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Paper Chain Dolls! - International

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Swap Coordinator:Emmuzka (contact)
Swap categories: Paper Goods  Crafts  Art 
Number of people in swap:16
Location:Other
Type:None
Last day to signup/drop:October 15, 2016
Date items must be sent by:November 15, 2007
Number of swap partners:2
Description:

This is a quick and fun international swap. Remember those paper chain dolls that you made as a kid? Now is the time to figure out again how those were done! Or maybe you love paper crafts and are already an artist with paper chains.

You will craft two paper chains, one to each swap partner. You can use special paper or regular one. You can leave the paper blank, color it or embellish the chain. You can aim to keep the dolls as similar as possible or cut every doll a bit differently. The theme can be victorian, naivist, gothic, nature, art nouveau, vintage, whatever you want. You can look to your partners’ profiles for inspiration, but that’s not mandatory. The doll figures don’t have to human. The chain has to be large enough, at least 23inc/53cm long.

Make your best effort, do something that you would like to hang on your wall or give as a family heirloom to your grandchildren ;)

Please, leave a comment if you especially want or don’t want a holiday themed chain.

NOTE: Feel free to tape/glue smaller papers together if you don't have paper big enough!

Discussion

tex82 10/12/2007 #

love the idea!

threesweetpeas 10/15/2007 #

can you post some links to the great themed ones you mentioned?

happyichigo 10/15/2007 #

yeah, links please!

threesweetpeas 10/16/2007 #

so here come some links http://flickr.com/photos/terramarie/1425652074/

http://kiddley.com/2006/06/09/making-paper-doll-chains/

and circular paper chain dolls: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/circular-paper-dolls.html

Emmuzka 10/18/2007 #

Instructions without pictures: http://www.thebestdollinformation.com/HowtoMakePaperChain_Dolls.html

Instructions with illustrations: http://kiddley.com/2006/06/09/making-paper-doll-chains/

Simple stylish chain: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/images/events/paperdollchain.jpg

Cocoa 10/23/2007 #

I would prefer vintage, Christmas, or altered . No gothic please.

caresalot 10/29/2007 #

I love this idea!Great fun! No Gothic Please.

weyrmistress 10/31/2007 #

I would prefer vintage, Halloween (gothic is all right), altered or alien. No other holidays, please.

tex82 11/12/2007 #

anything is good for me! I like red a lot!

Cocoa 11/14/2007 #

tex 82 and zhulia your chain dolls are in the mail.

tex82 11/15/2007 #

Today is holyday (nothing works), but the letters are ready to go! So I mark at sent today or tomorrow?

scolak 11/15/2007 #

to caresalot and hellakella - be on the look out for yours!

creativemuse 11/15/2007 #

Yeah mine are in the mail come see them at flickr.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/52895107@N00/ Yeah TIGerLilly and 3YorkieMom here they come! Hope you are doing well Darleen with your surgery and recovery! warmly Creativemuse

fairyyellowbug 02/11/2009 #

I am so wanting to participate in this! Am I too late? Creative hugs, Norma

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