Wanda

This is a photo of a miniature notecard, envelope and crown (in it's flat state) that I made when I was contemplating an easy craft to swap for our dolls. These are about 1:6 scale - Barbie sized.

I'm a wife, mother and grandmother, from South Texas. My interests include art - especially outsider type, drawn and painted by hand - native plants, herbs, parish life, history, cemeteries, blogging, playing video games (Sims3, The Sims2:Pets, Sims Castaway, Viva Pinata, Harvest Moon, Fable 2, Animal Crossing, Oblivion), vintage vinyl dolls, handmade doll clothes and much more.

My favorite books

-The Bible, especially The Catholic Youth Bible

-all books by Michael D. O'Brien - I love his art, too.

-all books by Charles de Lint. He is the creator of the urban fantasy genre. I love both his YA books as well as his adult fiction.

• Other favorite authors are Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games Trilogy), James Dashner (The Maze Runner YA series)

-books about permaculture and related subjects

• I like Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert,too, at the moment

-books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - His short story, Eyes of the Blue Dog is amazingly wonderful.

-The Twilight series

My favorite movies

The Passion of the Christ, My Family/Mi Familia, almost all of M. Knight Shayamalan's movies, and the oldies, -It's a Wonderful Life, You Can't Take it With You, Harvey, and others.

My favorite TV shows

Survivor, Top Chef, The Next Food Network Star, Project Runway, Top Design, Design Star, The Amazing Race, 19 Kids and Counting, CSI(Las Vegas), Modern Family, The Middle...

My favorite crafts to do

Painting, drawing or collaging ATCs, postcards or 'odd sizes'. Making little assembleges, collage, mixed media, also crochet, but only VERY simple things, and I have to be in the mood. I also do some quilting, but other than that, I really dislike sewing, although I LOVE sewn things like dolls, stuffed animals and especially doll clothes. But I would NOT want to make them, myself. Or at least not more than once a year. LOL! I also like whacko things like the various different kinds of shoes painted in bright pastels hanging from the tree in my front yard.

Some swap item ideas

• ethnic
• folk art
• outsider art
• trees in art, especially crooked or twirly limbed trees
• mixed media art
• paintings done on newspaper or similar prints
• vintage
• kitschy
• weird
• key cap covers of all kinds - cute, artsy, shaped, etc.
• funky and retro things all make me happy.
• I like sock monkeys of all kinds
• homemade sewn stuffed animals or dolls (from fabric especially, but also knit or crochet)
• bee items
• blank recipe cards
• recipes for low calorie main dishes or side dishes and crockpot meals (I actually prefer recipes to be written or typed on paper, not on cards, since I put them in a binder scrapbook style.)
• store bought Twilight postcards
• gnome items
• notecards with envelopes
• kitchen towels of any color(s) (my kitchen is boring white...sigh)
• tote bags
• zip bags
• Ruby Gloom things
• Emily the Strange things
• blind box items (opened or not...your doubles, for instance)
• anything I can use for bento (decorative picks, dividers, small cute containers, rice molds, egg molds, etc.)
• serving trays
• all kinds of dishes
• rick rack - all sizes/colors
• wine charms - mismatched singles are great; it doesn't have to be a set
• ribbon grabbies especially with patterned ribbons, but solids are good, too
• charms, embellishments, trinkets
• empty blue bottles (wine, Arizona tea, etc.)
• an empty heart-shaped candy box, any size, but especially large ones
• any holiday or seasonal cupcake papers, regular sized or the smaller ones
• cupcake toppers - handmade or not
• figural vases
• zines
• books: anything decent (as in no erotic or hate-type books) They can be used, but in good condition, please.
• a white-out pen
• Our Lady of Guadalupe items
• stencils (used or home made is fine)
• embroidery thread, especially green and white, but any color is good.
• vintage vinyl dolls
• doll clothes (for 6" - 18" vinyl 'toddler' (non-baby) dolls and for Barbies/Kens), especially vintage or handmade doll clothes.
• miniatures 1:6 scale (like Barbie sizes) or 1:12 scale (for petite Blythe types) - scale doesn't have to be totally accurate - either bought items or crafted from clay or re-purposed items.
• I like jewelry, and my ears are pierced. My favorite styles are ethnic, organic, Celtic, and/or big and chunky, or unusual styles (zippers, charms, etc.) bracelets, earrings and necklaces mostly.
• homemade soap
• figural/guest soaps
• Celtic motif things
• anything 'tree' themed
• tree of life theme
• faerie lore
• faerie themed things that are not frilly or girly-girl, all kinds of fae such as goblins, elves, etc.
• religious art of all faiths
• anything with the initial 'W'
• anything 'artsy'
• small bottles of acrylic paint, any color
• eyeglasses cords or whatever they are called. Usually strings of beads that connect to each side of your glasses, so you can take them off and they hang around your neck. Any style or color.
• pillowcases, homemade or store bought, any color or print. Can be only one or a set.
• Re-ment items (doesn't have to be a set; single pieces are fine)
• Woodsy embellishments and things like leaves, trees, acorns, etc. (not real ones)
• collage sheets and images (many are offered free for printing on Flickr)
• altered boxes
• anything Frida Kahlo
• decorative garden doo-dads
• I LOVE Little Red Riding Hood Items
• Gift cards to Walmart or HEB or Amazon
• Any little doll (not dotees) or action figure or animal
• Heart shaped rocks (found, not made and polished)
• I have no problem with thrifted stuff in good condition.

Dislikes

• Disney items
• teas or coffees or drink powders
• gummy candy
• sour or tart candy
• licorice candy
• Dotee dolls
• Not really into bling, girly-girl, animal prints, furry stuff, glam, etc.

My favorite colors

Greens, reds, and mostly dark, bright (but not neon) or jewel tones, as opposed to pastels, for most things. I also love plaid!

Halloween Preferences:

I love Halloween!!! But not bloody, gory, devil or anti-Christian (like upside down crosses, etc.). I'm not crazy about ouija boards either.

My favorites are:

• Pumpkins, bats, black cats, owls, ravens/crows, jack-o-lanterns, or other "veggie people"

• Vintage look type of style is cool, too.

• I LOVE altered vintage photos used for Halloween things...like witch hats on people, etc.

• Skeletons, both regular ones and Dia de los Muertos style

• Flat cardboard type decorations and orange or black crepe paper streamers

• Halloween papers

• Cloth ribbons in orange and black prints

• Orange or black rick-rack, lace or braid.

• Halloween collage sheets or collage elements...there are many free ones offered on Flickr.

• Ruby Gloom or Emily the Strange things

• creepy or twirly limbed tree items

• cemetery, grave or tombstone themed things

• metal embelishment pieces

• Most things, barring the things I said I don't like at the top of this catagory.

Christmas Preferences:

I don't think there is anything Christmas-y that I would dislike, except the spelling of Christmas as 'Xmas', or anything off-color. Favorite themes would be...

• Nativity (or any part of it)

• Posada

• Elves

• Vintage look

• Christmas collage sheets or various collage elements.

• etc.

WAITING FOR SWAPS & TAGS

• Ashlee03 - Profile Surprise in trade for Tamagotchi v.3 (10/15) (FLAKED)

• Banshee - Halloween Tag - black cat (9/21 ... mailed 10/3 from Brazil, she said. It never arrived.)

• Japanese Flute Music from Phoenyx (Never Sent, but still trying to make it up)Over a year later... FLAKED)

• sock monkey from Magasary (FLAKED)

FORUM TAGS TO BE SENT:

• ashlee03 - Pick Two forum tag - apple basket note pad and grapes note pad PLUS Tamagotchi v.3 (SENT 10/15)(Never acknowledged)