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THIS IS NOT STICKER SLAPPING SWAP and GLUE STICK DREAM: The journal I am making for my partner will take me roughly 2-3 months. So please take your time, do this with care and most of all set out to impress your partner. My goal is when my partner opens my swap her jaw hits the floor. I expect this from everyone that signs up for this swap. So if you don't plan on following these rules, save yourself the headache of joining.

For this swap you will take a composition book (the cow print kind) or another suitable journal and decorate the front and back covers. You can even use a 3 ring hard cover binder (((I use these when I do this type of swap))). You want to make it pretty, something nice to look at it. Personally I always make mine bigger, bc I am a scrapbooker by nature.

In the journal/Scrapbook you are to include these things:

• 25 recipes ( 5 appetizers, 5 entrees, 5 desserts, 5 snacks and 5 sender's choice)

• 20 cleaning tips

• 20 happy quotes

• 20 handy tips

• 10 crafty ideas

• 10 decorating ideas

• 10 weekend activities in your area

Lists:

How to save money

Ways to de-stress

Reasons you love your spouse

Reasons you love your kids/pets

***IT SOMETIMES HELPS TO INCLUDE A TABLE OF CONTENTS SO YOU CAN KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE ALL THE POINTS ARE INCLUDED.

ITEMS:

A swap related gift with a price of at least $10.

Don't feel like you have to group everything together in a section. You don't have to cram all the quotes together or all the tips together. Just sprinkle them through out your journal.

This swap is for USA Swappers.

Since this is a very time consuming swap, I do not want any flakers please so ratings of 4.9 at least. A filled out profile is also a MUST! I will ban anyone I feel is shady.

Newbies (ie: people with NO ratings) not allowed. But this swap has a very long time to go before you send out, so work on ratings!

At least 20 MAILED Type 3 Swaps.

1 partner of course.

***Please knock your partners socks off, impress us with your creativity, no sticker slapping and just throwing this together, its so important to take the time and do this one right, plus I am giving you a plenty of time