1/11/12 Hello everyone!! I am having wrist surgery tomorrow and I wanted to post a little note. I am not signing up for any new swaps or private swaps until I figure out how long it will take me to recover.

If I don't rate you, please be forgiving...I will make sure any outstanding ratings will be completed once I can type. My doctor says only a few days, so hopefully that will be true. I just wanted to put this note here just in case.

1/19/12 update - Surgery went well. I am still on lots of pain meds. Can type with 1 hand. Definitely odd feeling like a kid haha. I am not signing up for any new swaps until I am healed.

1/26/12 update - Got my stitches out. Going to have to do some therapy. Still a bit in pain, but not nearly as bad as I was earlier. Just going to take about 4-6 weeks to heal the doc says. Hopefully I can do little swaps here and there (nothing too crafty - stickers, postcards, etc). Thanks for everyone's well wishes!

My name is Christina and I'm 31 years old. My birthday is August 25th. I am married to the love of my life Steve. We have been married since January 20, 2001. We've been together over 15 years. Our daughter Daliana was born July 5, 2008.

We live with our 2 cats Abby and Augie in a city called Green Cove Springs, Florida. It's in the northeast part of the state, near Jacksonville.

Being a mom is one of the most exciting things that's ever happened to me. I look at my daughter every day and count my blessings for having her in my life.

I think green and I do like to reuse packaging, so please don't be surprised if you see an envelope or box that looks used.

I'm also pretty crafty and create my own envelopes at times out of various things (magazines, folders, etc).

This helps keep more junk out of landfills.

My favorite crafts are inchies, matchboxes, ATCs, photo collages, making my own notecards, mini zines, sticker crafts, painting, making pet rocks, beading, and plastic canvas art.

I really want to learn to crochet. I kind of sort of can do a single stitch basic crochet, but I want to be able to make fun stuff like hats and amigurumi.

I would love to get my hands on any items to help my crafty endeavors.

If for some reason you do not receive a swap or a tag from me, PLEASE send me a message and let me know! I know that things get lost in the tree mail and I send all of my swaps out on time.

What I pledged

I also rate as soon as I receive a swap, and appreciate you doing the same for me.

• My favorite colors are red and black

• My favorite animal is a giraffe

• My favorite flower is a tiger lily

• My favorite scents are vanilla, gardenia, coconut, jasmine

• My favorite gemstone is a peridot

• My favorite movies are Disney movies, suspense, action, drama, horror, romance

• My favorite bands/musicians are Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hoobastank, Live, LL Cool J

• My favorite books are the Harry Potter series, the Twilight series, anything written by Stephen King or John Grisham, the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich, the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card.

• My favorite candies are Kit Kats and Tootsie rolls or anything cherry (actually any red candies are awesome!). I also love the Haribo raspberry candies.

• My favorite gum flavor is cinnamon or regular good ol fashioned bubble gum flavor.

• My favorite Altoids are cinnamon.

• My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate followed closely by French Vanilla flavored coffee.

• My favorite food is Italian food and Chinese food.

• My favorite snacks are pretzels, Chex Mix, popcorn, and chips.

• My favorite cartoon characters are Tweety & Piglet.

• My favorite Sanrio character is the retired Pippo the Pig.

In no particular order, here are items I love and would love to receive goodies that relate to this list:

...pigs! They're so cute! I love to collect them!!!

...to cook

...to bake

...reading

...photography

...candles

...vintage photographs

...Kawaii

...incense

...Fraggle Rock!

...to play World of Warcraft

...Walt Disney World

...traveling

...collecting postcards

...Starbucks

...used postage stamps

...Sports Teams: ------ NFL - Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers ------ NBA - New York Knicks ------ MLB - New York Yankees & Florida Marlins ------ NHL - New York Rangers ------ College - Florida State Seminoles

...cute plushies

...sock monkeys

...pen palling

...funky pens

...old black and white photos

...Bath & Body Works products

...stickers (no teacher's reward ones please)

...Lisa Frank items

...custom made swap cards

...nifty personalized address labels

...interesting stationery

...direct swaps

...Christian-themed religious items

...playing poker

...roller coasters

...Tweety

...anything with my birthstone (peridot)

...Universal Studios Orlando

...anything Sanrio (especially Pippo the Pig - he's retired now)

...making bookmarks

...inchies

...ATCs

...ephemera (especially vintage -- old photos, ticket stubs, puzzle and game pieces, brochures, magazines, books, etc).

...postcards

...personalized things with my name on them

...handmade envelopes

...amigurumi

...magazines, newspapers, book pages, etc in languages other than English

...the smell of cigarette smoke

...anything that is dirty or used

...teacher's reward stickers

...scrapbooking materials (I don't scrapbook and I'd hate to have them wasted on me. The only exception is paper -- I can use the paper for other crafts)

...asparagus

...kiwi

...that I am allergic to orange juice

...bad drivers

...Barney

...red ants (I'm allergic yikes!)

...avocado

...lightning

...mopping

...really overpowering perfume scents

His name is Steve.

His birthday is Valentine's Day.

He likes:

...playing poker

...World of Warcraft

...collecting baseball caps (ones that are adjustable, NOT fitted)

...reading (fantasy, sci-fi, mystery)

...Axe products for men (body wash, sprays, deodorants, shaving cream, etc.)

...football (Miami Dolphins)

...author Robert Jordan

...he's a meat & potatoes kinda guy

...Vision Quest is his favorite movie

...Snacks - he loves chocolate chip cookies, chocolate-covered almonds, peanut M&Ms, pretty much anything chocolate lol.

...Favorite chips: Doritos, Cheetos, BBQ, Cool Ranch.

... Favorite bands & musicians: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Live, 30 Seconds to Mars, Journey, Phil Collins, Metallica

...He collects $2 bills and silver coins

...Foreign currency - he'd love to get something from a different country

Her name is Daliana.

Her birthday is July 5th.

I would love to receive items that are personalized with her name since it is so unusual.

She likes:

...anything to do with painting or coloring - she is super artistic

...Disney Princesses (her favorite is Princess Aurora)

...Veggie Tales

...Mickey & Minnie Mouse

...playing dress up

...Little People playsets

...Team Umizoomi

...Yo Gabba Gabba

...Bubble Guppies

...Dora the Explorer

...swimming

...Jake and the Neverland Pirates

...all types of balls -- she loves playing with them!

...Angry Birds

...All of the items on Daliana's Etsy favorites

All sizes are listed as they are found in the USA

Mine:

Shirt Size: Large

Pant Size: 12

Shoe Size: 8 - 8 1/2

Hubby's:

Shirt Size: 3XL

Pant Size: 46"

Shoe Size: 11 Wide

Daughter's

She wears clothes 4T and up.

Her shoe size is 9 right now.

Swaps I have been flaked on:

@bowlofsurreal flaked on Photographing your City/Town

@Jodie flaked on Doodle Postcard #9. Angel by @KatyC - THANK YOU!

@amandafaith2 flaked on 100,000!. Angel by @racheljohnson - THANK YOU!

@redrooster flaked on Dollar Store Stocking Stuffer #1

Tags I have been flaked on:

• 11/1/11 @Dramagymnast4eva - 10 vintage buttons Take 10 Tag US

• 11/5/11 @ABPMomma - Something for my daughter from Kids Tags SHAME ON HER for flaking on a child! Angel by @MichelleWillow - THANK YOU!

Hopefully this wall of shame doesn't have to grow much more.

I am currently waiting on tags from the following people:

NONE!

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I currently have the following tags to send out:

NONE!