CraftyReflections

**********I'm going to be taking a short hiatus for a little while. My plans at this moment is to try to start selling some of my work. I've always wanted to make a living doing what I love. I feel that because of my time here on swap-bot I now have the confidence to move forward in this process, and I wanted to thank everyone for their kind words and support. You may never know the full impact our exchanges have been on my life and my work, but I do. I thank you deeply and dearly, and hopefully soon I will be able to live my dream.
Until we swap again, much love.**********10/22/12

My husband and I live at a campground in Maryland with our Kitty cat. We just got married on11/11/11.

I went to art school, which in turn created the opportunity to study in Italy 10 years ago this fall. I always thought that I would have made it back before my Passport runs out. It looks like it might be another 10 years, before I'll be able to get back there.

It wasn't until later that I watched my first anime in my adult life. It was Ghost in the Shell: Innocence at the local Art Gallery, movie theater and music venue. It changed my life, and from then on I was a huge fan of anime, and sparked an interest in Japan, Japanese Culture, Japanese history, eastern philosophy, and eastern spirituality.

I have very eclectic taste, from the outside one would call me a hippie. That's pretty true, but I also love goth stuff, scary and cute. I like cute Kawaii things also. I dig cosplay, I go to Renaissance festivals (when I can... work interferes :{ HAH! mustache face! (Sorry I just figured that out.) I like corsets. (But don't wear them often)

I am a Pagan, so I have a strong interest in ancient history, and ancient mysteries. There isn't any Pantheon I gravitate to. Though I will say that I am Irish, so I am always interested in Irish lore.

I love to do a number of crafts. It changes all the time Lately I've just been making ATC. Sometimes they are digital, sometimes they are hand painted, sometimes hand drawn, sometimes collages. I just taught myself how to knit not too long ago. Still a bit shaky so I won't be joining any swaps like that for a while until I get some more practice in.

I like to do macrame, but I only know a couple stitches so its mostly hemp necklaces and anklets with some beads, shells, sea glass.

I had a whole section here but alas its gone.

His name is Mark, Grey is his favorite color, he plays guitar (always needs guitar picks), he like science and technology. He makes electronic music on Frooty LOops, if anyone would like to trade their music. His favorite bands are Deftones, Tool, Perfect Circle, Puscifer, Mastadon, He likes dubstep, and Trip Hop, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, ICP (Woop! Woop!), The Flaming Lips,

Some of his favorite movies and TV shows are, The Boondocks, (which is the only anime we seem to agree on) Dale and Tucker Vs Evil, Lunanopolis, Pontipool, Evil Dead, Donnie Darko, Southland Tales, Christmas on Mars, A Scanner Darkly, They Live, and that's all I can think of Right now. He likes trippy movies.

He likes paisley patterned butten downs from the thrift store. He just started a new job doing graphic work so he could always use font cds from the thrift store. His favorite candy is Haribo gummy Bears. But he isn't really picky

I've been holding off on this because there are too damn many. So I'm going to give a few genres, I love B Horror movies, old Sci Fi & old monster movies, I love the Cinematography in Rob Zombies movies, Zombie Movies in general, I can dig on some Anne Rice vampire action and some Bram Stokers Dracula action, and even some Nosferatu 1922 silent film action. But I can't dig on that Sparkly Vampire action of Twilight. (I guess I'm too old... I don't know.) UFO, and Alien Abduction type, Ghosts and Poltergeist type. Anime and cartoons. Japanese/Asian Horror. Steven King Cartoon network and [adult swim].