Wanda

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, directing and teaching children's religious education, history, cemeteries, blogging, playing video games (Sims2, The Sims2:Pets, Sims Castaway, Viva Pinata, Harvest Moon:Magical Melody, Animal Crossing), playing GoPets online, 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

-books about permaculture and related subjects

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

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, The Amazing Race, Big Brother, Jon & Kate + 8, Little People Big World, 17 Kids and Counting, CSI(Las Vegas), and ER.

My favorite crafts to do

Painting and drawing postcards or 'odd sizes'. I also crochet, but only VERY simple things. 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

• my newest obsession is 'Crazy Bones' - little 1 inch plastic figures. They sell at Walmart in the trading card section:$1.97 a pack (6 figures and 6 stickers, plus a drawstring bag). Even open pkgs or single ones would thrill me! :)
• trading cards of almost any kind (but not sports related)
• ethnic
• folk art
• outsider art
• vintage
• kitschy
• weird
• 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
• gnome items
• tote bags
• zip bags
• 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; not just sets
• the metal circular wires to make wine charms
• ribbon grabbies with patterned ribbons (not solids)
• charms, embellishments, trinkets
• empty blue bottles (wine, Arizona tea, etc.)
• an empty heart-shaped candy box, any size, but especially large ones
• Valentine cupcake papers, regular sized or the smaller ones
• cupcake toppers - handmade or not
• figural vases
• zines
• a white-out pen
• Our Lady of Guadalupe items
• brass(or metal)stencils (used 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 and/or big and chunky (plastic, metal, wood or whatever)bracelets, earrings and necklaces mostly.
• homemade soap
• figural/guest soaps
• 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
• Woodsy embellishments and things like leaves, trees, acorns, etc.
• novelty holiday fabric for any holiday
• fabric with bees on it...or herbs
• altered boxes
• anything Frida Kahlo
• decorative garden doo-dads
• Webkinz charms, card packs or anything Webkinz
• I LOVE Little Red Riding Hood Items
• Blank note cards
• Almost any Bible-based children's items - books, figures, games, puzzles etc. Things that could be used in a Sunday School situation.
• Gift cards to Walmart or HEB
• Any little doll or figure
• 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

My favorite colors

Greens, reds, and mostly dark, bright 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 evil looking things. My favorites are:

• Pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, or other "veggie people"

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

• 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

• 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)

• sock monkey from FlouncyPenguin (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)