Old School Dotee Swap anyone?

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On Facebook, there was a post about using the Wayback machine to find old posts from Crafter and post them here. One person mentioned the dotee swaps - which is how I began swapping.

I’ll try to find some old photos for examples but if anyone is skilled in calling up ancient internet history, feel free to add photos in the comments.

Dotees are small hanging dolls that can resemble real things - characters, fandom themes, or completely imaginary. They are about 3” - 4” and most have dangling bits at the bottom.

Does anyone want to make and swap these?

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Borrowed from Pinterest

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Also from Pinterest

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I remember that swap. I made these

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I remember these swaps. I would eventually like to join a Dotee swap again. (Not for several.montjs though)

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This is a Dotee I made several years ago. It was so much fun to make!

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I would love to do a Dotee swap. I just packed all of mine up because I’m moving.

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Found these.on the Way back Machine. They were made by Ludi.

This one was made by Smmarrt
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I think that’s Adam Ant? I made a Ziggy Stardust doll too.

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One of my other favorites was an Oompa Loompah. I’ll see if it’s still on Flickr.

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This was from a musician themed dotee swap. I forgot the name of the musician though. :face_with_spiral_eyes: (From the 80s)

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I think this is a great idea! The gallery would be really neat, too. It’s a great way to stretch the creative muscles.

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I would 1000% love to do another one of these! It was one of my first swaps on the other site, as well. :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: I now have a sweet little pair of Kodama swinging on a leafy branch, and I made an Old One from Lovecraft for my partner. I’ll see if I can dig up pictures. :smile:

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I’d be interested! Wish I had pictures of the ones I made for swaps on the other site… I recall making an Ayla from Clan of the Cave Bear.

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I’ll put this swap up today or tomorrow. Looking forward to it!

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Just a heads up that I won’t be able to join this time around. (Recovering and getting my life together after giving birth.)
I’m definitely happy to follow along and see all the cute dotees everyone makes though!

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Congrats! We’ll see you next time around.

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The swap is live!

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Thanks! I’ll enjoy everyone’s dotees :purple_heart:

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