JavaJunkie

Crafts I make:

• Altered Arts (ATCs/Altered Books/Journals)
• Collage
• Art Journaling
• Mini Zines (Just Started experimenting)
• Paintings (acrylic/mixed media on canvas)
• Mixed Media Art (shadowboxes w/ scenes, paintings with 3D objects included, sculptures)
• Jewelry
• Paper crafts/Card making/Scrapbooking
• Sewing/Stuffies (beginner)
• Strange Quilts/Crazy Quilts

• I ♥Love♥ Mail Art!

  Other Hobbies/Interests:

• OBSESSED WITH COFFEE, coffee items, coffee stickers, coffee magnets, artwork with coffee, coffee stamps, coffee paper, drinking gallons of coffee (lol)...

• Did I mention I LOVE coffee???
• Photographic Adventures!
• Avid music fan (collected over 500 CDs and counting AND billions of mp3 files)
• Going and seeing bands
• Supporting local musicians AND ARTISTS!!!
• Play drums/percussion
• Astrology

• Crystal Healing

  About Me:

• Coffee addict

• Married mother of two
• Homeowner and proud inhabitant of an ART ROOM!
• Always looking to try new art projects.

• Work full time with children who have special needs.

  Children:

• Ariana is 13 years old.

• LOVES JUSTIN BIEBER!!!
• Favorite colors are purple and turquoise.
• She is a GIRLY GIRL.
• She loves riding her bike,going for walks and skateboarding.

• She just started getting into ATCs and has sent out her FIRST SWAP!! I'm so proud!!

• Braeden is 11 years old.

• He loves ANYTHING video game related (just like his daddy).
• His favorite color is blue.
• He also loves riding his bike, going for walks and skateboarding.
• He is all boy!!
• Loves historical books/non-fiction
• Loves Mixed Martial Arts/ Watching UFC.

• He LOVES robots, military stuff, historical books about armies/wars and fantasy/swords/etc.

  Pets:

• 5-year-old Shih Tsu named Padji Snorticus (because he makes a cute snorting sound a lot!). He is our pride and joy. He has a fantastic personality and thinks he's more human than dog.

  Favorites:

Colors:

• Lime green, blues, greens, purples.
• Black/White/Red combinations
• Gothic patterns
• Black and White patterns
• Art Nouveau/Art Deco patterns

• Papers with a COFFEE theme!

  Indulgences:

• I LOVE COFFEE!!!

• Fave Coffee Flavors: HAZELNUT, caramel, nutty varieties. NOT fruity kinds.
• Cupcakes!!
• Bit-O-Honey Candy
• Dark Chocolate

• Cherry Twizzlers (Pull-Apart)

  Things To Do (apart from Art):

• Going out for coffee with friends

• Reading
• Nature hikes/Mountain biking
• Thrift shopping/Garage sales
• Visiting Roadside Attractions
• Visiting Art Museums

• Photographing the strange and unusual

  Movies:

• Quirky-Cute Indie Films

• Rhinoceros Eyes
• Watching the Detectives
• Amelie
• ♥Edward Scissorhands♥
• ♥Coraline♥
• Artsy movies that inspire me

• Directors Tim Burton (Nightmare Before Christmas) and David Lynch (Twin Peaks).

  Cartoons & More:

• Care Bears (especially Bedtime Bear)

• Jem and the Holograms
• Hello Kitty
• Rainbow Brite
• Strawberry Shortcake (especially Purple Pie Man...anything related to him like old figures, stickers, patches, more).

• Tom & Jerry

  Critters and Animals I Love:

• SNAILS

• Owls (especially retro style)(I'm a night owl!)
• RACCOONS!!

• GNOMES

  Books:

• ADDICTED to Art Books!!

• Anything by Keri Smith
• Astrology Books
• New Age/Wiccan Books
• Twilight Series
• True Crime/Serial Killer Books
• Vampire (lore and fiction)
• Erica Spindler
• Patricia Cornwell
• Aldous Huxley

• Cleo Coyle (Coffeehouse series)

  Magazines:

• Art Juxtapoz

• Somerset Studio
• Hi Fructose
• Cloth Paper Scissors

• National Geographic

  MuSiC:

• Coheed and Cambria

• Puscifer
• TOOL
• A Perfect Circle
• Massive Attack
• Radiohead
• Pixies
• Muse
• 30 Seconds to Mars
• Bad Religion
• Fugazi
• dredg
• The Distillers
• Supreme Beings of Leisure
• Op Ivy
• Agent Orange
• Beastie Boys

• SO MANY MORE... Can't think right now.

  TV:

• Criminal Minds (Dr. Spencer Reid is my fave♥)

• Wonderfalls
• Spartacus: Blood and Sand
• 48 Hours Mystery

• Snapped

  Wants:

• ♥COFFEE ITEMS♥ (stamped images, stamps, stickers, ribbon w/ coffee mugs, stickers from Starbucks, ephemera from coffee packaging, ETC)

• ♥DECO TAPE!!♥
• ♥CAPRICORN ANYTHING!!!♥
• FABRIC: Batik Prints
• Magic Towels
• Incense (sandalwood is my fave)
• ♥ADDRESS LABELS!!!♥
• ♥Bingo Boards♥
• POSTAGE STAMPS (International or Rare U.S.)
• Yarns, Fibers, Fabric
• Old board games/Card games
• Sequins, Buttons, Embellishments.
• STICKERS!!!
• Patches...the weirder the better.
• ♥Old sewing patterns♥
• Journals, blank or lined.
• Stationery Sets, any kind.
• Day of the Dead ANYTHING
• Alphabet Stickers

• ♥ANYTHING WITH SNAILS, GNOMES, etc♥

  Dislike:

• Country-style (like ducks, pastel colors, farm animal stickers or die-cuts)

• ROSE scent/ Overpowering FLORAL scent
• Religious Items (but I do like spiritual/New Age)
• Not a fan of country music (sorry, don't mean to offend anyone, just never got into it).
• Please no farm stuff. I know I live in Wisconsin and its tempting to send cow stuff, etc, but try not to. I'm a city girl for sure!

OtHeR nOtEs:

• I rate when I receive a swap...
• If I have not rated you, I have not received anything from you.
• If your swap will be late, please LET ME KNOW and I will hold off on a bad rating.

  Address labels sent with your swap will get you a heart rating (if everything else is as the swap rules state).

♥ Happy Swapping!!! ♥