NancyJNorris Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Hi, Tracy! Hi, Emily! I'm new to this forum, but I built some of the very first Greenleaf kits ever made. I saw them at a trade show - about 1980??? - and ordered a bunch while my partner in the craft shop wasn't looking. (Should have ordered more, because when they came in, she grabbed the one I wanted. Then I had to put it together for her.) They had nice birdhouse kits, too. Wait a minute....EMILY??? Emily, before you get as old and tired as I am, here's a quick lesson for you. Open your mouth slightly, put the tip of your tongue just behind your teeth, and hum. Then pucker up and say, "OOOOO." B) I joined this forum because I've been talking myself out of buying a Fairfield ever since Greenleaf revived them. As you can see, it's not working very well, or I wouldn't have joined. Maybe the next time one of my kids asks me what I want for my birthday or Christmas or Mothers' Day......... (I can hear it already - at least one of them will tell me I have to finish the kits I already have first. They keep forgetting who is the parent........) Nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithfa Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Welcome Nancy -- I am so glad you came to join us B) Many on this forum have built the Fairfield. It is a wonderful house. Feel free to give in and build one. Don't worry about finishing one kit before you build another. We don't The only rule here is to have fun! :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Welcome, Nancy, What Judith said. I have two Fairfield kits because I want to bash them together into one huge (?) house & see if I can make 1/24" scale dolls to live in it, something on the order of the utterly HUGE Betty Bonnet family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judithfa Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Holly, what's a "Betty Bonnet family"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellencouch Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Hi, I'm Ellen ,living in W Midlands, England. I have quite a few unfinished Greenleaf houses, well in honesty, quite a few unfinished everyone's houses. I have a Fairfield kit, still in the box and hope to get it made this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted June 4, 2005 Share Posted June 4, 2005 Judith, Back about 100 years ago The Ladies' Home Journal used to publish paperdolls drawn by Sheila Young, including Betty Bonnet & all her family, cousins, friends, etc, at the rate of one a month. Dover Publications publishes reprints of them. When I was a little girl (a few years AFTER the publication of Betty Bonnet & frientds) I also made houses for my paperdolls (I wish I still had them, but they were played with to rags!), and when I started collecting the Dover reprints, I often wondered just how many shoeboxes it would take to build houses for all of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCullen Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Welcome Nancy and Ellen! Which Greenleaf houses do you have built/waiting to be built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Hi There Nancy & Ellen!! Welcome to the forum and I am so excited to have you all here! I went away for a few days and sent 3 posts to different forums and came home with my Greenleaf folder FULL of new members (61 new people) WOW! Welcome to all of you too and please keep in touch! I cannot Wait to see your Fairfields & Other Kits!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllThingsMini Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Welcome Nancy and Ellen! Do you have pictures of your work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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