Mailbox Surprises

I mailed a 2013 Mailbox Surprise !!!

Kristin (KAlbrecht) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:19:27 GMT

This is entirely optional.

If you want to post to let somebody know that a surprise is coming their way. You don't necessarily give the name of the recipient . . . it can just be a hint that a surprise is in the mail to somebody.

2013 Birthday News

Kristin (KAlbrecht) — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:36:38 GMT

Just a thread we can use for general discussion.

I got my 2013 Mailbox Surprise !!!!!!

Kristin (KAlbrecht) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:16:44 GMT

Please let your gifter know that you got your Birthday Surprises. And if you would please post photos ,in the MEDIA section, if possible.

Thank you.

Mailbox Surprise 2013 Group Assignments

Kristin (KAlbrecht) — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:43:27 GMT

Hi all --

Real quick, here is the general list of who's who in each of the 6 groups. I spread these out as best I could so that it spread out the expense across more than one month.

GROUP 1

Joyce	Routh	4-Jan
Barbara	Rickman	21-Jan
Bonita	Walters	3-Feb
Pat	Harvey	5-Jul
Candis	Waddle	3-Sep
Carolyn	Beaudot	31-Dec

GROUP 2

Jacy	Hughes	13-Feb
Karen	Hollis	19-Mar
Debbie	Bacon	14-Jun
Kelli	Hubbard	6-Sep
Jennifer	Meanor	23-Nov
Laura	Casmore	4-Dec

GROUP 3

Mimi		Hoerr	14-Feb
Candace		Weiss	4-Apr
Sukochi		Lee	15-Jun
Althea	J.	Foster	20-Sep
Yvonne		Hamilton	5-Dec
Carolyn		Beaudot	31-Dec

GROUP 4

Denise	Carriveau	15-Feb
Debbie	Robertus	6-May
Pat	Badder	18-Feb
Brigit-Carol	Lay	21-Sep
Kristin	Albrecht	1-Oct
Jean	Ricard	19-Dec

GROUP 5

Wendy	Empey	14-Jan
Deloris	Beck	15-Feb
Melissa	Halpain	17-May
Kinsey	Shea	20-Jul
Kristin	Albrecht	1-Oct
Karla	Simmons	24-Dec

GROUP 6

Debbi	L.	Mueller	18-Jan
Brandy		Fossett	17-Feb
Erin		McRoberts	1-Jun
Michelle		Heath	14-Nov
Kathy		Fritz	4-Dec
Stephanie		MacKay	29-Dec

Please watch your PM box for personal information on each of the members in your group. DO NOT SHARE the personal information with anyone, and do not post the personal information to a forum thread in QCA or any other site for that matter.

When you receive your PM please post a message here or send my a Reply PM to acknowledge your receipt of the group schedule and personal information.

Let me know if any questions.

Thank you.

You can always reach me via .......

eMail :: rkalbrecht@earthlink.net (Indicate QCA Group in Subject)

Cell :: (847) 682-4629 (Leave message)

MAILBOX SURPRISES 2013 ... NEW LEADER ... SIGN UP DEADLINE DECEMBER 31, 2012

Kristin (KAlbrecht) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:33:22 GMT

Hi Quilters

My name is Kristin Albrecht. I am the new leader for the Mailbox Surprises Group. I'm excited to be leading the group and getting to know more of members of the QCA Community. Please feel free to make recommendations on how to improve on the group . . . I am open to any and all reasonable ideas.

I may be crazy, but I am not going to limit the number of members for the 2013 group. Everybody who wants a spot, gets a spot. What I am going to do is, define subgroups within the Mailbox Surprise Group. The subgroup size will depend on the total number of members we have signed up by December 31, 2012. Please let me know if you want to be assigned to more than one sub-group.

Reply to this thread to sign up. Please do not leave your personal information in this thread.

Please "Friend" me and "PM" me with your name, address, birthday (MM DD only please), and your favorite colors/styles/patterns/fabrics/notions/thread, etc.......

The Rules

Quilting Level: Any

Mailbox Surprises Process:

I will compile a list of the members who sign up to participate in the 2013 Mailbox Surprises Group. Deadline to sign up for the 2013 group is December 31, 2012
THE 2013 GROUP WILL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 2013. A NEW GROUP WILL BE ASSEMBLED IN DECEMBER, 2013, FOR THE 2014 CALENDAR YEAR. YOU MUST SIGN UP EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR TO BE A MEMBER OF THAT YEAR'S MAILBOX SURPRISE GROUP.
In the first week of January 2013, I will PM the group members with their respective sub-group information with birthdays, faves, addr, etc..... Please let me know if you want to be in more than one sub-group.
As a reminder I will PM to all group members the details of their sub-group members birthdays who have a birthday coming up at least 1 week prior to the start of the next month (January might be tight but I'll get the information out to members as soon as possible after December 31, 2012).
For example, as close to January 1, 2013 as possible, I will PM the group members with the personal information on sub-group members who have a birthday in January,
I will PM the group members with the personal information on sub-group member who have a birthday in February by January 25, 2013.
And so on .........
Each Mailbox Surprise Sub-Group Member will mail each sub-group member who has a birthday in a given month a little "something". It can be as simple as a card, or as extravagent as a finished quilt. It is entirely up to the gifter to decide what to send.
Please keep all the gifts that are sent Quilting related.
Please try to mail your birthday surprise to its recipient as close to their birthday date as possible.
Optionally . . . Reply to the "I mailed a 2013 Mailbox Surprise !!!" thread when you've mailed a surprise package. It's not necessary to say who it's going to. Sometimes it's fun just to keep people guessing.
NOT OPTIONAL . . . Reply to the "I got my 2013 Mailbox Surprise !!!!!!" to thank your gifter.
Also not optional . . . . HAVE FUN!

All involved members MUST keep me posted of progress and complications. As we all know life happens to us all. The most important thing in the Mailbox Surprise Group, and in life is open COMMUNICATION. If you're going to be late in sending a birthday surprise please let ME know. We need to try to keep on schedule to avoid frustration. Remember your group is counting on you to put as much love, care and thought into the birthday surprise as they did with theirs. BE CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS, Do unto others applies well here!! PLEASE post to discussion board when you receive a birthday surprise. I reserve the right to remove somebody from the Mailbox Surprise group if they do not play by the rules.

PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP AFTER YOU HAVE READ THE RULES AND ARE WILLING TO COMMIT THEM, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE TIME TO PARTICIPATE BEFORE JOINING, VERY IMPORTANT!

Now lets have some fun!!!!!

MAILBOX SURPRISES GROUP IS CLOSED!!!!

Sukochi — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:43:08 GMT

THIS GROUP IS NOW CLOSED AND WILL NOT BE CONTINUED IN 2013. THERE IS NO ONE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS GROUP SO IT WILL BE CLOSED BY ADMINISTRATION OF QCA AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012.

NEED A MODERATOR FOR MAILBOX SURPRISES FOR 2013.

Sukochi — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:10:43 GMT

If anyone is intrested in running this group, let me know and I will tell Ad, Mandy. It requires having those interested in participating friend you so you can get their info (such as maling address and email adress), Making a list of names and preferences in what each would like in way of colors, fabric choices, etc. If there are any problems, they would fall to you to fix.

Anyone interested, just let me know.

Mailbox Surprises INFO

Sukochi — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:59:25 GMT

It has occurred to me that some of you would not be comfortable giving out your email address. So, if you would like to join this, just message me. I will need your first and last name, birth day and month (not year), address and fave colors. That's it.

New Member, Updated address list

Annie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:30:47 GMT

Hi All,

We have a new Member, Lisa. I have messaged all of you (I hope) the new updated address list. If for some reason you did not receive a message from me, please let me know, I had some problems with my Friends list and I think I may have missed some.

Please let me know ......

Annie

Birthday List For year

Sukochi — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:28 GMT

Would everyone like me to go ahead and give you the list of birthdays for the whole year? Would that be easier for you?

MAILBOX SURPRISES CLOSING

Sukochi — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:02:44 GMT

MAILBOX SURPRISES GROUP WILL STOP TAKING MEMBERS AS OF FEB. 1, 2012.

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HAVE BECOME MEMBERS. WE HOPE YOU ALL HAVE FUN WITH IT.

First Birthday

Sukochi — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:57:46 GMT

Don't forget our first birthday is coming up fast. If you have not allready gotten the mailing info, email me soon.

If you want to participate, get in here.

Sukochi

New (and final, I hope) Birthday List

Annie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:16:53 GMT

I have posted the updated list of birthdays in the media section of our group. I could only do that if I uploaded a picture, so in order to save time I used the one with my dog, Max and cat, Charlie.

I will continue to update any add ons and corrections there. I will add a new post when and if there are any changes.

Hope that makes it clearer and easier for everyone.

Corrections for list

Annie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:23:25 GMT

So far I made 1 mistake, I plan on more, so when you see an error please post here. I think that might work sorry.

Leslie's zip code is 65608 instead of 65609

MEMBER LIST

Sukochi — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:31:44 GMT

If you are already a member of this group, Please put your name in the member list, to do so. There is a button on the home page of the group, (Mailbox Surprises) where you can click to be a member of this group. Please do so by Feb. 1. Thank you, Members.

Mailbox Surprises

Sukochi — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:23:33 GMT

Check your messages from me sent today ,(Jan 12), Re: Birthday info.

I will CLOSE this group on FEB.1. If you want to get tinto this group, let me know BY THEN. We send birthday wishes, etc, to other QCA members directly to them rather then post on forums.

Mailbox Surprises

Sukochi — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:27:09 GMT

If anyone else would like to join Mailbox Surprises, I must hear from you by Jan. 15th, for this month's birthday. If you want to particiapte, in the coming months birthdays, please sign up by Feb.1st.

Mailbox Surprises

Sukochi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:58:08 GMT

Y'all. We all have special occasions in our lives. What if your birthday came along, you opened your mailbox and all these mailbox surprises came cascading out? How much fun would that be?

I have started a Group "Mailbox Surprises" for just for that purpose. Friend me, and I will give you contact info and get you to answer a couple questions for others to get that surprise to you. Do this soon as we have our first special occasion only a couple weeks away.

For those of you who have already given the info, join the group, anyway, so I have a list of who is participating. If you would feel more comfortable not joining this group, feel free.