LauraAust

I will be on vacation from 5/10-5/20 and have no idea if I will be logging on during this time or not. Also, I will not be home to get swaps so I will rate when I return. Thanks!

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Welcome to my own little corner of Swap-Bot! I like it here and you are welcome to join me here any time!

My new tattoo!

Note about sending me extras - I am really overwhelmed with craft supplies right now so please don't send me any paper scraps, even ones cut to ATC size - I just don't have room for them or the energy to keep them organized. Thank you so much!

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OMG! I just saw the newest Dairy Queen TV commercial! DQ doesn't just blow bubbles... they blow BUBBLES with KITTENS in them! Two of my very favorite things in the world!

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I'm 40-something, married, and have two teenaged kids (one son, one daughter) & four cats (Lexi, Joe, Lily & Thomas). My husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary on 9/6/11 (we got married when we were 19).

I work full-time as an Implementation Associate in the IT department of a major financial business - my area oversees the replacement of out-of-compliance (old, out-dated) computers across the country.

Quilting is my passion! I love to look at and touch quilting fabric.... My daughter is always giving me a bad time about "petting" fabric at quilt stores.

I also dabble in various paper crafts, mixed media, altered art, knitting, crocheting... I've been crocheting since I was a little girl (maybe 5 or 6) and quilting since Jr. High.

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Check our my Flickr photos link above for photos of stuff I have created in the past! I am almost always open to private swaps so if you see something you like just send me a PM!

• Quilting (my favorite)
• Crocheting (amigurumis, afghans, sweaters, fingerless gloves, dolls, toys, hats, etc.)
• Knitting (toys, afghans, sweaters, fingerless gloves, hats, etc.)
• ATCs
• Inchies (have completed two large canvases filled with swapped inchies - check out my Flickr for photos!)
• Twinchies (working on filling a canvas!)
• Zentangles
• Rolo Cards
• I will try most anything!

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• BUBBLES! I feel they are simply magical! I don't need any bottles of liquid bubbles but I would love to receive anything else "bubble themed" including artwork, stickers, stationery, photos, etc.
• Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, the original three Star Wars movies
• Steampunk
• Mermaids, fairies, dragons, unicorns, castles, gargoyles, fairy dust, trolls, gnomes
• Tattoos - I currently have four (barbed wire as a tribute to my dad, a fairy, a fairy with bubbles, and my daughter and I just got matching jellyfish!) - photos of all on my Flickr
• Cats - real, cartoon, nice, evil, Kawaii - I love any and all cats!
• Kawaii bubbles (Awawa Chan), cats, scenery or sky images, Sentimental Circus, Baby Infinite, and as opposed to a lot of people - I love the Kawaii with real photos of little girls, kittens, puppies, etc.!
• Goth, strange, odd, dark, skulls, creepy
• Sea dragons, jellyfish, water bubbles
• Frank Lloyd Wright, Arts & Crafts movement, Sears catalog houses, Art Deco, Erte, Miami buildings, Art Nouveau, Alphonse Mucho
• Stargazer lilies - they are my favorite flower
• Barbed wire - my dad collected it (yes, people actually collect barbed wire - LOL)
• Nudes, pin-ups, Vargas
• Stickers - especially Dazzles and other outline stickers, Violette brand, nicely drawn, photo ones, no teacher stickers, no reward stickers, no baby scrapbooking stickers, etc.
• Swirls and circles (I'm sure this stems from my love of bubbles - or vice versa)
• Mortuary science, cemetary art, funeral art, grave stones, funeral practices and traditions
• Stitch (from Lilo & Stitch), Teletubbies, Garfield
• Retro, atomic, 1950's
• Rainbows, glitz, glitter, tie-dye, batik, sparkles
• PURPLE, blue, pink, magenta, rainbow, variegated, gradated, pastels, jewel tones
• MY MOM!
• Lewis Black, Gordon Ramsey
• Godsmack, Stone Sour, Atom Smash, Papa Roach, Nickelback, Trapt, STAIND, Incubus
• Dexter, Six Feet Under, Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, Food Network, Hell's Kitchen, House, HGTV
• Tie dyed roses CLICK HERE If anyone could figure out a way to make or obtain a silk tie dyed rose and send it to me I would love you FOREVER!

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• Bubble themed items - but not a bottle of bubble liquid to blow (stickers, sticker flakes, stationery, photos, pictures, artwork, etc.)
• Anything from the papayaart.com website - love everything there! My absolute favorite items are the sprial notebooks - I think.. I love the stickers, and the notecards, and the lunch bags.... and... and... and....
• Sock yarn - full or partial skeins
• Tonic Studios "Fairy Pop Up Punch"
• "Dazzles" stickers
• "Violette" stickers
• "Stampendous" Sushi Bowl Party clear stamps
• Collage sheets (full or partial sheets) and stamped images
• Wool for needle felting, also teeny tiny stick pin eyes for needle felted animal figures
• Anything on (or inspired by) my Etsy Favorites list (see link at top of page)
• Orphan inchies that you might not have room for in your collection
• "Color Me" papers to use with alcohol inks - scraps and small pieces are fine for me to play with

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I've decided to only list swaps for which an angel has not been found - otherwise the list was getting way too long and way too depressing....

Flaker: @ButterBear
Flaked on: Me
Swap: profile based matchbox for the "Matchbox Tag" in the PF
Angel: Yet to be found

Flaker: @luv2cre8
Flaked on: Me
Swap: Private CLICK HERE
Angel: @alphagam5 angeled for half this swap - she sent me a wonderful amigurumi pattern book! Still don't have an angel for the profile surprise half...