Muffina

I love anything travel related, as well as anything to do with memory and the process of memory making. I am also very interested in art! [see below]

I live in a very small, sleepy town with my boyfriend-- we just added a corgi puppy to our family so anything pup-related in the swap would be great, too[her name is Pip]!

Other than that- I love getting outdoors for hiking, walks, picking berries and apples, snorkeling, card making, and surprises in the mail :)

I'm so glad I've found this community!

Note I will possibly re-gift from time to time...this doesn't mean I don't appreciate the gift, but instead I'd rather it go to someone who would love it rather than collect dust on my shelves. Hope this doesn't offend-thanks!

I love ALL kinds of music and am willing to give anything a shot-- my taste is very eclectic.

I like silly stuff like ABBA, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson and assorted bad rap...FUNK! and also dub

As well as all Jazz vocals, Joni Mitchell, feist, the knife, Peaches, Tom Waits! [I LOVE him], flamenco guitar and Spanish music in general [ie, Ojos de brujo, Ozomatli, etc], and some not-to-honky-tonk country like Patty Griffin, Johnny Cash, the Dixie Chicks and so on.

-Little Women!!! -Criterion Collection anything -The Labyrinth -Monsoon Wedding -Alice in Wonderland -The Bridges of Madison County -Out of Africa -Dumb and Dumber [I could quote that back to front!] -The Birdcage -Trains, Planes and Automobiles -Mad Max

-Squidbillies -Sex in the City -Animal Rescue -Vacation Home -Project Runway -Top Chef

-Old PBS shows they don't air anymore like Frontier House...

I myself mainly only make cards and other paper-crafts...unless you call cooking/baking a craft, in which I love to make my own vanilla, mini freezer pies, new recipes, etc. But! I love anything well designed and handmade, especially knit items which I have tried but am no good at!!

Art is a big part of my life.

I love going to museums, particularly MassMoCa [massachusetts museum of comtemporary arts], The louvre was amazing and I nearly cried when I saw the African exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

My favorite art includes-but is not limited to: -1920's poster art -Surrealist, such as Salvador Dali -Northern European art- such as Jan Van Eyck or the piece "the garden of earthy delights" by H.Bosch -Fragonard and some Romanticism -Illuminated manuscripts -Decorative arts [such as furniture] -Architecture: Traditional Swiss houses, Historic Homes, Frank lloyd Wright, Geary -Hudson River School artist like Albert Bierstat... -Monuments such as the Vietnam Wall -AFRICAN ART, all of it, my absolute favorite.

Art! Cookbooks!!! TRAVEL BOOKS AND MAGS!

Some novels I really enjoyed have been: "Stiff", "Bridges of Madison County", "The Secret life of Bees", "The Book of Lost Things", "Into the Wild", etc.

Since I am in a lot of x-mas-themed swaps I thought I'd say a little about what kind of things I enjoy: I love the idea of a "Currier and Ives" type christmas, especially the decorations and even the idea of giving oranges or fresh fruit...caroling, old traditions,using naturey items to decorate, "father christmas" or "sinterklaas"-- pretty much the magical/special feeling of the season. I also enjoy classical music for winter and also the "crooner" bing crosby songs as well. Hope this helps!!

-Anything travel related or from your hometown that are reflective of the area

-Anthing that has really fun/interesting/well-designed packaging

-Food items [especially foreign] NOT instant, please!!

-Bento items!

-Fuzzy Blankets

-"Waffle" fabric

-Botanical Prints!

-Old Maps

-Blind Boxes!

-Ribbon!

-Nice fabric/yarn such as cordouroy, wool, linen, cashmere, silk satin..

-Any knit goods- LOVE

-Softies/plushies/stuffies

-Paper goods or scrapbook material such as vellum envelopes, fun paper, labels [see www.papersource.com for examples of what I like]

-Anything with real-looking birds

-Nature-type items [guides, art, etc]

-Things with bugs, especially bees

-Traditional pieces from your culture/heritage

-C.O. Bigelow bath/body items [can purchase at bath and body works]

-Burts Bees

-Scents such as fresh linen, mint, real pine, lemon verbena, and other citrus.

-Anything for Pip, our Corgi puppy :)

-I love the colors chocolate brown, red, all shades of blue [AQUA IS MY FAVORITE], royal purple, magenta {ALSO A FAVORITE], greens, light yellow. I love colors!

-The colors orange/brown together

-American/English tea-

-Stickers

-Cheap cotton fabric or fabric with crazy prints

-Victorian, shabby-chic, folky items

-Items such as lip balm [unless CO Bigelow or Burts Bees] or anything other cosemetics.

-Scents such as heavy florals, spicy [like cinnimon, etc], anything overly fake

-Dollar store items are discouraged unless they are really spiffy :)

-As a note, my ears aren't pierced, so no earrings, please.

He loves these swaps and although he's not a member, anything sent to him would be so appreciated! He likes:

-Professional Photography/film anything

-Criterion Collection movies

-Vanilla Baked goods -LOVES those!

-Cute Stuffies/Plushies

-Blind Boxes

-Mint ANYTHING [Especially livesavers]

-Shaving soap [he uses an old-style razor]in nice scents [he likes the same smells I do]

-Hard Candy

-High-quality food items

-PLAIN Milk chocolate bars and especially three muskateers!!![Dislikes other candy bars like snickers, peanut m&ms, etc]

-Foreign things

-Zombie anything!!!

-Non-Fiction history books

-WWII related items

-Graphic novels

-Of course he likes his XBox and Wii games, but I don't expect anyone to send those items, but I thought I'd mention it :)