Rainsembellishments

Self-employed jewelry-designer and nanny. Living back in Northern CA. Aside from jewelry, I love photography, sewing, paper art, I dabble in knitting and various other crafts.

FYI!!! Please don't send me anything scented!!! I have allergies!!! Thank you!

Whereas I love and respect ATCs, I'd love to receive other crafty things! Thank you!

ROCK! Queens of the Stoneage, Marilyn Manson, Weezer, NIN, John Mayer, Les Claypool, Ben Harper, David Gray, Third Eye Blind, the Flaming Lips, The Cranberries, White Stripes, Flogging Molly, Silversun Pickups, Of Monsters and Men, My Morning Jacket, Queen, Jack White (all incarnations), Led Zepplin, The Beatles, Bouncing Souls, Janis Joplin, Ida Maria, Ingrid Michaelson, Florence and the Machine, Imagine Dragons, Grouplove, Interpol, Flobots, Radiohead...tons of others! (I love going to concerts!!!)

The Avengers, Adventureland, Serenity, Juno, Superbad, Knocked Up, Reality Bites, Empire Records, Ghost World, Harry Potter(s), The Prestige, The Little Mermaid...and most other Disney/Pixar movies, Films by JOSS WHEDON, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino & Tim Burton, Frida, High Fidelity, Dreams of an Insomniac, Saved, Marie Antoinette (the costumes!...in fact, any costume flick is amazing!), Secretary, Real Women Have Curves, Scraps (I'm the "Screaming Laundromat Lady)... the list goes on!

Sex and the City, Firefly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Enterprise, Star Trek: TNG, LOST, Sons of Anarchy, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog, Dollhouse, The Guild, Geek & Sundry, The Philip DeFranco Show, Source Fed, Grimm, Happily Ever After, Big Bang Theory

I like crafts alot! I'm a crafter who loves to have a million projects going at once! In going with that, I'm a bead whore!!! Really, I'm a bead elitist! I'm a manager of a bead store, I make beaded jewelry all the time! And if I can't find what I want in my bead store I travel to other bead stores! I've recently become addicted to knitting scarves... I love all the soft blends and bright colors!!! Not to mention my addiciton to fabrics also! I've worked with fusing glass, a little lampworking, enameling, soldering, lost wax casting... it's all a ton of fun with color and fire! I love art in general! I like to visit galleries on second saturday and see what other artists have to offer. Some people just blow my mind with what they do artistically! I can only hope to achieve a higher level of craftiness someday! I'll wonder through the city just to get inspired...along with scouring through magazines and catalogs. I also love photography...I like taking pictures of friends and family! If I don't have my camera, I'm always ready to whip out my camera phone at any time! And I could go on and on, but you probably get by now that I like making things, and I like to see things that other people create! I've recently been working with Precious Metal Clay & love it! On the road to expiramenting more with that! =)

Visiting the comic shop (seriously creating a collection), Tazo white cranberry tea, pomegranates, Steampunk, playing with my iphone...I went to my first Maker Faire recently - which was epic!

Traveling is big on the list, though I haven't had much $ to do so. I'm always interested in new things. Found I really like going to local geek comedy shows & horror film fests.

Frida Kahlo, Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt, Rodin, Tim Burton, Georges Jeanty, Justin Hillgrove, Clayton Bailey and many, many, MANY others!