Galatians5Girls

My promise to you: Everything I make for you, I will spend time on, put TLC into, and make with you in mind. On items I swap, I will always read your profile and try to find items that will be a pleasure for you to receive. I will rate every swap I receive, and will give hearts when a special touch has been added or it is clear you put effort and TLC into your creation.

Getting to know me...

I am married, have two wonderful daughters, and a sweet doggie

We moved to the Pacific Northwest in June '09 and I LOVE it!! I have a new fav thing -kayaking! I love going to unique shops,vintage & bizarre finds and lattes w/friends. I love cities like San Francisco (my fav) where I can find the unusual!! I LOVE the holidays (especially Christmas)!! I love musicals & theater, and to travel. My daughters and I are best friends and do a lot together (check out my blog). I have a huge yearning to go to Europe (would love to grab a day pack, hop on a plane then travel by train throughout the country exploring every little bit.) I am a Christian (follow Jesus) and love getting to know God more & more each day through His amazing creations & all the interesting and unique people in the world . I have friends of all sorts and don't look at people in a different light because of their beliefs or non-beliefs.I am NOT a judge! I love to send & receive mail. I love a new adventure, new friends, & new art ideas! I love the rain, and twilight is my fav time of day. I like pretty and unusual things like broaches,bracelets & earrings & rings, and I have a passion for recycling! I love giving gifts and surprising people,and love volunteering to help in the community whenever possible. My girls and I are really enjoying Swap-bot!

• I like creatures from the Faerie realm.
• Fashion/romance from the 1700's, 1800's,Gibson girls,up to 1920's.
• Retro & Vintage,
• Rainbows, Nature,Celestial, and the Ocean.
• Love 80's music & movies !
• Travel/foreign items (non-touristy)
• Historical Fiction novels/movies
• fantasy
• antiques
• recycling into art
• Norman Rockwell art
• surreal
• castles
• drippy candles
• vintage teddy bears.
• Italy, Ireland, Scotland, Greece
• Dollhouse miniatures
• unique & unusual finds
• foreign coins
• miniature tea sets
• buttons/badges for my bag.
• I love sea otters,seals and sea turtles.
• I like art by Brian Froud
• I'm liking steampunk creations!
• I love cats (especially slightly cross-eyed ones :) but can't have one cus my husband is allergic!
• Fav colors are "Rainbow", Yellow, and Purple.

Collage, ATC's, Mixed Media Art, Altered Art & Books, Bead work, Polymer clay, rubber stamping/embossing, turning a random find into a treasure, and any other crazy type of art/craft I come across!!

I LOVE:

• Items that you made with some TLC.

• old watches (gears, faces & parts)

• Items/images that are unique to where you live (especially from outside the USA)

• Pretty or unusual Glass Beads

• Beeswax

• Scrabble tiles

• Old keys,Metal findings/Charms

• Unusual/Unique jewelry bits

• seed beads (all colors/types)

• Metal rings & swivel/snap hooks for keychains & lanyards that I make.

• Old sheet music

• Vintage images/ephemera/finds

• Stuff from other countries (stamps,coins,items unique to your country)

• Mythical creature images{not creepy!)

• LOVE LOVE LOVE>>Buttons/Badges to put on my bag like quirky phrases, trippy images,other countries,vintage,musicals etc...

• Altered Art or Collage Magazines

• Dollhouse Miniatures

It is a bummer to put time & effort into something for someone, then have them not rate you & acknowledge it :(

• No Violent images,or naughty images

• not liking Bento

• No Tarot cards, or Pagan stuff for me (I belong to Jesus!)

• no cheesy "touristy" items

• Please no items smelling of smoke.

• I am NOT into Politics at all.

• I don't like Kawaii or Hello Kitty.

• If you consider it "trash" I probably will too, please do not send random pieces of paper/items that aren't cool in any way (to you or me)

• It is a big bummer to do an ATC swap and recieve a sticker on an ATC back and have that considered "art" no person would be happy to get that :(

• On postcard swaps please send one you would like to receive rather than a freebee from some company, or a boring one.

  It all goes back to the Golden Rule...

If you want to include them... I have two daughters 16 & 11 years old with hearts of gold. They love making a difference in the community, World outreaches & new friends! They have such fun seeing the swap mail you send!The girls enjoy making extra bonus's to put in my swap send-outs (I must say they are quite talented too)

• They both love art & crafts

• random bits & baubles

• Movies

• cooking

• nature

• vintage

• picture book from your country (non-USA)

• fantasy.

• things from other countries that aren't found here in the USA.

  -My teen loves:

• Books!! Historical fiction, fantasy, and much more.

• buttons/badges for her school bag

• earrings (the funkier the better) and all other jewelry!

• unique finds & art!

• fashion/romance from 1700's to 1940's

• mythical creatures

• drawing/writing

  My "pre-teen" loves:

• candy & sweets

• Keyrings

• rings & necklaces

• unusual toys/dolls from other countries

• unique stickers

• hair accessories

Items I have for you to swap with in one to one swaps..

• wine/champagne corks

• Bottle caps from west coast beers

• vintage book pages (1800's-1940's)

• random embelishments

• ATC backs

• lot's of images of all sorts

• Altered Domino art (by me)

• bits/baubles/findings

• puzzle pieces

• Art created by me:including:ATC's,beaded Lanyards, necklace,bracelets,altered art & bottle caps,laminated bookmarks & magnets)and much more!

I really enjoy reading. Some Favorites are:

The Mortal Instruments Trilogy by Cassandra Clare,The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer,Linnets & Valariens,Dave at Night, Women of the Bible books by Ann Burton,Folk Keeper,The Host (again Steph Meyer), Harry Potter books,Georgia Nicholson Series,Pride & Prejudice,The Outlander Series,and many more. I love classics,romance (not the cheesy ones) and I love Historical Fiction!

Lovin' a variety of music.

The soundtracks from Phantom of the Opera & Across the Universe,and Mamma Mia! Also alternative 80's,Bowie,Sting,B52's,Elton John,alternative Christian, Allison Krauss,Sting,Celtic Women,lot's of various rock/pop and much much more.

I love so many movies! These are some favs...

Mamma Mia!, Beaches,Love Actually, Phantom of the Opera, Across the Universe, P.S. I Love You,Titanic,Armageddon,Bourne movies, Lord of the Rings, A Walk to Remember, Labyrinth,Goonies,Some Kind of Wonderful,Pride & Prejudice, American President,Finding Nemo, Anne of Green Gables/Avonlee,August Rush, Ratatoille,Rescuers,Ever After,Princess Bride, Somewhere in Time,Penelope,Neverending Story,The Last Unicorn, Mr. Magorium, 17 again Benjamin Button and about 40 others!!

• Actors/Actresses I Lurrrve: Audrey Hepburn,Bing,Fred Astaire, Danny Kaye,Sandra Dee, Barbara Streisand, Debbie Reynolds, Amanda Bynes, Jeffrey Dean Morgan,Meryl Streep, and many others!

• Come join me in my Fun w/Faeries Group. There are fabulous, trustworthy folks that are fun to hang out with! Also excellent swaps! Must have 4.98 ratings minimum.