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Me and My Family

-I live in South Texas, where it is WAY too humid to be normal. I am a substitute teacher and one-on-one aide for SpEd kids. My job is very fulfilling, and I want to become a full-time art teacher one day, this is a great way to open doors! I have a morbid sense of humor, I am a pessimist, I am sarcastic. I put extreme effort into my swaps, I expect my partners to do the same. I usually tailor to my partner's profile. I usually rate swaps at the end of the week unless something needs to be addressed. I am up for private swaps if we share interests or can mutually benefit.

-I have a fiance, "J" , he is pretty darn awesome and I love him to bits. we met in high school and have been hooked since. We have been together five years now. He enjoys drawing, music and playing video games. His favorite anime/mangas are: rurouni kenshin, naruto, and one piece. He loves Bon Jovi, Train, Dir en Grey and Relient K. He takes commission work for drawings. Pm me for details.

-I have 3 mice, all female. I also own 1 cat, male. his name is Demon, and rightfully so :) He is like a child to me. I bottle fed him from 4 weeks old because he was abandoned, and the runt. He is a gorgeous gray cat, with a tuft of white hair on his chest. He looks somewhat like a Korat and a Russian Blue. Pics of him on my flickr, under "graphics" folder. He enjoys the weird rubbery toys from the quarter machines, not sticky, just rubbery. He picks them up with his paws and throws them into the air....weird I know.

Hobbies

-Oh I have so many hobbies....

• ATCS, journaling, photography, clay, scrapbook, smashbook, painting, sculpting, sleeping, eating, collage, drawing, altering barbies, painting my nails, altering books, making necklaces out of weird miniatures, altering other stuff...

Things & Themes I Enjoy

-Books:

• Harry Potter, Alice in Wonderland, Art Books, Romance, Scary (Stephen King etc) Erotic Novels, Crystal Books, Wiccan Books, Mythology, Fairy Tales, Cthuhlu, Deep Sea Books.

-Shows/Movies:

• House M.D., Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, Frozen Planet, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Dexter's Lab, Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors, Bob's Burgers, SuperJail, Robot Chicken, NCIS, Law & Order SVU, Once Upon A Time, Secret Life, Switched At Birth, The Omen, Hard Candy, Juno, Invader Zim, Emily the Strange.

-Comics:

• Batman, Bizenghast, Fruits Basket, Freezing, Joker, Spiderman, The Demon Ororon, Chobits, Legal Drug, FLCL, XXXHolic, Tsubasa Chronicles.

-Music:

• My Chemical Romance,Blue October, Eminem, P!nk, Katy Perry, 3 Doors Down, Ludo, Kimya Dawson, The Kinks, The Moldy Peaches, Fall Out Boy, The Used, Silverstein, Panic! At The Disco, Relient K, Jeffery Lewis.

-Colors:

• purple, blue, black, grey, white, red, orange (browns are ok when it is vintage themed).

-Foods:

• bacon, cheese, asparagus, gummy candy, peppered beef jerky, cupcakes, pie, sour candy, steak, seafood, bacon, Bacon, BACON.

-Animals:

• octopus, squid, nautilus, jellyfish, ctenophores.

-Themes:

• vintage, steampunk, old medical, under the sea, woodland (mushrooms, moss etc) tim holtz (or similar) anything with tentacles pretty much, vintage vampire kits or paraphernalia, cthulhu, alice in wonderland, mario (8 bit).

Private Trade Information

-Please view my flickr to view items that are up for trade as well as past work and swaps.

I Offer

• etsy inspired handmade items

• kawaii

• vintage ephemera

• altered books

• altered altoid tins

• TP journals

• handmade polymer jewelry charms

• paintings

• altered barbies/dolls

• ATC

• random envies

• postcards

• destash

• atc starter kit

• tim holtz themed stuff

I Would Like

• etsy faves, or inspired/very similar items

• old usa coins and paper money

• old/new foreign coins and paper money

• cameos (old or new)

• tiny glass bottles

• binder rings standard size

• clean/empty altoid tins

• clean/used/flattened toilet paper tubes

• octopus anything (realistic or vintage, no cartoons, kawaii is ok)

• cthulhu items

• pages from japanese books

• alice in wonderland anything (vintage and original design welcome, please no kawaii or disney)

• tim holtz (especially distressing inks)

• brads,trinkets, things in vintage/tim holtz style

• gears/cogs/watch parts

• tiny mirrors

• exacto blades

• E6000 glue

• glue dots

• micron black pens

• sharpies (all colors)

• hi my name is tags (all colors/languages)

• nice pair of scissors

• interesting crystals/rocks/gems/semiprecious gemstones (rough and unpolished if possible) (any real opal of any color would be too amazing)

• fossils, clean animal bones

• alcohol inks, distressing inks, antiquing inks

"J" Would Like

• micron/copic black liner pens or brush pens

• nice leather sketchbooks

• rurouni kenshin, naruto, one piece

• leatherworking tools

• white chocolate

• dr pepper stuff

• japanese candy/ fabric prints

• ninja/samurai stuff

• sinew thread for leatherworking

Demon Would Like

• rubbery toys from quarter machines (not sticky)

• foil cat toys

• cat treats

• crochet mice

  no catnip please, he won't play with it at all

Jewelry & Body Products

Ears: I wear ear plugs of a size 0g.

Neck: I love semi precious gemstones (especially rough) weird/unusual, handmade/ vintage and quirky charms to put on ball chain necklaces.

Wrist: I do not wear bracelets.

Finger: I do not wear rings very often, but i do love odd ones, size 9.

Body Products: I have highly sensitive skin, therefore handmade/organic is all that I use.

-I enjoy these smells:

• lemon, mint, lavender, tonka, jasmine and morning glory, cucumber melon, cucumber, sandalwood and other musky scents.

-Please do not send lotions, or anything of these scents:

• plumeria, cocoa, flowery, fruity, apple, grape, pear.

-Nail Polish: I cannot resist a good polish:

• seche vite, crackle/blasted, glitter, foil, nail stickers, purples, oranges, greys, blacks, whites,reds, blues, greens.

-Please no:

• tans, brown, beige, pinks, maroons, cheap polish. (basically neutrals)

Please No

• kawaii unless it is: milk, awa chan, jellyfish, octopus or that weird kawaii poop things

• hello kitty, I despise her

• catnip, my doofus cat is straight edge >.<

• christian/religious things unless they are wiccan/pagan/la muerte

• pink vomit, in other words please don't make pink the focal point, it's ok in small doses. I do not enjoy overly girly things, I am a tomboy

• non-secure glitter, it is annoying and my cat tried to lick it up :(

• non-organic body stuff because of sensitivities

** ONE LAST NOTE **

Thanks for taking the time to actually read this profile, I hope to swap with you one day!