Saulute

I am an artist and a mom to my six year old son. I live in Southern California, near the ocean. We have a two year old kitty Amber. I am always interested in something be it raw foods, homeschooling, natural teeth health, wool felting, permaculture way of gardening, wordschooling schools like Sudburry Valey school or million other things. I am taking a guitar classes in the local college. I love to garden and to create things with my thoughts and my hands. I always send out the packages, so if there is a problem, please let me know. I almost always reuse the packaging, so it might not look so good on the outside, but I always try to put good things inside. And I always rate the same or latest the next day I receive the package.This swapping thing is so much fun!

Oh, my. That's a tough one, because I am always drowning in books and they change all the time as my interests take me everywhere. Right now is mostly about law of attraction stuff and all that is related-meditation, changing beliefs, all kinds of games for changing my thoughts from negative to positive. It all started with movie Secret, which just barely scratches the surface, then Abraham Hicks books and workshop Cds and then many many more books. Then of course I have tons of gardening (and gardening with hummingbirds in mind too), natural health and craft books.And I don't mind getting more, so if you have ones you don't use, I would be happy to read them. I call this my education and value this not any less than my college degree - actually more. One of my favorite felting books are Uniquely Felt by Christine White(for the technigue and information) and Simply Felt by Margaret Docherty(for the gorgeous projects). I love Designer Style Jewelry by Sherri Haab .Also Susan Sargent vibrant color interior designs. I am not too fond of her pictures on her fabrics and rugs, yet I love her happy color combinations. I love to look at the garden and nature books to get inspiration for my art and craft colors. Now I started recording nice color combinations in my sketchbook, so I can use them when I need. I don't read any novels(I explain why in my 'not too fond of' section.)

The Secret Mama Mia Miss Potter The Last Holiday

And I love dvds about all kinds of fun workouts.

Felting * Knitting * Painting/drawing * Photography * Sewing simple things(although I did make a Waldorf style doll and my son loves it- you can see it on my flicker!) * Jewelry making* Paper crafs like making cards and gift tags* Rubber stamp carving* Dry embossing with stencils* ATCs* - swap-bot got me into them, right now I am eyeing the inchies, so they might be next.... *paper making from junkmail

And I am dreaming about trying mosaics, * bead rope crochet, * yarn spinning - I even bought a spindle.*

Arts and crafts projects made in warm artsy style(not too sleek and cold) in joyful colors.You can go to my etsy sore page or my flicker page and look up my favorites to see the style I like.

Trees trees treees and all of the nature

All kinds of supplies for art and craft making, especially feltable wool roving in yammy handpainted colors, fun paper, rubber stamps and stamp carving blocks(pink ones are the best for me), gell and other fun pens, 3D paint

Wool yarn and roving

Fun natural fiber fabrics

Metal and wooden buttons

Knitted fingerless gloves

Handknit socks

Hummingbirds and other birds

Dogs and cats

Manatees and dolphins and starfish

Stars

Joyful angels

Happy fairies

Jewelry making supplies(any, but not plastic), especially antique look brass color findings

Stripes, dots, flowers(especially peonies and poppy flowers)- I wish, I could grow peonies in my zone 10 garden, but it is too warm in here.

Silk, wool, soy fibers and yarn

Artistically made homemade items

Solid frangrance - especially peony and freesia smell

Essential oils

Meditation

Inner peace

Joy

Love

Heirloom seeds

Fresh and dried fruits and veggies

Tea(but not black)

Garden markers

Journals(I use them for my Gratitude and Appreciation books)

Scrunchies for hair

Cotton velvet

Knitting, crochet, felting and sewing needles

Acrylic and gouache paint and brushes

Dark chocolate, especially with marzipan

Books about crafting and drawing or painting

Things that are natural and ecofriendly

Organic gardening

Permaculture gardening

Community living - intentional communities

Wicker

French country style for the house(or any tasteful not too overcrowded country style)

Window clings(my son loves so much - sometimes we have all holidays represented on our windows at once)

All fun colors, especially aquamarine and teal and greens and any happy colors. I love more unique shades like raspberry instead of plain red, etc.

Any joyful art or items

I like to feel good

I like to play a game of finding positive aspects in everything and everyone

Nature - anything with trees, birds, animals

Anything positive and cheerful

Dots, paisley, stripes and other fun patterns

Synthetic fiber yarn or fabric(a little percentage of it in the natural fiber is not a problem)- Ribbon can be synthetic.

Chunky crocheted stuff(unless it is really creative and unique looking)

Religious stuff (although I don't mind receiving relaxed Budha or laughing Jesus images or statues, because these things represent happiness and freedom to me.)

Postcards(unless they are blank- so I can make them my own)

White chocolate

Cross stitch

Anything that is done according to instructions without anything unique in it, like painting by numbers

Wintergreen smell and taste

neon colors

GLITTER and glittery things and ATCs

very dark and greyish type depressing colors

popular cartoon, sports team, alcohol, cigaretes, violance representing(like witches, devils, and pirates), sarcastic items

rings (I do like earrings)

novels - I simply can't find the ones I would love. Most of them are very sad, negative, powerlessness in every page and then(if you are lucky)good end for one paragraph.No, thank you! I like to have fun, that's why I am learning to change my thoughts.If you can find any novel, where the person chooses his own thoughts delberately to make himself or herself feel better no matter what are the circumstances - let me know about it! The ones I know right now are byEsther Hicks - Sarah series,which are written for children.

Coffee

Very old books or paper- yellowed,one- please, don't make me cry and sneeze.

Kawai stuff - I have nothing against it,I even love, that they are so cheerful, it just doesn't resonate with me

ATCs, that are not really atcs- like stickers put in random fashion on the page. I love atcs, that are creative - they don't have to have a lot of detail, but they have to be creative. I like metalic finishes, but no glitter in them, please!

Scrapbooking items

Art and craft supplies

Vintage images and photographs on the cd or printed

Handmade supplies like handyed yarn or roving or maybe even handspun yarn(even if just a snippet - I can use it in my felting projects)

Handmade tasteful items and art - joyful ones please!

Books and magazines about arts and crafts(from the last 6-7 years)

Workout a dvds

Interesting beads(not plastic)

Anything with trees, poppies, peonies and hummingbirds

Watercolor pencils

Pink carving blocks for making my own rubber stamps

Fun rubber stamps(your made or store bought)

Interesting paper and cardboard

Punches

Anything, what my six year old would like - he loves bicycles, skateboards, trains, cats, drawing, singing, fruits and vegetables, especially salads(we eat them at least once a day, sometimes three!) - so anything with these items on makes him happy. And did I mention chocolate?

ATC blanks and sleeves for them

Happy colors ATCs(no sad or angry faces or glitter in them, please)

Embossing stencils, especially of borders, frames, backgrounds and lines

Pattern for crocheted or knitted nesting bowls(the ones you felt after knitting)

Finger puppets

Ink pens for drawing(can be metalic colors, but no glittery ones)

Handmade paper- if you make it yourself I would be even more pleased.

I love quality handmade items and art

Sheet music for guitar(or with guitar chords)