Purrsnickety

I'm Keira, single female living with the 'rents in Nebraska by way of California. I LOVE my new home here in the Midwest. When I'm not working (my new job is at a cell phone carrier's call center; I love it there!) I enjoy quilting, crafting, cooking, and lounging with my cats. My baby is an orange male tabby who finds pleasure in even the smallest chunk of sunshine. His sister is a black and white longhair who enjoys the scent of menthol. My household is 100% non-smoking and we try to keep the cat hair to an absolute minimum.

• Colors dark teal, just about any color of purple, warm orange, blue, medium pink

• Animals owls, cats, brightly colored birds, koi fish, penguins, zebras, giraffes, hippos, unicorns, dragons

• Candy just about anything gummy, candy bars made with milk chocolate (my favorite chocolate bars have caramel, toffee, nuts, nougat, peanut butter, coconut, MARSHMALLOW, or other "mix-ins"/fillings), caramels

• Gum Stride; I only chew mint gum, no citrus or cinnamon

• Magazines I don't subscribe to but like Martha Stewart Living

• Magazines I do subscribe to Real Simple, Cooking Light, Oprah, Food Network Magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Entertainment Weekly, Ready Made, Time, The Economist

• Books fantasy, sci-fi, new-fiction, classics

• Interesting buttons plastic or glass, vintage or modern, solid-colored or more decorative

• Fabric, 100% cotton ONLY, especially Moda, modern stripes or dots or prints (especially prints of scissors and other ironic things like cloth-care labels), animals (especially owls) and vintage reproductions please note that I typically cannot use fabric from Wal-Mart or other discount stores; the greige goods the fabrics are printed on are of a lower quality making them near impossible to use in quilting

• Shotglasses (I collect them, but I prefer the shorties to the double shots...see my collection)

• Makeup ORLY or OPI nail polish, mascara (especially if it's a new kind!), single-color pots of eyeshadow

• Quilting I'm currently learning and would appreciate tools of the trade

• Stamping (I have lots of colors of ink pads but stamps are welcome, just not from the $1 Michael's bin, I've probably raided those already!)

• Motifs The moon, the stars and the sea, Dia de Los Muertos, rainbow colors, "green"/ecofriendly

• Other favorite things Rubbermaid Premier, Rubbermaid Produce Saver, Sharpies, interesting Post Its

Subject to change with time

• 100% cotton 50wt. thread in any color, must be cotton only, not cotton over polyester

• Shotglasses from wherever

• Fabric 100% cotton, preferably from quilting shops

• Martha Stewart Craft Line any embellishments, stickers, glitter, paper punches, etc.

• Fun stuff for my cubicle, like a zen rock garden or Office Space relics

• Anything from my "favorites" list

• JUNK I cannot stress this enough. I only send what I would love to receive myself, packaged the way I would want to receive it, and I hope my swap partners will do the same.

• Knick-knacks

• "thank you" cards

• Teacher/reward stickers

• Food/candy past the "best by" date, I won't eat it

• Makeup that's not sealed or is old

• Stamp pads, unless it's metallic (I have A LOT of colors already)

• Heart-shaped things

• Christian religious items

• Old things (and I don't mean pure vintage) that have clearly been hiding out in your closet for the past who knows how many years.

• Anything "kawaii"

• Lemon flavored things, and most citrus flavors in general, except peach

• Cinnamon flavored things, especially cinnamon gum (it makes my teeth sensitive for some reason)

• Dark chocolate

• Most scented things, like stuff from Bath and Body Works. I'm highly "scent-sitive".

• Anything scary (like horror movies or ghost stories)

• Non-nickel-free jewelry; I'm allergic to nickel, it makes my skin itch and flare (again, highly sensitive, bah)

This is a listing of swaps that I have sent out and I'm not sure if they've been received yet as I have not been rated yet. These may be old or recent.

Sweet Things - Favorite Desserts Recipe Card Swap -- sent to @sweetharleygurl

Scratch till You win! -- sent to @Pinkteacups