Sauterelle

Updated 11.11.11

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I'm a SAHM in the Greater Seattle Area.

I have a 6 year old son and 2 year old girl who share the same April birthday!

In my free time (when I can find it) I work as a freelance illustrator under the name Cobalt Moon. Feel free to view my portfolio link above.

You can also find some of my work available on Cafe Press.

He's 6 years old. He likes Animal Trivia and math. Yes, math. (He's in the 1st grade)

Shows he likes are: Wild Krats, Clifford and The Fresh Beat Band.

He enjoys Hard Dot to Dots, painting, Play Dough and other messy crafts.

She's 2 years old. She loves her big brother so much she was born on his birthday!

Shows she likes are Team Umizumi and Bubble Guppies.

She loves hats and sunglasses. She also loves to draw with pencils and crayon. No paper is safe in our house.

I tend to do my best work digitally, but I always get crafty in the fall & winter.

I enjoy decoupage, cross stitch, and plastic canvas. I dabble in beading from time to time.

Before kids I was an avid letterboxer and enjoyed carving my own stamps. I still have my stamp carving supplies and occasionally get the urge to pick them up again.

I've fallen in love with envelope making. I love to deconstruct calendars to make envelopes (hooray for dollar stores). I also use wrapping paper and scrapbook papers. I want to start using road maps, I just need to get my hands on some!

I have my own Kids Bento Blog. (See Link Above). I sorta fell into it, but sure do enjoy it. Just recently my son told me that all the kids gather around to see his lunch at school. How cool is that?! No wonder he doesn't want to eat school lunches... except on Pizza Days. LOL.

I sing in a women's barbershop chorus in the Sweet Adeline's organization. I absolutely love it and look forward to our rehearsals every week!

If you're looking for someplace to sing, I suggest you check out a chorus in your area. See the Sweet Adelines link above!

• Bento goodies and books
• Cherry, strawberry and grape flavor candies
• Goodies for my kids!
• Sweet floral Scents - Plumeria, lilac, gardenia, jasmine...
• I love the 'green tea' scent. Soaps, candles, lotions ect...
• Hot Chocolate
• Things with cats, stars or moons
• Snowflakes
• Things depicting water... Fountains, waterfalls, rivers, lakes, oceans... you get the idea.
• I like Asian designs and styles (not manga or anime). I don't do feng shui but I do have an Asian themed dining room.
• I love tribal designs - but haven't figured out how to do it myself.
• My favorite colors are Black and Blue. I also like Bright Turquoise, Dark Reds, Deep Purples and Rich Greens.

• 60's mod designs
• Flower Power
• Paisley
• Busy floral patterns
• Sock Monkeys
• Vampires
• Tim Burton stuff
• Coffee
• Nuts
• Gum
• Black Licorice
• Hard Candy
• Nuts in my chocolate
• Grasshoppers & bugs
• No stuffed animals please

In no particular order (updated 11.11.11)...

• Bento goodies
• Bento boxes
• Food picks
• Cupcake picks
• Cookie cutters
• Fondant cutters
• Red and Pink Starburst candy
• PEZ Candy! (just the candy - not the dispensers)
• Chopsticks! I LOVE fancy chopsticks!!!
• Old road maps or road atlases
• Kitty toys (we have 3 cats)
• ATCs (not supplies, actual ATCs)
• Handmade Envelopes
• Earrings (pierced)
• Scented Candles (Plumeria, lilac, gardenia, jasmine, green tea)
• Scented Soaps (Plumeria, lilac, gardenia, jasmine, green tea)

I'm not French. I don't speak french.

I don't really like grasshoppers. Except maybe Jiminy Cricket or The Cricket In Time Square.

Sauterelle is a name I picked a few years back for an online character I was playing at the time. She was short and green and jumped around a lot.

Plus I liked how sauterelle sounded out loud, so I still use it online from time to time.

Please - don't send me any grasshoppers or grasshopper related stuff. Ew. ;-)