NaughtyElf

Please note my P.O. Box is 3.5 in x 5 in if you send a larger envelope to me for a swap please remember to write "Do Not Bend" on the outside or they will fold it to fit inside the box.

Notice: My neighborhood P.O. should be re-opening soon sometime after the new year. So please be patient as it still takes awhile for us to pick up our mail but hopefully it won't be much longer. Please remember to give me time to pick up my swaps and rate them, thank you.

Update 12-28-11: It is my sad place to inform this community that my father-in-law, Michael Terbush, a very sweet and dear man passed away on December 14th unexpectedly. Please pray for us, Chris is devastated. We laid him to rest on the 17th. If anyone wishes to offer support or prayers please visit this link for the obituary and guest book. Thank you. I am sorry for being away for so long but after all the loss of family this year including my own precious mother on September 7th, I haven't felt like swapping. I hope I can come back soon and re-connect with my friends. Bless you all.

Below are pictures of some examples of my ATC's and art to see more visit my Flickr page or my Hidden Stash with the links provided above. There may be spoilers for some swaps up so if you want a surprise don't look! Please stop by the Hidden Stash if you have not done so recently. I have revamped my blog and I have several new posts! Please follow me on my crafting journey! Thank you!

I am a dreamer, a giver. I am creative and kind. I am so many things everyday depending on mood and circumstance. I am free and happy! I am a mother, lover, poet and friend. I believe in respecting others, being open and finding a common ground. I have a "good-dark" nature, I am a pagan, a follower of the Old Ways, I walk my own path. Most of all I am true to myself and a loyal companion.

I like to have fun hanging out at my house and playing on one of the many gaming consoles, watching movies and cooking a delicious dinner. I also like to go out and take walks in the neighborhood park, going out to dinner, concerts or plays. I like to read fiction and non-fiction books, write poetry, and learn about exotic places to someday spend a holiday.

I am wacky and have a very dry sense of humour. I like to make people laugh and I can laugh at myself. Also, I like beautiful things, warm earth tones for colours and unique items to decorate my home. I love snowy evenings and rainy afternoons wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa with a good cup of tea. I adore real letters written by hand and sealed with wax, what ever happened to that? Love letters are even better!

Speaking of letters I love vintage post! Old style postcards, as said before wax seals, envies and weathered paper. Cursive handwriting (think Victorian love poems and letters, and correspondences) old postmarks, carte postale. I love anything French especially Paris themed like café scenes, vintage bicycles with baskets outside of store fronts, French bakeries and Paris landmarks. The imagery of wine, grapes and French food/chefs are also fun! I love books written in French or pages from them too. Other things I like are antiques, skeleton keys and tattered lace, distressed items and paint faded and peeling, and small vintage glass bottles. Also any vintage postcards or ads, scraps or bits for paper crafting you have with foreign languages on them are golden too! An entire list of other likes I have are listed farther down on my profile, I know I have a lot but I am only trying to give my partners several options to work with!

So, as you can tell, I a person with a wide range of interests and tastes because I want to experience everything life has to offer. I am very excited to see what new things, people and ideas I can learn of and experience through these swaps!

Now with all that said here are some stats about me and my own.

Myself: My name is Sherie, I am 30 something years old, I have 5 tattoos, one I got while visiting San Francisco in '97 at a great place Anubis Warpis, it's a Celtic tribal knot design and it's my fave on the top part of my right arm. Ears are pierced, eyebrow was at one time would like to get it done again. I am a History major in college, with an emphasis on medieval Europe, so I love anything to do with that period. My greatest wish is to travel to the UK someday and spend some real time there.

Also, in case this info is ever needed for a swap:

Sizes for myself: Ring: 9-10* (I like to wear rings on my index finger and thumb a lot). Also, if anyone should ever send me a necklace either homemade or bought, please keep in mind that I would prefer a 22 inch chain/cord or longer, thank you!

Ok, so I finally have the courage to put a pic of me up...

My Guy: Christopher (who is Knightfall on here) is a real goth guy, gamer, comic collector, and Steelers fan and yet still loves stuffed animals. He's a rare one ladies, his favorite musical is Fiddler on the Roof and he watches romantic comedies with me, yet loves old Bruce Lee movies. No tats yet but he wants them, best father in the world, takes care of his girls. (Yes, that is Chris hanging out with the Elder gods, Ithaqua and Cuthulu, during Yule.)

Sizes for Chris: Shirt: 2-3XL* Ring: 10-11* (depending on finger).

Little Sister: Hera is our newest family member! She is almost 7 months old, as of today (01-01-12). She is soft and precious and just a delight! Her favorite pass times are eating, sleeping and chewing on everything, I think she is teething already! She is trying out her voice lots and makes the funniest sounds, she also likes to laugh until she hiccups.

Sizes for Hera: For now, she is wearing 6-9 or some 12 month clothes, if in doubt send a bit larger as I am sure she will grow into things. Of course bath towels, bibs, burp cloths, small toys, anything like that should we be in a baby swap is fine too. She is now 16 pounds and 26 inches, our little baby is growing fast already!

Big Sister: Thea is an active little girls now. She just started school this past October and is learning new things everyday! She loves music, Elmo and the movie Tangled. My little "angelbabyprincess" is everything, and right now I am blessed to be able to stay home with her and her sister. She keeps me busy!

Sizes for Thea: Well, as of today 01-01-12 she is wearing to 5T in pants and S-M shirts in girls clothes and size 9-10 in children's shoes. If in doubt I would say always send a bit big as she can grow into them. Also, she is about 38 lbs and about 37 inches tall now. So I would say just go by that or send a size larger if in doubt.

My Son Benjamin, my teenager, is a great kid, loves his baby sisters and helps mommy out a lot. He's a gamer like me loves anything to do with Mario Bros., also likes Spiderman, Batman, Hulk, any Marvel comics really, he even draws and writes his own comics.

Sizes for Benjamin: Shirt: M-L (in mens)

We live in Kansas, USA. I have lived other places as well in the US, but loved Denver the best and hope to move back there after I finish my degree in history and get my masters in museum administration. My dream job would be to work at "The Cloisters," a section dedicated to medieval art within the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Well, that's about it for now, I hope this gives you a little insight to me and my family. I wish all of you blessings and lots of cool things and new friends. I look forward to making new friends myself and will always give my best in any swap I am in.

~Thank you and Goddess Bless~

Wow! What don't I like?! Oh yeah, Bluegrass and Polkas (insert Mariachi music here as well), but besides that...What don't I like?!

I just recently discovered G-Dragon, a Korean pop star who just put out a solo album as well as being a member of Big Bang! I also like T.O.P. who is also a member of Big Bang and putting out some of his own solo material and has a starting career as an actor in Korea as well. I didn't know I would ever like music like this but it's good and I love having new musical experiences!

I couldn't put every artist and genre up, so I would like to add that I do love opera and classical as well, especially Chopin's Nocturnes. I am very eclectic in my music and as long as it is good music (good I know being subjective) I am interested in hearing it. But here is a brief list of artists I like:

• Nightwish
• Disturbed
• Loreena McKennitt
• Sarah MacLachlan
• Tori Amos
• Robbie Williams
• Seether
• Goldfrapp
• Lush
• Dead Can Dance
• This Mortal Coil
• Massive Attack
• Kate Bush
• Duffy
• Katy Perry
• Metisse
• Blue Foundation
• Laura Marling
• Portishead
• Cocteau Twins
• Fleet Foxes
• Blackmore's Night
• and Nickelback.

I love music, music weaves through every important moment and aspect of my life, I could document my life by songs alone. Music is my expression when my own fail me.

Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker is astonishing! Thank you to my sister for putting it in my path.

Let's see...other books I like include Beowulf, Les Fluers du Mal by Baudelaire, Wicked and Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire, Smoke and Mirrors, Good Omens, and Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Crimson Petal and the White, Les Miserables, A Separate Peace, Ethan Frome, The Little Tragedies (I love Pushkin and classic Russian writers in general), Harry Potter series (my guilty pleasure). Another guilty pleasure is the Kushiel's Legacy novels by Jacqueline Carey. I also enjoy Rilke, Tolkien and Henry James. Also, when I was a sophomore in high school A Separate Peace by John Knowles changed my life in regards to literature, amazing novel.

I am a History major in college so I like non-fiction history books concerning medieval history or theology, medieval poetry, tales or stories are also great! I love King Arthur either fictional or historical reading and any of the Arthurian legends by Tennyson, White, etc. I enjoy Yeats, Auden, Austen and Poe as well.

I also enjoy reading about the tactical strategies of great men like Alfred the Great, Henry II and William I. It's also amazing how one simple progression in weaponry, the invention of the long bow for example, can turn the course of history.

I also adore children's literature (I love Coraline, but again it's by Gaiman) especially the English authors like Lewis Carroll and A.A. Milne, I love the old illustrations in those books so very much. When I was young A Wrinkle in Time and the following books in that series really had an impact on me and made me feel like even though I was only a small girl I could make a difference. I also loved Where the Wild Things Are. There are many other books but I do and always will have a love for children's literature.

I would also like to add my love of fairy tales and nursery rhymes. I grew up on them, whether Grimm fairy tales or Celtic fairy tales, etc. I love to read them from various countries and learn about that culture through its folk and fairy tales.

I would like to mention that I am a RPG fan. I love the old World of Darkness books and have about 2/3 of the entire collection. I also do some of the new lines although they totally ruined Werewolf and Vampire for me. However, on the other side of that I really love their new lines for Promethean, Changeling the Lost, Hunter the Vigil and Geist. I also game a bit of Shadowrun, Ravenloft and others.

I do read graphic novels the one I am currently fanatical for is Soul Stealer by Michael Easton/Christopher Shy (artist). If anyone can find a new copy of this I would be willing to trade value for value for something they wanted as well. I also like some Manga, especially Vampire Hunter D.

I am also an indie comic collector so if anyone has extra Belladonna, Unholy, Pandora, Gypsy, Lady Death, Purgatory or War Angel comics I would love you forever!

DWTS, Castle, The Tudors, True Blood, and Caprica. CBS should really bring back Moonlight, even though they never will just like Fox totally canceled Firefly and never brought it back even though fan support was overwhelming. I wish HBO would have continued Rome as well...I LOVED that show! I am also a HUGE Battlestar Galactica fan and Buffy and Angel fan too! I just bought the first season and am getting hooked on Legend of the Seeker as well.

Also, I like British TV like Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, The Young Ones and Monty Python.

Where to begin! Let's just say my taste in Movies are as varied as my music. The only kind of movies I can't stand are really stupid, gross out, spoof, flicks. Yes, this goes for "Epic Movie," "Meet the Spartans" and ones like that, there are some exceptions to this (like "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter" and "Orgazmo") but it follows no rhyme or reason.

Otherwise I love martial art films, action, suspense, drama, old classic black and white films like "Now, Voyager" (I adore Bette Davis and Audrey Hepburn), comedy, just about anything, and I also love foreign movies.

Some faves include: The "Underworld" movies (especially Rise of the Lycans) Lucien is a great character and these films just look good and are great fun! I love foreign and indy films, like "Babette's Feast," "Brotherhood of the Wolf (Les Pacte des Loups)," "Chocolat," "V for Vendetta" and "Amelie." Also enjoy the Harry Potter movies, "Twilight," and other more commercial movies as well...just a bit of everything really, I don't like to be close minded when it comes to the arts.

Some movies I do not have on DVD as of January 2012 are: "Sin City," "The Boondock Saints," "Coraline," "House of Flying Daggers," "Revolver" (2006), "Vampire Hunter D" (the original movie), "Under the Tuscan Sun," "Shall We Dance?" (I like both the Japanese and American versions), "300," and the new "Pride and Prejudice."

The above are just some of the movies I haven't had the chance to get yet just in case I am ever in a movie or wish swap. I like director's cuts most of the time and prefer widescreen over full screen. Thanks, I hope this helps and will update frequently.

I am not a very crafty person myself, but I do enjoy some. I am more gothic, earthy, and old world in my own decorating tastes, very bijoux and bohemian, mostly due to budget, but it makes me creative and appreciative for what I do have! So as far a crafts go, I like wreaths for the Yule season, handmade brooms, dolls and trinkets. I will say this as well, my favorite piece of artwork is "The Lady of Shalott" by J. Waterhouse, I love his work. I have an art print of this painting framed and hanging in my hallway, she has been with me for about 13 years now, I could never give her up. And I just recently became a follower of Mark Ryden's work as well...he is amazing!

Since joining swap-bot in October of 2008, however, I have discovered I love making ATC's, felties, button faeries, zines, bookmarks and altered art along with trying journals (which I am still experimenting/learning about). I would love to learn bookbinding and the different techniques in which to do this. I love to try new crafts!

Below is a list of groups I am a founder of on Swap-bot, based on my favorite subjects and crafts. If you would like to join please read over the criteria and send me a request. Thank you.

My groups are:

ATC Elements & Techniques

Keepers of Avalon

Keepers of Avalon - Secret circle

Monthly ATC Swappers

The Sangoire Cloak

The Tudor Exchange

Let me list some things that I am fond of to help make swapping a bit easier.

I like:

• Old 45 record adapters! If you have 1 to spare to send my way I would be so grateful!!!
• Rainy Days
• I love earth colours, matte finishes and muted metals.
• Tim Holtz! Distress Ink refill bottles (any colour)
• StazOn ink pads (any colour)
• Vintage Buttons
• Chocolates/Biscuits (love any peanut butter or caramel filled chocolates)
• Candles (no vanilla scented please)
• Postage Stamps (from other countries)
• Battlestar Galactica (the new series)
• Cooking/Recipes
• Vintage Postcards
• Antique or Glass Beads
• Anything from the UK (I'm an anglophile)
• London Fog Trenchcoats
• Faeries
• Crystals/Rocks
• Essential oils for burning or making incense
• Pouches/Bags to keep dice, crystals or tarot
• Vanilla Caramels
• Fantasy Books
• I enjoy long steamy baths and bubbles
• Anything Final Fantasy (esp. Final Fantasy VII Advent Children or Dirge of Cerberus, I love Vincent!)
• Invader Zim, I really love Gir!
• Harry Potter, Sirius Black is my fave
• Sealing wax (for letters, envelopes)
• Stamps for the wax (could be of designs or letters of our initials)
• Fountain pens the old style nib ones
• Bottles of ink for fountain pens
• Embossing powders
• Medieval History/Literature
• Dragons
• The anime "Hellsing," Alucard rocks in that one!
• Pirates (our kitchen decor is an old pirates tavern theme)
• Used RPG books (anything from White Wolf publishing old or new)
• Console Gaming (I have a Gamecube, N64, SNES, PS2 an Xbox and Xbox 360)
• Mongolian Beef (if anyone has a good recipe for this I will love you forever!)
• Seeds (to grow herbs or small flowers)
• Tarot Cards
• Tattoos (I have 5!)
• Hot Tea (except Earl Grey)
• The colour periwinkle (to look at)
• Lotions and potions love body products (esp. body butters, splashes or sprays)
• Antique Keys
• Matchbooks (from bars, hotels or anywhere) vintage or new
• Bookmarks
• Journals
• Art/Posters/Prints (especially like movie posters)
• Unique papers or vintage parchments
• Vintage Punk Memorabilia
• Old Movies
• Jones Soda (Strawberry Lime is my fave)
• Richly coloured or textured vintage fabrics
• Runes
• Ogham
• Fortune telling
• Incense
• Magnets
• Cartoon/Gaming/Fantasy Pics, Patches or Stickers
• Old Levi jeans and worn Converse sneakers
• Thick, warm cable knit sweaters
• Walking along the beach
• Early morning mist/fog
• Nintendo stuff (especially Zelda, love the Tri-Force!)
• Homemade soaps, candles, incenses, stuff for my alter
• Nightmare Before Christmas/Tim Burton movies
• Anita Blake comic series
• Obviously I think vampires are hot!
• Thick, fluffy socks
• D-10 dice or any dice (especially unusal themed dice or colours)
• Anything to do with Neil Gaiman (fave contemporary author)
• Button pins or any lapel pins with gothic or fantasy stuff
• Books of poetry (your own or store bought)
• If you are from a country other than the US, I love things native to your home! Anything that is exclusive to your region is always welcome!
• Resident Evil, Transformers or Star Wars (if we ever do like a spouse or partner swap, Chris loves that stuff, or send that stuff anyway, making my baby happy, makes me even happier!)
• Oh, and picture frames, I collect picture frames size 5x7 or smaller

On the opposite end now here are things I don't care much for:

• Peppermint/mint flavoring
• Licorice (any kind, tastes like wax to me)
• Cliches
• Bad Jokes
• Rude, ungrateful people
• Vinegar
• Espresso
• Beets
• Quiche
• Cutesy, artsy stuff (like pics of kittens, ruffles and pastels)
• Mineral Water
• Hot, Spicy Sauces
• Please no current political bumper stickers, stickers, magnets, etc.
• I am pagan, so please no "Jesus Saves" magnets or booklets, etc (unless I sign up for a religious swap). I respect your beliefs so please respect mine, if you are of the Christian faith you wouldn't want me to send you a figure of Isis now, would you? What I am trying to convey is no matter what your religion, I don't mind learning about it, (in fact I love little statues, candles, and other items that reflect the world's various religions as I consider myself an eclectic pagan) but I do not wish to be converted. Sorry to even bring this up but I have, regrettably, had issues with this.
• Sushi
• and Kevin Costner (the man can't even fake an accent!)

My kind angels include:

• @Sunnie for the Bouncing Baby Gift Swap. She went above and beyond for this swap and was my first angel!

• @PenguinBurger for the Knowledge Journal Swap 2. Thank you for angeling this, you are a wonderful host!

• @Alphenstamp for the Crown ATC swap, thank you for the unique and wonderful ATC! You are an awesome host as well and your ATC swaps are some of the best!

• @cobaltgypsy for sending me two amazing Alice in Wonderland ATC's for the Alice in Wonderland ATC Swap - International they are so much appreciated and I love them both! Thank you!

• @veltheimia who sent a package on my behalf when I was having such a tough time with the move and with mom. She sent to my partner for the I'm Your SUPER Hero swap. My partner loved her package. And I cannot say thank you enough! @veltheimia is an awesome swapper! (I have since sent my own swap to this partner as well, as I promised her I would).

V: And thus I clothe my naked villainy / With old odd ends stolen forth from holy writ / And seem a saint when most I play the devil.

[quoting Shakespeare's Richard III, Act I Scene 3]

"If you give up smoking and drinking, you won't live longer...it will just feel longer."

"A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip."

Finally, I would like to say thank you for taking the time to read my profile. I know it may be lengthy, but I hope it helps as to what to send, what I like, etc. I just want others to get a feel for who I am in general and if you would like to get to know me more or just become pen pals, let me know. I am always open to meeting new people and making new friends. Have a lovely day!