craftycrocheter

I AM NOW BACK AND WILL BE GETTING EVERYTHING CAUGHT UP THIS WEEK. THANKS! For those of you who have not seen my profile before, my job is seasonal. I manage a local ice cream stand. I work during the spring and summer months and have the fall and winter off. The store closed for the season, Sun. Sept, 27th. I am sad that work is over for the time being, I enjoy my job for the most part, but I am looking forward to having some free time and to catch up on some of my projects. I will also traveling a bit to visit family.

I am married, my husband's name is Larry. We celebrated our 25th anniversary this July. We will be going on a cruise of Alaska (a dream of mine come true,YEAH), sort of a second honeymoon. The trip is planned for Sept. 2010. Looking forward to it. We have one daughter, her name is Jennifer. She is a college student, studying Advertising Art and Graphic Design. She has finished Community College and has received her Associates degree. She has since transferred to a State University to continue her studies.

We also have two cats, a gray tabby named Sassy, and a long haired black cat named Rascal. There names fit their personalities. We also have one very spoiled dog, named Pepper.

My daughter got me into swapping, she tried several swaps and had fun doing them, and then got me involved and now I'm hooked. Unfortunately my daughter was flaked on quite a bit recently and had stopped swapping for a while. She has slowly started to do a few swaps but is really picky about what she does.

I love crafting and find myself doing that when I should be doing other things, but oh well, stuff will always be there tommorrow.. I would have to say crochet is my favorite craft, but enjoy all types of crafts. I also like to cook and bake, but don't do it as much as I used to. I collect rooster figurines, matroshka dolls (russian nesting dolls), and teapots. My husband also started a squished penny collection for me, he tries to find a machine and bring them back from his trips.

I don't have any allergies. Please if you are a smoker, try to keep your swap items away from the smoke as much possible, I find that the scent of the smoke on things tends to bother me.

I also try to put time and effort into my swaps and I would like to think that my fellow swappers will to do the same. Thanks.

Don't listen to much music these days, but I do like, comtemporary christian music, and some classic rock

I like the old classic movies like, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Chittey Chittey Bang Bang, Wizard of Oz, etc. What can I say they remind me of my childhood, also like the National Treasure movies.

Any shows that have to do with crafting, Numbers, The Mentalist, Phsych, NCIS, Cooking shows, Home improvement shows, and murder/mystery type shows.

I like all crafts and am willing to try someting new, but my favorite is crochet. I like to make doilies, dish cloths, granny squares for afghans and have recently been making amigurumi's. My husband teases and says if "I'm not knittin' I'm not happy." I don't know how to knit, I have tried but just can't seem to get the hang of it. I also like to do embroidery, mostly stamped cross stitch. I like making ATC's, although they never seem to come out as invisioned. I also like the dotte dolls and enjoy making them. I also take a porcelain and china painting class. I also do some sewing, and a little beading.

I like most all colors, am not a big fan of black. I prefer earth tones, but to tend to go for bright colors on occassion. I guess whatever strikes me at the time. I love the colors in fall leaves, reds, oranges, greens, yellows, and browns. Fall is my favorite time of year.

My kitchen is yellow with accents of green and burgandy, that is where all my rooster figurines are.

The dining room and living room are a very light mint green the two rooms connect. They also have accents of rust, and darkers greens and brown. My teapots are displayed in the dining room and my russian dolls are in the living room.

Our family room is an Americana theme, the room is light blue, with other shades of blues and reds. My husband loves flea markets and likes to collect old, odd items. We have alot of them on display, they look really neat, they give the room that feeling of a by gone era.

Our bedroom is shades of peach and green, sort of victorian looking. My Mom is a quilter and I have a beautiful quilt on my bed that she made.

This is for various items that I would like OR things in general that I like:

Yarn - fine cotton for doilies, cottton for dish cloths, and nice acrylic or acrylic blends, for granny squares and amigurumi's, not a yarn snob, all kinds are welcome as I will find a use for them.

Anything to do with crocheting- hooks, patterns, stitch markers,etc.

Amigurumi's - especially if you knit them. I have a penguin, piglet, and owlet(knitted), large bunny, rooster, pig, mouse, a creature that looks kind of like a bear, an owl, a ladybug, a snail, a orange UFO guy, a pink cat (which I made but couldn't part with it) a duckling, a bumblebee, a monkey, a cute green monster with two sets of eyes, a patrioctic red, white and blue bear, a cute little bird in a hot air balloon, a cute cactus plant with a face, a glow in the dark bat, a candy corn, fruit with faces (apple, pear,lemon and orange) "Herbert the Sherbert" ice cream cone, a little pie, two small cupcakes, a cake with a face, and a cup of hot cocoa with a face (all crocheted) I would love to add to my growing collection.

Embroidery floss - I am currently working on an embroidery project and would love DMC floss in these numbers- 3839- (lt. blue) 352- (peach) 3855- (yellow) 3818- (bright green) 966- (lt. green) I have plenty of other colors at this time and really don't need more, but if you send any I will put them to good use

I have a big sweet tooth and would love to try candy and sweets from other countries. I love chocolate, but don't care for cream or liquor filled. Love all Cadbury's chocolates, but especially like Flake bars and Crunchies, also Nestle's Areo bars and Smarties(not the american sweet-tart kind, but the kind similar to M&M,s with the candy outside and chocolate inside) Not a big fan of black licorice flavor.

Swap cards- if you make these I would love some

Buttons- the sew on type, any color or cute designs, I use alot of plain black for eyes on amigurumi's

Cute, fun kitchen gadets

Address labels, I always seem to use alot

Squished Pennies- would love one from you area

Cute note cards and note papers are always welcome

Tea- I am a tea totaler, plain black tea is my favorite, I also like chai tea, and flavored black teas. PLEASE NO herbal or green tea at this time. I don't really drink them that much, and have plenty at the moment. I also enjoy hot cocoa, plain or flavored is fine.

I really enjoy things that are handmade, but useful too. Since I am not a knitter, I would love some knitted items, especially a pair of knitted socks!

I like all holidays and enjoy celebrating them with family and friends. I like things that are traditional, and more cute or whimsical, not really into the odd or bizzare. For Easter I like cute bunny and chicks, also like spring flowers and plants, more pastel or muted colors rather than vibrant. For Halloween I like cute pumpkins ghosts, bats, spiders. Would rather have things that are cute and not creepy. For Thanksgiving, again pumpkins, as well as scarecrows, turkeys, pilgrims, and more fall type items leaves indian corn, gourds, ect. For Christmas I like snowmen, gingerbread houses and people, cute elves, and tradtional or victorian style santas. I have a collection of carved wood, matroyshka style santas.

I am fairly easy to please, and will appreciate whatever is sent (as long as it is not junk) I love surprises, and love having something good in the mailbox (besides all the junk mail and bills) Thank you in advance!

This list is for things that I would rather not receive, with that being said, if you do send me something from the list, I will find a good home for it if I can't use it.

I have no allergies!

Please do not send me your junk, if you have no use for it, what makes you think I would.

Nothing with profanity, nudity or anything obscene.

Pictures or artwork, that has to be hung on a wall, although I appreciate your time and effort put into these, I really don't have any more space to display and enjoy these items.

Things that have heavy fragrances, I am not allergic to them but find that after a while they tend to give me a headache. I don't like scents that try to mimic food, or anything vanilla scented.

Please no coffee, I am a tea totaler, although things that have a mild coffee flavor are okay.

Again please no herbal or green teas, already have plenty and don't really drink them that much.

FOR THE AFGHAN AND GRANNY SQUARE SWAPS! Unless there is a specific color requirement, I would like to receive bright colors, plain or variegated is fine. If you don't have these available PLEASE use what you have in your stash. I would also prefer yarns that are machine washable. I would prefer acrylic or acrylic blends.PLEASE NO WOOL, wool blends are okay, just not 100% wool. Although I like cotton I would also prefer not to have it in granny squares. Thanks.