Buddhism-care-package

My only request to my partner would be please no incense I cannot burn it, it always sets me off coughing! :-)

may i put other items related to yin&yang, feng shui, etc. ? or it must be with buddha related?

and could some items be handmade?

i already enjoy this swap.

danke schon drachenfrau to host this swap.

Hey Anouk, I would say Feng Shui and Yin Yang is ok. What do you all think? I've my package already done and looking forward to send. :-) Handmade is ok too.

how wonderful, drachenfrau !!

so am I, i'm a busy bee to make a couple of handmade things and to make an inspiring present for my partner.

=(^_^)=

Ive already finished my first item form this swap. Thats how excited i am for this one :)

Great bohemiam_felt. :-) Have fun!

Have packaged my goodies up...all ready to go, eagerly awaiting address now! :-)

I'm new here, so thanks for letting me join. I've run/participated in a lot of swaps/projects at the Nervousness site, if anyone is familiar with that, also in Yahoo groups.

I'm excited to be here! I have lots of little Buddhist goodies, and love to swap and trade stuff.

Chris C.

I have what is probably a dumb question. How do we know who to send to?

Thanks-Chris

Hi Chris, you will get an email from swap-bot, when the swap starts and then by login in, you can see your partners address. You get this mail on the 16th.

Chris is my Swap Bot bud.

Murmel/Elke, parcel will be winging its way to you tomorrow from the UK...Have a good week, Alex :-)

Emily Post-Punk your package will be mailed out tomorrow. Hope you'll enjoy. :-)

barb your package is on it's way to sweden!!! hope you like it :o)

Monika:

I sent your package out today from Toledo, Ohio. Do let me know when you get it. Thanks! Ashley

Hi Ashley, I will. :-)

I received THE MOST WONDERFUL package from Mela today. Many, many thanks!

Francesca:

Thanks ever so much for the wonderful assortment of practice goodies. I hope your partner is as kind to you.

Hugs, Ashley

Bohemian, I mailed your items out today. I hope you like them!

barb, i'm happy you like it :o)

Ashley I recieved your package. Thanks a lot.

Thanks for letting me know.

hi! i just want to let my partner know that i received my swap - but it's a bit sad because it has almost nothing in it that has to do with buddhism exept a handdrawn buddha on the envelope and a written buddhist quote...

Hi mela, that's sad to hear. Please contact your partner and ask about it.

~My swap is on it's way~

I hope my partner likes it, and likes the way I interpreted buddhism and spirituality.......

inner strength and exploration, self care and love, nourishment........bliss

~goddess bless~

thank you all for sharing the main and beautiful word: love in this buddha swap.

hope my package will find its way throughout the world to come to you, bohemian_felt

i'm waiting for mine...patience is the one vertue i need to work on :-p

Chris, I recieved the package today! It was wonderful, it's funny, i am sending out very simalar things!!!

Dachenfrau, what a WONDERFUL package! I cannot thank you enough. Everything is perfect and delightful. I love the mala beads!

My package just needs some finishing touches and it will be in the mail tomorrow! I'm sorry I'm a little late; school is freaking me out and I am not managing my time very well.

Glad that you like it. :-)

i sent out the package yesterday chris. hope you like it. Hug.

Oh, argh - next time I will even spell your name correctly - I missed the 'r.' Sorry!

I am excited to read Siddhartha , which I haven't ever read. I hope to find the time to dive into it soon.

i like hermann hesse. emily you will like siddhartha :o)

wouldn't it be nice if more people post some pictures of their swap?? i am soooo curious ;o)

oh mela, the things you sent are really cool.

Haven't received anything yet, but will try to post piccies when I do! :-)

Anouk, thank you so much for the package you so carefully chosen for me. it was a treat.

you're welcome. i put everything you like in it, well almost everything.

im still waiting for mine to come .........

im sure theyll come soon.

Glad you liked it, Catgirl. Besides the journal, I wasn't sure what to include.

Chris C.

me too Anouk, I did notice 2 not sents, maybe they are ours! :-( This seems to be happening to me a lot lately, I either dont get anything or it is extremely late, and I alwayse send mine out real quick. good luck!

When I signed in for this swap, I believe and I still believe there was something different in this one. It sounded to me like a flow of joy and trust because ... hey... it's a Buddha swap. besides, it's the baseline of swapping: swapping with someone you never heard of before, never seen before but you do it because because tt's fun, mysterious (you don't know what you gonna get), it's really exciting!!! you do it because you believe that in this world there's people who can be trusted, who can trust you and you do something with love for a stranger, you do it to put a smile on the face of this stranger without thinking that you or they will gain something from it or take advantage.

I think people who signed in, are those who you can be trusted and I'm strongly believe that you (Alex) and I will get ours, maybe late (if the partner sent it by another means that airmail or registered mail).

By the way, it also happens to me a lot : I don't get anything or something really cheap. Sure, it makes me really sad. The sure thing is that the swapper who did not send anything, who did not communicate, can be exposed and be banned from future swapping.

let's cross our fingers, Alex!!! >_< it won't be no sending this time.

~I also have not gotten my swap, and don't think mine has made it's destination.

~I am starting to worry because it has been almost a month, and I do not want to give or get a bad rating.

~I don't know what the deal with the postal service is, it is disappointingly slow.............

~to my partner, my stuff is sent, and I do wish it to be a lot more speedy!!!

I agree Anouk, I contacted my partner and she has now sent mine out. But I will just mention something that happened to me today, to perhaps give all us 'sometime none receivers' hope. I live in the UK and this morning I received a phonecall from a man who is a police officer in Tasmani, Australia..I must admit I was getting ready for a prank call! However, he was for real and said that he had just received a parcel addressed to me, that somebody had sent me from the U.S. (the parcel turns out to be my package from Kathy for the pink swop I'm in) Now Kathy had put the correct address on..so how come it is in Australia you might ask? Well it seems that this lovely man had bought a radio from the U.S via ebay, and the ebay guy and Kathy must have used the same post office at the same time on the same day, and somehow the post office worker had put Wayne's custom label on my parcel, and then the postal worker instead of reading the address on the front, had just looked at the address on the customs label, and mailed it to Tasmania!!!! So this very kind man, has tracked me down, and is now sending it to me in the UK, and would not accept reimbursement for all his trouble etc....People are good, a nice story I think! :-)

~Alex, this is a fantastic story!!!

~what a wonderful guy for sending the parcel to it's rightful owner.

makes me want to pay more attention to what my postal guy is doing with the labels that get put on my parcels....I better pay more attention!

~the buddha is here!!!!!

goddess bless you, Lisa!!!

I wish I had a camera to take a pic of my beautiful new treasures...

such a lovely swap, this was such a good idea!!!!

alex: what a story!!! it gives hope. I'm impatiently waiting for mine. haaaaaaaaa

I received an outstanding package of goodies from catgirl...incense, candles, a handmade little wall hanging, and other things. Thanks for a great swap!!

me too anouk!! despite my other experience...maybe this is our lesson.to learn patience! :-)

me too anouk!! despite my other experience...maybe this is our lesson.to learn patience! :-)

So great to hear, that all of you have now their packages. :-) Great story Alex! :-)

Not me I still have not received a bean! waiting patiently :-(

HURRAH! I finally received my lovely package today from Sue...thank you, love everything..have posted piccies, metta, Alex :-) thank you!