• 10-20-09 I've had my thyroid removed due to tumors on both sides. A few rounds of treatment and I should be all good by the end of the year. Just very, very tired all of the time. Due to this, I may not be as "chatty" as I usually am on here! However, I "am" still here..just quietly observing!

To my potential partners: It's that time of the year again! We've fired up the wood burners. I will do my best to keep my projects from smelling like fire wood~although the one wood burner is very close to my craft room.

Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened~Dr. Suess"

Note to my partners Although extras are truly appreciated, it is not necessary! I rate on the item you send for the swap! I have so many supplies at the moment that I am trying to use up! Thank you for the thought though!

About Me:

♥ Mom to Five ♥

♥ Gramma to One ♥ Gramma at 38 ♥ Homebody ♥ Prefer Crafty Shopping to Clothing Shopping ♥ Wizard of Oz ♥ Coffee Lover ♥ Willy Wonka (old version) ♥ Gone with the Wind ♥ Broadway musicals ♥ Medieval , Victorian & Colonial Time Era ♥ Love sitting on our big front porch watching a good storm ♥ Love the smell of a baby, baking items, homey scents ♥ Vintage Pooh ♥ Purple ♥ Nursery Rhymes ♥

If I had to describe my family in one word it would be Fun! We are all silly, goofy, teasing and are always laughing!

"It's not about Age..It's about Attitude!

So much time and so little to do. Wait a minute. Strike that. Reverse it"~Willy Wonka

♥ I have concluded I have Crafting ADD! Sewing, paper crafts, gluing & pasting, different day~quite possibly different craft!

I am a Teddy Bear and Cloth Doll Artist but some of my "other" addictions include:

♥ Crocheting ♥ Quilting ♥ Scrapbooking ♥ ATCs ♥ Chunky Pages ♥ Felt food ♥ Felt Stuffies ♥ Sculpting with Polymer Clay ♥ Skinny cards ♥ Soap making

♥ ANYONE who wants an idea what to send me~I am ADDICTED to Kinder Happy Hippos!

• Please let me know if I do something wrong BEFORE rating me, and I will do my best to fix it! Thanks!*

♥ Stampington Altered Stamps - Like these

♥ Alice in Wonderland~I especially love the vintage images

♥ Etsy favorites are always appreciated

♥ Vintage storybook illustrations, nursery rhymes, photos of children, postcards

♥ Postcards! Mapcards! Either written on & mailed to me~or new ones for me to use!

♥ I LOVE Reese eggs, pumpkins, trees, hearts OR Peanut Butter M&M's (not peanut!)

♥ Vintage or Nursery Rhyme themed Chunky pages, Postcards OR ATCs

♥ Purple, light green, pastel colored fabric/charm squares

♥ Quilting Supplies

♥ LOVE fabrics - mostly pastel, soft colors, warm colors, not really into bright, flashy colors

♥ Skinny cards with a Vintage, Alice in Wonderland, or Zetti Theme!

♥ I love Zetti styled , artwork, especially Zetti Fairies, children, etc.

Fabric! I LOVE IT!!

I love fabric!! Whenever I'm in the fabric store, I have to touch all of the fabric!!

Fabric choices are normally:

• soft pastels
• polka dots
• when in doubt..any shade of purple/lavender is perfect!
• love brown/pink combo and brown/blue combo

I can always use:

• 5 inch charm squares
• 2.5 inch charm squares
• Fat Quarters
• nursery rhyme fabrics
• LOVE 1930's repro prints
• civil war repro prints

"We are the music-makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams"..~Willy Wonka~

♥ Nice people ♥I love GIVING more than receiving ♥ I LOVE random acts of kindness ♥ My little Silky Macy who is such a tomboy & thinks she is a Pit Bull

"If anybody had told me how much fun grandchildren are, I'd have started with them first!"

• I am highly allergic to bees~but I love Honey Pots!
• I dislike snakes/bats
• I have a strange aversion to honeycombs
• I love to label things (can u say anal retentive lol)
• I LOVE ziploc baggies (big or little-weird, huh!) HOWEVER due to them being so bad for the environment..I am trying my hardest to switch to fabric-reusable baggies!
• I am a stuff hoarder~aka pack-rat!
• I do not like tea but I love tea pots!

I do angel my own swaps that I host, but sometimes it does take me a little while, so please be patient with me!

Angel packages I need to send:

• @kupkake - Nursery Rhyme dotee
• @proudnana - Nursery Rhyme dotee
• @NaughtyElf and @Moominbrooke - angel for @Sunnie (Celtic Knot ATC) (sent 8/24/09)

Tags I need to send:

Please Note I definately re-use packaging, so don't be surprised if you get a package from me mailed in a Pop-Tart box, Cereal Box, or any other strange package!!

Tags I never Received:

• Quick I need tag: Vintage Images from @AngelaMariex3 This was angeled by tangledthreads and she went above and beyond with the wonderful images that she sent to me Thank you AGAIN Michelle!!
• What is it tag: matchbox from @AngelaMariex3
• Dear Swap Bot Santa tag: @redring

Swaps sent but waiting for ratings: (This isn't a name & shame, it is so that I can archive my swaps, but keep track of swaps I've not been rated for!)

• Private Swap w @marmot (sent Nov. 6, 2008)
• Private Teddy Bear Whimsey jar w @dukiegal (sent Dec. 30, 2008) According to DC SHE received this on January 2, 2009.
• Postcards Around the World : @Bettybohemain - waiting for rating.
• 7 July Postcards - @karentronier ; @daarhon - waiting for rating
• Dark and Stormy Night ATC @steppystep

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