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My Father-in-law passed away the sat after Thanksgiving. My husband and I had stopped in to visit and my husband found him dead in the kitchen. He had a heart attack the night before. It has left us all very shaken up and now has opened the door to many added stresses. There was no will and we are doing everything we can to not lose the house to probate or foreclosure. So, I have been so busy with family and pets (he had 4 dogs and 7 cats) and lawyers and mortgage companies and my husband that I just do NOT have the time to participate in any more swaps. This is the first I have really even to be able to sit down to take care of my email, etc. So.... if something I owe you is a little late in getting there... I'm sorry. I promise that I WILL send out my last few swaps.... they may just be a little late in coming. If you were signed up for one of the swaps I had to cancel... well, I apologize and you should have received an email. Feel free to restart them :)

Hello! My name is Angie. Just so everyone knows, all of my work gets signed Angel D. Wolf. This has been my pen name for forever and I use it for all of my work.

Please see my hosted swaps! I'm looking for creative folks to sign up and swap! :D

I don't forsee upgrading my Flickr account anytime soon.... so I will be changing my images to show items that I have available for trade... you can still see ALL of my creations at my Artwanted Portfolio :D But be warned... if you're my partner and you like surprises... you might wait until your mail arrives before looking ;)

A stay-home mother of 4 I love arts and crafts. I have been drawing since I could hold a crayon :) I love learning new crafting skills and enjoy seeing what other people have created.

You can see my work in the links above. :)

About my pets:

My APBT Halo is my baby :) Kid number 5 ;) I never realized until I owned an APBT just what responsible dog ownership meant! Here's my baby :)

And here are some of my chooks....

WOOT!!!! FINALLY my first eggs!!! Well, THEIR first eggs ;) LOL I think they are from my Bantam Cochins Sugar and Spice :) Go girls! :D Sorry.. I HAD to share!

• Art & Photography

• Knitting & Crocheting

• Sewing (learning about Lolita right now)

• Cross Stitch

• Soap making

• Polymer Clay Cane Beads

• Beading (especially Pendulums)

• Any other craft I can get my hands on!

Mostly whatever is on the radio..... some current favs are Bare Naked Ladies & Ok Go. I'm a very eclectic music lover..... My ipod looks like it belongs to a crazy person as there is no method to the madness of what is on it! LOL Everything from Heavy Metal to Pop ;)

Geesh... I must pick? I love......

• J.R.R. Tolkien

• R.A. Salvatore's Dark Elf Books

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• Kipling

• Steinbeck, ....

Books......

• All Creatures Great and Small

• Neverending Story

• ALL of the 14 original Oz books by L. Frank Baum

• The Wonder Clock

and many more. Those are just the ones that spring to mind ;)

Geesh, again with the favorites! Some top movies on my list in no particular order are...

• Clerks and all other Kevin Smith movies!

• Brotherhood of the Wolf (Subtitled..not dubbed!)

• Dan in Real Life

• Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail

• As Good as it Gets

• Brokeback Mountain

• Legend

• Princess Bride

• Fantasy flicks like LOTR, Lion Witch & Wardrobe movies, Harry Potter etc.

• Shooter

• Pitch Black

• Billy Eliot

• Anything Miyazaki especially Nausicaa

• Little Miss Sunshine

• AI

• Kung Fu Hustle

• Pirates movies

• American History X

• Never Been Kissed

• 10 Things I Hate About You

• Shrek movies

• How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days

• The Family Stone

• The Nightmare Before Christmas

• Vampire Hunter D

• 3:10 to Yuma

• 28 Days

• Hairspray

• Everything is Illuminated

• Shaun of the Dead & Hot Fuzz

• Krull

• Labyrinth

• Pan's Labyrinth

• Whale Rider

• Hotel Rwanda

• Dexter

• Wonder Falls.... boy was I mad when this was cancelled!

• Firefly

• Farscape

• Project Runway

• Shear Genius

• Top Chef

• Hell's Kitchen

• America's Next Top Model

• Make me a Supermodel

• Shear Genius

• Monk

• Psych

• Burn Notice

• Dog Whisperer

• Law and Order

• CSI

• NCIS

• Criminal Minds

• Medium

• Spongebob

• Adult Swim.... not so much newer stuff they have.. but when they first started out... Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Sealab, etc.

This is the spot I will use to add any info that my partners may need for specific swaps.

My daughter Raven (12) is in the Kids ATC swap.... she likes Tamagotchi, dogs, stickers, mystical stuff, Kawaii, pink, green, blue, glitter, she's pretty much a girly 12 year old :) Though, sometimes on the border of gothic... Kawaii skulls etc.

Well, here it is after all......

Swaps I have been FLAKED ON:

Halloween Cats ATCs by Snorkmaiden

I love things that are playful and unique as well as things classic and stylish.

Some styles I enjoy are.....

• Goth (Especially skulls)

• Witchy (Pagan, Goddess, Halloween... I love it all)

• Anime & Manga

• Kawaii & Amigurumi

• Victorian

• Fantasy and Whimsy

• Vintage

• Nudes ... especially vintage!

Plus sooooooo much more! There are few styles that I don't like :P

I am a mostly non-practicing Witch, though I claim no religion. I love all things Pagan, Witchy or Occult :D

And yes... I believe in Faeries..... though maybe not in the way of flittery little butterfly winged maidens ;) LOL

Some of my favorite Artists include.....

• John R. Neill

• Michael Hague

• Gustav Klimt

• Alphonse Mucha

• John William Waterhouse

• Brian Froud

And more to come!

I would LOVE to get:

Anything with....

Pentacles

Faeries and other magickal beings ... especially Froud!

Dragons, Unicorns and other magickal creatures

Wizard of Oz... especially decorated in images from John R Neill (Illustrator of books 2-14 and then some)

Miyazaki... Nausicaa, Princess Mononoke (love those forest spirits!), Spirited Away, etc.

Pitbulls :D But only Luvabulls... no dog fighting!!! :(

CHICKENS!!! Bok bok!!! :D

Any kind of clip art of vintage or engraving style images

Embellishments

Surprises!!!!!

Here are some more images of things that inspire me......

Colors & Patterns that I like:

• Pink and Brown

• Blue and Brown

• Blues and Greens and Purples (Cool Colors)

• Teal

• Orange and Lime Green and Yellow

• Retro Patterns

• Art Deco & Nouveau

• Victorian Patterns

• French Country

• Stripes & Polka Dots

• Paisley

• Celestial

• Items with no thought or effort put into them. I'll take a toddler's heartfelt painting over a slacker's work any day of the week ;) You don't have to be the greatest at what you do... you just have to love what you do :D

• Flakes! I promise to always send my items.... please send yours and also don't forget feedback! Nothing is worse than wondering if the item I spent time and soul on is floating out in limbo or whether or not it was enjoyed.

• I'm not a fan of gaudy stuff.... but honestly, it takes a lot to get the title gaudy from me ;)

• Glitter... I LOVE Glitter!

• Glitter glue

• Sequins... especially unusual shapes

• Thread

• Embroidery stuff

• Felt and Wool

• Beads.. except plastic

• Scrabble tiles, Dominoes, Typewriter keys, etc.

• Kawaii stickers

• Decorative papers

• Any unusual or neat items which might be used in collage or found art assemblages.