CajunLady

member of Swap-Bot since March 3, 2007!

This me and my hubby the day after he graduated from the Police Academy, June 20, 2008!

My name is Mikki! I am a 31 year old married mom of 3 kids....ages 15, 6 and 2 years. Married for 8 years. Currently living in Montgomery, Alabama. But I am originally from Louisiana. Yes, I am 100% Cajun. I can't define myself as a person, but I guess if I HAD to, it would be emo-goth-punk-rockabilly. I love most things punk, goth, horror, etc. I'm really not a girly-girl. I prefer comfy t-shirts and jeans. But I do dress up every now and again!!!

I am a S@HM, a fabric artist and a vampirologist! I am a member of The Vampire Empire, which puts me free in the Int'l Frankenstein Society. I'm also part of the Universal Monster Army.

I am a very shy person, thus making it very hard for me to talk to people I don't know in real life. More often than not, I leave the impression that I am a snob or a bitch or a snobby bitch. I'm not a snob, but I can be a bitch! I miss being a brunette, but I don't have the patience to let the black grow out. I can be very sarcastic, but in a serious way that people don't realize it. I've spent the better part of the past 10 years trying to figure out where my religious path lies. After years of not believing I started believing in Jesus, but I am not a Christian. I am the oldest of 4 children and back in high school, I was the only person among friends who's parents were still married. I dislike people who are rude, pretentious or otherwise stupid in general. You are human just like me and no better than I am. I believe that all humans are equal, no matter where the live, the color of their skin, sex, sexual orientation, etc etc. We all bleed red, thus making no one better than the other. I am pro-choice, pro-womyn, pro-gay marriage, pro-vagina, pro-guns, pro-Earth, anti-War, anti-Bush, pro-troops. I refuse to argue politics or religion with anyone..

I am also at a point in my life where I no longer let other people bother me. You can say what you want to say, but I know me better than you. And I refuse to let other people bring me down. I only try to do the right things. I have no reason to lie about anything or anyone...it get's me no where. I also have no reason to cheat or steal. My love for life, my children, my husband and the rest of my family keeps me going. I need nothing else. So a few words coming from some I don't know and never met mean nothing to me when they carry ill will or intent.

Carnivale Cake Coffee by Community Coffee

Cafe Du Monde Coffee from NOLA
Vincent Price ANYTHING

cloth menstral pads. I only need about 5 for a lite flow.
stuff from my Etsy favs...even if you make something like it!
anything vampire related--books, etc

sweet potato and almond crush pocky...or any flavor pocky that isn't strawberry, chocolate or men's

These fabrics:
Alexander Henry Pink Tattoo Flash
Celestial Night
Turquoise Celestial
Heavenly Celestial and Astrological Scenes
Corazones Hearts

Milagros
Day of the Dead art/images (stuff I can decorate my kitchen with not for scrapbooking)
Florida Water
7 SISTERS BATH & FLOOR WASH PEACE
7 SISTERS BATH & FLOOR WASH ROSEMARY
7 SISTERS AEROSOL SPRAY PROTECTION
Voodoo dolls
gravestone rubbings or pictures from old cemeteries in your area
BPAL imps
Handmade soaps, candles or body products..especially goat milk soap!!

giftcards to Hancock Fabrics, Hobby Lobby, Hot Topic, Target, Wal-Mart, Books-A-Million, Amazon.com. Or anywhere that I could use one online.

devil duckies in weird colors
mini Living Dead Dolls
Sugar Skull Molds
vintage necklaces, the funkier the better!
Teapot cozy...a witch hat or skull would be fricking awesome!!!
altered cigar box
Fangoria magazines
Rue Morgue magazines
Ouija Board
cabinet cards
vintage Halloween postcards
horror 'zines
nag champa incense
small unfinished wooden boxes w/hinges
Halloween fabric
Lucky Star Papers
Altered Playing cards
Burt's Bees lip balm...no colored ones or honey flavored
Blue, purple or red Manic Panic hair dye
small amounts of ribbons a foot or so
plain colored non-fancy buttons
4", 5" or 6" fabric charms...plain, designs, prints
funky hair clips like Hot Topic sells!!
nice cotton fabric
black or white spools of thread
ANYTHING Egyptian
chunky necklaces can be dollar store type!!
Cabochons, the funkier the better!!
altered bottle caps that can made into necklace charms, esp. with Wiccan theme
Handmade items - Tote bags, coin purses, felt/fleece stuffies, Necklaces/Pendants, lotions, bath bombs, shower gels
Pagan (ONLY) rubber stamps
a bat adoption from BatWorld.org...I''ve adopted a polar bear for WWF using my Coke Points!!
yarn...I am not a yarn snob!!
Tazo Zen tea
Gypsy Witch Fortune Telling cards
Altar cloths and other pagan themed crafts such as crocheted or cross-stitched
issues or subscription to Sage Woman, PanGaia or Blessed Bee
Bast items
whimsey jar themed to my likes...baby food size ok

These books:
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
Big Ass Book of Crafts
or basically any books from My Paperbackswap.com Wishlist

These DVDs. Region 1 only. Original, no burnt copies please.
Exorcist (the first one)
Sixth Sense
The Fly with Vincent Price
The Raven with Vincent Price
The Pit and the Pendulum with Vincent Price

Any of these pushmolds from here:
Forest Green Woman
World Goddess
Windblown Green Man

things in bold are things I'd really love to have! But please note, that just because something is on my list, doesn't mean you have to go out and get it brand new!! I mean, if you have a book or dvd I want and you don't want it anymore, then I would be more than happy to take it off your hands!!!Also, you can't go wrong by my HUGE list of LIKES below!!

LISTENING
AFi, Blaqk Audio, Alkaline Trio, Surgestone, Nickelback, 30 Seconds to Mars, Hawthorne Heights, Horror Pops, Tiger Army, Godsmack, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Misfits, Avenged Sevenfold, Elvis, Stevie Nicks, Sting, Stray Cats, Stryper, Skid Row, System of a Down, Korn, a-ha, Aerosmith, Saliva, Candle Box, Better Than Ezra, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, New Kids on the Block, AC/DC, Billy Squier, The Monkees, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bon Jovi, The Beach Boys, Boston, Kansas, Billy Idol, Cinderella, The Clash, Chicago, Culture Club, Cure, Cyndi Lauper, Dexy's Midnight Runners, David Bowie, Def Leppard, Warrant, Poison, Duran Duran, Sting, The Police, Eddie Money, Eric Clapton, Foreigner, Fleetwood Mac, Great White, Guns N Roses, White Snake,Winger, Heart, INXS (80s stuff), Madonna (Like a Virgin era, can't stand her current stuff), FireHouse, Slaughter, Jeff Healey Band, Ozzy, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Joan Jett, Lita Ford, Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Pat Benatar, Prince, Quiet Riot, Queen, Queensryche, REO Speedwagon, Ratt, Rick Springfield, Starship, The Steve Miller Band, Tom Petty, Tears for Fears, Toni Basil (that famous song people sing to me "Hey Mickey your so fine you blow my mind!!),Tesla, Bee Gees, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Twisted Sister, Vixen, Van Halen (without DLR), Wham!, Blue Oyster Cult, Blondie, Foghat, …….can we say CHILD OF THE 80s!! ........anything but rap or county and I am good to go!!!

WATCHING
Dracula (1931), Frankenstein....all Universal Classic Movie Monsters basically....Anything with Vincent price...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 movies. I hate being scared, but I love scaring the crap outta myself with horror movies!! ~lol~

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

I LOVE to read. I read ALOT. I probably read somewhere between 200-250 books a year.

I am a fabric artist! I won't say sewer because it makes me think of toilet! I make quilts and clothes mainly. I've finally been able to take up crocheting again!!! YAY Some of my sewing work can be seen on my Flickr account.

I've also recently started making jewelry..mainly necklaces. And hair bows. These can be seen in my Etsy shop!

I would love to be able to start on different crafts again, but just can't seem to do it. I used to do matchboxes and ATCs, but I ran out of creativity for it. Just not my bag baby!

I would LOVE to learn to filet crochet. If anyone has any tips they'd like to share with me, please let me know!!!

I'd love to be able to do glue books!! I just learned about these! So I would love any tips, tricks, ideas and supplies!!! ~lol~

LIKES

colors: black, pink, red and purple
animals: bats and black cats
scents: patchouli, sandalwood, harvest and lavender
time of the year: Fall
candy: chocolate
flavors: chocolate and Cajun
prints: skulls, cherries, nautical stars, stripes, tattoo print
Holiday: Samhain and Yule

Twilight * Edward Cullen * True Blood * Sam Merlotte * devil duckies * Living Dead dolls * sugar skulls * InuYasha * Edward Gorey * Edgar Allan Poe * Anne Rice * Gothic literature * vampires * witches * Halloween * full moons * thunderstorms * retro * vintage * SourPuss Clothing * cemeteries * goth * punk * vodou * Haiti * Rockabilly * Psychobilly * blood red nail polish * Sailor Jerry * tattoos * sparrows * Dracula * Vlad the Impaler * Transylvania * Universal Movie Monsters * ravens * crows * bats * Vintage Halloween * TAPS * ghosts * ghosthunters * Davey Havok * pin-up * Dia de los Muertos * Tim Burton * Nightmare Before Christmas * anchors * nautical stars * paranormal * zombis * Goddess * Fangoria * Rue Morgue * pumpkins * HP Lovecraft * coffins * memento mori * La Calavera de la Catrina * cabinet cards * horror movies * skeletons * skulls * vintage Halloween postcards * vintage Halloween decorations * mortuary science * haunted houses * ouija boards * funerals * funeral homes * hearses * Dean Koontz * Frankenstein * gore * macabre and dark images * forensics * autopsies * toe tags * Victorian Gothic *

I don't wear "normal" jewelry. I love funky stuff!! I don't wear "normal" earrings as I have them at a 2g. I also don't wear anything in my hair..no barrettes, etc.

Candy: I love chocolate..any kind. I prefer non-mainstream chocolate. (i.e. stuff you can get anywhere) But it's all good! I love Pocky and Hello Panda. I would love to try Tim Tams, Happy Hippos, and Kinder Eggs.

And after getting I asked for for Christmas, I'm afraid I'm going to have to admit that I do like Hello Kitty!! I just don't want to go overboard with it!! Jewelry, eats, fabric, etc is fine. But no paper products.

I love Community Coffee. Right now, I am drinking New Orleans Blend® Coffee and Chicory. I am from Louisiana, so I'm going to drink Louisiana coffee!! I am able to buy it locally!! I like most any coffee except for decaf and hazelnut flavored!! yuck I also drink tea..regular Lipton sweet tea and flavored teas also. My all time favorite tea is Tazo Zen and a spice chai. But I enjoy most all flavors.

I would also like to try some Butterfinger Hot chocolate and other flavored ones like that!!

DISLIKES

CLOWNS...I HATE clowns with a purple passion. If you send me a clown, you will get a low rating. I am scared to death of them and avoid them at all costs.
floral prints * circus * snakes * roaches * ants * the smell of vanilla (i.e. candles) * ALL Disney stuff...except for the Princesses * kawaii stuff * country art * country blue * rats * country music * fairy art* people who type in netspeak...what'z the point of replazing your s's with zs and using ne instead of any? It's beyond annoying!

Please do not send me any of the following items. I say this because these are things I cannot or will not use and I would rather you send them to someone who really needs them.

kawaii stuff..I don't like any of it
ATCs
things that say "diva" or "princess"
Disney stuff..unless it's the Princesses for my daughter
scrapbooking supplies
stickers, any kind
earrings
hair stuff..shampoos, etc (bows, barrettes, etc are ok)
incense
stationery..notepads, journals, etc
pencils or pens
tea bags
mixed CDs
romance novels, unless is paranormal
seed beads
fabric that isn't cotton
iron on stuff
dirty or over used stuff (gently used is ok)

things that fall into the category of my dislikes