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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
769 Posts
Luanne
Avondale
Colorado
USA
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 Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 09:21:57 AM
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| Hi girls! I love to make cloth country dolls and with bits of antique lace and buttons, etc. Soooo, I was thinking wouldn't it be fun to make a mascot for us farmgirls and send her around to visit? She could travel from farmgirl to farmgirl via snail mail and have her picture taken with something(or someone) meaningful that depicts each persons personality or farm, then send her on to the next person. Maybe a scrapbook could accompany her? She could even go on vacations, that is if any of us farmgirls get the time for such things!! I was thinking of designing her to resemble MaryJane since she is the reason we are all together. So what do you think?? Is this another of my wacky ideas or would it be fun?? Luzy |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 09:29:36 AM
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I think that is a fantastic idea Luzy!!!! How much fun that would be! Kind of like those gnomes that got sent around the world and pics got posted of them in different locals!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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quiltedess
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Nancy
Priest River
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 10:05:03 AM
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I LIKE it!
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 11:17:01 AM
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Hey Farm Girls!
Oh Luzy, what a wonderful idea!
Some of you may be familiar with the "Flat Stanley" geography project for 2nd grade children. The kids read a little storybook about Flat Stanley and then they make a little Flat Stanley out of paper.
This paper Flat Stanley is sent to a family member who usually lives in another community. Children often send them to their grandmothers.
Flat Stanley then travels with the person for several days, and photos are taken of the loved one with Flat Stanley. A friend of mine visited many of Fort Worth's finest sites before sending Flat Stanley and the photos to her grandchild in Tulsa.
So I guess we will have a sort of "Flat Stanley" project for adults--toooo cool.
Connie
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
4749 Posts
Shirley Jean (Jeannie)
Florida
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 12:51:49 PM
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Luzy - count me in! What a great idea. I will treat our little farmgirl with love and care, and she will love visiting Florida! I promise not to let her get a sunburn!
jpbluesky
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Luzy
True Blue Farmgirl
769 Posts
Luanne
Avondale
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 12:53:33 PM
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| Oh I'm so excited to hear that some of you like the idea. I need ideas on how to facilitate her travels. Maybe someone who's involved with mailart can give me pointers? I'm not sure how to organize this, especially when personal info is at stake such as addresses. Please let me know. Okie dokie? Thanks, Luzy |
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BlueEggBabe
True Blue Farmgirl
417 Posts
Susan
PA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 3:11:09 PM
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My daughter participated in a similiar experience for a 3rd grade class project and the doll traveled along with a journal to far away lands. Each person would add pictures of the doll on a train or on a mountain top or in a canoe or in the garden.
It was a riot!! We had soo much fun with it. She was a member of the family for a few weeks and then moved on with her suitcase and journal.
I'd love to do a grown up version of this!!
Sue
"If more of us valued good food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world place."
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JoyIowa
True Blue Farmgirl
177 Posts
Joy
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 3:25:42 PM
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Oooo Cool!
Keep me imformed of the details!
Joy
If it's not illegal, unsafe, or immoral, why not try anything once? Who knows? You may come back for a second helping! |
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 3:28:32 PM
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Hey Farm Girls!
We have one additional project that involves a "snail mail" rotation--this would be the "premier journal" tour that Cindy Lou has organized.
Consequently, we already have 2 mailing lists to work with --this is of course, making the assumption that the farm girls on these lists would want to participate.
I also think that I would like to have my own ragdoll farm girl so I would gladly sign up as a customer. If it was personalized that would be even better!
Connie
Connie
cozycottage |
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Fabulous Farm Femmes
True Blue Farmgirl
792 Posts
Diane
Lakebay, Tacoma
WA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 3:47:16 PM
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| I do this with my sock monkey doll when I travel...I have a photo of him from all my different stops in Hawaii.He's going to Oregon in a couple of weeks (any farm girls in the Cannon Beach area?)It's fun but it drives my adult kids crazy which makes it even more fun! I am looking forward to meeting Flat Mary Jane (?) LOl |
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sleepless reader
True Blue Farmgirl
1004 Posts
CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 4:40:22 PM
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| Love the idea! My daughter did a school project with "Flat Stanley" this past year too. Imagine "Flat MaryJane"being sent around to have her picture taken with her farmgirl friends!!! I can't wait until she comes to visit my house. Maybe "Flat Sharon" will go to visit Mary Jane? :) |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 5:20:24 PM
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I can't really say I am "flat" but chesty Jenny would love to visit MaryJane and all my farmgirl sisters. I doubt if the MaryJane doll would want to visit Kansas in May or June during tornado season...she'd be camped out in our crummy basement most of the time!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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greyghost
True Blue Farmgirl
649 Posts
Lynn
Summerville
Georgia
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 5:37:25 PM
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| I love the idea! My sister had a stuffed turtle that visited us for two weeks - they took it to Disney and the beach and the Seminole Indian museum. It was so funny! |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
10646 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 8:33:53 PM
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I love the doll idea too...my kids also did the flat stanley thing...fun!!
I make dolls too!! I love that we all have stuff in common that come out little by little as we get to know each other..how fun!!
Jenny in Utah
[green]The best things in life arn't things[green] |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
18165 Posts
Alee
Billings
MT Sister # 8
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 10:08:27 PM
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I love the idea also!
My boyfriend's German class bought a Maniquin and clothed him. They wrote a letter and put it around it's neck explaining their project (they were trying to get him from Wyoming to Germany) and they asked if anyone in Germany ever got a hold of him, if they would write the school and tell about it. They left him at a truck stop with five bucks in his pocket. He eventually made it to Germany and had over $100 US in his pocket by the time he got there. A lot of people that had seen or helped him wrote the school and put letters in his pockets. The manequin's name was Klaus.
Ciao
Alee |
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
302 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 11:04:06 PM
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I love this idea and want to be a part of it. My friends and I did a round robin with a tea cozy . It started out plain and we all added something to it as we got it. Maybe we could do that with the doll . Count me in.
Farm Girl from Western Washington
" From sheep to handspun " |
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