04/12/07 Chub Creek dolls
One day, Dave from Chub Creek thought “hmm, hey, it’d be cool if there were some Dave and Gary dolls and we could mail ‘em around the world”. Luckily they have a lot of knitters on their audience. The dolls were made and mailed; from the UK to Canada to Australia to Canada again to Germany to South Korea to the US and now to me in Argentina! I went pick them up this morning (waited in line for an hour only to have the guy tell me I was in the wrong line…) so we’ll surely be doing some cool things soon. I may even keep them till June and bring them with me to PAB 2007. They’ve been to Canada already but it’d still be a cool trip for them to do.
It’s not the first time I’ve been involved in a project like this. Back at the Grant-Lee Phillips forums we had mailed a disposable camera around the world (Chente we called it; if you know who’s Chente you’re probably laughing right now), and everyone who got it had to take a couple of photos and pass it on. I managed to get the first camera, wich ended up dissapearing somewhere in europe I think. The second time it didn’t go too well wither. Attempt #3 had the same fate as the previous two.For #4 we decided to make it virtual and have people upload their photos to an online album. Worked, but definetly not as cool.
Here are some photos of the package opening. There were all sorts of cool stuff in there! Whoever gets it last will have to get a huge box to fit all the stuff that’s getting accumulated.
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4 Comments so far
I think you should put some alfajores in the box when it’s your turn to send it on. Although I’m a little stumped…are you supposed to eat/use the stuff that comes in the box or leave it in there? Is it a time capsule or more like a travelling care package? I’m a little stumped :(
By lola on 04.13.07 4:16 pm
Well, the idea was to have the dolls travel the world. The box getting filled with cool stuff from around the world is a perk. The bag of popcorn was a gift for me (thanks Jill!), and I’ll be adding a little something for the next one as well.
By Nico on 04.13.07 4:39 pm
yes! this is a genius idea! I gotta do this! any girls in the audience at my shows (provided that first I get an audience) would be huggin’ on me all night!
By Rob Lundy on 04.13.07 6:21 pm
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