19 thoughts on “Hurrah! The 2017 FMS Gift Exchange is now open!”
Thanks for organising the exchange again!! Every year I am looking forward to it!
Thanks Chantelle for the amazing work that goes in to this exchange every year!
Thank you for this! I am so excited to be participating again!
I’m so excited….. But I signed up for Europe only and I live in Canada. Will that be a problem?
Yes, I’ll need to remove you unfortunately. Europe is for those people living in Europe only.
You’ll need to select worldwide. I’ll email you with a new link.
It’s a beautiful idea and I enjoyed participating last year, but found it a shame that it’s through an American retailer. My budget and time was quickly eaten up in the delivery. Would love to see you work with an Aussie retailer.
I’m so sorry. What do you mean? Elfster just organises the partners – you’re able to shop where ever you like – at local stores, anywhere online. That wishlist function that Elfster creates is not something I can switch off but I encourage people to ignore it. I did mention that a few times last year but you might have missed it.
Hi Chantelle, I’m glad the gift exchange is happening again! I joined in last year for the first time and received such a lovely gift from someone in Arizona but I never got a message telling me who my partner was so I’m wondering how that part works? Is it through a message in Elfster?
It actually was meant to happen through Elfster, but the function didn’t work. So we just revealed to each other in the group. 🙂
Thanks for letting me know. I think I mustn’t have joined the facebook group last year so that might be why I didn’t find out mine, so I’ll make sure I join this year : )
excited for another year. I signed up on Sunday and still haven’t received an email (step 2). do they come a little later?
It arrives about 5 minutes later. Did you get it? x
no, haven’t received anything…
Sorry about that. It might have gone to spam. If you can email me your Paypal receipt and I’ll get the links to you. hello@fatmumslim.com.au
I signed up and did the $5 to Rafiki and never received an elfster email?
Please email me and I’ll get the links to you. x
Is there anyway that you can make joining the facebook group a requirement? I’ve done the exchange 4 times and my person never seems to join the facebook group, and it truly makes it harder to find out what they’d like. I use the message feature in Elfster, but it’s just doesn’t seem to work that well – at least it hasn’t for me. I really want to join in again this year, but it always ends up stressing me out, trying to find the perfect gift for someone I don’t know and don’t have a way of really getting answers from…. Thank you. 🙂
Hi Joyce! I’m sorry – it’s a little bit late now, as I haven’t made it compulsary this round. You are welcome to try your luck though. I have everything crossed for you this year! x
Thanks for organising the exchange again!! Every year I am looking forward to it!
Thanks Chantelle for the amazing work that goes in to this exchange every year!
Thank you for this! I am so excited to be participating again!
I’m so excited….. But I signed up for Europe only and I live in Canada. Will that be a problem?
Yes, I’ll need to remove you unfortunately. Europe is for those people living in Europe only.
You’ll need to select worldwide. I’ll email you with a new link.
It’s a beautiful idea and I enjoyed participating last year, but found it a shame that it’s through an American retailer. My budget and time was quickly eaten up in the delivery. Would love to see you work with an Aussie retailer.
I’m so sorry. What do you mean? Elfster just organises the partners – you’re able to shop where ever you like – at local stores, anywhere online. That wishlist function that Elfster creates is not something I can switch off but I encourage people to ignore it. I did mention that a few times last year but you might have missed it.
Hi Chantelle, I’m glad the gift exchange is happening again! I joined in last year for the first time and received such a lovely gift from someone in Arizona but I never got a message telling me who my partner was so I’m wondering how that part works? Is it through a message in Elfster?
It actually was meant to happen through Elfster, but the function didn’t work. So we just revealed to each other in the group. 🙂
Thanks for letting me know. I think I mustn’t have joined the facebook group last year so that might be why I didn’t find out mine, so I’ll make sure I join this year : )
excited for another year. I signed up on Sunday and still haven’t received an email (step 2). do they come a little later?
It arrives about 5 minutes later. Did you get it? x
no, haven’t received anything…
Sorry about that. It might have gone to spam. If you can email me your Paypal receipt and I’ll get the links to you. hello@fatmumslim.com.au
I signed up and did the $5 to Rafiki and never received an elfster email?
Please email me and I’ll get the links to you. x
Is there anyway that you can make joining the facebook group a requirement? I’ve done the exchange 4 times and my person never seems to join the facebook group, and it truly makes it harder to find out what they’d like. I use the message feature in Elfster, but it’s just doesn’t seem to work that well – at least it hasn’t for me. I really want to join in again this year, but it always ends up stressing me out, trying to find the perfect gift for someone I don’t know and don’t have a way of really getting answers from…. Thank you. 🙂
Hi Joyce! I’m sorry – it’s a little bit late now, as I haven’t made it compulsary this round. You are welcome to try your luck though. I have everything crossed for you this year! x
Oh no, I missed it 🙁 x