Katie

I am a 22 year old living in Wisconsin along Lake Michigan. I am crazy in love with a wonderful, complicated, amazing, frustrating man who I've been with for over six and a half years ~ and on May 31, I became his wife!! We are busy setting up house together and doing all that fun settling in stuff! I am very family oriented; my sister who is 8 years older than me is my best friend, and I adore my parents ~ happily married for 26 years! I am also the proud aunt and godmother of an adorable three year old niece!! I believe in God, I believe in love, I believe in second chances, I believe in no regrets.

I'm addicted to Starbucks, People magazine, OPI nail polish, Target, Archiver's Photo Memory Store, scratch off lottery tickets. I LOVE sending and receiving mail, taking walks by the lake (especially to the light house at night, where you are just surrounded by water and stars and dark), warm rain, camping, shopping, kissing, being with children, the smell of my fiance.

I am very much a girly girl ~ I love to pamper!! I wear Body by Victoria perfume, and I also wear Moonlight Path and White Cherry Blossom body sprays from Bath & Body Works. I use Moonlight Path Wallflowers from Bath & Body Works as well, and any of their antibacterial hand soaps that are pink/red/purple. I do bubble baths, and I love face masks, anything spa like! I also love eye makeup & nail polish, especially OPI. The one thing I do not use is shower gel/body wash. I burn lots of candles, and I like ones with clean fresh scents; no woodsy scents, no vanilla, nothing too sickly sweet.

I love to wear big funky earrings, and I'm really into the wide headbands that are out right now! I like to try new trends. I prefer silver jewelry over gold. I'm not really into the hand-made clay painted earrings, but I really like the hand-made beaded ones!

I don't do a lot of collecting ~ I have no use for pointless knick-knacks. I LOVE postcards though!! For postcard swaps, I always prefer mine to go directly through the mail, no envelope! I also like picture frames. I love trial/travel size items, so if you receive these from me, that is why!!!

I love, love, love the color pink!! I also like brown and gray, especially when mixed with pink!! Really, I do appreciate the entire color spectrum though.

I have a purple, silver, and white bathroom. I have a coffee themed kitchen, and I'm especially always looking for coffee themed magnets ~ tricky to find!! I have an oriental themed bedroom, with bamboo accents, beige and maroon bedding, and black and white prints on the walls. My living room is blue, yellow, and green.

I AM NOT into "cutesy" things: socks, cartoony stuff, Hello Kitty, animal themed items, disney, any of that. Also don't do halloween, not at all, I can't stress this enough!!

These are items that would ALWAYS put a huge smile on my face!!

• Starbucks Gift Card
• Hobby Lobby, Archiver's, or JoAnnne's Gift Card
• Victoria's Secret Gift Card
• OPI Nail Polish
• Ink Pads for stamping
• 90c stamps
• Wallflower Refill Packs in Moonlight Path (Bath and Body Works)

I of course will adore any thoughtful gift/surprise that you think of!!

Scrapbooking, Card Making, Photography, Jewelry Making.

I DO NOT use eyelets or fabric pieces in my crafting. I love fun brads, ribbons and fibers, patterned papers, colored cardstock, neat envelopes, paper punches, sayings, rub-ons. I can ALWAYS use a bottle of Sobo Craft Glue!!

I also do not care for ATC's.....I guess I just don't really understand them. If you do them, great, but they are not for me!

• The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
• Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
• The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
• Down Came the Rain by Brooke Shields
• The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
• Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
• Harry Potter series by JK Rowling
• ANY book by Jodi Picoult, I could read her again and again.

Chicago
Shawshenk Redemption
Elf (that's shocking!)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Overboard
We Were Soldiers
Paycheck
anything with Reese Witherspoon

Will & Grace
Desperate Housewives
Beauty & the Geek
Biggest Loser
Oprah
Grey's Anatomy
Sex & the City
The Office
Law & Order SVU

I enjoy most music, with the exception of really heavy rock or metal, and classical. I'm not a huge country fan, but I do like certain artists.

Fave artists (right now!):
Kelly Clarkson
Newsboys
Carrie Underwood
Fergie and Black Eyed Peas
Gwen Stefani
Sean Paul
.......tons more!

Handmade Christmas Cards

Shop for a Cure

Purple and Silver Goodies

Handmade Greeting Card Frenzy ~ Baby Theme

Blue and Lime Goodies

Plenty O' Postcards

August Greeting Card Frenzy

Great Time, Wish You Were Here

Yellow and Orange Goodies

July Greeting Card Frenzy

Coffee Craze

June Greeting Card Frenzy

Calming Waters

Pink and Brown Goodies

Postcard Addicts Annonymous