
It lets me know people have seen my video.


Related Links:

* GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
* ATC Basics / What Are ATCs?

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

New Monday Mail Call video on the way

I am working on editing my latest video, and will post the link to it soon on my YouTube channel. Check out here:  CreatedByBarbi's YouTube Channel

I am not doing anymore organized swaps here on this blog, as I had 4 members in Feb. and HALF of them didn't send on time, or didn't contact their partner to let them know they were sending, received, etc.  These are adults. And I know for a fact they were not new to swapping.  It's really NOT that hard, and I am not paid to be your babysitter. (I'm not paid to do this at ALL....) soooo..... I am NOT putting myself through all that stress when there are plenty other ways for you to find organized swaps (Swap-bot.com, Facebook groups, etc.)

I do still like to swap, but money is tight around here due to my husband's health issues (and mine, sick kids, car expenses, house expenses, etc.) We are a one-income household, with 2 kids and 3 pets, and the only money I get for postage is by selling my digital stationery, and stickers/stationery on eBay, Listia, and my Facebook Group: Stickers and Stationery For Sale.

I don't want items sitting around too long as sometimes I get a lot of items sent as excess and don't have money to pass them along right away. 

Instead, I joined some Happy Mail and Swap groups on Facebook, where you can just randomly choose someone to send happy mail, or set up a one-time swap. At least that way I can control better what I am swapping and know how much money I need for postage.  Budgeting is difficult when there's no money to budget.... sigh... ok so that's my (rant) for today...

I will still be showing my weekly Monday Mail Call videos, but sometimes they end up being bi-monthly as sometimes life just gets in the way and I don't get a video out every week.

Thank you SO much to everyone that sends Happy Mail my way, as it really DOES make me happy :) More than you know. 

If you would like my address, comment below.  And if you'd like to swap anything with me, post what you'd like to swap and where you are from.  If you live outside the US, I am sorry but I can't swap with you right now due to postage costs. 

Happy swapping!

~Barbi




Related Links:

* GLOSSARY: What is a FB? LB? SB? Goodie Bag? Deco?
* ATC Basics / What Are ATCs?

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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