Summer Swap Party – Part 1
In these troubled times, when you find yourself thinking twice about ordering that 1/2 cap 1 pump soy latte because you think you might need that money for gas in your car… first of all, why do you have such a complicated Starbucks order anyway, and secondly, why not think of a thrifty way to save money, give to charity AND get a new wardrobe. Crazy-talk you say? Well, maybe those ideas may seem paradoxical to you, but I am feeling cocky today and I think I can prove you wrong.
Enter the annual Summer Swap Party. Thanks to our friend Briana Lane and Style Haul, this years event is immortalized on the world wide web:
http://youtu.be/y5WW1wTTaJ0
It looks crazy right? But I promise you can pull one off on a smaller scale. Our party looks insane because my friend Autumn and I have been throwing Swap Parties for years – and we have gotten really good at it. What began with just a handful of girls with 4 or 5 random pieces of clothing, telling war stories of how ‘I bought this outfit from Charlotte Russe with my saved up allowance,’ has morphed into an annual event that our girlfriends look forward to every year.
Since we’ve been throwing the party for so long, every girl we know saves up all the things they were going to give to the Salvation Army (or going to pawn off on their younger sister) and we “shop” in each others closets for a day and then give the rest to charity.
Over the next few posts, I’ll give you a few ninja tips on throwing a SWAP PARTY of your own. We love throwing this party and hopefully you’ll enjoy throwing one of your own!
August 21, 2011 @ 11:14 PM
i love throwing swaps – i am long overdue for one…you should come
to my next one!
August 23, 2011 @ 11:10 AM
Totally legit, it looked like it turned out super well and the
signs you made looked balla!!!
August 30, 2011 @ 9:57 AM
You can download PDFs to print on http://www.wayofthewong.com/2011/08/29/summer-swap-party-part-ii/
August 26, 2011 @ 12:16 AM
SO MUCH FUN!!!!! I was so impressed by the organization and detail in this swap party, it felt like a super chic celeb event! and i got some GREAT stuff and made new friends. the fact that we also donated to charity was total icing on the do-gooder cake. so stoked to have been a part of it this year! xo
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