with the increased postage it is better to tag on swaps to ones that are already going to the same home. so - i have a scenary swap due the 17th of april and then there is nothing else due the rest of that month. so - i'd like to do my native american swap the same time.

shipping date is april 17th!!!

heads up - i'll be doing a tiny things native american swap due this same day!!

1 - mcmrymoon (leather teepee)
2 - polkadot (scene)
3 - crazyestonian
4 - mom2kbeth - cooking pots on a tripod and also a little fire
5 - smplymee
6 - daisy
7 - livingfree
8 - starkl
9 - elfmama

Ohhhh Ohhh Me me meeeee

And Kris- huntersmama

One spot for me please:) I am in the Scenery Swap too:D Great idea mama!!

ETA..I will make a scene of some sort:)

You suck - I I mean this in the nicest way. I will make leather teepees

add me please

me please :D

Heather, when you make some tepees I want to see how you make them. I made one a while ago for k&f and hard #%$&* time with it. I had no idea it could be so hard to make one. I used felt and wooden dowels. So, I assume you have some better idea and I want to see it :D

ok!

Heather, when you make some tepees I want to see how you make them. I made one a while ago for k&f and hard #%$&* time with it. I had no idea it could be so hard to make one. I used felt and wooden dowels. So, I assume you have some better idea and I want to see it :D
I'll use dowels for the wood but leather most likely since I have tons of it and DH just told me minutes ago he wants me to stop working at home all together. Anyone mind pink teepees :lol:

Of course :)

I am not sure what I will make yet. ...

May I throw my hand in this one too for one spot? What are the "rules" for this swap? How many do I need to send in? I am never sure so I always skip the swaps all together but the things you ladies come up with are so awesome! Let me know. Thank you!

How many is the max for this swap? If there is room, I would love to do bendies! Lemme know! :)

MEEEE

no idea yet what i will make but i asm so excited...thank Zoe-anne for adding me:cuc:

I think I am going to make cooking pots on a tripod, to hang over the fire. I will also send a little fire :)

May I throw my hand in this one too for one spot? What are the "rules" for this swap? How many do I need to send in? I am never sure so I always skip the swaps all together but the things you ladies come up with are so awesome! Let me know. Thank you!

We are at the max cut off that Lorena set up, but we never end up going by those, lol. There are three people wanting to join after the cut off, so that would bring us to 12 people, sending 11 items. You would just post to the thread what you are thinking about making, so that we don't have 9 people making teepees, lol. Make up one of your chosen item for everyone in the swap and send them all off to Lorena/Mcmrymoon on or before the shipping date. Then she will sort everything and call for postage basedon the weight/size of the packages and mail everything out to us individually. We don't usually set monetary values on the swaps, we just usually say to send something that you would enjoy receiving. You can check the other swap threads (and there are ever so many of them, lol!) for some ideas on what we have been sending lately.

Lorena -- when you are around again, lmk if you want to increase the count to 12 so I can update the sticky :)

Ohhhh! Lorena, you know you wanna increase to 12!!! Everyone needs a native american bendy to go with all the lovely items in the swap!!! **smooch** :heart:

You know ..I have been thinking...12 seems to be the number that each group usually ends with! But I guess we really should leave that up to the swap hostess...hehehe;)

is there still room? I'll join if so, if not I promise not to bed for a second group...

is there still room? I'll join if so, if not I promise not to bed for a second group...


Well, I am going to beg cause I got left out again :sob:
PPPLLLEEEEAAASSEEE!! Thanks!
I don't mind doing 12 but a smaller second group is ok with me too!!

i just caught up on this thread! so - with maegansmama that is 13 total sending 12. is that too many???? i am ok but i will have to close after that.

let me know!

i went ahead and added the names - i figured we could split it in 2 groups if that is what everyone wants. making 13 will be the most i ever made...so i have to choose my craft carefully!!

i was thinking about canoes again. but not needlefelted ones since i made those for the thanksgiving swap (unless you do want them again) but made out of regular felt. what do you think?

not to confuse things, but I would only want to do this swap if I was in the NA mini things swap too.
And NA isn't on my top -begging to get in swap list- so I can pass my squeezed in spot to living free :D

ok, I'm in, thanks so much mamas!!

I think I'm gonna make totem poles :D

If there's going to be a spot here, I'd love it please. :happy:

never mind :)

If anyone decides to drop a spot Id looove to jump in

any objection to my making leather teepees. i am veggie but not vegan so it doesn't bother me. i could easily use a different fabric

Leather is fine with me :)

I do not mind either.

I keep meanign to ask too.. i bought leather for the project I was doing on this and the tiny things swap.

So obviosly I am fine with leather also.

I'm not in the sign-up post at the top, but I'm on the list in the shipping dates post. Just wanna make sure I'm in cause i have it on my calendar.

i added you lorraine!

Long time scince anyone has posted.I just wanted to tell yall smplymee has let me have her spot.Ill be making pouches for this swap for you to keep all your native american items in plus the tiny things swap.Im stil;l trying to find the best fabric.LOL

I'll be making a wooden doll set. One warrior and a lady for my contribution.

thanks to everyone for posting what they are making, so far. Anyone else know? I will want to start on something soon but don't want to take anyone's ideas. I have none so far so if you have one, please post it so Lorena can update the OP.

Not being too pushy am I?:lol:

I just want this to be a really awesome swap cause we love NA items here and there are lots of things that can be made!!

Does anyone know of a good leather source? Or woudl the veggies in this swap prefer i use felt? I'm making a traditionally dresses Native woman, i have an idea to do a beaded dress and mocassins.

I woudl love to make it with suede and glass beads, but oly if there are no objections to an animal product.

yeah we definatley need a good idea post...:lol:

off the top of my head

Indian Cheif complete with head dress
Traditionally dressed warriors
Teepee
rack compelte with drying pelts
pottery and tools
horses
buffalo

Does anyone know of a good leather source? Or woudl the veggies in this swap prefer i use felt? I'm making a traditionally dresses Native woman, i have an idea to do a beaded dress and mocassins.

I woudl love to make it with suede and glass beads, but oly if there are no objections to an animal product.
ohhhhhh that woul dbe beautiful.I am part NA but did not know it till about 8 years ago.Im having a hard time trying to get any info out of my bio parents but I really dont speak to them much anyways lol.

yeah we definatley need a good idea post...:lol:

off the top of my head

Indian Cheif complete with head dress

rack compelte with drying pelts
pottery and tools

ohh great ideas

What about a medicine bag, or something like that. Maybe made of suede-like material with fringe and some beads? That would be cool to keep our goodies in.

This isn't even a swap I'm in but being the butt-insky I apparently am, here are some more ideas:

Some sort of baby carrier ;)
Corn or another food domesticated by native americans
buffalo
drums
horses
playmat
petroglyphs (ok, that's *really* old but should still count?)
dream catcher
cornhusk doll
blankets (saddle or bedding or otherwise)
kachina doll (if you are comfy with doing that)
canoe
beads or a "kit" for making (and remaking!) a necklace or bracelet
sand art
shields
bowls for preparing food
baskets, baskets, baskets
medicine bag/pouch
quiver/arrows
vegetation
food: berries to pick, fish to catch
feathers or bear claws
arrowheads
(bored yet?)

I'll, uh, be lurking to see what you all end up making :) lol!

Tamara

Leather/suede is fine with me Kris. Ask Heather - she has awesome leather sources.

Craftymammax5 - if you have yuor heart set on making some kind of bag, then I think the medicine bags would be perfect! Then the kids can use them in their imaginitive play while using the rest of the items. I know we will really not need another storage bag, but medicine bags would be fantastic :)

Thanks to everyone for helping this brain-interupted, pregnant woman to think!! GREAT ideas.

Wendy, I think medicine bags would be AWESOME!!!! My children love that type of thing for carrying small treasures in. That would get a lot of use around here.
Fringe and beads would be awesome!!

I missed this one, but keep checking in on it thinking I am on the list.. how pathetic is that? :lol:

I swear, I need a life...

and if a spot opens.. lmk :)

Ditto what was posted above. We don't really use storage bags here, but a medicine bag that he could use for imaginative play would rock! Duncan loves to dress up, plus that would be really cool to take out and go out on nature walks with. The kiddos could pretend they were gathering herbs for remedies. :monkeydan

How cool would a medicine bag be? Great opportunity to teach the kids about the religion also.

Ok I will lok up designs.Where would I purchase leather??

Would suede be ok for the medicine pouches??I cannot find leather anywhere that is in my price range.

I think suede would be fine as well. But PM Lupineperriwink about the leather ... she has some sources.

I see that Kris is making a NA woman for this swap, so I may scratch my wooden doll idea. Is anyone doing boat? I could make those if no one else is making one.

I let Lorena know, but I see my name in the OP list but I had to drop this and the tiny things for the NA swap. Sorry if anyone has already made an item for me. :o

I'd love to get in on this one and the NA tiny things. ;)

You're in Cindy :)

Thanks Bonnie!

Here is the bendy. He is 2.5 inches. I hope you guys like him! :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v171/DaisyM/Craft%20and%20Shows/7be0533d.jpg

Coming out of lurkdom on this thread to say WOW Daisy he's AWESOME! I love your bendy! :D

Beautiful work!

Wowser, that is fantastic~!

oooh---this is anohter unit I teach and wish I was in on. PLEASE somebody post pics of all the finished products so I can "borrow" ideas over the summer.

:drop: Daisy! What an awesome bendy!!

Awww! Thanks everyone. I am glad they will be well liked! I am thinking of making an entire family for us....I will post them when (and if) I get them finished.

DAISY!!!!! :drop: Duncan is gonna flip over that! :drop: