UPDATE - PLEASE END TO BONNIE/MOM2KBETH! THANKS!

Swappers:
1. mom2kbeth-barns
2. gronilot
3. livingfree-silos or bunny hutches/chicken coops
4. rainbowmaker -sheep
5. starkl
6. polkadot
7. mamaselena-farm acces. butter churns, baskets, eggs,
8. Baababy

Mail date April 3rd

I'm thinking I will do a barn ...

that would be awesome:)

Oh.. I am still waiting for a book on sewing little animals.. when I get it I will choose one!

Please add me!

I would love to join, we have ri red hens and black pot bellied chickens :D

Moi again

Do you think this swap would work out like the little animals swap? That way more people could join.

The way it is now, this one is also full.

1. huntersmama
2. mom2kbeth
3. gronilot
4. livingfree
5. Anji
6. lmata
7. Maegansmama
8. Lupineperriwink

Changing it to add more people is fine with me :)

Can we have the mailing date for this one be in April? We have swaps due in April? We have a bunch in March, last one being 3/24, then nothing due until May (5/12). Early April would be good because that is the time of all the new baby animals at the farm :)

I think early april is perfect:)

I don't mind ther being more people, however I don't really want to do a 6 or 12 kind of thing

i think its just easier if we all make 1 for each person. what do you guys think?

Can I join? I would like to make the sheep

That whole 6, 12, 16 thing has me puzzled still, lol. I like the "make one for everyone" way because then I know exactly what I have to do and exactly what I am getting back ;) It's easier for me to plan out our tables that way :)

Gotcha mama,

BOnnie I am glad you agree:lol:

the whole 6, 12 thing has my head a bit puzzled too:)

can I join? I'm thinking ducks but I'm not entirely certain yet.

N/T something came up....

Tawnya

got you Jodi...Tawnya do you want to be in this????

Yes for now. I *may* have to have back surgury in the spring sometime so it may put a damper on how much crafting I can do- yet I also may be doing more since I will be "down."

Oh, I guess I could always send in early can't I?

Well put me down.

Tawnya

I think for the animals I like doubles. You don't see many single animals on a farm.

maybe for us doing smaller animals we can send a 2 or 3 and if anyone is doing a bigger animal, maybe a coupel people can do the same one?

I was think of making haystacks..little feed buckets and such..sound good..or should I keep thinking...LOL

I think that is a wonderful idea :) You always need accessories. Hay stacks are great scenery and troughs are necessary for feeding the animals :)

I love the haystack idea too

I would like to make black pot bellied pigs....is that okay with everyone?
If you really want pink, just let me know!

We have 2 darling black pot bellied piggies, Maegan knows they snort and they don't say oink oink, lol

I love the haystack idea too

I would like to make black pot bellied pigs....is that okay with everyone?
If you really want pink, just let me know!

We have 2 darling black pot bellied piggies, Maegan knows they snort and they don't say oink oink, lol

Sounds good too me:) I always wanted Pot Bellied piggies..sigh..

I need to move..

i love all the ideas:)

ROFL..I thought I had signed up for this one..but my name is not in the OP.

It's ok if I cannot be added..I thought I was in it..

Just let me know either way so I can plan accordingly;) I am such a doofus...hehehe

i thought for sure you were in too???

do you want in?

I'm sure one more won't hurt:)

Sure..if it's ok:) Count me in!!

I thought you were in too?

One more never hurts, lol.

Black pot bellied pigs would be great. i too always wanted pot bellied pigs. and goats.

added you:)

WOOHOOO!!!!!!!!! Thanks bunches:)

Yes for now. I *may* have to have back surgury in the spring sometime so it may put a damper on how much crafting I can do- yet I also may be doing more since I will be "down."

Oh, I guess I could always send in early can't I?

Well put me down.

Tawnya


OMG, I hope its nothing to serious:hug:

lets hope it all goes great and you can't get enough crafting:lol:

I see that lots are making animals, Bonnie is barns and Rebecca is haystacks and accessories. How bout if I make a silo? I was browsing the latest Magic Cabin and Hearthsong catelogs, something made me think we need a silo...

Or a chicken coop/rabbit hutch.....that I was inspired by "Hedgie's Suprise" (Jan Brett) story I was reading tonight.

What do you all think?

i think eitehr idea is awesome, cant' wait to see which you do:cuc:

We definitely need silos :)

But we love Hedgie's surprise too, and we have bunnies, so a chicken coop and/or rabbit hutch woul dalso be awesome.

Basically, whatever you feel like making, lol!

Still need just one more? :)

Still need just one more? :)


we do, i'll add you in tomorrow, okay. I'm just tucking the kids into bed and hoping to crash myself:)

I'll make little bunnies.

I'm sorry, but I have to back out of this. Just not enough time with the baby to do everything I'd like to.

Maybe in a few months I can join in some of these swaps. Hopefully you mamas won't be swapped out by then! ;)

no worries mama. thanks for letting us know:hug:

DOn';t worry when you are ready we will be here swapping like crazy:rainbow:


so mamas, update your swap prgress thread we are at 11 mamas now

I would rather if we could not fill the spots if anyone drpos out; I really want to do those wooden barn birdhouses and at $5 a pop, I'm not sure I can afford to do them!

so sooooooooooo tempted....

hi bonnie, Yeah i totally agree...sorry i just went back and edited the title

bonnie i wanted to tell you I foudn this site, that has a pic of hinged box barns....did i tell you this already? I'm havign deja vu:lol:

check out this link
http://www.bjcraftsupplies.com/wooden/

watch the flashing pics, you'll see it

selena is going to take heathers spot:flowerkit

I think I need to drop this one..

I think I need to drop this one..

May I fill Korwynne's spot, please? Duncan loves the farm. :heart:

yes you may:)

jodi, i'm sorry to see you go, but you gotta take care of yourself first:hug:

we wil have lots of other swaps;)

Question, are we just doing animals? or would there be interest in the farmer's wife...you know, someone to gather the eggs.

i think a famrers wife woudl be wonderful:kittypink

:eyes: I know this is closed, but is there any way that I can persuade you swappers to let me in :eyes:
I really wanted to be in this one, but I joined AM after it was formed....
I'll do anything if you'll let me in! :bow:
(if not, I understand. Just thought I'd ask since we just added people to different swaps....)

i know we needed to keep this one small if we can as bonnie is buying barns.

Its totally her call:)

i think a famrers wife woudl be wonderful:kittypink
me, too!

A farmers wife would be great!

:happy: ok, I'll wait (im)patiently to see what she has to say......

farmer's wife = great\

nak

i really would like to keep it as small as we can. my barns are expensive and i have my heart set on them and can't find any cheaper.

kris - i checked that site and they nly gave a pic, but no product listing. :(

ok, totally understandable. Maybe next year.....

farmer's wife = great\

nak

i really would like to keep it as small as we can. my barns are expensive and i have my heart set on them and can't find any cheaper.

kris - i checked that site and they nly gave a pic, but no product listing. :(

YEAh i called them this morning too, adn she laughed and said..Oh we have not had those for ages :(

I really would like to keep it as small as we can. my barns are expensive and i have my heart set on them and can't find any cheaper.




you call 11 small? :hahaha: Just had to poke my sassy nose into the conversation. I am still not set on making the silos but would really like to. I think it would be a simple thing to make. round bottom witha door, a cone for the lid. But, bunny hutches would be way cool. Just don't know yet!!

Even with 11 it is going to cost me $55 plus tax plus shipping, so I definitely don't call it small, lol. Just to put in my $.02 now, if anyone else drops out of this one, let's just let it get smaller instead of filling the spaces.

Ok, I keep thinking about this and since it is already too exppensive, another $5 really isn't going to make much difference at this point, lol. So add Baababy but no more people for this one, lol!!! I have a lot of time to save up. Maybe I'll just start picking up one barn a week, lol, instead of trying to get them all at once. Then it won't seem like I am spending so much!

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Bonnie, you are so awesome!! Thank you!

Bonnie, how big are the barns?? How big are the animals that everyone else is making? I have a couple ideas, but I'm thinking they might be too big.... I was thinking of making llamas, but I don't want them to be llama-zillas .

asdded you mama:cuc:

Thanks!

llama-zillas .
:lol:

LOL at llama-zillas!

The barns are birdhouses, so they would be decorative and not functional (unless of course your kids are like Holden who has a birdhouse on his nature table which he uses to hoard treasure sthat he finds around the house, lol!). I am not sure of the exact dimensions as I haven't bought one yet! I just keep looking at them every time I am in Michaels ...

I just want to make sure that I make the llamas proportional, that's all. Again, no llama-zillas! :)

we are back to 11:happy:

I know Stacey is making little pot belly piggies...but would you all mind if I also made some pink ones? I would still do haystacks too and some slop buckets for the piggies too...LOL

I know Stacey is making little pot belly piggies...but would you all mind if I also made some pink ones? I would still do haystacks too and some slop buckets for the piggies too...LOL


Oh, yes, pink pigs have to be on the farm!!!

We love pigs, they are one of Holden's favorite animals, so pot belly pigs + pink piggies would be wonderful! THen each kiddo can have a piggie of his/her own :)

Kewl beanz..I will make us some little piggies then..hehehehe

I picked up teeny wheelbarrows for my farmer's wife! I'm reading all the stuff and it sounds so cool! I can't wait.

Bought my barns yesterday :) Woo-hoo! Now just to find some time to paint them all. I got the birdhouse ones from Michaels because they were on sale for $3.37 :cuc: And I picked up some Fimo soft which was on sale for 88 cents!! :happy:

I cannot wait ot see the barns Bonnie:) Everything you do turns out so darn CUTE!!!

yipeeee SOOO excited! Can't wait to see the barns! I got the butter churns, just waiting on the flour bags and the straw bales and then I get to make baskets of fimo eggs and I will be done with this swap :) yippee! And I have to dye silks for the scenery and mermaid swaps :) then I will have 3 down ;) wheeeeeee

Can't wait to see everything!

I love farms :) I will have to post pics of the cake I made Kenna for her 2nd birthday; we had "Farm on Wheels" come to the house (they bring a portable pen and farm animals for the kids to pet, feed, etc. and set it up in your yard). When I told my mom about this swap (she was wondering why I needed 11 barn birdhouses, lol) she asked me if I was making everyone cakes ;)

If anyone drops may I fill in :) making my rounds on the swap threads LOL

I just found my pics of the farm cake and wanted to share ... this was Kenna's 2nd birthday cake.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/mom2kbeth/farmcake.jpg

Close up of the barn
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/mom2kbeth/farmcake-closeup.jpg

The entire thing (well, except the tray it is on) is edible. The barn is a cake, the haystacks are little cakes, the hay is toasted coconut (yum! I find an excuse to put that on every cake I make), and all the animals are made out of royal icing.

That is just absolutely beautiful!!! I love farms and anything to do with them. Just lovely!!!

That is super cute!! LOVE IT!!

Oh wow Bonnie, that is darling!

The barns are almost finished. What should I do with the front here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v440/mom2kbeth/Barn-1stdraft.jpg

There is an X for the barn door. I am thinking of painting the background of the door red to match the barn and the "x" white ... but I could do the ""XX brown to match the trim, or black, or make it all red ...

What do you think I should do?

And some smilies from Miss Kenna ...
:anibirth: :juggle: ;pop: :balloons: ;frog :jump: ;frog ;partyhat: :joker: :corn: :spam: :singing: :butterfly :thumbsup: :chick: :ditto: ;peek: :bounce: ;cool: :big hug:

I think a red background with the traditional white "x" would look cute.

Yup, traditional red with white X's would be very cute!!!

those are just adorable!

Yup, traditional red with white X's would be very cute!!!

those are just adorable!


Yep what they said...LOL

I don't think I am going to be able to swing the llamas for this one, so I am going to have to brainstorm for something else. After doing 9 dragons for the dragon swap, I think I would go crazy if I tried to do 11 llamas. Any suggestions of something you'd like or you think we're missing?? I'm open to just about anything, other than big animals :)

I don't think I am going to be able to swing the llamas for this one, so I am going to have to brainstorm for something else. After doing 9 dragons for the dragon swap, I think I would go crazy if I tried to do 11 llamas. Any suggestions of something you'd like or you think we're missing?? I'm open to just about anything, other than big animals :)

how about baskets full of eggs? I got some wooden bee hives from bear woods wood stuff, you could get those and do jars of honey:)

and on an unrelated note, I have the flour sack, butter churns and hay bales all ready:) Should I mail them now or wait?
:)

how about baskets full of eggs? I got some wooden bee hives from bear woods wood stuff, you could get those and do jars of honey:)

and on an unrelated note, I have the flour sack, butter churns and hay bales all ready:) Should I mail them now or wait?
:)


That would be neat. I was thinking it would be great to have some beehives to go on the farm. We have 4 but, of course, they don't look like the skeps.

Something with gardening (small playmat with veg/flower garden?)

Some type of wheelbarrow (of course someone may have already claimed these things, just thinking of what I know my children would love)

I am making bunny hutches, for our bunnies to live in or even for some chickens!!

All the ideas in the above 2 posts are great! Beehives, little bees and honey would be fantastic. I think that would be my first choice and I what I would do if I didn't do the barns (they are all finished - woohoo! Just need a box huge enough to mail them all to Kris ;))

Tracey - we have bunnies so a hutch for bunnies would be great. The kids would love that. We don't have our hutch anymore; our bunnies are now inside bunnies. I thin kI'll try to get them outside again when the weather warms up. The summer before last I had them outside in a 6'x10' dog kennel and the germen shepard from across the street got loose and broke into it - ripped the metal right apart and when I ran out there he had one of our bunnies in his mouth and was growling at me. Thankfully the bunny survived with only a broken penvis and is fine now, but I do not like our neighbors!

Bonnie, we have a bunny too but he has always been an inside bunny. DH said he has seen and heard of too many accidents when bunnies are left outside all the time.

He made a "run" for the bunny. It is about 20' x 6' and has a wood pile (he can get underneath) and a dog house and a spot of grass. He has only gotten out a couple of times, once when some dogs came around to check him out. They were older dogs and not really interested in eating him. I chased that rabbit around the yard (with Benjamin on my back-in a backpack), Katie was crying, etc. It was very scary. The other time, we left him outside all night and he got out and we found him at the neighbors!! Been sooo lucky both times!! So I can totally relate to your story (although not as scary as yours!!)

I like the idea of a hutch but, like you, we don't use one!! ;).

ok, you all have me thinking. I'm not going to share what I end up doing. I'll make that a surprise, but its something from the 2 suggestion posts. :cuc: Thanks. With all that is going on here, I had a total brain fart. tee hee.....

That sounds cool Andrea!! I love to be surprised :happy:

where is bear woods? Online?

http://www.bearwood.com/

it's where i am ordering all my little wooden animal set sfor noah's ark.

Thanks!

mine are all done:) who do I mail to and when?:)

http://www.motherhues.com/1596fafa0.jpg

:cuc: Those are awesome!!! I sent you a PM, did you get it??

I am dropping this swap.

Can I have the empty spot?

Oh wait, is mail date end of May or April 3rd? Will have to hustle if it's 4/3!

Lori

you can have it, its april 3rd

oh selena send to me:hug:

Okay -- that's not enough time for me. I won't take the open spot.

Thanks!
Lori

I would love to take Lisa's spot since we live in farm country. I'll even make sheep since they are my favorite farm animals and I've got a new fascination with wool these days.

thanks

I think someone else already was making sheep :(

Lisa was going to make sheep but she dropped so Rainbowmaker you are added to the list for sheep:)

YAY! I love sheep :)

I am not going to get my chicken coops done. I got them all cut out and my prototype made but since baby came right on time, i am not going to have time to sew them up and do the job I want to do.

I will have to come up with something else.
Andrea, I know you said a surprise but are you doing bees/hives/honey? I may do that.
I wanted to do troughs but cannot come up with a good idea for a sturdy one.

I am bummed too cause they are cute and I spent $$ on really nice felt so I will save it in hopes of a later farm swap.

who do we mail to? I am allll done :)
everyone gets this:
http://www.motherhues.com/1596fafa0.jpg

everyone mails to me, does anyoen need my address?

Please PM me your address -- I am just finishing up the whiskers on my sea lions, and they will be ready to go!

Lori

yes, I need address please

I need an address as well. I didn't see the post about the chicken coops til just now, but yes, to spoil the surprise, I am doing bee hives. Nothing fancy, as I've been super swamped with business, but cute none the less!

Mine are going out tomorrow. I didn't have enough of the right size hats for my little women. They look more like little house on the prairie girls than farmer's wives, but they're cute nonetheless. :heart:

Update - Kris has asked me to take over all of her swaps for the time being, so everyone, please ship to me. please PM me if you need my address. Thanks!

Um..... I already shipped to Kris before you posted this. Now what?

Kris is going to have to either mail to everyone the items she gets, or mail everything to me and I will sort it all out here.

Bonnie,

mine are going out tomorrow!! Sorry I was running so late on this one. I have being behind but couldn't help it this time. Thanks!!

Don't worry about it. This one and the zoo one are both going to be screwy because eople had already mailed to Kris before she asked me to take them. It's going to be a while before I have everything.

Kris is going to have to either mail to everyone the items she gets, or mail everything to me and I will sort it all out here.

OK, thanks. I guess just keep us updated on if she's sending to you, or to all of us individually.
I just checked the track and confirm, and this is what it says:

"We attempted to deliver your item at 10:20 am on April 13, 2006 in FORT GRATIOT, MI 48059 and a notice was left. It can be redelivered or picked up at the Post Office. If the item is unclaimed, it will be returned to the sender. Information, if available, is updated every evening. Please check again later. "

So, I guess either she'll have to pick it up, or they'll eventually send it back if she doesn't.

Kris actually lives in Canada, so anything tht is sent ot her has to be picked up anyway. She usually checks her PO box in the US every week-2.

I actually did know that, but if it sits there too long, they'll return it, so then I would have to send it out to you.