Holiday Carol Swap Sign Ups Closed

[AlexWyattMommy]

Holiday Carol Swap Active, Mail by November 29

Since this is getting a late start, there are a few changes to my normal swap requirements. You will be required to send them to me via Priority mail WITH Delivery Confirmation if you send the week they are due. You can still use First Class package with Delivery Confirmation if you are done early and send before the due week. I will return them to you the way you wish.

Pick your carol/song.

You may sign up for more than one group. Just don’t sign up for more than you can know you can get done in five weeks. These really don’t take long to do, once you figure out how you want to layout your lyrics.

Make enough for every person in your group. Completed carols must be 8 ½” x 5 ½”.

Use cardstock and layer at least once plus one embellishment. You can embellish any way you choose, but be C-R-E-A-T-I-V-E!!!

SENDING & RECEIVING: Mail date is no later than November 29, 2007. Mail all the copies of the carols you do. You will get one of yours back. These must be in mail, Priority with DC, by November 29th. I will mail out all swaps on December 5, 2007.

Label your carols with your Dis name, real name, and group number. Put your carols in a plastic bag larger than the carols. Individual zip bags will leave lines on the carols if they are too small. I will PM you the shipping address after posting the progress thread. If you choose priority shipping, I will get priority envelopes at the post office and then do the priority-shipping label online to get free delivery confirmation for you. So send a check, stamp, or cash (if you prefer) for $4.60. Please don’t send metered or click-it/ship-it postage – some hostesses have had issues with these.

Staples sells the binders and the plastic sheet protectors for this size page. Hobby Lobby also carries scrapbooks in this size.

Group 1 - Religious FULL
1. AWM - What Child Is This?
2. hopemax - Silent Night
3. tiggermei - Oh Holy Night
4. rlovew - The Little Drummer Boy
5. liv4diz - Hark The Herald
6. KatDisney - The First Noel

Group 2 - Secular FULL
1. hopemax - Deck the Halls
2. tiggermei - Up On The Housetop
3. rlovew - Jingle Bells
4. AWM - O Christmas Tree
5. liv4diz - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
6. KatDisney - Frosty the Snowman

Group 3 - Religious Full
1. AWM - O Come, All Ye Faithful
2. TPCShauna - O Holy Night
3. liv4diz - Away in A Manger
4. rlovew - We Three Kings
5. MazdaUK - O Little Town of Bethlehem
6. happypooh - Joy To The World

Group 4 - Secular Full
1. KatDisney - Silver Bells
2. TPCShauna - Carol of the Bells (Ukranian Bell Carol)
3. liv4diz - I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
4. MazdaUK - Let It Snow
5. happypooh - I'll Be Home For Christmas
6. tiggermei - Must Be Santa

Group 5 - Secular Full
1. TPCShauna - The Christmas Song
2. Downrivermama - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
3. MazdaUK - We Wish You a Merry Christmas
4. hopemax - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
5. AWM - Winter Wonderland
6. vanyel - White Christmas

Group 6 - Religious Full
1. tiggermei - Angels We Have Heard On High
2. MazdaUK - Once in Royal David's City
3. hopemax - Do You Hear What I Hear
4. happypooh - I Saw Three Ships
5. angelmom - Go Tell it on the Mountain
6. pretty in tink - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

Group 7 Secular Full
1. AWM - Blue Christmas
2. happypooh - Feliz Navidad
3. angelmom - Jingle Bell Rock
4. pretty in tink - Mele Kalikimaka
5. liv4diz - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
6. hopemax - Christmas Time is Here

Group 8 Mixed Full
1. KatDisney - Mary Did You Know
2. happypooh - He is born, the divine Christ Child - Il est ne
3. angelmom - Santa Clause is Coming to Town
4. rlovew - TBA
5. liv4diz - The Friendly Beasts
6. pretty in tink - It came upon a midnight clear

[hopemax]

Group 1 - Silent Night
Group 2 - Deck the Halls

[tiggermei]

I've been wanting this one!

Group 1 - O Holy Night (my very favorite carol of all times)
Group 2 - Up on the Housetop

Can we assume that group 1 would be religious and group 2 secular?????

[hopemax]

That's how I picked mine. I figured there would be people that would want one or the other. Since AWM had a religious carol in group 1, that's where I put mine.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Okay, uhm yeah, that was the plan. :rotfl2:

I like that idea. I will go with it. The first one is religious, the second is secular.

I will be happy to open up more groups as needed. This is a simple one to swap out.

[rlovew]

Can I have The Little Drummer Boy for group 1 and Jingle Bells for group 2?

Thanks,

Rebecca

[liv4diz]

Love this idea! Can I have Hark the Herald in group 1 and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer in group 2?

Thanks,
Paulette

PS. If you open more groups, I'm interested!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Updated to here. :thumbsup2

[KatDisney]

Ok, I wasn't going to do any more thins year but I figure this would be a spectacular Christmas gift for my sister in law. So can I have

Group 1: The First Noel
Group 2: Frosty the Snowman
Group 4: Silver Bells

AWM - I will get these done and mail with the Surprise Swap if that is ok

[AlexWyattMommy]

You can get them done that soon?
I am all about saving money, send with my stuff!

[KatDisney]

Yup I'm playing hookie from work on Friday! Starting Thursday night until Sunday I am finishing all my swaps. Good reason to get me that Christmas cart!

I have them all ready to print.

[TPCShauna]

I would like:

Religious Group 2 - O Holy Night
Secular Group 2 - Carol of the Bells (Ukranian Bell Carol)
Secular Group 3 (If you have one) The Christmas Song

[TPCShauna]

This is a great idea! I just have one question regarding the page protectors you mentioned. Can they hold lumpy embellishments? The only kind that I've seen that hold the 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 pages are a pretty tight fit for flat stuff. I just want to know how much leeway I have in designing.

Also, are we pretty much planning to make these all horizontally oriented? I guess it would be fine to do a vertical layout but that would mean flipping the book. Not that it's a bad thing to flip the book. I just had to ask because that's how my mind works.

[hopemax]

Oh, that's a good idea...mail with the Surprise swap!

I plan on working on these on Friday night while DH is out gaming.

[AlexWyattMommy]

The ones I got from Hobby Lobby will hold lumpy ones just fine. I don't have any really lumpy recipe ones. The lumpiest had some layers, brads, fringy fiber and it fit just fine.

What ever way will work best for your lyrics is okay with me. Turning your book to sing from should not be a problem. :thumbsup2

[liv4diz]

OK, can I have group 3 "Away in A Manger" and group 4 "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"?

Thanks,
Paulette

[AlexWyattMommy]

Yes you may. :rotfl:

I have you updated.
I can't wait to see what you do with Kissing Santa. :thumbsup2

[AlexWyattMommy]

Oh, by the way, Hobby Lobby has their albums on sale this week. I picked up one that normally only $4.99 to begin with, but $2.50 is even better!

[rlovew]

I would love to be in the second religious group and do We Three Kings.

Rebecca

[MazdaUK]

Can I have religious group 3 "O little town of Bethlehem" and Secular 4 "Let it snow"

Maybe my cardstock that was too late for the recipe swaps will come in handy after all:rotfl2:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Updated to here.

I have to go to school today to set up the Scholastic's Book Fair. It will be an ALL day things. Ugh.

So I will update this when I get back around suppertime EST.

Please feel free to sign up for as much as you want. I will happy to open up more groups when I get back to accommodate everyone. :lmao:

[SusieStone]

I am so glad htat someone got this going. I am sorry that I did not think about.

I feel like such a slacker.:idea:

[happypooh]

I'll do Joy to the world for the last religious spot and I'll be home for christmas..please.

[tiggermei]

I can't help myself -- I love Christmas songs. I want to do two more!

Secular -- Must be Santa (DD did this at a Christmas show last year and sang it for me again last night with motions and all and I just love it!!!)
Religious -- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (I know just the paper).

[Mickster]

I can't help myself -- I love Christmas songs. I want to do two more!

Secular -- Must be Santa (DD did this at a Christmas show last year and sang it for me again last night with motions and all and I just love it!!!)
Religious -- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (I know just the paper).

Must be Santa is one of my favorites! I sang that one in Elementary school in the 80s. :)

[Downrivermama]

AWM, I'd like Group 4 Secular and Have Yourself a merry Little Christmas.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Updated to here. I will keep this open through Saturday for those who can't DIS during the week.
I will not be increasing the numbers, so those that are full are set to go.
I will combine as necessary if acceptable.

[MazdaUK]

Tiggermei, did you realise you're going to have 2 lots of "Hark the herald"? I'm sure they'll both be different though!

My cardstock is on its way :goodvibes so I'll have another spot each in the 2 new groups:

Religious: Once in Royal David's City

Secular : 12 days of Christmas (I know it was originally a Catholic song to remind of the litany during Puritan times but I bet - Michael Caine voice - not a lot of people know that!)

Makes a change form recipes :rotfl:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Thanks Mazda! I did not catch that yet. Still recouping from being gone all day.

liv4diz, I switched your two religious groups around. Figured it didn't matter as you would still get the same songs back.

[hopemax]

I'll sign up for more too :)

Secular - It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Religious - Do You Hear What I Hear

[AlexWyattMommy]

I just thought I'd post this for you all to find some lyrics.
Just take out the spaces.

:santa: http: //www.the-north-pole. com/ carols/ index.htm

It also plays the music, which is really nice when you can't remember the tune.

[vanyel]

Can I have Group 5 - White Christmas?

[happypooh]

More please! Can I do Feliz Navidad for the secular group and I saw three ships for the religious group please?

[AlexWyattMommy]

Sure you can. I'll go update the OP now. :thumbsup2

[rlovew]

I am heading out for the weekend at Disney but if you need to fill up any of the groups when you go to close out add me into them and I will find a song that isn't listed to do. I love these kind of swaps but don't want to hog all the spaces.

Rebecca

[liv4diz]

I certainly don't mind you switching my songs between the groups (because, as you said, I'll still get the same songs:yay: ) but now this means MazdaUK is getting two Hark the Heralds:confused3

With so many people in so many groups, duplicates are going to happen, unless everyone chooses a song that has not already been placed in any group. Just my two cents.:rolleyes1

Totally respecting that this is your swap that I'm getting to play in!
Paulette

[MazdaUK]

me and my big mouth! :confused3

Can I swap 12 days of Christmas for "We wish you a merry christmas" please? 12 dyas is way long for the size of paper!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Ha, I knew it was too easy to just switch songs between groups.
I will switch it back, as it was tiggermei who picked the second Hark. I'm sure she can use both or will change her song if she can't.

Will go update. I understand about the song being too long. Unless you make the font itty bitty, which would defeat the purpose of a song book, it won't work.

[AlexWyattMommy]

I am heading out for the weekend at Disney but if you need to fill up any of the groups when you go to close out add me into them and I will find a song that isn't listed to do. I love these kind of swaps but don't want to hog all the spaces.

Rebecca

Thanks Rebecca!!
I know, I love these swaps too. It's really hard to not hog. :)

[tiggermei]

Ha, I knew it was too easy to just switch songs between groups.
I will switch it back, as it was tiggermei who picked the second Hark. I'm sure she can use both or will change her song if she can't.

Will go update. I understand about the song being too long. Unless you make the font itty bitty, which would defeat the purpose of a song book, it won't work.


Let me look at the list and see if I can do a different song. I have some wonderful angel/music paper and want to use it but I'm sure there's another angel song that will be good.

ETA -- change my Hark to "Angels we have heard on high"

[AlexWyattMommy]

Let me look at the list and see if I can do a different song. I have some wonderful angel/music paper and want to use it but I'm sure there's another angel song that will be good.

ETA -- change my Hark to "Angels we have heard on high"

I was just thinking about telling you that song. I love that one.
Will go update.

Thanks so much for changing!!!

[MazdaUK]

I was oing to suggest while shepherds watched (there's angels in it:rolleyes1 ) or Angels from all realms of glory

[happypooh]

not sure if this would be ok but if we don't fill up the last two groups could Mazdauk and happypooh go from gp 6 to gp 1, hopemax and tiggermei go from gp 6 to 3, and AWM from gp 7 to 4 and happypooh from gp 7 to 5....that would mean gps 1 and 3 making 8 lots and gps 4 and 5 making 7 lots of things but we would all get more??? Am I making sense?? Or are you set on groups of 6?

[AlexWyattMommy]

I really want to keep the groups limited to six. If nobody else signs up tomorrow, then rlovew will take the number 5 spot and that group would close at 5.

Then you and I can decide if want to just go ahead and make the two for us and swap. Using the dimensions we are, making two will be easy and I don't mind making a small number. And since you are already making other groups, it won't cost that much difference in postage. If it was your only group, I would have tried to put you in a full group.

[hopemax]

If the last group doesn't fill up, I could do another group. I don't want to be piggy when there might be weekend people who want to sign up. :santa:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Thanks hope.

I really want to keep it open until Saturday because I don't want anyone disappointed when it isn't their fault they can't DIS during the week.

[happypooh]

No problem...was just trying to maximize the number of carols we could get all into a book! I'm easy with whatever and wherever...

[AlexWyattMommy]

No problem...was just trying to maximize the number of carols we could get all into a book! I'm easy with whatever and wherever...

:rotfl2: Can I admit to wanting one of every song?

[hopemax]

Me too, but I am signed up for so many groups in so many swaps already! :rotfl2:

I am justifying it by saying I was on swap hiatus early last year, and I'm going on swap hiatus the beginning of next year because of the move. Have to get my swapping in now.

[KatDisney]

Me too, but I am signed up for so many groups in so many swaps already! :rotfl2:

I am justifying it by saying I was on swap hiatus early last year, and I'm going on swap hiatus the beginning of next year because of the move. Have to get my swapping in now.

Hope is leaving me :sad1:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Is she coming to live near me????

[hopemax]

Not unless you are moving to Denver, CO next year too.

[AlexWyattMommy]

:sad: No. :sad:

[liv4diz]

I'll take spots in the other two groups if they don't fill up. Didn't want to keep others from joining in.:crowded:

Paulette

[AlexWyattMommy]

Great! If we don't have new participants by Saturday afternoon, I'll fill up the spots with you guys. Thanks!

[angelmom]

I wish I would have been on sooner to see this! I will take Silent Night in group 6, and Jingle Bells in Group 7. Thanks

[MazdaUK]

Are they going to really jingle? I saw some cute little bells in a card craft catalogue:goodvibes

No-one is moving anywhere near me:sad2:

[AlexWyattMommy]

Nope, not until after the children are all grown. And then Buffy and I are going to come open up a shoppe.

[pretty in tink]

I, too, wish I had seen this earlier, I had been checking every day since the end of Sept. for it then gave up on it. But I would like spots in the last two groups please. Only I just don't have a clue what songs to do. So if anyone has any suggestions that would be really helpful!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Religious not done yet,
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Mary, Did You Know
Let There Be Peace On Earth

Secular ideas,
Blue Christmas (elvis fan here)
Here Comes Santa Clause
Santa Clause Is Coming To Town

[KatDisney]

oh oh if you need an extra hand I would love to do Mary did you know in Group 8

[AlexWyattMommy]

It's yours!

[AlexWyattMommy]

Okay guys, I'm off to Hobby Lobby to get some special paper for this swap.

Hope to see lots more sign ups when I get back. :hyper:

[KatDisney]

YAY! thanks I totally love the comedian who wrote that song. It also is just so touching and beautiful. I now will have to do something special for it. Off to Hobby Lobby this evening

[MazdaUK]

For "here comes Santa Claus" I always think of the remake of Stepford Wives, so if anyone does that they must include pine cones :lmao:

[happypooh]

He is born, the divine Christ Child - Il est ne -for group 8 please....I love that one!

[AlexWyattMommy]

If angelmom and pretty in tink want one more spot each in Group 8, I can fill up all the other spots with those who volunteered to take more places.

I'll come back later to check and close out the sign ups and set up the progress thread.

PS very good trip at Hobby Lobby. They had their Christmas color textured cardstock 1/2 off. Also picked up some great Cloud 9 paper at Cord Camera Scrapbook Studios.

[angelmom]

I will take Santa Clause is coming to town in group 8 and switch to 12 days of Christmas (correct name?) for group 7 instead of jingle bells, and Go tell it on the Mountain for group 6 instead of silent night, I wasn't thinking when I posted before and doubled up on songs. Darn, now mine will not be able to jingle!

[AlexWyattMommy]

12 Days of Christmas is a really long song. It's okay with me, just wanted to warn you.
If you wanted jingling bells, what about Jingle Bell Rock? That is one I know like the first two lines and everything gets hummed. :lmao:

[KatDisney]

well I did it I went and bought the Christmas Cheer cart! It's gonna be so much fun to play with

[AlexWyattMommy]

You go Girl!!
It is a fun cart. I used it and the Mickey head Icon to make my ornaments for your swap.

[hopemax]

Yay! :lmao:

I may have to bring some paper with me on sort day.

[KatDisney]

lol ya DH said well let me see what my hard earned money bought

[AlexWyattMommy]

Okay, progress thread is up.
I will be PMing pretty in tink to give her first right of refusal for a spot in group 8, otherwise it will be going to hopemax. I have you both listed as having that spot and will update it as soon as I know.

Be sure to let me know your songs so I can update the OP on this thread.

[hopemax]

Sounds :thumbsup2

[hopemax]

For Group 7, I'll do "Christmas Time is Here" from the Charlie Brown Christmas Special. :goodvibes

[happypooh]

which way do we mount the carol? with the 8.5 side or the 5.5 side horizontal??

[AlexWyattMommy]

It can be either/or, depending upon your length of lyrics and how you wish to embellish.

Most of the recipes were vertical with 8-1/2 being the length.

I don't think it matters with this book. You will be singing from it, so you can turn it as needed.

I haven't decided how I will layout mine yet. It'll be harder for me to break the vertical mindset. But I will try!! :thumbsup2

[angelmom]

After looking at lyrics on a song site, I will change the 12 days of Christmas to Jingle Bell Rock in Group 7. thanks again!

[happypooh]

Are the albums vertical or horizontal? I just want to be able to put the song book on my piano and flip the pages as needed and not have to take the page protectors out and flip them on their side..if that makes any sense! I did see one album at our LSS which was horizontal 9x6..are the albums at staples different? I don't think we have Hobby Lobby in michigan or at least I haven't seen one. I didn't see any albums at Michaels today that were that size...only 8x8...I'm wondering if I should get a zutter and try and hand cut an album...any one have one of those?? Are they worth it? Sorry for being abit off topic but I want to figure this out before I start sorting out layouts for this swap.

[MazdaUK]

After looking at lyrics on a song site, I will change the 12 days of Christmas

Yeah, I did that too :lmao: Its long enough to fill a book on its own:rotfl2:

[AlexWyattMommy]

I bought a few of the albums yesterday because they were on sale.
Will take photos to show you what these look like.
HL puts their stuff on sale on a regular basis. I'd be happy to part with some of what I have if it does't go on sale to pick some up for you guys before hand.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Here is what the ones I have look like. The spine is on the short side.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/100_1521.jpg

and here it is with the two different layouts.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/100_1523.jpg

[pretty in tink]

I would like to do "It came upon a midnight clear" for group 8, if that would be alright. Thanks!

[AlexWyattMommy]

It sure would be okay.
I'll go update the OP.

[liv4diz]

Finally catching up after a long weekend of Ga Tech football/homecoming! My DFIL and DH are Tech Alum and now DS and DD are freshmen there.

I'll do "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" for group 7 and . . .now I can't decide. Let me see how long "I Said" is and I'll post again. (I now have time to play on the computer!).

Paulette

[liv4diz]

OK, I'll do "The Friendly Beasts" (sorry, we call it the "I Said" song) for group 8.

Thanks,
Paulette

[AlexWyattMommy]

Got it!

[angelmom]

Are we doing these a specific way-up and down or sideways?

[AlexWyattMommy]

Nobody has said they need it be a certain way, so go with what works best with your lyrics and embellishments.

[pretty in tink]

Here is what the ones I have look like. The spine is on the short side.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/100_1521.jpg

and here it is with the two different layouts.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/100_1523.jpg



I don't have any pictures but the books from Staples are the opposite-the spine is on the longer side. That being said, because they are songs they would work either direction in either book :)

[MazdaUK]

The Staples ones are more like a ring binder (perhaps because they are a ring binder:lmao: ) and they have a clear cover over a white cover so you can slide in a decorative cover (and spine if you can be bothered:rolleyes1 )

I've got two wth recipes so it will be nice to have the songs in a different format:goodvibes Stop me tring to sing "CRT potatoes":lmao:

[happypooh]

Given the format of the book I'll be trying to do horizontal lo's so the book will rest on my piano or music stand or floor while we sing! Now have to figure out how to print in columns on wordpad!

[MazdaUK]

I'm afraid mine are vertical as they've literally just printed out :headache:

I did try horizontal for one but couldn't get it to fit:sad2:

[hopemax]

The 2 I've done already are both vertical.

[happypooh]

Hmm...thinking about this more maybe I should do vertical too...I'm going to try and get a zutter I think and make my own book....maybe...

[AlexWyattMommy]

Hmm...thinking about this more maybe I should do vertical too...I'm going to try and get a zutter I think and make my own book....maybe...

Staples has the binder type holder that is meant for vertical. I've not seen it, but some one else said they have a pocket on the cover to slip in a pretty cover paper.

[pretty in tink]

The one from staples is exactly like the 3 ring school binders with the clear plastic cover over the regular cover, only the book is the smaller size. Which is nice for making a special cover

http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?&langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&productId=84652&cmArea=ATCH:SC1:CG2:DP3721:CL158855:SKU|85773|cmS


hmm... maybe this will work, if it doesn't i'll take it out, it's the link (i hope) to the staples one, the binder pictured is a the regular size binder, so it looks bigger than what it really is

well it works if you copy and paste the link, hope this helps anybody still confused on the staples kind, dh lost the camera so i can't post pics of mine...

[rlovew]

I am trying to decide between-

Let There be Peace on Earth
I Want a Hippopotamuas for Christmas
and
All I want for Christmas is my 2 front Teeth

I think I am going out to the store today- if DH decides to wake up from his nap so if I find the perfect embellishment or paper then it will make my decision easy otherwise I will have to think some more about what would be the cutest.

Rebecca

[vanyel]

Here is what the ones I have look like. The spine is on the short side.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/100_1521.jpg

and here it is with the two different layouts.

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q179/alexwyattmommy/100_1523.jpg

Hey, I have the same SEI binder!

[AlexWyattMommy]

So will Mazda, :rotfl: .

[MazdaUK]

What a great club I'm joining - the SEI owners club:lmao:

[TPCShauna]

Here's the deal. I really, really love O Holy Night. It is my all-time favorite religious carol and one that I absolutely want to be in my carol book.

I know there are people in my Religious group that are in another group with someone doing the same song but I have wracked my brain trying to come up with a different carol. All of the ones that I like have been taking by others in my group or the first group.

So, I need help. I would like to finish my last group this weekend but I don't know what to do for it. I would like to do O Holy Night but don't know what to do for the rest of y'all that woudl be getting duplicates.

Please help!

[TPCShauna]

Duplicate post.

[AlexWyattMommy]

Just make what you signed up for. You shouldn't need to be stressing about something that was supposed to be fun.

I will see if I can find some from Group 6 to switch with rlovew & liv4diz in Group 3.