Kokopelli

Hello! I will try to introduce myself. I'm a 53 y/o retired government worker who loves crafts. I mostly am doing paper crafts and crochet at this time. I make lots of cards, but enjoy trying out new forms of paper crafting (like ATCs, inchies, etc.)

I have been married for 30 years and we have a grown daughter who is a teacher. I live in Abilene, TX, considered to be West Texas. We are active in our church and love to travel when we can. We are especially partial to the mountains of Colorado and Arkansas.

THINGS I ENJOY DOING:

I love doing crafts. As I said above I'm really into paper crafts. I also love to crochet baby afghans. I enjoy counted cross stitch although it is getting harder for me to do it as my eyesight isn't as sharp as it used to be and I have carpel tunnel syndrome in my wrists. I like to experiment with new craft ideas.

I love to read romance novels. Not the trashy kind, but tamer ones with happy endings. I like suspense romance novels, too. I don't have much time to read and end up looking at more magazines than reading books.

Other Favorites:

Animals - Cats!!! I absolutely love cats. We have an old poodle that is my daughter's and we have a friendship. She is 16 years old and not in very good health. I don't think we'll have another dog when she's gone.

Music - Southern gospel music is my favorite.

TV - CSI-NY, CSI-Miama, Army Wives, The Unit, Deal or No Deal, almost all reality shows (like Survivor, Project Runway, Shear Design, Amazing Race, Big Brother, etc.) I have also watched the same soap opera since I was 15 years old (remember I'm 53 now!) - All My Children.

Colors - Pinks (all shades), purple (most all shades), turquoise, lime green, periwinkle, blue (clear, bright, light colors - not dark colors), black in small amounts. I like fall colors for crafting. I like southwest colors for decorating (like earth tones with turquoise, purple, etc.). I don't guess I'd say I hate any particular color.

Holidays - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter

Seasons - Fall and Spring

Collections: Snowmen (but only cute ones - none that are garish, clowns, etc.) Kokopellis (Indian flute player), Southwest windchimes (and most others that are unusual). Sentiments, quotes and ponderisms. Rocks for the yard. Chili pepper things (red mostly, but green too).

THINGS I DON'T LIKE:

Traits - Lying, rudeness, cursing, bullies, snobs, superficial people, and people who don't keep their obligations.

*Having to rush or be late

*Messy house, but of course I don't really like cleaning house! LOL!

*My hair - too thin on top. I have about three hairs!

*My weight - ugh!

*Cooking, but I do like baking more

Swap Wish List:

Any paper, ribbons, buttons, etc. that are in a WESTERN/COWBOY theme

Buttons - unusual or bright colors/shapes

Charms

Fibers

Ribbon

Chipboard tags/embellishments

Flowers

Stamps - rubber, acrylic, unmounted

Gel pens (I have an addiction to these)

PLEASE DON'T SEND ME:

Tea/Coffee

Memo pads (have tons)

Oriental things

Sea related things (shells, ships, etc.)

Weird stamps

Garish embellishments

Frogs

Fairies

Disney Characters

Scrapbook items that are not suitable for cards as I DO NOT scrapbook

No goth, ephemera, victorian