blessedtwox

Hi! I'm Ashley, I'm 25! I'm from ohio-cleveland area. I'm married to Jason, August 29, 2009. I have a 6 yr old daughter and 1 yr old son! They are my entire world! I have a big family, 3 brothers and 2 sisters. And now have a niece, Luna Rose, born August 13, 2011 and a nephew, Dahmanic born May 14, 2012. I love being an aunty!

I work part time and just started school in January! I'm finally going back to school to get my dream career as a nurse started!

I'm not really artistic, but I'm very creative, and I have really cool ideas. But since I'm not artistic, I sometimes have a hard time translating those ideas to paper.

LIKES:

• Pink is my favorite color
• I like just about any other color
• I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the peace sign!
• ATCs!
• Cool, unique ATC making supplies
• Organization tips, supplies, etc
• I love the pittsburgh steelers football team!
• Old calendars that I can make into envies, fbs, or can use for ATCs
• Pretty much any kind of ephemera(sp?)
• The saying "live, laugh, love"
• tattoos
• mandala colorings/coloring sheets (they help me relax).
• I have a new found love of zentangles!
• anything how-to/instructional for crafts
• anything religious (but don't try to convert me please)
• hummingbirds, they remind me of my grandma.
• anything sock monkey, so cute!
• kawaii has taken hold of me!
• frogs, more fake cutesy than realistic though
• anything vintage (either actual or vintage looking), I really like the look.
• I also swap slams, sticker slams, goodie bags, stamp bags, pretty much any kind of bags. I will always take excess of these!

DISLIKES: Nothing right now. If I get anything I don't like I will find someone to pass it on to and it really is difficult to offend me. However, anything sexist or racist or discriminatory in any way I do find extremely offensive. I have very strong views on certain things, and I get very compassionate about them. One thing I really dislike is intolerance.

My daughter, Tatyana, is 6 yrs old. She is in first grade. She was born October 19, 2006. She is your typical girly girl. She likes anything pink, or purple. She likes barbies, babies, my little pony or just ponies in general, care bears. She loves stickers and coloring. She will keep herself busy for HOURS with some paper and stickers.

Braylon Stephen came into this world October 27, 2011! My first son, and I'm so excited and nervous at the same time for the adventures ahead of me!

My hubby makes fun of my swap-bot addiction but its because he just doesn't understand just how absolutely amazing it is here! And I think he's jealous, secretly of course. So, if you're feelin froggy and wanna put something in for him, that's what this is for. Or, for any swaps I join for SOs or the likes. He love the Chicago Bulls basketball team, favorite bulls player of all time is Michael Jordan (so much so that he wants to name our daughter if we have one jordan michelle). He also likes the Chicago White Sox baseball team, Pittsburgh Steelers football team, Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team, and Michigan college football team (go blue!). He's a handyman who loves learning all about how things work. He also likes anything having to do with being a father or daddy. He loves being a daddy. He isn't the biological father of Tatyana, but he is her daddy. He's been around and has been taking care of her since she was 3 months old. Ummmm...he pretty much likes most things "manly" or sportsy. He's pretty easy to please. Oh, except cars, he never really got into them, except doing model cars. That's all for now folks!

I'm Catholic. I strongly believe in this, but I have never and will never try to convert anyone or push my beliefs on them. I respectfully request that you do the same for me. I respect everyone's beliefs and I'm the type of person that actually loves to learn about other cultures, beliefs and religions. I will NEVER put somebody's religion or beliefs down. Please don't put mine down.

I like most kinds of books. The only ones I don't really like are comic and history. There might be more and I will add as I think of more or come accross ones I don't like. Some of my favorite authors are nora roberts (writing as j.d.robb too), john grisham, nicholas sparks, danielle steele, steven king, and again I'm sure there are more and I will add as I go along. I love the twilight saga!!

I love reality TV like America's Next Top Model and Jersey Shore. I also like shows like True Blood, 90210, Community, Family Guy, The Following. And I watch random shows on the diy network and hgtv like house hunters.
I also love, love, love The Walking Dead!!

I like crafts where I can be as creative as possible. I'm still a beginner-ish at making ATCs and APCs. I'm also newish to Zentangles, and I'm love, love, loving them. I pretty much love any kind of papercrafting, the more different the better. I have beginners sewing skills and no sewing machine, so I don't do much of that. Never could quite get the hang of crocheting and knitting, no matter how many times my grandma tried teaching me. I love doing anything with my daughter, like cards, coloring, or any other fun projects I can find.

I will always rate!! If I haven't rated you yet, and you think it's been long enough for me to recieve your package, send me a quick message reminding me. Also, for any swaps I host, I will ban any users I want to. If you haven't logged on recently, I will ban you. If you don't have a profile filled out, I will ban you. If you have any swaps you are late on, I will ban you. If you don't like it, don't sign up for my swaps. I would rather have a couple people mad at me for banning them, than to have people flaked on in my swaps.

FLAKER WALL OF SHAME:
@love2teach for Scentsy Swap she is back and actively swapping with absolutely no acknowledgement of this not arriving. Very disappointing that people still let her swap with a 1 by someone who is still active here.

Please no stickers for me right now, I have SO many, I am up to my ears in stickers. (My daughter will always enjoy stickers, so if you've got extra to send, I'm sure she would enjoy them.)