Giftmas all year long

Around Christmas somebody came up with the idea of Giftmas. People post their Amazon wishlists and prowl through the lists and pick something off a person's wish and send it to them. I played too, sent out a few gifts, and received a few gifts.

After the holidays Her Excellency Honig decided it needed to continue on past the holidays and she set up a facebook group. Annie (I can never remember her SCA name) set up a spreadsheet on her google drive, and I said I love playing with spreadsheets and offered to help. So we alphabetically listed everybody and their wishlists, and any extra comments of things not on the wishlist they like. Such as dog photos, somebody to take walks with, coffee and naps, Pokemon Go friends, etc.

After a few days the number in the group and subsequently the spreadsheet has exploded. As of typing this entry there are 167 people on the spreadsheet and 301 people in the group. I didn't want to let the entire spreadsheet be opened up for editing, but I figured out how people can leave a comment and then Annie and I can transfer those comments onto the sheet. People haven't really caught onto that, and every 4th post to the group is "Why don't you pin the spreadsheet to the top?" (It is pinned, you have to look under "announcements"). But slowly it's coming along and everybody is having fun posting photos of the gifts they've been receiving. There's even been a couple of posts of people asking who hasn't gotten anything yet, because they want everybody to feel the love. It's amazing! This is My Society. *heart emoji*

I also had an idea this afternoon and started another tab on the sheet so people can list their shop if they make and sell stuff. Because I know that we as a group love to support small businesses as well, especially if our friends are putting their heart and soul into the craft.

I know this isn't specifically SCA / protege related, but it's a project and I haven't written in this blog for a bit. So that's a thing I've been working on.