member of Swap-Bot since March 3, 2007!

Hello and Welcome to my profile! If you are here just to have a look around, enjoy! My profile is an almost constant state of change! If you are here to get more info for a swap, can I please ask you to look at one thing first? Please scroll all the way to the bottom and read my list of dislikes. That way it saves you time and maybe money. Thanks!

My name is Mikki!
I am a 36 yr old married mom of 3 kids and married for 12 yrs. I am a S@HM and fabric artist! .

I am a Witch. I walk with the Goddess and I honor Her on a daily basis. I walk a fine line between the dark and the light, what I like to call a Twilight path. Because for me, there is no light without the dark. I've been a Pagan for 30+, practicing for almost 20. I consider myself Eclectic since I follow my Louisiana HooDoo roots, Hedge Witchery, Kitchen Witchery and the Egyptian trad. I work with herbs, candles and crystals. I will not and do not hesitate to do what some consider darker magic. I am a Daughter of Hekate. I also honor Gaia, Isis and Bast.

I am a member of the Covenant of Hekate. I participated in the Rite of Her Sacred Fires May 5, 2012. At the same time, I also did the ritual, The Rite of the Devotee. On Aug 13, 2012, on the night of the Feast of Hekate, I completed the Rite of the Red Cord. I am now considered a Devotee of Hekate through the COH. Although I didn't need all of this, I now feel closer to the Goddess than ever. I have been a Devotee of Hekate for over 5 years now. I've also recently joined The Mystai of the Moon Coven. It is an online coven dedicated to Hekate.

my Hekate altar.

Random, specific things that I love: my husband and kids, Halloween, horror movies, Vincent Price, black cats, bats, thunderstorms, vampires (not the sparkly kind!), reading my Kindle, the smell of patchouli, the Goddess, candles and incense, fabric, the color black, the smell of old books, Ancient Egypt, old cemeteries....

My nerd girl randomness:
* Star Trek
* Star Wars
* Supernatural
* Lost
* Batman
* Wonder Woman
* InuYasha
* The Big Bang Theory
* Justified
* Hello Kitty
* Wonder Woman
* The Big Bang Theory
* Marvel comics, specifically--Iron Man, Capt. America, Thor, Loki and Hulk.
* Firefly/Serenity
* Sherlock
* Doctor Who

My current mini-obsession is Pinterest. So yes, I am joining a lot of Pinterest email swaps. I love seeing what others have found and finding some treasures of my own. In my eyes, it's another way of getting to know someone.

Wishlist

Disclaimer: This is not a shopping list. If you have me as a partner in a swap, I am not at all expecting you to send me any of these things. (If you choose to it will obviously be much appreciated.) This is more of a guide of things I like and would like to have!!

This book, hardback or paperback or softback:

• Smudge Feather or fan
• handmade necklaces (18" and longer) and bracelets (at least 7")
• souvenirs from Romania. Anything with Vlad Dracul.
• anything with crows or ravens
• items from my Etsy list or based on them
• items from my Amazon wishlist above. Doesn't have to come from there is you can get it elsewhere.
• Hearse items--jewelry, etc stuff like that. If I could own one, I so would!!!
• Vincent Price items--I have most if not all of his movies, so other items would be good.
• Vintage black jewelry--broken is fine.
• Bats--not the baseball kind! ANYTHING with them is most awesomely awesome!!!
• small copper candle holders--the kind you usually see in thrift shops
• skeleton keys
• dream catchers

Random info: for tops, I wear size XXL in Juniors sizes, m-l in ladies and m in mens. I CANNOT wear normal earrings. I love bracelets.

Crafts I currently do:

• Crochet. I only work with yarn, never mastered working with thread. and I've yet to go beyond blankets and scarves!! (i.e. no sweaters or socks). I've also done a couple of beanies. I'm not a yarn snob. I am currently working on a blanket/throw for myself using Red Heart yarn.
• Sewing. I can sew just about anything. I've made quilts, clothes for people, clothes for 18" dolls, etc. If there's a pattern for it, I can make it.

I have moved away from paper crafts. While I do enjoy doing the various crafts with paper, I just don't have the patience and art skills required to do good work. So instead of stressing myself out about it, I've decided to step away.

Things I collect:

• Dracula by Stoker books, the different covers
• any non-fiction books dealing with vampires
• stamps, specifically looking for 90s to current series (no forevers though), used
• postcards, any but the free kind. Love the vintage from flea markets, etc.
• Classic Movie Monster items, esp. Dracula, Frankenstein and His Bride
• Vincent Price items
• Halloween items, Vintage and Prim is a plus
• Witches..old, ugly, new, pretty. I love the all.

A-- Anne Rice, autopsies
B-- Boondock Saints, Bullet for My Valentine, blood red nail polish, bats, black cats, Bride of Frankenstein, Barn Owls
C-- cemeteries, crows, coffins, cabinet cards, Community Coffee, Cafe' Du Monde Coffee, crochet, candles, Charmed
D-- Dracula, dark images, Dean Koontz, Davey Havok, Dia de los Muertos, Dean Winchester
E-- Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Gorey
F-- full moons, funerals, funeral homes, Frankenstein, forensics, flea markets, fabric, Fangoria magazine
G-- Gothic literature, goth, ghosts, Goddess, gore, Ghosthunters
H-- Halloween, HP Lovecraft, haunted houses, hearses, hoodoo, horror movies, Hekate
I-- InuYasha, Isis, incense
J-- jasmine, Justified
K-- Kitchy
L-- La Calavera de la Catrina, Living Dead dolls, Lost
M-- memento mori, mortuary science, macabre, makeup
N-- Nightmare Before Christmas, New Orleans
O-- ouija boards
P-- Psychobilly, paranormal, pumpkins, punk, pin-up, Pagan, private swaps
Q-- quilting, quilts
R-- Rockabilly, ravens, retro, Rue Morgue
S-- skeletons, skulls, Sam Merlotte, sugar skulls, sewing, swaps, shrines, Screem magazine, Star Wars, Star Trek, Sam Winchester, Sherlock
T-- thunderstorms, Transylvania, Tazo Tea, Twilight, True Blood, Tim Burton, toe tags, TAPS, thrift stores, tattoos
U-- Universal Movie Monsters
V-- vampires, vintage, Vlad the Impaler, Vintage Halloween, vintage anatomy charts, Victorian Gothic/Mourning jewelry, vintage Halloween postcards, vintage Halloween decorations, Victorian Gothic, vodou, Vincent Price
W-- witches
X-- x-rays
Y-- yarn, Yule
Z-- zombis

colors: black, orange, red and purple
scents: patchouli, sandalwood, bitter almond, harvest and lavender
animals: bats and black cats
time of the year: Fall
food: Cajun
prints: skulls, cherries, tattoo
Holiday: Samhain and Yule
Favorite scents from Bath and Body Works: Cotton Blossom, Green Clover and Aloe, Moonlight Path, and Wild Honeysuckle.

LISTENING
I like most 80s and 90s music. I also like some punk and a lot of rockabilly. I also like the swing music of the 20s/30s. But I don't like country or rap at all.

WATCHING

Movies
Boondock Saints 1 and 2, Anything with Vincent price.... Dracula (1931), Frankenstein....all Universal Classic Movie Monsters basically.......Practical Magic, Nightmare Before Christmas...or everything by Tim Burton, all Harry Potters, all Star Wars, all Lord of the Rings, Alice in Wonderland, The Crow,Legend, Mists of Avalon, Alexander, Interview with the Vampire, Queen of the Damned. I LOVE horror movies, especially vampire and zombie movies.

TV
Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth, Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters International, Dr. G, forensic shows, Paranormal Files: Fact or Faked, Chasing Mummies, Paranormal State, Obsessed, Hoarders, Lost, Charmed, Justified

READING
Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, HP Lovecraft, Dean Koontz, Stephen King, horror or vampire stuff, , Harry Potter, Avalon Series by Marion Zimmer Bradley and other books by her, Lynsay Sands, Kate McAllister, Laurel K. Hamilton, Tanith Lee, Charlaine Harris

These are things I cannot or will not use and I would rather you send them to someone who really needs them.
* papers/scrapbooking stuffs
* bookmarks
* ATCs
* kawaii items
* rubber stamps(unless I ask for a specific one)
* clowns
* floral prints
* circus
* snakes
* roaches
* ants
* the smell of vanilla, cucumber or melon (i.e. candles)
* ALL Disney stuff
* country art
* country blue
* country music
* fairy art
* things that say "diva" or "princess"
* earrings- I cannot wear them. I have 2g holes in my ears.