aonbelay

I'm a southern California girl and I swear I run on solar power. I love a good thunder storm, but since we don't get those out here, the crappy gloomy days bring me down.

I am super sarcastic and love anyone (or anything) with a good sense of humor. My life could be described as eclectic, I love a little bit about everything. Things that might be off putting to some people don't really bother me. Jocks, history buffs, travelers, nerds, geeks, drag queens, punks,homosexuals, artists, actors, you name it I'm friends of them all!

I just started work at a very busy company, but I like what I do and that's got to be worth something. I'm very single and don't have kids, but I am far from lonely. I have tons of interesting friends and a great family (guess I should visit them more huh?).

When I'm not working I love venturing to day festivals. I love the renaissance faire and feel compelled to get a new costume piece every year. I also love red wine and any and all accessories having to deal with the experience.

It's sounds weird to say, but I love snail mail. I send some of my friends snail mail often and the results are always fantastic. I am so busy these days that I don't often have time to get together with my artsy type people and get inspired. I thought this place would help to give me a boost!

I have always been a scrapbooker (even before it was considered the "in" thing to do) and I spend most of my time nowadays on other people's projects. Most of my art ends up as gifts. I feel weird keeping it all to myself (except for the scrapbooks of my photos). I'm a crafting goddess and love to create! I like doing paper bag albums because they are fun and quick, and this has lead me to do more 8x8 albums. Somehow they are less daunting than the 12x12.

I watercolor, but only when my muse decides to visit (it isn't very often). Anything I create otherwise never seems to turn out right. I have a passion for painting nudes and have kept a few to hang on the walls.

I do a little bit of toll painting (probably not even spelling it right) because it's fun to make pretty gifts. So any paint/paint sets or wooden pieces like: frames, bird houses, boxes etc. would be great!!

I love photography and just about all mediums except rubberstamping. I just never really got into dealing with ink and the mess.

I have done embroidery in the past. Not needlepoint or cross stitch, but more of my own thing. I love making flowers with silk ribbon, but it takes a lot of time and effort and these days that just doesn't sound appealing.

I'm trying my hand at some doll making, and it's all done by hand as I don't own a sewing machine. They don't always come out as planned, but I put a lot of love into them.

I just found out about ATC's (I must have been under a rock) and thought it was such an awesome idea!

My favorite colors (in no order): Rust, blue, turquoise, white, lavender, pink, chocolate and black.

Favorite Scents: Vanilla, violet, rose, peppermint, lemon

As far as crafting goes: -3-D and chipboard embellishments, -Tags -fun stickers -Blank cards (any kind) -blank post cards -book marks -color combos: chocolate brown with baby pink or blue, blue and green -card stock -anything: DCWV, basic grey, Jolee's, K & Company -I LOVE coordinating paper and embellishments -bold colors -zig memory system 2 way glue -collage style themes -geometric stencils -brads -scrapping flowers -anything Disney -Did I say I love coordinating paper and embellishments?

I love the outdoors and I'm a sucker for lush gardens. Right now my green thumb is restricted to 3 happy house plants (apartment living can be a bitch eh'?).

Some random stuff: I like Lavender (the plant, color and smell) and also the smell of vanilla. Elephants, owls and bears are my favorite animals, but lobsters make me laugh. I love flowers, red wine, the renaissance period, the 40's and 50's, swing dancing, pin-ups, poetry (all types), fairies/mermaids, fairy tales (my favorites: Cinderella, the little mermaid and sleeping beauty), bold colors, quizzes, post cards, dark chocolate, tea in any form or flavor (except spice and orange), kit-kat bars, tiny size chicklets (in the yellow packs), and western stuff (cowboy hats, horses & boots etc).

I'm totally into elemental stuff like suns/moons, crystals, and natural woods and stones. My favorites are amethyst, turquoise and rose quartz. I think the mind is a powerful thing and I'm really into "the Secret" right now.

I'm not big into pasty pastels (think 80's) or plaid patterns and I can't stand eyelets!!! I'm really not into wedding, baby, barn yard animals,religious crosses, Angels, or anything super goth as far as craft themes go.

Clowns and Daddy long legs scare the bejeebers out of me (or anything else with long crawly legs!). White chocolate and gummie candies rank up there with meatloaf and cottage cheese (not that these are things that would be shipped, but still!).

I've just started, but I do a lot of correspondence and it's always shipped out as soon as possible! If you don't get your item within 2 weeks of the SEND date, please email me ASAP and we'll figure it out.

I LOVE TO READ!!! Favorite authors: James Rollins, Douglas Preston, Janet Evanovich (plum series only), brothers grim, Karen M. Morning, and the rift war series by Feist

Books: The time traveler's wife (so good), green darkness, swan song, Linors, The secret, interview with a vampire, the giver, trashy romance novels that take place in the renaissance era, the joy luck club.I also just started reading the fever series by Karen Morning and so far I'm in love!

I have a large variety of movies i like: 300!!!!,40 year old virgin, office space, the emperor's new groove, Fried green tomatoes, 50 first dates, the quiet man, the matrix, a tree grows in Brooklyn, joe dirt, the cowboys, Jarhead, The Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty,A League of Their Own, When Harry Met Sally, gone with the wind, Joe vs. the volcano, kung-fu movies, pretty much any thing that has John Wayne in it, the searchers, Anne of green gables (the first 4 tapes), romy and michelle's high school reunion, clueless, euro trip, deep impact, Shakespeare in love, The sound of music, Ever after, The little Mermaid, Beauty and the beast, Cinderella, Sleeping beauty (what can I say? I'm a kid at heart), grapes of wrath, under the Tuscon sun.....