shipping date is feb 25th. that will leave time for a st. patrick's day swap i'm sure someone will host! LOL

1 - mcmrymoon - banners *received*
2 - livingfree - bendy kings *received*
3 - mom2kbeth - bendy wizards *received*
4 - maegansmama - moat
5 - elfmama - bendy knights *received*

MEMEMEMEME!!

OOPS< you got me already :o :jump:

thanks!!

go for it, If you can host do it :)

I am fairly certain i am doing felt castles. not sure exactly hwo big yet, i guess 2 1/2' bendie size.

This is elfmama on starkl's computer, i want in, please, please, please. (elfmama only, not starkl)

done - i'll keep it open until the question marked ones verify!

okay first of all no fair...I wanna play with Starkl and Elfmama too:smirk:

and second....Starkl PLEASE join the swap. I always get so excited when i see you are signed up. YOu ALWAYS do the coolest stuff :)

i am making shields and swords (i've wanted to try woodworking too - so this is my chance!!!!!!!!!!)

yes, I will join in!

Tawnya

Definitely!! I almost had a heart attack when I saw the sign up list was full :( but then I saw my name was already there so I made a quick recovery, lol! Thanks ... and this is one awesome idea!

I have no idea what I will make yet.

Since I have been obsessing over Sculpey lately, my first inclination was to make a turret out of clay stones ... so that is a posisbility :)

I hope someone makes some cool bendies ... wizards, kings and queens, etc. A dragon would be pretty cool too! Actually, we have 2 dragons (but a dragon would still be cool) ... but a cave for the dragon would be even cooler!

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..I cannot believe I missed this one..I could cry :wah:

i don't mind adding polkadot if its okay with everyone - or we could start a second swap

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh! what about meeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!??????????

okay first of all no fair...I wanna play with Starkl and Elfmama too:smirk:

and second....Starkl PLEASE join the swap. I always get so excited when i see you are signed up. YOu ALWAYS do the coolest stuff :)

I'll play if you guys aren't too full up. I was being grump earlier and didn't join in.

I do not mind making more or joining a second swap:) If there is a second one..:D PRETTY PLEASE :D sign me up! hehehehe

you know there are actually enough extar people interested that we coudl do 2 swaps with this theme,
Polkadot
mamaselena
starkl

i would host and we coudl keep it open for 1 or 2 more mamas if you'd like

lmk

I bet Korwynne would want in too. She is not able to be online as much right now and asked me to save her a spot in my swaps...LOL:)

i don't mind adding polkadot if its okay with everyone - or we could start a second swap

That is sooooooooooo sweet of you:D Just wanted to tell ya that;)

But a second one is fine by me as well!

off to open a second castle swap :)

*giggling like crazy*

*giggling like crazy*


will this get me extra chocolates:smirk:

I think something can be arranged...hehehehe

I bet Korwynne would want in too. She is not able to be online as much right now and asked me to save her a spot in my swaps...LOL:)

ummm.. yeah! My Dad is in town so I've been checking in very rarely and have already missed out on a ton :(

hope you all don't mind but i changed the shipping date to feb 25. there are 2 other swaps for the 18th and i sense some problems with getting things done.

thanks!

hope you all don't mind but i changed the shipping date to feb 25. there are 2 other swaps for the 18th and i sense some problems with getting things done.

thanks!

I am OK with that!!

haven't seen anyone make mention of what they are going to make so we don't duplicate.
Anyone got any concrete ideas?
I think I am going to make bendy kings. Would love to do a whole set but just can't commit to that much. If I can get everything else done in time and no one else signs up, I will do a queen/princess figure so the girls don't feel left out.

I am going to attempt Knights.. but it will be a first for me- LOL

well all these royals will need a place to live so i am doing castles:)

I am going to attempt Knights.. but it will be a first for me- LOL

cool - but i think you are looking for castle swap #2 LOL

cool - but i think you are looking for castle swap #2 LOL


Hitting hand on forhead..

you are right!

I'll do bendy knights. ;)

Just confirming I'm in and checking messages.

I just finished making wizard bendies for this last night. I don't have the right sized heads, so I will go and get those today. I will ship them to you with your New Year's Swap stuff :)

Here are the wizards, all finished. These were a lot of fun to make!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/mom2kbeth/Amity-wizards.jpg

Kenna already picked hers out and took it before I could get it in the pic with the rest of them. Now I have to start on the pirates for the pirate swap!

OOOH Bonnie,
They are great and Kenna does get first pick anyway!! I am wondering, since you made wizards and elfmama is making knights, should I switch to princesses to get a girl in the mix? I have not started yet but will next week. I am finishing up my Asian girls for the Chinese New Year swap so can be a bit flexible til then.

I will do some sort of dragon!

Tawnya

Princesses would be great :)

the wizards are awesome! loveeeeeeeeeeee them!

Can I change to horses for the knights? I would enjoy that (for the children)

We would love a horse!

my son is a horse fanatic, we can NEVER have too many horses in this house:)

I am going to do some sort of dragon....

Tawnya

anyone want to see my mock up of the castle?

its a bigger version, but it will give you the basic idea:)

You have to ask?? Of course we want to see! :lol:

sadly i need to go back and simplify
i was just figuring our how much felt i need and pletex to do them as i planned and i just cant' spend $50+ on a swap

I promise they will still be cute, but no towers, but i will still keep the drawbridge;)

Well, of course we do!!!!!!

dropping out....

Tawnya

Oh no mama! I hope everything is alright? ...

huntersmama
how about just doing the front of the castle with folded in sides, that way it would still stand up....and you(I mean, the kids) could enter the castle into woodland, onto a silk, kinda like walking thu the cupboard in the narnia series

if the new opening wasn't already spoken for I would be honored to have it....or I have an idea, off to pm....

I don't think that it is spoken for. And I am all finished with my items and would have an extra one if no one fills Tawnya's spot ... I would say you should be in ;)

:D
woohoo
ok when I think of castles I think of big huge awesome fire places and I think of dungeons, and or I could make the moat(which is being done in swap #2)

I like the dungeon idea, lol
I would make a brick wall with cuffs coming out of the wall for wrist holds and an iron gate doorway, like a jail, maybe some writing inscribed on the wall like 'merlin was here' :hahaha:

or, for a fire place, a big stone fireplace with a mantle, and of course a fire glowing inside

for a moat, I was thinking some lightly felted wool rooving in shades of blue made into a large circle




we have to do a robin hood's swap!!!!!
and a viking swap!!!!!!!
and i have to be in them :D ;pot:

OMG I love those ideas, well my moat is going to be very similar..

i love your dungean idea and the fireplace...do one of those PLEASE........... batting my eyes at you here

and as for your swap ideas I :heart: them.....can you host or do you want me too?

when do you want to do them?

huntersmama
how about just doing the front of the castle with folded in sides, that way it would still stand up....and you(I mean, the kids) could enter the castle into woodland, onto a silk, kinda like walking thu the cupboard in the narnia series



that is how i am planning on doing my pirate jails! :)

Stacey - definitely do the dungeons! That sounds like a great idea :)

And I like the ideas as well. I will add them to that sticky. Do you want to try your hand at hosting again or do you want Kris to take care of them? LMK :)

ok, i will do a dungeon, giggling here :D

I don't mind hosting, but will have to figure it out when I get back(going away for the night to dh's holiday party), it kinda goes with out saying that almost all swaps need a tiny things assecories swap too right? :D

we have definitely reached our inner child :monkeydan

We haven't chatted abou this swap in a while. I know we have wizards, for sure but who else is concrete?

I have waffled on about kings, princesses and horses. I am just really waiting to see what everyone else is coming up with and filling in on this swap.

Sooo, whatcha makin? Thanks, I am starting something for this, this week!!

Well I'm still doing bendy knights. They're almost done. I'm painting faces now. They will be the 2.5" size.

Well I'm still doing bendy knights. They're almost done. I'm painting faces now. They will be the 2.5" size.
Unless you are done with all the face could you not paint a face on mine/ Maya won't play with the ones that have faces I've found out.

Unless you are done with all the face could you not paint a face on mine/ Maya won't play with the ones that have faces I've found out.

that is peculiar (not in a bad way). It is just that I started out making bendies with painted faces. My children loved them. Now that I make them without faces, they love those too. At first it was strange to them, until I explained that they could have any emotion, etc, but they are just fine with it now.

I'm starting my castles this week:)

No problem, no face for you, or, um, Maya. ;)

Unless you are done with all the face could you not paint a face on mine/ Maya won't play with the ones that have faces I've found out.

I guess I need a count of people who definitely want faces, or definitely don't on the knights. :)

Duncan will want a face on his, regardless of how I feel about it. :rolleyes:

...for the life of me, I can't figure out what I want to make for this swap. I was thinking of making "swords in the stone" How does that sound to you guys? Duncan :heart: King Arthur, so that's what made me think of that.

Answering 2 questions:

Lorraine, I love the s in the s idea!!

Really, I don't care if we have a face but my ds would like it.

Thanks to everyone for replying:

Now, do you all want a king? A queen? A horse for the knights? I just can't decide either because I want all those things...but whatever you guys want because I made Wil a royal family for his 4th bday last year. (King, Queen, Princess, Prince, Knight--just never got around to the jester or the wizard).

Now, do you all want a king? A queen? A horse for the knights? I just can't decide either because I want all those things...but whatever you guys want because I made Wil a royal family for his 4th bday last year. (King, Queen, Princess, Prince, Knight--just never got around to the jester or the wizard).
You mean you can't make all of them for us? This is me preparing to defend myself agaist you becasue I know you wanna kick my butt :hiya:

You mean you can't make all of them for us? This is me preparing to defend myself agaist you becasue I know you wanna kick my butt :hiya:


thanks for the laugh!! I needed that!! I would love to make them all but then I can't make anything for the Fun in The Sun or the Pirate swap. Then I would be very in trouble with some young family members of mine and they really might be able to kick my butt, since they live a little closer to me than you do!
So what are you making anyway? I saw moats? Is that right? Well, since you have finished those, maybe you can take on one of the ones I mentioned :hahaha: , then we will have the full set!!

We don't need a face on our bendies either.

:snort: I'm not even in this group! :hahaha: I'm so clueless sometimes. :lol:

:snort: I'm not even in this group! :hahaha: I'm so clueless sometimes. :lol:

:lol:

so i'm doing the moat, is that lame? lol
it sounds lame
how can I make it unlame? I think it would be cool to have a moat tho...
I was thinking of doing wool felt, like a wide 1/3 of a circle, like a wide smile, then taking wool fleece and make it wavy, maybe I could put a serpent in the moat?.......



oh and I don't care if we have a face or not :D either is great!
as long as their heads don't spin, lol

ok
did Heather even tell you guys the first time I saw the back of a waldorf doll?? I have this very cute(cuze it tiney) but also very pretty snow fairy, it's just a ball of stuff white silk, with a skin colored tricot? head and white fleece hair, hung on a string, I like, it, well, my lovely puppy got a hold of it so the white fleece top isn't as poofy as it once was, and now you can see hte back of the head
so I showed heather
and i was like looks, two heads, kinda scary huh? I guess they messed up on that side
and she just stares at me
shaking her head
and says
no stacey, you idiot, that's how they make waldorf heads, they knit thru the head
and I was like
oh
oooooohhhhhh
:lol

ok
did Heather even tell you guys the first time I saw the back of a waldorf doll?? I have this very cute(cuze it tiney) but also very pretty snow fairy, it's just a ball of stuff white silk, with a skin colored tricot? head and white fleece hair, hung on a string, I like, it, well, my lovely puppy got a hold of it so the white fleece top isn't as poofy as it once was, and now you can see hte back of the head
so I showed heather
and i was like looks, two heads, kinda scary huh? I guess they messed up on that side
and she just stares at me
shaking her head
and says
no stacey, you idiot, that's how they make waldorf heads, they knit thru the head
and I was like
oh
oooooohhhhhh
:lol
It's okay, really. I try to keep her on a straight path and sometimes she just veers to the left and runs. Fortunatley for the internet you don't have to listen to her pronounce words :lol: She makes uip wys to say things and then has no clue why i don't know what she's saying:hbeat:

:lol: too cute

I think the moat idea sounds cool, do you want me to get my butt in gear and do a castle so i can tell you how big they will be?

Stacey , I am cracking up, lol!

And the moat idea sounds great, not lame. All castles need a moat.

I'm at heather's ... this is Stacey :D I've oven taken her pc while heather and bonnie saw my fairy house sticks....but alas, it's true, I pronounce calendula like cAl -en - Doula :D

the castle size won't matter cuz I am going to cut a wide a circle as I can with a felt square, but use two of them together....and sew them in the middle...I will work on this soon(as in next week) if they need to be wider, they can be snipped to widen them, kwim?

I would love to take Heather's spot if you all would give me an Idea of what I could make....

Selena -- what about a knight bendy or a horse for the bendies to ride on?

Selena -- what about a knight bendy or a horse for the bendies to ride on?


Here here for the horse!!!! I love Selena's horses!!

bumping as a reminder. i haven't read thru everything. i will hopefully later and will update op with anything important.

Selena, are you taking Heather's spot?

I just need to know how many to send.

I think we would be at 7 sending 6? Correct me if I am wrongo!!

Thanks!!

ok, since this swap is so small, and my posts seem confusing, lol...please list weather you want a moat or a dungeon(since the dungeon was done in the pirate swap too)
I started making moats last night, I have 3 semi done, so I can finish making moats for everyone or make dungeons, so when you see this post please post, most, dungeon or surprise me, lol When I finish the first three moats I will post and if no one has decided I'll decide for ya, lol

hey everyone - please check the opening post. i added mamaselena to replace heather who i thought was luppineperriwink.........but now i am thinking heather is huntersmama :confused:

i would love a dungeon - but if the moat is easier - do that!

anyone need my address???

You can make me a moat, Stace :)

oh - just read castle swap #2 and saw that mamaselena is in that one - not ours. changing op again! :lol:

hey everyone - please check the opening post. i added mamaselena to replace heather who i thought was luppineperriwink.........but now i am thinking heather is huntersmama :confused:

i would love a dungeon - but if the moat is easier - do that!

anyone need my address???

You were right the first time ... Lupineperriwink is Heather :) Huntersmama is Kris.

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I mailed the wizards with all of your swap stuff last week :monkeydan

And I just checked the OP and saw you had them already, lol! Well, better late than never to tell you :lol:

I send 6 because I had forgotten abotu Heather dropping, so you can just send me one back with our swap stuff. I didn't save a wizard for Holden, only one for McKenna, so he will be happy :cuc: I think he has finally turned the corner and is not eating the heads off the bendies anymore!!

stace is making moats??

bonnie - help me here!!! did i get everyone right in the op?

i did get your wizards - absolutely stunning irl!

Everything looks right to me. Stacey/Maegansmama posted above that she will do wither a moat or a dungeon, and to let her know which you would prefer.

i did get your wizards - absolutely stunning irl!

Thanks! They were so much fun to make! They were the first ones I have ever done any embroidery on.

I'd love a moat. :)

i changed my mind and am making thrones instead. i just need to get to michael's tuesday to be sure they have what i need. they would have simple dollhouse chairs right?

Stacey,

I think I would love a moat since I may be getting a dungeon in the pirate swap. But, either one would be fab. So, if they are all spoken for, then dungeon it is.

I would love to take Heather's spot if you all would give me an Idea of what I could make....

I am so lost... am I in this one or the other one, then?

ARGH! Sorry I didnt respond before now, computer crashed, ACK!!!

I am pretty sure you are in the second one with me Selena.

I noticed the other group is hopping with posts and I just wanted to bump ours up :waving: just for fun. I am really excited to get the items in this swap. I hope everyone enjoys the K and Q that I made. I know my dd and ds love them.

I may give this to ds for his bday along with the pirate stuff. Last year, I made him a castle and a bendy family with a knight!!! He still loves it even thought the knights head came off this week.

the only wooden chairs i could find to make thrones are ones that are around 6 inches high!!!!! i went ahead and ordered them because i really wanted to make thrones. hope that is okay with everyone!!!

got elfmama's knights! spectacular!!!

Not gotten mine yet? I mailed early last week. :eyes:

got elfmama's knights! spectacular!!!

pictures please??;)

major dilemma - the wooden chairs i ordered are discontinued and i have searched the web for days and cant find any!!!

sooooooo - what the heck should i make?????????? i could do a backdrop - that would be quick and i have felt. is that okay? i'm gonna ask polkadot if she wouldn't mine me borrowing her idea...was it polkadot?

livingfree - you sent the kings and queens right? i thought i posted about them...sorry! i got them and they are spectaculer!!!!!

major dilemma - the wooden chairs i ordered are discontinued and i have searched the web for days and cant find any!!!

sooooooo - what the heck should i make?????????? i could do a backdrop - that would be quick and i have felt. is that okay? i'm gonna ask polkadot if she wouldn't mine me borrowing her idea...was it polkadot?

livingfree - you sent the kings and queens right? i thought i posted about them...sorry! i got them and they are spectaculer!!!!!

I made a play mat for the dragon swap:) Lorraine made the Castle back drop:)

Sorry about the chairs..that stinks!

just waiting on a package - i'll ship next week!

bumping...Has this been shipped yet? I haven't seen a call for $ :monkeydan