CherryBlossom

I've been gone a while it seems. I've had a very bad scare in my life. My husband, who is an over-worker had complained about chest pains and blew it off as working too much. Unfortunately it was worse than that...a few days later, he suffered a stroke. He's doing a bit better now, getting back to where he was (just not over-working)! But I've never been so scared in my entire life. I apologize for my absence, please forgive me.

We are running tea parties in my "magical" garden this summer again! I had so much fun last year with setting them up! There's a white wrought iron metal table and four chairs to be the main centerpiece. Basically people who want to host a party will rent my garden out for a few hours! It gives us a little extra money to play with as well! Last year we had some elderly women come all dressed up in their finest with huge hats! It was so cute!

I'm a stay at home mom to three children who definitely keep me busy! I am happily married to a man who's been in the military for the past 8 years. We've been together for almost 13 years now, married for 9 years.

I live in Texas and love it. Been here my entire life. I'd love to go elsewhere and I hope to do that soon. My husband recently changed his "dreamsheet" and put in for some foreign countries, so fingers crossed we get to go!

I'm a garden lover and in the five years we've been at our home we bought I've turned the entire backyard into a garden. Well most of it isn't fully complete but two major parts of it is. My husband built me a pond with a mini running waterfall and eventually I'd like to get some bright and colorful goldfish to put into the pond. I've got fairy doors brightening up almost every part of it. It's fun to go out and spot a new location for my doors. I handmake all my fairy doors. I have my own little private spot in the garden on a wooden bench to read and draw.

I took two years of photography and two years of architecture and of course all the basics. I'm still not sure what I want to be when I "grow up" as I love to learn about new things!

My mom had this crazy idea of naming her only daughter as her favorite fruit. So yes my real name is Cherry. It's grown on me throughout the years. I used to hate my name growing up and would always change it to Sherry as a lot of kids can be mean when you're young and tend to make fun of me because of my name. But I adore it now. It's definitely different!!

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For the other members of my household:

Hubby is a very unique person. He loves to build things. Whether it's putting together a new shed or building a table and chairs. He loves handmade soaps with manly scents, chocolate and candies from other countries (I've been sharing my stash and he's addicted)!! Arizona Sweet Tea (the brand) and the watermelon punch they have. He wears a size Medium in T-shirts and Large in long sleeves (XL in nice long sleeved dress shirts). He likes the occassional shoot em up video game but he's not a hardcore player.

My daughter is 12 and loves Justin Bieber, the colors pink, sky blue and lavender. She loves beads and making different crafts (felt, jewelry, etc). She loves purses to carry around her money and stuff in. Loves lip balm (please flavored and no colored glosses or balms, no makeup please). She loves hard candies and school!!!

My son is 9 and loves cars and trucks, pokemon, video games (especially the Wii), pokemon trading cards, hotwheels, board games, playing outside. He's a very sweet shy boy and is very giving.

My other son is 4 year old and just about anything that makes a lot of noise he adores. Pots and pans with wooden spoons (seems to like giving me headaches with it daily..lol). Anything bright and colorful and those all wonderful cardboard boxes to climb in and out of!! He also loves trucks and playing in the dirt!

We do have doggies and kitties and of course they love the occasional treats and toys!

I love sewing and I sew for my children and myself and patch up some things of hubbys. I rarely buy clothing for my children since nowadays it just seems so expensive. I'm always sitting in front of the sewing machine! I also can make purses, coinpurses, stuffed animals, clothing and many more items! I love to create!

I do a number of scrapbooking items too. I have four scrapbooks ongoing right now that I'm in the middle of. I love pretty papers, felt and fabric embellishments, brads, eyelets, GLITTER, and many more wonderful scrapbooking goodies. I love the 3D stickers that seem to just pop right off the page.

I love altering things as well, just about anything I can get my hands on. I do ATCs, APCs, jewelry boxes, journals, tea boxes, etc. I love transforming something plain into something wonderful!

My favorite colors are Red, Black, Pink, White, Green and Blue.

I'm a huge movie buff and love all kinds of movies. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action, Drama, etc. We don't have normal cable so I'm always watching movies. We signed for Netflix a couple of years ago and I use it religiously! We also watch our TV shows on Hulu! I love it.

Since I've figured out how to make lists here are some random lists of things that I like.

• Scrapbooking/Paper Crafts
• Colored and Patterned Brads
• Felt Flowers
• Small Pretty Rhinestones
• Patterned Paper Sheets and Scraps
• Pretty Patterned Ribbons
• Silver Flat & 3D Charms
• 3D, Vellum, Cloth, Glittery Stickers

• Very Fine Grained Glitters

• Scents

• Watermelon
• Jasmine & Sandalwood Mixed
• Rose & Sandalwood Mixed
• Jasmine
• Sandalwood
• Amber
• Patchouli & Jasmine Mixed
• Lei Flowers
• Tropical Floral Scents

• Warm & Light Scents

• Animals

• Snow Leopards
• Black & Orange/White Kitties
• Monkeys

• Bull Breed Dogs, such as boxers, mastiffs, staffordshires

• Cartoons

• Hello Kitty
• Anime (my favorites are xxxHolic, Final Fantasy, Fruits Basket, InuYasha, Bleach, Bible Black(Hentai), Ah! My Goddess, Fate/Stay Night, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Dragon Sister)
• Courage The Cowardly Dog
• Disney's The Little Mermaid
• Disney's Aladdin
• Nausicaa Valley of The Wind
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Thumbalina

• The Swan Princess

• Fairy Tales

• The Swan Princess
• Rapunzel (even Disney's Tangled)
• Thumbalina
• Beauty & The Beast
• Rumpelstiltskin
• Sleeping Beauty
• Grimm's Fairy Tales
• Hans Christian Andersen
• Cinderella
• The Princess & The Pea

• Any Foreign versions of the above!

• Themes

• Anime (the ones I have listed above)
• Pirates (esp JD in POTC)
• Hello Kitty, Crux, Kamio
• Vintage
• Black & White
• Red & Black
• Purple & Grey
• Cutesy Owls

• Really Anything, I'm sure I'll love any theme you want to make me! Especially if it comes off of something on my profile!

• Other

• Body Lotion in my favorite scents (listed above)
• Victorian Lady Images
• Old Costume Jewelry with Big focal beads and stones
• Victorian Charms, Cabs, Cameos, etc
• Kawaii charms, cabochons, mini figurines
• Re-ment sets
• Dollhouse Miniatures
• Barbie Accessories
• A Pretty Pullip doll (I have three but they are desperately seeking a sister so if you have one available to trade let me know)!
• Anything miniature that can be used in shadowboxes and dioramas (toys, etc)
• World of Warcraft Booster Trading Card Packs
• BATH BOMBS!!!!
• Bubble Bars for my bath
• Yankee Candle Votives (tropical & clean scents)
• Blank Artist Trading Cards
• Anything Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby
• White Christmas Movie w/ Bing Crosby
• Printed Digital Collage Sheets
• Hard Fruity Candies
• Japanese Fruity Candies
• International Fruity Candies
• Paper Craft Magazines (cards, scrapbooking, etc)
• Plushie Craft Magazines & Books (felt, fleece, fabric, no crochet please)
• Anime Magazines (both Japanese & English, New Type, Anime Insider, Nakayoshi, etc)
• Fae, Mermaid, Unicorn, Dragon themed items, papers, etc
• Cute and Pretty Charms
• Cute and Pretty Beads (like fruits, etc)
• Cute Buttons (like strawberries, cherries, etc)
• Felt & Fleece Sheets
• Size 9/10 Decorative Socks and Flip Flops (9/10 or XL)

• Size Medium Tops

• Foods/Sweets

• NO BANANA or Coconut, I'm very allergic
• Cubyrop Japanese candies
• Any hard fruity or gummy candies
• NO Gum!
• I love Milk chocolate but it's too hot atm to send so please none of that!
• Lollipops
• Fruit filled Gummie Candies
• International hard candies!
• Cheesy flavored chips
• BBQ/Bacon flavored chips
• Tim Tams/Penguins
• Chocolate Biscuits/Caramel Biscuits
• Salt Water Taffy