I have had this one in mind for a while, ever since someone (I think it was cherrysberries) posted about stories and nature table items. Anyone interested? I would want ot make this one a small swap, maybe just 5 mamas so everyone would only need to make 4 sets for their chosen fairy tale. Choose a story and then create a set of items from the story for nature tables. For example, I am thinking about doing The Princess and The Pea; I would make everyone in the swap a queen, prince and princess bendy, and also a set of "mattresses" and include the pea. For The Three Bears, you might needle felt 3 bears, make a bendy Goldilocks and some clay porridge bowls ... You would just choose one tale and make the set for the other 4 mamas in the swap. Everyone can mail to me and I will sort and package all the sets to mail back to everyone. I am thinking end of July for a mail by date (so that we can start a fall nature table swap at the end of July with a mailing date of end of August/beginning of September :)). If there is interest, once we get the participants, everyone can choose their tale so that no one is doing the same one.

So who's in with me? Stacey and Heather - what about you two??

me, me, pick me!
I'm in!

Yippee! You're quick, lol!

I am looking thru grimm's fairy tales now to see what a good one would be....rupuzel would be fun. repunzil, the witch, her suitor, the tower, and maybe the twins(from grimms version)

I also have the tale of the little little old woman from elsa beskow, that would be cute, old woman, little cat, little cow, pail of milk
Ever hear of her or this book?

I am still searching tho

and finally, they can be sewn or knit or felted right? Anyway?

If anyone wants to make any extra sets, I'd buy them from you.. I just don't have the time or energy before this baby comes (and most likely for awhile after). :wah:

need to back out...I"m sorry

Okay okay - you've twisted my arm! It would be a heck of a lot easier if I didn't know Bonnie and Stacey IRL :happy: Although, Stacey could just give me everything that was on her mantle Monday and I would be okay with that. Of course it's just a suggestion....and I'd let you keep your blueberries from Where's Waldorf.

ETA: When I see you next Stacey i'll have to look at your books. I can't find my Grimm's tales and I haven't gotten any fairytale books for Maya yet.

that's 'nature table' mantle to you :D

how do you test your nature table items? give them to maegan who will pull off all the nicely felted leaves off my blossom baby I made last night, again and again and again! arg! :eyes:

I think we need to get together and do a "craft in". between the 3 of us I bet we can turn Michelle into a crafting mama!

And about your mantle - Kitty walks across ours and steals bendies from Maya's toys so we can't even set one up!

I'm glad there is interest in this!!

Ha ha Heather - I knew I would get you! :monkeydan

Ok, so far we have
1 - Mom2kbeth
2 - Maegansmama
3 - Lupineperriwink
4 - Dannielle

We can take one more mama!

Heather - go here for fairy tales: http://oaks.nvg.org/re1ra2.html
http://www.classicfairytales.com/en/main

Stacey - I know that book; I just ordered it for McKenna :)

Heather - We should have a craft in! We could definitely get Michelle crafting
;pot:

room for one more!!??? :happy:
trisha

Darn, I missed it. If we get enough for a second set or something I'd like to play.

Can we squeeeeeze in Hastings? Huh huh can we can we? (Stacey is rubbing off on me) Maybe she'll do some sheep.....

I claim Princess and the Pea! :happy:

oh i want in :happy:I tried to edit last night to add this but amity was down :wah:

I have some really cool ideas to do either Hansel and Gretel, or Little Red Cap

what do you think???????

can I play too :eyes:

oh, please make it a tiny bit bigger- I couldn't get on last night either. I want to do the Three little kittens who lost their mittens. I have visions of making pies from clay, little knitted kittens and a Mommy cat.

If the deadline is far off and we all agree we could make more than four sets and still do a decent job.

Please oh please let us all play!

Tawnya

If you are all okay with it, I think I could easily do 6....I am actually working on it right now :monkeydan


please please please let us in :eyes:

please can they play :monkeydan
i couldn'tget on amity last nite either
i'm up for more ;)

More mama is fine with me! I was thinking to keep it small because we would all be doing sets and not just a single item like the other swaps. But if everyone is ok with having those few more mamas, it's fine with me :)

So here's the new list:
1 - mom2kbeth - The Paperbag Princess
2 - maegansmama - Rapunzel
3 - lupineperriwink - Selkies
4 - Dannielle - The Princess and the Pea
5 - lazygirrl - Star Money
6 - huntersmama - Hansel and Gretel
7 - tmrhopkins - Three Little Kittens
8 - Hastings - Puss in Boots

So we each have to make 7 sets. They can be clay, needle felted, wet felted, sewn, knit, crocheted, whatever you want :)

I claim Princess and the Pea! :happy:

Crap! I should have put that in my OP instead of puttin gI was thinking about it, lol!

Ok, I think I will do The Paperbag Princess, but I will say definitely later (but no one can claim that in the mean time, lol!)

I will also make up a Word document with everyone's fairy tale/story and email it to all of you so that you have all the stories to go with the sets :)

This is going ot be fun!

Oh, and Dannielle - can you sticky this thread? Thanks :)

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

SO does anyone haev a preference if I do little red cap or Hansel and gretel?

Hansel and Gretel is my dd favorite tale so I think I want to do that one, with the children of course, a witch and a house....do we want to go in the house???? tryign to figure out if that is possible!

this is goign to be soo fun!!!!

You're welcome :)

I am not familisr with The Red Cap, but Hansel and Gretel is one of dd's favorite stories, so I vote for that one! I am looking through some books now to make my final decision ...

Little Red Cap is Little Red Riding Hood.

but the more I think about it the more I want Hansel and Gretel :lol:

My mom and dd do that story daily :)

Little Red Cap is Little Red Riding Hood.

but the more I think about it the more I want Hansel and Gretel :lol:

My mom and dd do that story daily :)

Duh! I never put that together, lol! Dd isn't feeling well today and I'm trying to get ready for camping and I'm a little scattered this morning!

Duh! I never put that together, lol! Dd isn't feeling well today and I'm trying to get ready for camping and I'm a little scattered this morning!


No worries :smirk:

:hug: I hoep dd is feelign better soon...have fun camping

3 - lupineperriwink (Heather - what happened to the "le"? I've always wondered that!)

The name was too long here!

please, please, please can I join!!!!!! I'm thinking I'd like to do Puss-in-boots. (Or something with sheep if Heather insists lol)

I need a puss in boots, it's my favorite!!!!!!
can she join!
please!!!!!!!!!
it's the last one I'll beg for
honest
and I don't knwo anyone her, please!!!!!!!!!!

:monkeydan

ok
and I am claiming rupunzelle

raputa! raputa the beuta! let me climb up the light of your love or something like that! Must of got lost, must of got lost, must of got lost somewhere down the line!

I don't mind doing 1 more :)

and I am definatly doing hansel an gretel...nak

Yes, Hastings should join. She posted before me anyways. That would mean we need to make 8 sets to send in?

Mine's not a fairy tale, but nursery rhyme is that ok?

I'd like to do the Three Little Kittens.

When's the shipping deadline?

Tawnya

I'm doing selkies and there's nuttin' anyone can do about it :muaha:
Unless of course I can't get the right materials and then I'll have to pick something else :monkeydan

please, please, please can I join!!!!!! I'm thinking I'd like to do Puss-in-boots. (Or something with sheep if Heather insists lol)

You can definitely join - I thought I had put you on th elist in the first place! Sorry!! I just edited the list to add you and will put you down for Puss in Boots.

These are going to be sooo cute! I can't wait - everyone is going to have to post pictures before they send!!

I'm doing selkies and there's nuttin' anyone can do about it :muaha:
Unless of course I can't get the right materials and then I'll have to pick something else :monkeydan

Selkies will be awesome! I just printed out some tales for McKenna about selkies! Can't wait!!

I would like to do Star Money, its one of my all time favorites!

*sniff* Promise to show pictures? I'm SO sad to miss this one. :(

Sorry Korwynne! If it were any bigger I'd have to quit. as it is I'm picking something that should be simpler and won't make me go crazy :)

Oh, believe me, I don't have the energy to participate.. but of all the swaps I'm having to pass on, this one is the one that I'm the most sad about :)

You can definitely join - I thought I had put you on th elist in the first place! Sorry!! I just edited the list to add you and will put you down for Puss in Boots.

These are going to be sooo cute! I can't wait - everyone is going to have to post pictures before they send!!
Woot! Just started needle felting cats this afternoon :)

HI Mamas, :happy: I need some feedback. I have a really great idea for the house, I dont' want to give to much away...BUT....do you want the house to be Play-able or just a peice of the story?

I guess what I mean is do you want to be able to go inside and use that space. I can make it so it can be baby proof to a point or I can do something that is more a look pretty peice

I need some feedback, i dont' want anyone to be disappointed, so any input would be so appreciated

:monkeydan oh I am doing Hansel and Gretel

No preference from me but don't do anything that you have to go crazy over!

I say do what you want and we will deal with it, lol, not to sound esh, at all, but there has to be some sort of 'artistic rights' here, lol
My Maegan is only 2, but I imagine I will be reading(and eventually and hopefully more like telling the story without the book) and creating the story with the pieces given. I know she will want to touch and handle them, but if I treat them gentley and expect her to too, I'm sure all will be well!!

I agree with Stacey :) (I usually do, lol!)

Mailing deadline - I will be away from 7/23 - 7/30, so I would like to set the mailing date at either 7/16 or 7/30 so that all the packages either arrive before I leave or when I get home. Which would you all prefer?

7/30 LOL!!! :happy:

That's what I was thinking everyone would vote for!

okay thanks for the feedback mamas! I am goign to try a tester house and see how well it works. I am leanign towards the look pretty model

oh and I would love a July 30th deadline

:happy:

BOoo hoo I am too late.. WAAAAAA I am going to cry.

mamas I may need to change my tale. the houses I planned to make just take too long and are just to expensive to make.....although they would have been awesome.


I am still toying with other house ideas, but I may just switch to goldilock


would anyone mind?

This is supposed to be fun so do what is best for you!

I agree with Heather. It's fine with me if you change your story. Don't stress out about this - just change your story and have fun!!

personally I would LOVE goldilocks! How cute is that! :)

Dannielle just PMed me to say she was going to have to drop out, so go ahead and make one less of everything to send. I am going to take The Princess and the Pea (I had wanted to do that originally but she beat me to it, lol!) since I have only made a single set for The Paperbag Princess so far anyway :) Here's the new info:

So here's the new list:
1 - mom2kbeth - The Princess and the Pea
2 - maegansmama - Rapunzel
3 - lupineperriwink - Selkies
4 - lazygirrl - Star Money
5 - huntersmama - Hansel and Gretel
6 - tmrhopkins - Three Little Kittens
7 - Hastings - Puss in Boots

So we each have to make 6 sets. They can be clay, needle felted, wet felted, sewn, knit, crocheted, whatever you want

cooool
Thanks Bonnie
I just realized I have stone fabric, I'm going to make the tower using it :-)
This is so much fun!
I plan on printing out the grimes version from online and sending that with my set.
Is anyone else sending the story too?

How many peices are you making? I am trying to figure out what exactly to make for the sets. My plans are to make a seal and an ocean playsilk but I am hesitant to make a "human" because I don't want to do bendies for this particular tale and I also don't want to be sewing up mini waldorf type dolls. So, will it be enough to make the seals, silks and perhaps a rock for the seal to perch on to lure their victims with LOL?

Hey I NEED stone fabric. Where is it from?

WB Heather :)

If all goes well, I will be making bendies of the prince, princess and queen, mattresses and a pea for everyone. If everything does not go well, lol, I will be making a princess bendy, the mattresses and the pea for everybody. But I should have enough time to make everything, especially since we are now down to making 6 rather than 7.

I found some really cool stone fabric on ebay late winter/early spring.

i am making a house, felt probably, a witch, hansel and gretel and probably sending a basket and broom too.

that is if it all works out well.... :)


Bonnie I woudl love to see your paperbag princess set :jump:

WB Heather :)



What's that? I have never shopped online for fabric and don't have the knack of you and Stacey.

Heather - that was just Welcome Back, lol!

Kris - I will post pictures as soon as I finish the dragon. He's almost done. The bendies are finished.

Dear Heather, there is no more stone fabric anywhere, mwahahahahaha!
:monkeydan
ok, ok, stop squuzing me man
I got it at the fabric place a while ago, you can see it friday ;-)

I am making
a witch
a damsel in distress with really really really really really really really long hair
a prince
a tower
an apple(oops, no I'm not, that's another story, lol)
and maybe a set of twins

Now, does anybody mind if they all get something different, like if one set is all needle felted, and another are bendies, another is wool felt stuffed people? Cuz my creative juices are flowing and I may just HAVE to try them all, lol
And I am making a cute ugly witch, I do not think witches have to be protrade(is that spelled right) as ugly with warts and all in black, but this sorcesses is mean! I mena, cutting someone's hair off is the worst! Being locked in a tower sounds like fun(oops wrong thread, lol)

ok, I'll stop now
:monkeydan

Stacey, you have me roflmao as usual!! I don't mind if they are all different, especially since I get to see them all, lol!!

I too was wondering what everyone's set was going to involve....

I am making three little knitted kittens, three sets of felt mittens, and a clay pie, and a mother cat.

I plan on printing off the poem and sending it in too.

Tawnya

wow I can't wait to see all these, this si going to be awesome!

I was planning on putting together a word document to email to everyone with all of the stories, so if you don't want to print out the story for everyone, just send me a link to your favorite online version and I will copy all the stories into a single document to send to everyone. And if you want to print them out and send them with your sets, go right ahead. I'm easy, lol!

Stacey we shall just see if you have any stone fabric when I leave..... I have some little wooden apples that would be perfect if you want them, just let me know. I guess i need to shop at the Fabric Place now.

Ummm it's the end of July lol. When is the ship by date for this? Guess I better get a wiggle on it.

I think the date for shipping is the 30th. Don't feel bad - I am in Maine and forgot to bring the stuff with me to work on so I have absolutely not one thing done yet. I'm heading home today though so I may be able to get it all finished in time (doubt it though).

I'm not done yet, I have done all the witches, I should be able to finish this weekend.......I work on it at night :-)

I'm not done yet either. All my dragons are cut out, half are sewn, but I haven't done any people yet. Well, I had one set done, but Holden kind of, well, ate them.

I cut out seals last night and then realized I cut them all out wrong! I did it 3 times too so I went to bed mad LOL.

i know the heat has really slown me down... :happy:

Okay i'm really glad I am not the only one on whos running behind.
so I dont' need to pull an all nighter to mail this tomorrow right? :)

I will be able to mail next weekend, does that throw anyone out of wack?

I could mail MOnday if I really really had to

LMK :monkeydan

I am all for mailing to Bonnie by sat aug 6th, then she gets them, sorts them and mails them, and we get then by mid aug......sounds sweet(in a fairy tale world! lol) but a goal is nice, lol

August 6th is fine by me :)

I am dense and suffering from too many days over 100 degrees
somebody let me know where I need to send my things and the final count!! thanks!! :monkeydan

I'm PMing everyone with my addy now.

Just checking...I thought the final count was 7 sending 6?

am i wrong on this? Let me know quick so i know if i need to make another set :)

1 - mom2kbeth - The Paperbag Princess
2 - maegansmama - Rapunzel
3 - lupineperriwink - Selkies
4 - lazygirrl - Star Money
5 - huntersmama - Hansel and Gretel
6 - tmrhopkins - Three Little Kittens
7 - Hastings - Puss in Boots

Kris you are right - there are 7, so you are sending me 6. What had happened was that I copied this list and removed Dannielle but then I never fixed the numbers, so when I looked at the last person on the list (Hastings), she was still number 8, that was where I got confused. Sorry for freaking you out!!!

no worries....i'm breathing a sigh of releif here....:lol:

i am almost ready to mail then :happy:

Okay, I hate to do this but i am dropping out. I have been out of state for a long time dealing with an illness and finally a passing of my Poppa and I just don't have the energy to finsh this up. I am so sorry but am I feeling very overwhelmed.

I got the package from Tawnya yesterday - cute!!!

Who needs my address for mailing? If you do, please post and I will PM it to you. I can't keep track of who already has it, lol!!

I still only have Tawnya's package. Is everyone else ready/almost ready to send? (And no worries, I still have a couple more people to make, lol!)

hi i need your addy and i am mailing wednesday :monkeydan

PMed you Kris :)

Here is the list, updated again --
1 - mom2kbeth - The Paperbag Princess
2 - maegansmama - Rapunzel
3 - lazygirrl - Star Money
4 - huntersmama - Hansel and Gretel
5 - tmrhopkins - Three Little Kittens (RECEIVED)
6 - Hastings - Puss in Boots

So everyone needs to send 5 sets. If you send/have sent more, I will just send you back the extras. I know Stacey has my addy; I'm PMing lazygirrl and hastings with it now :) Can't wait to see what everyone else has made!!

I received Kris' package today. I love the bendies! Did you do the wood burning on the boxes yourself? They are fantastic! I am going to give the bendies to Kenna and keep the box for my own nature table, lol!!

:) I am so glad you liek them.

Actually the kids dad did the boxes, i gave him total creative freedom..:lol:

i had several ideas for the houses, and none of them really worked outr for various reasons, so I went with the boxes :)

i cnat' wait to see what everyone eles sends :monkeydan

Another update:

Here is the list, updated again --
1 - mom2kbeth - The Paperbag Princess (received)
2 - maegansmama - Rapunzel
3 - lazygirrl - Star Money (RECEIVED)
4 - huntersmama - Hansel and Gretel (RECEIVED)
5 - tmrhopkins - Three Little Kittens (RECEIVED)
6 - Hastings - Puss in Boots

** Kris -- got the brooms today :)

awesome, thanks for lettign me know

:happy:

Hastings -- I know you said you shipped already (a while ago), but I still haven't received your package. Do you have a tracking number or anything to look it up?

no. I was in a hurry and sent it with dh and he forgot the dc since he was in a hurry too. I'll see if I have a receipt. Not real hopeful on that though. Just go ahead and divvy 'em up without me.