Swap Coordinator: | madhen (contact) |
Swap categories: | Toys Dolls |
Number of people in swap: | 3 |
Location: | International |
Type: | Type 3: Package or craft |
Last day to signup/drop: | February 28, 2015 |
Date items must be sent by: | March 23, 2015 |
Number of swap partners: | 1 |
Description: | |
I grew up with an obsession over dollhouse miniatures, and remember fondly a dollhouse that my father helped me to paint, decorate, and ultimately wire for electricity. My parents sold that house after I moved out, but my obsession continues. Recently, I stumbled upon a dollhouse for sale at the thrift shop, and the old flame re-ignited. This swap is for 1:12 miniatures only, please, and for realistic miniatures (i.e, no My Little Pony or Barbie type stuff). For March, I'm asking that you send your partner something that would be found in a bedroom. Homemade is fine (and is actually preferred) if you are good enough to make something realistic, like a bed quilt or a rug, a coat tree, a miniature painting, etc. Otherwise, store-bought works. I did a little checking, and there are quite a few really cool little 1:12 miniatures on eBay for less than $10 each, even with s/h. Don't be one of "those" people and send a $1 item, unless you found an incredible deal at a garage sale or thrift store and that item would be worth at least $5 elsewhere. I made this an international swap because the items should be, by their very nature, pretty small and consequently not super expensive to send. If this is a popular swap, I'll set up a different room each month. Just please keep four things in mind: 1" to 1 foot scale (1:12); realistic; quality; and something you'd find in a bedroom. Now for the legalese: Please have a 4.98 and at least 10 rated Type 3 swaps under your belt. (If you don't have ten yet, but think you will by sign-up deadline, go ahead and sign up. I won't check until the deadline.) Please PM me if you want to join but have any current (last 6 months) ratings less than 5 on your profile. I reserve the right to ban any swapper for any reason, regardless of your rating, and I hope you don't take it personally if I do. It is not a matter of trust. It is a matter of logistics and statistics. If, however, you have flaked on me in my capacity as a host or a Swap-bot participant, please don't sign up for this swap, as I will remove you, it WILL be personal, and I will likely derive more than a small modicum of pleasure in doing so. |
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