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Date Joined: March 3, 2008
Last Online: February 7, 2012 Birthday: December 16, 1981 Country: United States My Blog My Etsy Store My Etsy Store My Etsy Store Facebook - Add Me! |
I live in central Oregon with my husband, daughter, my pets and our clucky backyard chickens! My daughter Lucy is a crazy, sweet, terrific 3 year old. I had a baby boy named Lincoln on August 20th! Life's a little crazy right now. :)
I love crafting! My favorites would have to be knitting and sewing. Art and design are big drivers of mine. I love to be surrounded by beautiful things in all areas of my life!
Right now - Feist, Cat Power, Alison Krauss and Sia.
White Oleander, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the Little House on the Prairie series and lots of others. I love my craft and knitting books too! I love to read, anything and everything.
Amelie, Under the Tuscan Sun, Memoirs of a Geisha, Girl with a Pearl Earring, Lost in Translation, Anne of Green Gables, Gone With the Wind, You've Got Mail, Marie Antoinette, Chicago, Frida, Love Actually
Project Runway, Fringe, Survivorman, Deadliest Catch, random History channel shows
My favorites right now are knitting, needle felting, sewing and anything involving natural materials! My husband and I are getting very into woodworking so you'd probably find me sanding and painting too. I'm always up for trying something new, I've tried lots of different things but the above are the things that have stuck. I love color, I love little vintage embellishments - buttons, sequins, beads, rick-rack, etc.
Favorites! - Things that sparkle, vintage - especially things from the 20s through the 50s, shabby chic, mid century modern, cute Japanese things, being self sufficient and the "forgotten" arts and crafts, things that are cute but dark, earthy things, yarn or fabric in natural fibers (cotton, wool, alpaca, silk, etc.), old textiles, anything handmade by you! I also love old things that show their age - rust, tarnish, holes, rips, frays, patinas, etc. Just not stains. :)
Not so Favorites - Swap packages where someone obviously didn't look at my profile and just seemed to send whatever they had lying around that they didn't want (I don't at all mind getting items that someone already owns, as long as they really think I'd like them or be able to use them), Disney or Looney Toons characters, USA themed stuff, cheap looking dollar store items, smoke smelling packages - blech.
I'm not horribly picky, if you read my profile and put time and care into the swap you're sending me I will be happy!
My daughter Lucy is 3. I don't think I could sum her up in one paragraph but I'll try... She loves nature, especially baby birds, eggs and nests right now. She loves to dance. She loves her dress up trunk. She loves building and blocks. She loves her family and her baby brother. She's a very good mommy to her dolls and animals. She likes gardens, flowers, leaves, etc. and our chickens. She is very much a nature girl! We are a waldorf inspired family and have a seasonal nature table that she enjoys adding to.
My son Lincoln is just a little guy, he was born in August 2010. He likes baby stuff. :D I can't wait to see his personality evolve. He's kind of feisty and definitely knows what he wants. He's very sweet and loves his mommy, daddy and sissy.
I'm sort of a color fanatic. Anything and everything goes. I love unusual color combinations that really pop. My favorite colors to wear are blues, greens, grays and neutrals. My house is decorated in bold colors like red, pea green, gold and chocolate brown. For crafting I like bright pastels (if there is such a thing). So yeah, every color has a place. :)
-Japanese craft books or magazines
-Vintage fabric - I especially like pieces of vintage floral sheets.
-Leftover balls of wool or alpaca yarn in any color for a patchwork style blanket I'm knitting
-Vintage buttons in bright colors (not neutrals like black, white, brown, etc.). I have a hard time finding these.
-Vintage trims
-Kitschy little plastic things
-Natural fiber supplies - yarns, silk ribbon, wool roving, etc.
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Hello there!! Please join to my new Swap:
Here: My Little Pony Inchies
Hi! Since you like matchboxes I hope you'll like my group & join, I would love to have you!! matchbox & more
You are invited to join my GNOME swap - http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/55681#comment-280964 Hope to see you there!
Oh, also the Cozy doll you sent, I handed her to Isabella and she wouldn't put her down! I love it and so does she!!! :o)
Hi! Thank you SO much for the lovely wishlist goodies that you sent me! I absolutely love it all and the book, that will come in very handy! Very generous! Thanks so much :o)
Thank you so much for the vintage paper doll clothes from my February wishlist! :) Also, thanks so much for the mini pack of vintage goodies. I love them very much!
Hugs, Gwen
Welcome to Somerset style! We are so happy to have you! Please visit the forum and share what type swaps you would like to see!!!
Thank you so so so so so so much for the birthday wish! That really made my day! <3 <3 <3 Thank you!
Time for round 5 of the Vintage/Thrifted Sheets as Fabric swap - hope you can join us!
Thankyou so much for the amazing envie of Halloween goodies that you sent me for my August wishlist. They will be so great for my atcs, journaling, crazy quilting and other crafts.