Happy Friday! This is but a small sampling of the 800+ posts when you search the #2017sve hashtag on Instagram. !!!!!! Friends, this year's Secret Valentine Exchange exceeded our expectations on every level. The creative energy, the kindness, the patience (we know that quite a few of you are still waiting...we're doing our best to help loose ends get tied up, so keep us posted at secret.valentine.exchange@gmail.com). Ute and I are experiencing a lot of jaw-hanging and ... Read more
#2017sve
Hello, hello! Just a quick update today. If you've been following the #2017sve hashtag on Instagram, the Secret Valentine Exchange is hoppin'! There are so many fun sneak peeks and quite a few people have already received gifts (I was particularly shocked that my gift to Australia got there in a blink of an eye because I was not, um, totally on the ball). Amazing! I'll do another SVE update next week, but Ute and I wanted to send out a reminder that because we ended up with over 400 people in ... Read more
Happy Friday + 2017 SVE Updates
Happy Friday, I hope you all had a wonderful week! Ute and I have been working behind the scenes on the 2017 Secret Valentine Exchange pairing of partners and are pleased to report that all emails with SVE partner information have gone out. Please contact us at secret.valentine.exchange[at]gmail.com if you haven't received an email from us or if you have any updates to the information you provided. The final tally: 426 participants representing nearly 30 countries!! WOW. Thank you so, so much ... Read more
Happy New Year + 2017 Secret Valentine Exchange!
[UPDATE 2: Sign-ups are now closed! We have over 400 participants!!!!!!! Please double-check your confirmation emails to see if you have any missed or incorrect information in your form and let us know so we can update everything before we send out assignment emails (if you could let us know before Wednesday, January 11th, that would be awesome). Thank you, thank you, thank you!] [UPDATE: We are at 300!!! So exciting!!! Please note that we'll be closing sign-ups at the end of the ... Read more
SVE Loveliness
There are a few gifts still en route, but the vast majority of Secret Valentine Exchange presents have reached their destinations! Do let us know at secret.valentine.exchange[at]gmail.com if you're still waiting and we'll do our best to sort things out if you haven't been contacted already. Every year is fantastic, but with the active engagement on Instagram, this year has been especially exciting!! Here I am wearing my AMAZING knitted hat from Sonja. According to the info I sussed out from ... Read more