As I was putting in the dates and all into the sticky, I realized we had no Easter/Ostara swap! We have the egg stuffer swap, but that's not necessarily nature table items, just things to replace candy in our little ones' baskets :) So here it is ... limit of the first 10 people, sending 9 items. Due Friday, March 4th, same day as the egg stuffer swap to save on postage.

Swappers:
1 - Mom2kbeth - dozen bendy sized painted eggs and baskets - REICEVED
2 - Livingfree - hatching chicks - RECEIVED
3 - Mcmrymoon - RECEIVED
4 - Huntersmama - glass eggs - RECEIVED
5 - PolkaDot - mini baskets with mini goodies - RECEIVED
6 - Lisabw2 - clay chocolate bunnies
7 - Korwynne - spring journals - RECEIVED
8 - Maegansmama - lilies
9 - Starkl - RECEIVED
10- Lemonsong - playmats

Ideas:
bunnies, sewn or felted or clay
clay chocolate bunnies
baby chicks
lambs
bendy sized baskets with tiny goodies
minature baskets with minature goodies
bendies dressed in their sunday best
mini felted or clay eggs
a grassy yard with high grasses and holes (probably would have to be needle/wet felted) to play egg hunt
an underground bunny warren
chick nests
sewn wool or clay Easter lilies
sewn wool or clay calla lilies


and I promise ... this is the LAST one from me

(well, for tonight anyway;))

i will think about what to make and get back to you!

I will do this ....minature baskets with minature goodies

Thanks for adding me:)

clay chocolate bunnies - Is fimo clay okay? I could do wax as well

Fimo is ok..a few of us mamas use it for making goodies in the swaps:)

Fimo is fine, or wax,whichever you prefer :)

I'm going to make a dozen painted eggs (bendy sized) for everyone. Then our bendies can all have an egg hunt :cuc:

me :) not sure what I'll make yet though :)

me please!
I got in on a new one in time!
I think I'd like to do the flowers, the lilies....unless anyone else wanted them or I change my mind, lol

got everyone down. one spot left!

Me!! :D I'll make a quilted piece to go under all the stuff. If that's ok then add me please! :)

Can you put this in the sticky? I looked twice and don't see it (which means nothing) but it's not on the list I printed.

I'll send little nests

I'm updating the sticky in a sec.

i'll do bendy sized baskets with goodies

i will make egg cozies. ideally i'd like to make a cozy and add an egg cup too - but anyone know where i can get wood egg cups that aren't too expensive?

:lol: i just saw the post before mine and saw that i planned on making bendie baskets! what does everyone prefer - cozies or baskets?

I totally flaked onthis one...:lol: I mean i saw it, I knew i was in it, and it just didnt; stick....:o this isn;t a sign that i'm trying to do t many swaps at once is it:smirk:

k, let me think on what i want to send

i think maybe chikcs, becasue i have the cutest little pattern, but Bonnies eggs will need a mat for an easter egg hunt...let me maybe do a prototype and see how it goes

yeah - i keep checking the egyptian one and seeing that i'm not in that one! LOL

I totally flaked onthis one...:lol: I mean i saw it, I knew i was in it, and it just didnt; stick....:o this isn;t a sign that i'm trying to do t many swaps at once is it:smirk:

k, let me think on what i want to send

i think maybe chikcs, becasue i have the cutest little pattern, but Bonnies eggs will need a mat for an easter egg hunt...let me maybe do a prototype and see how it goes

:lol: i just saw the post before mine and saw that i planned on making bendie baskets! what does everyone prefer - cozies or baskets?


Either would be fine by me:)

You and Kris are funny...I have to check at times too..believe it or not..there are a few swaps I am *not* in...I do have a teensy bit of self control...rofl;)

Lorena -- the cozies would be great. I will see if I can find any egg cups on the wood sites I visit, or on ebay, since I have to try to locate some barns anyway ;) I made all of my eggs today and plan to get little bendy sized paskets for the egg hunt for them, so don't worry about the baskets :)

Kris -- a mat would be awesome. Something with tall grasses so there are places to hide all the eggs. I made everyone a dozen teeny tiny little eggs.

While I was looking through my Easter/Ostara/bunnies curriculum box (yes, I am that anal, lol. I have a large number of rubbermaid tottes in the basement with all of our books, puzzles, games, etc. for each season and holiday and theme!) I found some other goodies that I am goin g to add to this swap. I found some larger bunnies on stakes that you can put into a basket (they are not nature table sized, but I thiought they were cute and I had a lot of them leftover from years ago) and some Easter pencils that you all could put in your kid's baskets as well :) They're too big for the egg stuffer swap so I thought I would add them to this one :)

I just love reading what everyone is sending in for the swaps:) It's like being a kid again...lol!

Bonnie that is so sweet of you:hug:

Probably not exactly what you are looking for, but here is one egg cup that I found ... http://www.bearwood.com/P39.htm

Probably not exactly what you are looking for, but here is one egg cup that I found ... http://www.bearwood.com/P39.htm


you know i checked that site and never saw them. they would work fine. wonder if michael's has something like that...they are just candle holders. ac moore should. thanks!

i am definitely making cozies then!

Lorena -- the cozies would be great. I will see if I can find any egg cups on the wood sites I visit, or on ebay, since I have to try to locate some barns anyway ;) I made all of my eggs today and plan to get little bendy sized paskets for the egg hunt for them, so don't worry about the baskets :)

Kris -- a mat would be awesome. Something with tall grasses so there are places to hide all the eggs. I made everyone a dozen teeny tiny little eggs.

While I was looking through my Easter/Ostara/bunnies curriculum box (yes, I am that anal, lol. I have a large number of rubbermaid tottes in the basement with all of our books, puzzles, games, etc. for each season and holiday and theme!) I found some other goodies that I am goin g to add to this swap. I found some larger bunnies on stakes that you can put into a basket (they are not nature table sized, but I thiought they were cute and I had a lot of them leftover from years ago) and some Easter pencils that you all could put in your kid's baskets as well :) They're too big for the egg stuffer swap so I thought I would add them to this one :)


k, I'll mess around with ,mats a bit
maybe somethign 6x8..I mean they are bendies right so that woudl be a fairly big space to hunt in

Oh an di one day aspire to be that organized..BOnnie you are my hero!

I am only that organized out of necessity ... I had a huge storage closet when I was teaching and when I quit, I had thousands (literally) of books and supplies to bring home (see, that was when I had money, lol, I was spendingupwards of $3000 a year out of pocket on my classroom -- now it's all in my basement!) and had to do something so that I could find that one book that Kenna wanted to read, lol!

Plus I really am anal, :lol:

OK..since Bonnie is making mini baskets with eggs..and choco bunnies are being made...I think I will change mine to a bread basket of Hot Cross Buns:)

Sound good??

sounds good to me :)

I'd thought about egg cups here too.. but I'm guessing that's being taken care of now? :) I'm still not 100% certain what I'm making.. I've got several ideas, just need to try them out :)

would anyone be interested in small packets of natural dyes for eggs?

would anyone be interested in small packets of natural dyes for eggs?

That would be neat Jodi:)

would anyone be interested in small packets of natural dyes for eggs?

Cool! Even though it's not a nature table item in itself, we would use them to make eggs for our nature table :)

that was my thought.. I'd been thinking of making little lambs, but then thought since I need to get together stuff to color eggs maybe others would like it too.

My kids won't eat hard boiled eggs, so we blow out the egg and then dye the shell so they go on the nature table :)

Please note: We are now at 8 swappers, so everyone needs to send 7 items :)

k, i see someone is doing a mat. I think i am going to make felt calla lilies. do we want lifesize or bendie size?

i think bendie would be really hard to do, unless i do them in fimo...hmmm...there's an idea. But i might be nice to have a calla lily or 2 on our table as well

anyone have any preference?

k, i see someone is doing a mat. I think i am going to make felt calla lilies. do we want lifesize or bendie size?

i think bendie would be really hard to do, unless i do them in fimo...hmmm...there's an idea. But i might be nice to have a calla lily or 2 on our table as well

anyone have any preference?

I think it would be nice to have bigger size for once:) Of course I am a bit partial to Calla Lillies though:)

i was thinkign the same thing
not sure they wil be 'Life" size, but they will be bigger anyway;)

Not everyhting has to be bendy sized! I like having some larger items and some bendy sized items on our table. And I also love calla lilies.

Subbing cause I got a spot :hbeat:

I am making hatching chicks!

Just posting current swapper list:

Swappers:
1 - Mom2kbeth - dozen bendy sized painted eggs
2 - Livingfree - hatching chicks
3 - Mcmrymoon - egg cozies
4 - Huntersmama
5 - PolkaDot - mini baskets with mini goodies
6 - Lisabw2 - clay chocolate bunnies
7 - Korwynne - natural egg dyes
8 - Maegansmama - lilies
9 - lemonsong ?? - play mat

I have no idea on lemonsong though. She may or may not be in, she hasn't been around at all lately :( Hope everything is ok!

bonnie - just wanted to remind you that i am making egg cozies - in case you wanted to add it to the op!

got it :)

Jodi,
I would love some natural dyes too. We don't eat eggs at all so would the dyes work on wooden eggs? Just making sure.

Thanks

you know.. I have no idea at all... I'll have to try it and see :) Next week though, this week is insane. :)

you know.. I have no idea at all... I'll have to try it and see :) Next week though, this week is insane. :)
No prob at all. If you don't get to it, then we will be the guineys!! Hope next week gets better!!

I don't see why they wouldn't dye wood. Maybe just not as dark as they would dye an egg. All of the dyes that I use to dye wool/silk (which also work on eggs) also dye my kitchen table (which is way too many colors at this point to count, lol), so I am guessing that the natural dyes will stain the wood eggs.

And if not, you can always try papier mache eggs or wool eggs! The natural dyes should definitely dye wool eggs.

I don't see why they wouldn't dye wood. Maybe just not as dark as they would dye an egg. All of the dyes that I use to dye wool/silk (which also work on eggs) also dye my kitchen table (which is way too many colors at this point to count, lol), so I am guessing that the natural dyes will stain the wood eggs.

And if not, you can always try papier mache eggs or wool eggs! The natural dyes should definitely dye wool eggs.


Oh yeah, I hadn't even thought of wool eggs!! I have plenty of batt that I can felt up. That would be a lot of fun!!!
Paper mache would be fun too but a little daunting (considering the gluey mess that 3 children can create.) Wish you could see my kitchen table after I let 2 of them loose with glitter, glue and other misc craft items to make Valentine's for their homeschool classes. What a glorious crafty mess!! Makes a mama proud!!

since lemonsong is MIA and stacey is also doign lillies I'll go back to doign mats to hunt for eggs in

Bonnie how big are the eggs?, how big of a pocket do we need?

I purchased my little baskets for this one:) They are so cute...I love them..I have to think of what to put in them now...LOL

since lemonsong is MIA and stacey is also doign lillies I'll go back to doign mats to hunt for eggs in

Bonnie how big are the eggs?, how big of a pocket do we need?

Teeny tiny. I can't find them at the moment; they are somewhere in my crafty swap shelves, but they are bendy sized and really small!

i found glass eggs all swirly and pretty from oriental trading (believe it or not) so i ordered them and i was gonna make cozies which i still can - but i just got more magic wool book and inside is a cute little bunny made out of wool roving and the egg sits on his back side. i am gonna make one to see if it looks close to a bunny (its more an illusion of a bunny..kwim?) if it looks too much like 2 knots in wool roving...i'm gonna go with the cozies. i'm not gonna do the egg cups though since i got the eggs

Those eggs sound beautiful Lorena!

The baskets I am making are Nature Table sized...so I know I will have some needle felted eggs in them..a fuzzy chick..I purchased them..but they are soooooooo CUTE! Oh..and fimo jelly beans:)

Is that good..or should I add something else?

Just posting an updated list:

Swappers:
1 - Mom2kbeth - dozen bendy sized painted eggs
2 - Livingfree - hatching chicks
3 - Mcmrymoon
4 - Huntersmama
5 - PolkaDot - mini baskets with mini goodies
6 - Lisabw2 - clay chocolate bunnies
7 - Korwynne
8 - Maegansmama - lilies
9 - Starkl
10- Lemonsong - playmats

Those eggs sound beautiful Lorena!

The baskets I am making are Nature Table sized...so I know I will have some needle felted eggs in them..a fuzzy chick..I purchased them..but they are soooooooo CUTE! Oh..and fimo jelly beans:)

Is that good..or should I add something else?

Everything sounds so cute! That sounds good to me.

I made a dozen bendy sized eggs (read SMALL) and an sending bendy sized baskets too, but I wanted to send more things so I am sending a stuffed bunny (purchased) to stick into an ostara/easter basket and some easter pencils.

Everything sounds so cute! That sounds good to me.

I made a dozen bendy sized eggs (read SMALL) and an sending bendy sized baskets too, but I wanted to send more things so I am sending a stuffed bunny (purchased) to stick into an ostara/easter basket and some easter pencils.

Oooooo...we love bunnies here. We would love to have a pet bunny..but hubby said no:( Not until we move..and who knows when that will be..sigh.

I did think of one other thing. I think I will make Fimo eggs..and then foil them to make a golden egg for everyone too;)

We have bunnies here. We started out with 6 before the kiddos were born. We have three still now (the others have passed away) and they are so cute :)

ok - so here is my final decision. i have egg cups. huntersmama has cool eggs. selena wants to make cozies (all pretty and embroidered - i couldn't resist) soooooooooooooooo - i am getting egg shaped wax candles and i will get strips of wax and make up little kits for the kids so they can decorate their wax eggs with wax designs. all in favor say "I"!

Oh IIIIIIIII...I have a little pyro here who would love that...LOL!!

ok - so here is my final decision. i have egg cups. huntersmama has cool eggs. selena wants to make cozies (all pretty and embroidered - i couldn't resist) soooooooooooooooo - i am getting egg shaped wax candles and i will get strips of wax and make up little kits for the kids so they can decorate their wax eggs with wax designs. all in favor say "I"!

:cuc: :jump: :bounce:

oh i forgot i was suppose to say "I"

"I";)

We, I mean I !

I also made felted eggs with wool chicks to hatch out of them. I didn't realize they were supposed to be bendy sized and these are not. They are normal size egg with a little fuzzy chick inside. They are cute. My children are just crazy about them and have been carrying the one they think is theirs around for days, treating it like a baby. Will post some pics when I finish a few more. The beaks and eyes are hard to put on a tiny fuzzy thing!!!

The wax eggs sound fantastic!

I am not in this swap so my vote doesn't count..lol

Wax eggs sound fabulous to me. I have 2 little pyromaniacs here, lol.

Tracey - all the items do not have to be bendy sized. Just nature table sized. I like to have a variety - we always have some bendy sized and some regular sized items on our tables. Plus, most of our bendies are fairies, o Kenna likes to mix regular sized items into her fairy house (on her nature table) because the fairies are small anyway and then the regular sized items are at scale...

good - our local waldorf sells them this time of the year. i have some left over from last year when my "mainstream" nieces and nephews didn't appreciate the simplicity of undecorated eggs! LOL

Tracey - all the items do not have to be bendy sized. Just nature table sized. I like to have a variety - we always have some bendy sized and some regular sized items on our tables. Plus, most of our bendies are fairies, o Kenna likes to mix regular sized items into her fairy house (on her nature table) because the fairies are small anyway and then the regular sized items are at scale...


Thanks for letting me know that. Mine like a good mix too.

I think everyone will like the hatching chicks-for nature table and for play.

I cannot wait to see them Tracey..I bet they are CUUUTEEEE!

Today's the ship date. Please PM me if you still need my address. :)

Today's the ship date. Please PM me if you still need my address. :)

hey bonnie i know i'm a couple days late but I'll be shipping out tomorrow. i wasn't able to get much accomplished out in seattle but i'm back in the game now. :)

sounds good :)

:eyes: well. hrm.. once again, the cleaning bug struck our house.. and DH threw out stuff like onion skins, not knowing that they had a purpose. I went to get everything boxed and to the post office last night and they were gone.

SO.. I'm making spring journals for the nature table, where you can draw what you see growing, etc. I swear they're going out in either today's mail or tomorrows (depends on if I make it to the PO before they close at 7).

I swear, I'm feeling like the biggest flake in the world. :eyes:

i hate when dh gets the urge to clean - its rare - but when it hits - its deadly.... :O)

I missed the dead line for this. I have them done and ready to go. Should I ship to each person seperatley?

Update: I had wanted to ship everything out by today for those of us who celebrate Ostara, but I still don't have everything. Here's an updated list:

1 - Mom2kbeth - dozen bendy sized painted eggs and baskets - REICEVED
2 - Livingfree - hatching chicks - RECEIVED
3 - Mcmrymoon - RECEIVED
4 - Huntersmama - glass eggs - RECEIVED
5 - PolkaDot - mini baskets with mini goodies - RECEIVED
6 - Lisabw2 - clay chocolate bunnies
7 - Korwynne - spring journals - RECEIVE
8 - Maegansmama - lilies
9 - Starkl - RECEIVED
10- Lemonsong - playmats

Stacey sent to everyone individually, so she's all set. I never heard from Lisabw2 or Lemonsong ... Should I just go ahead and ship tomorrow?

I missed the dead line for this. I have them done and ready to go. Should I ship to each person seperatley?

Doh! I just posted an update, but had never seen your post. I would say ship to everyone individually at this point, because I will most likely be shipping everything I have tomorrow.

Thanks Bonnie!!!

I received Stacey's today!! gorgeous!!