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Fairy Tale DIY Swap

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Fairy Tale DIY Swap
Swap Coordinator:mintcondition (contact)
Swap categories: Challenges  Crafts  Handmade 
Number of people in swap:19
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:August 8, 2009
Date items must be sent by:September 30, 2009
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

If you love a good story and think children's stories aren't just for children, welcome to the swap!

Send one or more items related to a fairy tale/folk tale/nursery rhyme to one partner. Decorate it with a specific fairy tale in mind. This is open to the sender's artistic interpretation. (You might receive something amazing and original!)

Receiver picks the fable, so it's a little challenging. Please list your favorite stories below in the comments section. List a few to go easy on your partner by giving them some choices.

No Disney, unless your partner loves that company. This is more traditionally inclined, towards the likes of Hans Christian Andersen, Grimms, Lewis Carroll, Mother Goose, Aesop, etc.

International.

Value: $3 (+ shipping)

Item(s) may be hand crafted or store bought. Purchased items are great. Nicely homemade is highly encouraged.

Please use good judgment on estimating items.

This is a small, simple swap, but please make it of good quality. Give something you believe your partner would love and use. (Peek at their profile so you don't accidentally send a pin cushion to someone who doesn't sew.)

Item examples:

hair clips

button/badge pin set

sticker pack

rubber stamp

journal

pin cushion

sewing kit

tote

post card set

embroidery

key chain

charm

necklace

anything you can think of

Swap Requirements:

  • At least 1 physical crafty elbow-greased snail mail swap completed.
  • 4.8 rating or higher.
  • No recent no sends. (Explanations welcome.)
  • Please do not flake, or you will be reported. (Please!!)

You have over 1 month to complete the swap. Since hand crafted goods take time to create, the deadline is generous.

I hope you'll be inspired and have a lot of fun with this! Thank you for joining.

Discussion

homeandheart 07/19/2009 #

So this is one handmade and one profile item?

mintcondition 07/19/2009 #

Handmade or store-bought item(s)... The number of things sent is up to the sender, as long as the total amount is $3.

I just meant to check profiles so people don't send something like a pincushion to someone who doesn't sew at all.

Pikkis 07/19/2009 #

I love this swap; I´m a big fan of children´s books and fairy tales :)! I love all the traditional fairy tales like H.C.Andersen, the Grimm brothers, Lewis Carroll, Roald Dahl, Astrid Lindgren, Beatrix Potter etc. Anything goes, so I´m easy to please :D!

ELanza 07/19/2009 #

I am so excited about this swap.I love Hans Christian Andersen,Lewis Carroll,Beatrix Potter...All of them really.I am not picky :)

collagediva 07/25/2009 #

What a wonderful swap! I'm so excited to start crafting things.

Some of the fairy tales I love are Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella (and all of the many variations of Cinderella found throughout the world), Rumpelstiltskin, The Little Mermaid, Aladin. Growing up we had a book with many different fairy tales in it and they were not the Disney retellings of the stories. So, these really are the stories of my youth.

thepaperista 07/27/2009 #

I am so excited. I have been on childrens storybook kick. See my blog: And I just had a felt crown swap with this theme. I like Red Riding Hood, Where the wild things, something along that style. I have two boys...so no princess in this house. ha ha

mintcondition 07/27/2009 #

Hi, guys! Thanks for the interest and joining. It's really cool to see how everyone relates to different stories. I hope this will be a fun swap for everyone. :)

eveden 08/ 3/2009 #

So nice! can't wait to start! I really like fairy tales a lot, especially - Alice in Wonderland - Little Red Riding Hood - Snow White - The Frog prince - The wolf and the seven goats (since I love goats!) - The Princess and the pea - are just some that I like... Hope my partner will be able to do something with that!

alisat 08/ 3/2009 #

This sounds like so much fun, I cannot wait for the swapping to begin. I love all kinds of stories. My favorites are: Little one eye, Two eye and Three Eye (a grimm fairy tale). the ugly duckling, Alice in Wonderland and the Snow Queen and any of the Little Bear Stories.

doodlebug 08/ 4/2009 #

I'm lovin this swap. My favorites are: The Ugly Duckling, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Thumbelina.

LavenderLizard 08/ 5/2009 #

I like LOTS of fairy tales and more modern tales in that style...a few are Cinderella, Coraline, Red Riding Hood, and if those don't tickle your fancy, ask me for some more!

redsquirrel 08/ 6/2009 #

What a lovely idea! My favorite fairy tales are Pippi Longstocking, GoldiLocks and the three bears, Little Red Riding Hood and Snowwhite.

funkylukecosmicart 08/ 6/2009 #

the three bears, the gingerbread man, red riding hood,puss and boots,.. love them all

mintcondition 08/ 6/2009 #

2 more days! I'm so excited!

I adore Little Red Riding Hood, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, The 12 Brothers, Brother and Sister, The 6 Swans, The Cunning Little Tailor ("Boldly ventured is half won."), (especially) The Lambkin and the Little Fish, The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, etc.

The rhymes Baa Baa Black Sheep and 3 Little Kittens.

I love many different fairy tales, from Japanese fairy tales, like My Lord Bag of Rice to Italian fairy tales, like The Little Pear Girl.

There are too many enchanting stories... I love strange and pretty things with a happy ending.

FOOF4E 08/ 7/2009 #

There are so many amazing stories out there, I can't choose. I love them ALL. Please pick what ever one strikes your fancy to send.

mintcondition 08/ 7/2009 #

Tomorrow is the last day to sign up or drop.

Please make sure you have read the requirements and are confident that you can send out this swap according to the guidelines.

Thanks so much for your participation and I hope it'll be awesome for everyone!

Swap Requirements:

* At least 1 physical crafty elbow-greased snail mail swap completed.
* 4.8 rating or higher.
* No recent no sends. (Explanations welcome.)
* Please do not flake, or you will be reported. (Please!!)
doodlebug 08/ 9/2009 #

Will partners be assigned soon?

jewelrydoll180 08/ 9/2009 #

Hi, Some of my favorite fairy tails are Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Rapunzell,Goldie Locks and the Three Bears, and Little Bo Peep.Peace.....

mintcondition 08/ 9/2009 #

Yes! Today. :) I'm just going through the list carefully.

mintcondition 08/ 9/2009 #

Ready, steady, GO!!! :D

TangleCrafts 08/10/2009 #

I like most traditional Grimm-type tales. But my favourites are Baba Yaga (not Grimm at all, but quite grim!), the Princess and the Pea, The Twelve Months, The Snow Queen, and The Frog Prince.

IlonaH 08/10/2009 #

I love Grimm too, grew up with those stories. When I was in college, I even made a study on them, for the language-subject Dutch :)

tiaragoth 08/10/2009 #

My favourite fairy tales are the Brothers Grimm, ''Snow White'' and Hans Christian Andersen's, ''The Snow Queen''. No Disney please. I like the original more sinister versions of fairy tales.

rancidgirl3875 08/10/2009 #

I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland and Little Red Riding Hood fan - either one would be great!

MishyBelle 08/11/2009 #

I LOVE Alice in Wonderland, The Princess and the Pea, The Frog Prince, and Thumbelina. Those are my faves!

marliese 08/31/2009 #

I know I am awfully late listing my favorites but I like Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Cinderella.. Basically the tales with a cute princess in it. ;-)

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