are we putting a hold on them? i was wondering when we would actually have our dates set a year in advance! we were getting close!!!!

since we all have great ideas - why don't we have a sticky just for ideas. then as one gets done we can work down the list. it would help people plan ahead too - picking and choosing which ones they want to wait for so they don't get overwhelmed. should also help with the excitement frenzy when someone lists a swap idea that is cool!!!

some ideas i had:
native american
different ethnic groups (italians - irish - polish etc)
very specific items - like drums only
different race families
modes of transportation

ooh - i know i thought about more last nite in my dreams! LOL

More ideas ...

train and dollhouse tiny things (would be good for next holiday season)
pioneer
pioneer thiny things (I already know what I am sending, lol)

Oh, and I think that a sticky for ideas is a great idea. Let's brainstorm ideas here in this thread then I can compile them into a single post and have Dannielle sticky that as the idea thread :)

I think that as we move through these swaps we can start some new ones. For instance, once all the dswaps are sent out and finished for January, then maybe we can start one or two more due in June ...

Of course, tiny things can be done at any time because we don't necessarily need to craft for those. Tiny found or purchased items are great for those too and those are lots of fun!

good idea, I think a circus swap would be awesome. I want to do the big top :) tent

I would also love to do some other swaps geared towards younger kiddos. Holden is only just turning 2 in February and I would love to be able to swap for items for him, items that do not have to be treated quite as gently as the nature table items :)

Transportation would be awesome.

We need a wedding swap due in June... a little bendy fairy wedding.

this is a great idea. I know I have it all planned out (date-wise) but it would be nice to hold off for a bit.

I also would like to do a camp-out theme.
Tents, lanterns, sleeping bags, fire, marshmellows, etc.

wedding and camping would be really cool!

we did a summer swap this past summer and Peppermint and her dd made little bendy sleeping bags and pillow and campfires. Those pieces are still some of Kenna's favorites :)

Camping....thats the other one i really really really want to do

i say we do it end of jan, shipping end of may

that is gonna be the coolest swap ever

Camping....thats the other one i really really really want to do

i say we do it end of jan, shipping end of may

that is gonna be the coolest swap ever

I will even host!!! As long as I get to make the sleeping bags/pillows!!:)

Tracey

WOOHOO...LOVE THESE IDEAS!!!!!!!!

Must have Circus and more fairy swaps..The wedding one would be sooooooo cute!!! Camping too..OMG...my heart cannot take it...LOL.

camping one would be great!!

Tawnya

I want a celtic mythology one but can't host.

Lindsey has requested a Harry Potter themed one.. but again, I can't host. If someone's up to the challenge, I'd need a spot for each kid :)

once ideas are brainstormed we would leave it up to bonnie and danielle to put them in "priority" order for us...based on reactions to ideas in this thread. is that okay bonnie?

I can host..after April. Love the Harry Potter and Celtic swap ideas too!

Would be happy to host those...just lemme know:)

Sounds good .,... and I love the Celtic Mythology and Harry Potter ones! I will certainly host those!

oh those sounds awesome, i definatley want to be part of that:)

I loved the fall and Halloween swaps we did this year. For fall 2006 though I would love to do some more specialized swaps. I would love to have one swap for pumpkin picking, where someone could make a pumpkin patch playmat, someone coul dmake fall clothed bendies, someone could make pumpkins, a wheelbarrow, gourds, etc.

Apple orchard - fall dressed bendies, bushel baskets of apples, a tractor, apple trees, green playmat , etc.

Haunted house - someone woul dmake the haunted house and everyoen else would make cool an dspooky items for inside, like coffins, tombstones, costumed bendies, etc.

Also for the summer a fruit picking swap would be awesome (can you tell that we spend tons of time from June to November at the pick your own farms in CT? lol). We could have a playmat with strawberry vines, someone else coul dmake blueberry andor raspberry bushes, then we would need baskets, summer dressed bendies, etc.

Swaps based on favorite chidlren's books - Peter in Blueberry Land woul dbe an awesome story to do for a swap. There are so many things in that story that could be made into toys for a super playset
Children of the Forest would be another really great one

PolkaDot had earlier suggested nursery rhymes

we did fairy tales which was really cool. We could do another of more obscure fairy tales. Heather was going to make selkies for the fairy tales one but had to drop out and I would love to be able to have another swap to get her to do the selkies, lol!

Yeah..Nursery Ryhmes was so hard NOT to post this time around. Maybe for the Fall?

I too love all the Fall swaps:)

I just made the future swap thread and asked dannielle to sticky it for us. now we can keep everything in one place. i will jutst ake sure to upadate it whenever anyone has a new idea :) I also put in who has volunteered to host each swap.

Look at us, getting all organized ;)

I just made the future swap thread and asked dannielle to sticky it for us. now we can keep everything in one place. i will jutst ake sure to upadate it whenever anyone has a new idea :) I also put in who has volunteered to host each swap.

Look at us, getting all organized ;)

Love it and think its a wonderful idea!! Just checked it out too:)