Welcome to the peace. love. swap. blog

The peace. love. swap mission is to keep gently used baby, kid, and maternity items out of landfills and to donate to local charities by producing fun, affordable, family friendly swaps where you can get together & exchange your unwanted/ outgrown items on an regular basis.
You can find more info about peace. love. swap at http://www.peaceloveswap.com/ . You can also email Meg at peaceloveswap@gmail.com This is general info about p.l.s (peace. love. swap)- where I let people know about updates to the current swaps, new swaps coming up, and general info about swaps in general. Hi! My name is Meg & I married, live in Grass Valley, CA and have 3 beautiful kids (Christian, Milla & Lola) and one on the way. I started doing these kid's clothing and gear swaps in June 2009 in Nevada County. They were fun, rewarding and very needed. After getting emails from moms asking when I was coming to their area, I knew I had to help moms get them going in their own cities. I also knew that in order to grow peace. love. swap, I was going to need help. In February 2010, I welcomed Elle Beyer on as a partner. Elle is also a mom of 4, wife, small business owner, performer, artist, and martial arts pro. Elle found me while posting her children's clothes online, loved the idea and became a regular swapper. After the first swap, she was addicted as well, and wanted to help take p.l.s to the national, or even worldwide level. Along with Elle, I think we have what it takes to recruit moms everywhere and offer our events in different cities across the US.



For more info on how it works & upcoming events- check out the website http://www.peaceloveswap.com/


happy swapping~

meg & elle

Thursday, October 7, 2010

green halloween!!

Wow! I can't believe it's been 2 months since I last "blogged" - I have a hard enough time keeping up the website, emails and facebook ... let alone the kids!! I don't know how people blog every day.. Anyways, I just wanted to mention that Halloween is right around the corner and what better way to go easy on the environment (and your pocketbook), than recycling Halloween costumes. I know personally, I have 4 of my son's old Halloween costumes under the house in a box, plus a couple from the girls.  I will be bringing costumes to the kid's swap in Grass Valley on Sat. 10/9, as well as the Vacaville swap on 10/15.  If you can't make it to a swap, perhaps you could get together with some friends and trade costumes... if not, then go to a consignment shop or thrift store. I usually hit these local spots on my daily walks, and I have to tell you, I have come across a TON of costumes.. cute ones at that! Since I started doing the swaps over a year ago, I rarely hit the consignment and thrift stores anymore, but since Ava (our newest addition - 12 weeks old) doesn't like to nap anywhere but in my mobi wrap, I find myself walking A LOT!! So, to kill time I go down and look around.  If you can't find what you are looking for at our kid's swaps, definitely don't forget these alternatives. I got myself a few shirts and my husband too... I am finding the cutest stuff for like $2 each... I LOVE not having to spend a ton of money on stuff... of course I like "free" better... but you can't always get what you are looking for at swaps.
That's all for now, I will try to write again soon (sooner than 2 months!)
Oh also... by the end of the year peace. love. swap will have hosted 50+ swaps in over 12 cities!!! Not bad for being around for a little over a year...!!
Take care & make sure to check the website for upcoming dates, times and NEW locations.

happy swapping!
meg
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1 comments:

  1. I'm bummed I missed the last one but I'll probably see you in December if you do one then!

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