Beckster

I live in the country with my husband, two adult sons and a variety of cats and dogs. My hobbies include reading, gardening, papercrafting,jewelry making, polymer clay crafting and crocheting.I've just started sewing and enjoy trying to recycle old things into new...

I work in an office during the week so Swap-bot and crafting help me keep my sanity. I'm a right brained person working in a left-brained job (accounting)...I'm still trying to figure out how that happened :).

I love my 4 dogs...Rudy, Lieben, Buddy and Max. Most of the pictures in my photo album are of them. Luckily my husband and boys love them too so there's no hard feelings!

My activities/ hobbies include playing pickleball once or twice a week. (You can google it if you're really interested!). I play the clarinet in the college band. I've been playing since I was 11 and I still love it! One of my newer activities is training dogs at the local animal shelter. I really love spending a few hours with my canine friends after a long day at the office....they love me even when I'm crabby! I'm also learning a few tricks to use on my own "badly behaved and spoiled rotten" dogs.

My favorite books are thrillers and fantasy type books. My favorite authors are: John Grisham, Dan Brown, James Patterson. My favorite books are the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit. I also like Harry Potter and own all the books. I collect bookmarks and actually use them! I appreciate all kinds but particularly love hand made ones. I've been trying to read the books listed in "1001 books you must read before you die"

Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Old Black and White movies. I've just started building my DVD library. I'm interested in chick movies, kids movies, action, thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi movies. Burned movies are ok with me.

Reading, painting and drawing, paper crafts, altering anything, jewelry making, polymer clay crocheting and sewing.

I've recently started making Dottee dolls and row houses.

I have a bunch of Decos that I'm working through and need to send on. If you're interested in trying to send these Decos home; send me a pm and I'll send you some!

I love dogs and collect dog stuff, particularly Doberman Pinscher and German Shepherd. I also collect frogs and unique, whimsical pens.

I love aprons and vintage kitchen decor. I've recently changed the colors in my kitchen to orange, yellow and pink...with lot of white to tone it down! Anything in those colors would be wonderful! I particulary love crocheted and knitted dishcloths. I love to collect other peoples altered creations, art dolls, ATC's, etc. Anything handmade by someone is extra special to me.

I've realized lately that I've become a compulsive scent collector. Anything and everything that smells good...I have more perfume samples than I'll use in the next 10 years...AND I STILL WANT MORE!!!

I love bright colors, rainbows and flowers.

Bright and cheery, sparkly and glittery make me happy.

I collect altered letter B's. I have a wall that is covered in B's...I could always use more! Also, any thing with my name on it!

I love artdolls, altered tins, altered books, decos, atc's, inchies,chunky pages , row houses....anything! Oh yes, the supplies to make any of those things too.

Anything Girly! I like hand lotions and shower gels. Lipgloss and balms too - any flavor.
I am allergic to sunscreen, so anything bath/body/makeup oriented needs to be without sunscreen. I also love to try perfume samples. Some of my favorite scents were discovered from a perfume sample someone gave me. I enjoy beaded jewelry...bracelets and anklets are my favorites. I also like neat/cute bags. I love the re-usable shopping bags...I use them for everthing except shopping! Hair accessories...nail polish

Like I said before...anything doberman pinscher is absolutely cherished!

I love paper....journals, notebooks, stationary, wrapping paper, fun post-it notes and memos to use at work.....I can't get enough paper!

I like paints, brushes, pens, pencils, nice drawing paper and sketchbooks. I've recently started drawing and painting. I find it to be really relaxing....It helps me think

Dogs, zetti, nature, frogs, landscapes, vintage, flowers, cats, (any animal really), anything featuring my name or the letter B, Bright and sparkly, whimsical I'm not really into anything dark, political or too serious.

My favorite foods are salty snacks. Sunflower seeds (salted but not flavored) are a favorite! Chips and Salsa are a close second!

Mexican food is one of my favorite foods. Luckily, there are lots of mexican restaurants here in California! I'm always looking for the perfect Hot Salsa recipe...I haven't found it yet.

I'm not much of a cook but trying to improve my collection of family favorites. I love receiving soup recipes. Also, quick and easy, recipes are always appreciated since both my husband and I work full time.

My favorite dinner would be pasta with some kind of interesting sauce. Our favorite right now is fresh chopped tomatoes, basil and garlic in olive oil. Served over pasta with shredded parmesean on top. Simple and quick...see what I mean? I'm not a vegetarian but I don't eat alot of meat. It's just not one of my favorite foods.

I love cheese! Any kind of cheese. I've never met a cheese that I didn't like!

I'm not a coffee drinker but I love tea! I drink it in the morning and throughout the day.

I'd love to start cooking more. I'm intimidated by recipes with alot of ingredients but would like to be an adventurous, good cook some day!

ATC's, Chunky book pages, dotee dolls, rolos, surprises, amigurumi, inchies, altered things, craft supplies, postcards, row houses.

I'm trying to limit my swapping to art related items; not items that I'd have to go out and shop for.

If you'd like to do a private trade for anything I make, just send me a pm. I'm open to private swaps.

I've never seen a whimsy jar. I'd like to try to make one sometime.

I'm still fairly new with the whole sewing thing. I'd like to try some easy sewing patterns. I've made a bookmark, a couple of handbag linings and a few dotees. I'd like to graduate to things I can wear!

making soaps and fragrances

felting

knitting

painting...watercolor and acrylics. I've started learning a little about watercolors. I still have a long way to go!

drawing... same as the painting. I've started but need a lot of practice

Making an art journal

Altered playing cards...I can't figure out how to make everything stick!

Fabric postcards and ATC's

polymer clay...I've done some sculpting but haven't tried many of the other techniques. I'd like to learn to make and use canes.