Christmas Idea Book - Round 1

I just want to provide a suggestion- for those who have Gmail as their email addy source- you can make a document (.doc) from there. I just made one for the 1st time yesterday and it worked. (I wanted to make sure it saved as .doc before joining this swap)

To make a document in Goggle Mail (gmail)-

• sign in to your gmail account

• on the top left you'll see "Gmail" "Calendar" "Documents"

• click on Documents

• the in the BLUE header you'll see NEW

• click on NEW

• on the drop down menu click on DOCUMENTS and a new tab/window will open

• enter text (this is your document)

• when finished SAVE and voila - it saves as .doc

Now if you want to share (send) the .doc

• click on solid blue tab SHARE (upper right)

• click on Email as Attachment

• then enter email addy's. Now here's where it's kinda tricky- it does NOT give you the BCC (blind carbon copy) option. I know some people are uncomfortable with having their email addy's shown for all to see when sending an email (for spam reasons). So what I did was emailed it to myself - THEN I forwarded the email to partners using the fwd. and BCC option. The .doc will be forwarded. Voila

If you have any questions- feel free to pm me. Good Luck!

So for this swap...I can make a binder and fill the pages and send it that way too?

@RyeRye Thank you for your question! This is just round 1, so we will only send one document/attachment for each category to each of our partners- no binders. Though that would make a great swap on its own!

For example: for this swap I may send one Fudge Recipe, one Quilt Pattern and one tip to decorate your dinner table to all of my partners via e-mail. The recipe may be something I typed up on a word document (.doc file). The quilt pattern may be one I downloaded off the internet from a craft blog and is in .pdf file format. Finally the tip to decorate the table may be something I clipped from a magazine years ago and I may scan it into a .pdf file. ( Note: you can type them all in a word document, or scan them all in .pdf file format or any combination you would like).

These three attachments would make up my e-mail that I would send to all my partners.

This is a bit new and different, so please ask all the questions you like. We will do our best to walk you through this. The fun part is that you will share with your partners your Christmas finds and they with you.

Is it acceptable to provide the link to a pattern. Say if I found a pattern on a website or blog- can I provide a direct link? This way someone can bookmark it or download it from there (if allowed) ??

I will join when it gets closer and I am caught up...

@AwtemNymf - If at all possible it would be nice to have the attachment. I have found that websites pull their pages frequently and in some cases I have lost the patter/tutorial.

I have sent mine via email today. Please let me know if you don't receive it so I can re-send! Thanks! ~A~

I have sent mine! Please let me know if you don't receive it! Check spam folders. Often mine end up there. Thanks!

I too have sent mine... mine is a rather large file so if you don't receive it or cannot open it please let me know. Thank you - Anna

I have sent mine let me know if you didnt receive it

I have resent mine in 3 parts, so the file sizes are smaller. Let me know if you don't receive it or cannot open it- thank you - Anna

Hi, All!! I have received emails from some of you, and wanted to apologize for not rating yet. I am a little behind and promise to rate tonight and tomorrow am. Thanks for all your swell ideas!! :o)

Lisa