My Favorite Book Character Dotee

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Swap Coordinator:	riah11479 (contact)
Swap categories:	Challenges Books Handmade
Number of people in swap:	14
Location:	Other
Type:	None
Last day to signup/drop:	May 8, 2008
Date items must be sent by:	June 5, 2008
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
Well, I am officially hooked on Swap-Bot, and I thought it would be fun to host my own swap. I didnt see any other swaps like this one, but, feel free to e-mail me if this is a copy-swap and I will delete it :) For this swap you will have 1 partner and you will be creating a dotee doll modeled after your favorite character from a book. You can choose any character from any book you would like. The Dotee can be male or female and can be as simple or as elaborate as you want (Just please send something that you would like to receive) Now, for the fun part... in addition to your dotee you will need to include a little extra info. You will need to include the name of the character, what book he/she is from (Make sure and include the title and author. Hopefully your partner will be moved to give your favorite book a read.), and also a little info as to why this character is your favorite. This can be as simple as a notecard with the information, or detailed letter, or, you can even throw in an old, well loved copy of the book if you are so inclined. Just have fun with it! Okay, the rules - Newbies are welcome with a full profile and if they contact me prior to signing up. If you have a rating below 4.5 please contact me prior to signing up. Please do not have any no-sends in the past three months. I will make this an international swap. This swap is not profile specific, so you can begin work on it as soon as you sign up.

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Lori915 04/ 9/2008 #

This looks like a lot of fun! I may chicken out and drop it though....I'm not sure how to make a dotee doll. I'm going to go practice.

riah11479 04/ 9/2008 #

Thanks for joining! Ahhhh, dont drop out... Dotees are so simple to make! If you have any questions about them, just drop me a line, and I will try to help out :)

fleasha 04/ 9/2008 #

ok this is funny. I clicked on the swap because it said favorite character... then I open it and realize its a dotee swap! two of my gave things. dotees and reading. NOW the only problem is it this swap starts too late. I want to do this now. :) but the timing is really good but still, I want to start now. :P

and yeah, dotees are really simple to make. go for it!

fleasha 04/ 9/2008 #

ok FAVE things not gave things. hah.

riah11479 04/ 9/2008 #

I had a hard time putting a late start date on it, but, I wanted to give everyone a chance to sign up and work on something creative :) Thank you for joining my swap :)

mosaic 05/ 3/2008 #

sorry guys. I have to bow out of this one. The swaps that require me to make identifiable characters are making me crazy!

amybree 05/ 6/2008 #

This sounds really fun! I came up with a really good one!haha- atleast I think :) I've been thinking about it for 2 days so now I have to do it. I've been searching for the specs on a dotee, some people mention that legs should be added and others mention it shouldn't be bigger than 6 inches. Would that be including legs? What size are they typically without the legs added? Thanks!

riah11479 05/ 6/2008 #

Mine always end up bigger than 6". I usually make the body 5" to 6" and then the tail is at least another 4". No-one has complained about mine yet, so I dont think I am goofing them up too bad :)

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