Hello Robin,

I live in Mississippi and last year was my 1st cookie swap. I have several friends that live in St. Louis and loved seeing the pictures from the party. My friend Kelli wanted me to come up to her house and help her host a cookie swap. The dates just weren't working out for a Christmas swap so we decided to have a summer Luau cookie swap party in July. It was a blast!

Everyone was told to wear their best Hawaiian attire and display their cookies creatively. We had twelve swappers. Kelli is the one in the lime green grass skirt and I am in the pink grass skirt. We played the pantyhose game, purse scavenger hunt and also the plunger relay game (what a funny game!) We played the song "I'm too Sexy" for the best dressed Catwalk and also voted for most creative display. When everyone RSVP'd they also gave me their flip flop size. So I then randomly assigned everyone a flip flop size to bring. We then swapped flip flops, it was a twist from the Christmas version of swapping socks or slippers.

All the girls received a beaded foot thong, you can see them in the flip flop picture. Everyone also left with the cookie recipe book. The most creative display went to the Key Lime bars decorated with the margarita glass and lime slices! We had such a great time and it was great to swap cookies in the summer! So, cookie swaps aren't always just for the traditional Christmas swap :-) !! Thanks for your great website!

Hostess' Tricia Carter and Kelli Langan