coolmom45

I love to make stuff! I find that I need to create to be happy, no matter what the art or craft form. I surround myself with other fun creative friends who enjoy creating as much as I do. When I am having a tough day, I retreat to my craft room just to be around the things that inspire me.

I love to collect supplies for crafting such as fabric, beads, paper, vintage...I never have enough stuff and I never have enough time to use all this stuff!! I also love to share this bounty with others!
My favorite colors are green and purple and teal and pink (although any bright color is cool), i love ribbons and lace and things that sparkle or look distressed. I like skulls, dogs, sock monkeys, bugs, "grunge", four-leaf clovers, wire, birds (especially cardinals), superheros, anything from the musical "Wicked", coffee, teacups, flowers, dragonflies, ladybugs, butterflies, golf related items, tiny things, shabby chic, metal things, snowmen, fall leaves, fairies, football (Brett Favre is my favorite!), bright colors, bold prints and mixing patterns, fonts, etc. (the more mismatched the better) I love seed beads and natural or semiprecious stones. I am very tactile and want to touch everything i see so the bumpier, fuzzier, shinier the better.

I love paper crafting, making scrapbooks, sewing, jewelry-making, wool-felting, decoupage, altered book making. I am interested in learning how to make art dolls (like on the Joggles website). I am renewing my interest in sewing and have plans for quilts and wallhangings in the future. I have big plans to make all my christmas gifts this year! (It's my favorite holiday!)

anything Stephanie Plum by Janet Evanovich (any book that makes me laugh and guffaw out loud has gotta be good!)

The Stephanie Meyer Twilight series (my sister lives in Port Angeles..Do you know that they actually have a "twilight" store there?)

I love the Charlaine Harris "Sookie Stackhouse" series and have read them all! I even bought the HBO series "Trueblood" based on these books.

I love crafting books of all sorts and have a growing library. Favorite Magazines are Cloth, Paper, Scissors, Quilting Arts magazine and any of the Somerset Studio stuff.

I love The Wedding Singer, Hairspray, Guys and Dolls, Enchanted, Nanny Mcfee, and We Were Soldiers (go figure!)

Favorite TV shows include Glee, Office, 30 Rock, Biggest Loser, Project Runway, and American Idol (when it returns this winter!)

No Straight Lines! and the correlation: No Symmetry!

You fail for sure when you don't even try!

What have you got to lose?

Get over yourself!

I have really enjoyed the wide variety of crafts and things that i can swap on this site! I have learned what dotee dolls are, what fabric charms are, and all kinds of other cool crafts that i didn't even know exist! I can't wait to try my hand in making bottle cap pin cushions! it's so nice to surround myself with so many talented and creative folks!!

bad grammar and poor spelling!

people who can't laugh at themselves!

high heels and lots of makeup!

It bothers me when I spend so much time making something for a trade and the things I get in return look like they only took 5 minutes to make. This has only happened a few times, but I feel cheated. I only hope that the people who have received my items appreciate them for the time that I put into them. I think they do.