September New Thing #2
I hosted a swap party with my friend Halle on Wednesday night at a local bar called Double Happiness. They have the coolest lounge up top, serve great drinks and you can even score some Japanese street food (which was oh.my.gosh delicious). We set everything up in certain areas and let all the ladies browse for the first half hour. It was fun seeing what everyone brought and then decided to take! SO many adorable scarves, jewelry and bottles of polish.
I scored four books (The Girl Who Played with Fire, the first Hunger Games, Player Piano, and Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates) and bottle of navy polish! I would highly suggest hosting a swap if you’re on a spending freeze (even though I cheated again on day 50 of 60…oops). I also know that a lot of women loved attending because they could also get rid of stuff they never used! I’ll be donating all of the extra stuff to Godman Guild and Goodwill!
I only have one more thing to accomplish this month and it’s to put together a short video on my new Canon T2i! Let’s see if I can crank that out this weekend.
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Comments (15)
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I was thinking of maybe hosting a dress swap party in the spring. Seems like it might be easier to deal/organize sizes!
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You have inspired me!! What a fantastic idea. I’m so glad i read this article, i really want to host my own swap party now : )
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Awesome!! That place looks so rad, too. I host local swaps in my hometown all the time :) http://stitchswap.com/
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sounds like SO much fun! :)
I’m totally wondering if I could pull something like this off. How many ladies ended up attending? -
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I love this idea not only because everyone walks away with something but it’s a great spin on getting together with friends outside of the normal… let’s sit around, eat, drink and be merry… even though all of that is quite fab.
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Love this idea!! I’d really like to do something similar. I was wondering – what were the rules/instructions of the swap? (Or did you already post that info?)
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The rules were: for each item you bring – you get a token. So if you brought 5 things…you could take 5 things! Other than that it was kind of relaxed :)
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Beth @ dot in the city
Love this! I hosted a clothing swap, but it was kind of challenging with people being different sizes. Love the idea of a books/accessories swap! Looks like a lovely setting too :)