mobile swap
January 4th, 2008
Most of the christmas decorations are making their way back to storage and the house is looking pretty empty. Every year after all the lights are packed up and the sad little christmas tree put on the curb I wonder why I don’t have something beautiful to put in their place. We go to all this effort to make our houses glow at christmas time and then January comes around and suddenly they are so bare. There have been some really beautiful mobiles on the internets lately and I think one would look nice hanging above my mantle. So I thought I’d try to organize a little swap: a mobile swap.
If you would like to make and receive a mobile for your home email me at elsiemarleyblog AT gmail DOT com with the following information:
1. name
2. email address
3. website (if you have one)
4. mailing address
5. favorite colors
6. whether the mobile is for a baby’s room or not
That’s it! The mobile can be out of any kind of material using any design you can think up. Sign up by Friday January 18th and I’ll send you your partner’s information the following Monday. I’ll try to arrange it so you send to one person, but receive a package from another–just to mix it up. Packages should be sent out by Wednesday February 20th at the latest. I started a flickr group where you can post pictures of your mobiles before you send them off. And please feel free to copy and paste the mobile swap button onto your blog. So pack up the rest of that holiday paraphernalia and get making.
January 5th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
This is just the best swap idea ever!
January 6th, 2008 at 2:31 am
Can’t wait to get started (throwing out Christmas today…)!
January 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I have linked your post in my blog. I do not know whether to participate or not. Reads great, though!
http://seemownay.blogsome.com/2008/01/08/mobile-swap/
January 11th, 2008 at 2:38 am
Hi,
I found your mobile swap a great idée and I’d like to participate. Yet I don’t have a wekbsite, so let me know if I can join this swap or not.
Thanls a lot,
kty
January 13th, 2008 at 3:20 pm
What a sweet idea!
January 14th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Hurrah! So excited.
January 14th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
[...] from elsie marley is hosting a mobile swap this month and the sign-up deadline is this Friday. She writes, [...]
January 14th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Best. Idea. Ever. This sounds like so much fun!
January 15th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I am so excited about this swap!
January 15th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Ooh! Sounds like fun!
January 15th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
HI Elsie,
I have signed up by email, but I am also telling you here:
Sign me up!
how fun… I already have so many drawings made!
juju
January 15th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Man this sounds fun. I’m just not sure I’m creative enough for this. Could I join if I could not promise as beautiful a mobile as I receive? LOL
Thinking,
Amy
January 16th, 2008 at 9:15 am
This sounds like fun! I’m sending you an e-mail . . .
January 17th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Sounds great! Sent an email to you last night… hope you received it!
January 18th, 2008 at 10:56 am
oh my! what a fine idea!
i so agree that the house looks sad without the holiday decorations – i can’t bring myself to take down the glass globes that i have hanging in front of the window.
i’d love to have the challenge of making a mobile!
count me in!
January 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
[...] you whimsy lovers out there: Today is the last chance to sign up for Elsie’s Mobile Swap found via Camilla [...]
January 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I learned about this via a friend, via Camilla Engeman, and decided to jump right in. So glad I made the deadline…..hopefully. Can’t wait to see everyone’s pictures.
January 18th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
ohhh can I join in?I am in the states though.
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 am
Oooohh! I am too late! I’d love to get in on another one if you decide to do it, please let me know!!
January 25th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
[...] depressing grocery store at 10 o’clock at night. I was thinking I might try to make my mobile out of paper and this little sardine box may even play a role, but I may chicken out and just sew [...]
January 29th, 2008 at 1:36 am
[...] January 4, 2008 I moved to a new site and you can now find this post at http://www.elsiemarley.com/mobile-swap.html [...]
January 31st, 2008 at 4:15 am
[...] kurzem hatte ich mir überlegt, ob ich beim mobile swap von meg mitmache. Ich habe mich dagegen entschieden und das war auch gut so, denn ich hätte keine [...]
February 10th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
[...] it is, all cut, strung, balanced, and hung: my contribution to the mobile swap. It is surprisingly difficult to photograph a mobile. These are my best [...]
February 11th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
What a fun idea! I’m sorry I missed the deadline but I think I’ll make a mobile anyway!
February 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
[...] posted pics this week of my mobile for the mobile swap and promised a tutorial and pattern. Well, it took some doing but here it is, ready for download as [...]
February 28th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
[...] of inspirations, check out the e-zines. do you know there is a mobile swap? wish i had the time to participate. beautiful felted goods, and earring holders/shrines. [...]
March 5th, 2008 at 8:39 am
[...] wrote in to make sure everyone takes a look at the mobile swap hosted by Meg of Elsie Marley. She writes, “Check out the awesomeness her swap has inspired. I have really enjoyed this [...]
March 5th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
This is the most amazing idea ever. The pictures are beautiful. I am SO in for the next one!
March 9th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
[...] the Mobile Swap? Last week, this wonderfully whimsical mobile arrived in my mailbox. The sweet Michelle made it. [...]
March 20th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Hi there,
I was just wondering if you might plan another one or if this is possibly still going on?
It is such a beautiful idea, I would love to do it!!
March 31st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Hello,
Still have not received a mobile, was wondering if you knew if my partner received my details.
April 1st, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Hi there,
I didn’t receive a mobile either, although I put a lot of thought and care into making mine ….. :-(
Never mind – I hope the next swap works out a bit better!
Cheers,
juddie
August 4th, 2008 at 9:49 am
[...] over at Elsie Marley has sneaked the mobile out of the nursery. Earlier this year, she started a mobile swap after taking down her holiday decorations at winter’s end, only to reveal a barren house. The [...]