Babette323

Hi! My name is Marcie. I'm new to this whole swapping thing; but I'm really excited to do it! I mean, who doesn't love getting cool stuff in the mail? Plus, I'm always looking for an excuse to make or buy something neat for someone else.

I live in Tennessee but have only been here for about six months-- I moved to be closer to my parents. I've lived a lot of places (and enjoyed shopping in every one!). A partial list: Colorado (I grew up there), Washington, D.C. (went to college there), Baltimore, MD (went to law school there), Maine (worked there for a bit), New Delhi, India (worked there for a bit), Milwaukee, WI (worked there for quite awhile).

I have two dogs--Lucy (a beagle who is also known as Lucy-Goosey and, in her naughtiest moments, as Lucyfur) and Chloe (a corgi-golden retriever mix who is, in fact, the prettiest dog in the whole wide world); and a whole passel of kitties. (Well, four kitties: Harold, Maude, Phillip and Andrew). I'm not some crazy animal hoarder or anything-- I just enjoy having a busy house.

I have a pretty eclectic mix of crafty-type hobbies: a little knitting, quilting, sewing, cooking, baking, felting, decopauge-y mixed media stuff, glass lamp-work, the list goes on.

Also, I recently bought a house and have a yard for the first time ever(!) so I'm trying to get the hang of gardening. I'm starting with containers on my patio this year while waiting for the grass to establish itself. I'm quickly amassing an assortment of fun and quirky containers for gardening and have started an honest-to-goodness watering can collection.

I read all the time (when I'm not crafting, gardening or doing something with my menagerie, natch) so I'm just going to go with favorite authors....

Jeffery Eugenedes
John Irving Michael Chabon Laurie Notaro Jennifer Wiener Bryan Lee O'Malley Dave Eggars

I just googled Kawaii-- And I LOVE it! I mean, I've always loved cute little Asian-y objets and the like but I love that there's an actual term for it. I especially love food with faces!

Beyond the specifics of kawaii, I love tiny little trinket-y things of all types: little animals, tiny little dolls, etc. I ESPECIALLY love when stuff comes in little self-contained kits. Like those itsy bitsy farms from the dollar store with a plastic barn that opens and holds fences, animals, hay bales. I remember having this big, plastic ice cream sundae as a kid that opened to reveal a dollhouse for tiny little dolls--I think they were precursors to Polly Pockets-- and I've been obsessed with kits like that ever since.

Obviously, I love books and stuff about reading (see "I'm a big reading nerd" above for more detail).

I don't really have a favorite color--I tend to like discovering interesting color combinations instead. I usually stay away from really dark shades like hunter green, maroon, etc., but I could definitely be pleasantly surprised by someone combining hunter green and burnt orange in a cool pattern. (hmm.... hunter green and burnt orange brocade...). I love chocolate brown with almost any other color.

I'm always saving odd bits of paper from magazines, labels, you get the idea, that have arresting images. Some I use for collage and a lot I just hang on the bulletin boards on my office wall as "inspiration".

I really love well-illustrated and/or written kids' books. They're sometimes like poetry in their complex minimalism.

Random products from other countries. I swear, I buy more souvenirs in grocery stores than anywhere else. I love going home with French toothpaste and a weird box of ear cleaners from China and baby cologne (yeah, it exists) from India.

Reusable shopping bags sparkly stuff flocked ANYTHING goats owls fancy owls deer sparrows polka dots

pictures of children kissing. Blech! Disney stuff "Inspirational" items Cinnamon anything Wolves

I'm new to swap-bot. A lot of the swaps I've read about say "no blank profiles" or something like that. I hope this isn't blank. If it seems like I've missed something important, please ask, or let me know and I'll add it.