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dogfishsmum09

dogfishsmum09
Date Joined: March 31, 2008
Last Online: November 7, 2009
Birthday: August 3, 1945
Country: ENGLAND
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About Me

I have just been looking through my SENT items and have sadly had to archive 15 swaps which were Not received, this makes me sad and more than just a little annoyed, I take a lot of time for each swap I send and thought when I joined swap-bot that alloted partners would do the same.. this is not the case and some swaps I have received have been very much thrown together..I'm not into listing the names of these people because they know who they are, I noticed several had been suspended and one had her account closed, how sad is that? these people will have had nice items from their partners...

My flickr link doesn't seem to be responding if you want to look at my photo's my sign in name is "Mad Mummy" - I am 64 years young, widowed with 3 grown up children, a daughter two sons, two grandchildren, my partner also has two children and 3 granchildren. I'm around 5ft 6+inches..and have been a vegetarian for around 26 years,although not gone as far as being a vegan. I love all animals and I hate cruelty tot hem with a passion, my favourites are dogs, cats and fish. I had two lovely dogs a German Shepherd Kiara who has sadly just this week had to be put to sleep,29.10.09 this has left me with a broken heart I loved her so much, I also have an elderly Labrador Elly along with a stray cat Monkeycat, this combined with a lot of fish in my pond a large aquarium keep me quite busy. I work 3 days a week for a local Hospice charity. I am a widow of 13 years,living with my partner for the last 9 years..

I read a lot, talk a lot more!! love my small garden and pond. Cooking was a great interest to me I have loads of cookery books, with the family moved out I don't cook as I used to, cheesecakes fresh and baked were my speciality. I collect bears also inheriting my mothers collection when she passed away making me a very large collection now. I thoroughly enjoy photography, I'm still learning, I found from my first experience using digital I was totally won over, I upgraded my camera a year ago and carry my older camera in my handbag everywhere I go, having been introduced to flickr by my family I regularly download my photo's, flickr has helped me to improve my ideas and presentation, it has opened up a whole new world for me.on flickr my name is "mad mummy" I learned about swap-bot from trawling through art/crafts photo's on flickr, I have never looked back, it's great. Roses,pansies,daffodils and fuchsia are amongst my favourite flowers, but anything pretty and bright like trailing nasturtium to liven up my garden is good with me.

I used to have many collections, from candlesticks, pigs, porcelain and glassware, but have now been selling or giving a lot of this away, swapbot partners will no doubt receive some of my excess items when we swap, all part of my re-cycling regime..now my collections are of crafting variety.

I have a Dolls house an ebay purchase, I love collecting items for it, I'm looking into ways to make dolls house trimmings, although I'd like to change this house and buy myself a new one, maybe of a more modern era..

I wear long skirts, trousers and jeans only rarely then mainly for work, with plain or floral tops (no frills) I love hand knits most specially Aran patterns, having some still in use that I made 25+ plus years ago. I have hundreds of patterns ranging from dolls and kids clothes a few adults and piles of crochet patterns, I am sending some of these patterns to swap partners when the profiles say they love to knit or crochet, some I have sold on ebay but not with any great success. My favourite colours are red pink mauve/purple red green brown animal prints, I love to wear.. I wear earrings and have pierced ears, love wearing beads necklaces (not chains), earrings and bracelets brooches to match my clothes although nothing expensive then I can change them often, I have also handmade some fabric and bead brooches. Being new to craft work, as in altered matchboxes and ATC cards, I am having fun trying out new ideas, I have promised myself on retirement from work to buy myself a new sewing machine and try my hand at quilting again, which I did many years ago by hand in a small way, I used to do a lot of embroidery and cross stitch before family and work consumed my time, I'm loving the idea of trying new crafts, swap-bot offers a way to share my new found interest, also being such a great way to re-cycle which I am a great fan of.
I will re-cycle envelopes, packaging etc as often as I can, which means you may receive a parcel looking on the outside non too interesting, the contents are important being as good as I can make them..

Favorite Crafts

Now I'm into crafting in a big way it seems, it takes up most of my time in the evenings and other times whenever I can, since starting swap-bot I have a bought so many crafting books I think I will be 150 years old before I get to try everything thats taken my fancy, I am trying to decide to just stick to what I feel more comfortable with, this seems to be mainly anything with fabrics and yarn, I don't seem to have much aptitude for paper crafting my drawing leaves a lot to be desired. I had never heard of Dotee dolls before joining swap-bot, I'm loving making these little pieces of art for partners. Now I have tried Inchies what fun they are, although I have made mine from felt because of my poor papercrafting skills.. So far I've also made a few knitted and felt toys, not having made any since the children were small it's been great to try new patterns. Who'd have thought I'd make fabric and bead brooches? not me for sure. I'm collecting fabrics yarns ribbons lace felt buttons beads embellishments for crafting, quilting and more.

Ratings

bansley rated for destash:6x9 on Nov 7, 2009
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Comment: Oh. My. Goodness. I can not begin to thank you for the destash package you sent! One after another, I pulled out the items you sent and was absolutely thrilled. I LOVE the vintage stuff, especially the atlas of Great Britain. And the THIMBLE! I'm surprised my neighbors didn't come check on me after the squeal I put out over that one. I have never seen anything so perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you. You went above and beyond and were extremely profile-specific. Love it!!
clb0906 rated for Halloween Fairy Button on Nov 1, 2009
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Comment: Love the fairy!! I really like how you put antenna on her. I never thought of doing that. She is really great!!
Response: Thank you so much for the heart rating and for the kind comments, This button fairy just seemed to need to have antenna I've not put them on others I made, but I may do again in the future and if you like the idea have fun with it too, best wishes until we swap again some time with swap-bot, regards Barbara
dorsetdumpling rated for October black & white swap on Oct 25, 2009
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Comment: Ohhhhhhhh! The most amazing package - thank you so much for everything. You matched my profile perfectly and knew exactly what would bring me joy. One of the best swaps so far:)
Response: Thankyou so much for your really lovely comments and for the heart rating and I'm so pleased the swap was good for you, I enjoyed putting it together and until our paths cross again with swap-bot, which I'm sure it will I wish you happy swapping, with kind regards Barbara
jennydives rated for gollie swap on Oct 13, 2009
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Comment: Mr. Jolly came today and what a wonderful Gollie he is! You did an excellent job on him. I'm so proud to have hiim and know that you made him too! Thank you so much!
Response: Thank you so much for the heart rating and for your kind words, I love to think Mr.Jolly has gone to a good home. He has really given me a lot of enjoyment making him. I have promised to make one for myself some time. Until our paths cross again sometime with swap-bot this comes with very best wishes Barbara.
surprisemom rated for Leaf Dotee on Oct 11, 2009
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Comment: Thank you soooo much for this wonderful swap. From the notes and barrel cactus (my fav) on the envelope, to the extras and especially the lovely Autumn, I was blown away by everything. You must have spent a LOT of time making her. I spent 15 minutes looking at her and all the detailed work you did. Just beautiful!!! Thank you so much. :)
Response: I want to thank-you for your lovely words and for the heart rating I'm so pleased you liked the Dotee doll, I really enjoyed the swap and love making Dotee dolls, also I really enjoy finding a little extra for my partners, mostly my parcels travel a long way which means it's worth trying just a little bit harder to make the experience a good one for us all..until we swap again sometime with swap-bot this comes with kind regards Barbara
thebabykitties rated for Green Button Fairy on Oct 10, 2009
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Comment: First I peeked and saw this on your flickr but the photos on that does not do her justice at all! She is perfect and beautiful and I am very lucky to have you as a partner! Then the AMAZING hankies! WOW! They are ALL so perfect for my collection! (and my son's name is Ben) :) It all came packaged in such a nice way too! Thank you!!!!!!!
Response: Thank-you so much for your lovely words and I'm so pleased you liked the fairy, it's always good to know our swaps have gone to a good home. It would be good to swap again sometime with swap-bot, happy swapping, with kind regards Barbara
rplante525 rated for ~*Halloween themed Inchies*~ on Oct 10, 2009
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Comment: Awesome Inchies Barbara.. Love them what a great job.. thanks so much for the pc's also.. Happy Swapping
Response: Thankyou so much for the heart rating Robin, and for the comments, I'm sure we will swap again sometime with swap-bot, until then this comes with best Halloween wishes Barbara
boopgirly rated for ~*Halloween themed Inchies*~ on Oct 1, 2009
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Comment: Barbara, What a great send the inchies are wonderful from the witches pot( I love that one ) to witches in the air. The time effort and skill is appreaciated. The little box you sent them in ,very nice and the bag with all the extras the beads, buttons, charms, brads, ribbon, floss, lace and fabric will all be used before long in my crafting while I sip the wonderful green teas.Thank you so much for everything. You get many many hearts from my little corner of crafting.Love all the Betty decor and the postcard too. I think I will put the card in a frame and use it among my halloween decorations.
Response: Thank-you so much Jeannie for the lovely comments and for the heart, I'm so glad you liked the inchies I love to send just a little something to my swap partners, which is why I find profiles are so important to "get to know" my partner just a little, I'm sure our paths will cross again sometime with swap-bot, from one happy to crafter to another, best wishes Barbara
withlovemeg rated for Felt Brooch on Sep 23, 2009
5
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Comment: Thank you! It's lovely!
Response: Thank you very much for the heart rating, I'm glad you liked the brooch, I'm sure our paths will cross again sonmetime with swap-bot, with best wishes Barbara
VintageVixen rated for Autumn Leaf Inchies on Sep 21, 2009
5
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Comment: Wow! The inchies are so beautiful! They must have taken a lot of work. I also love the extras you sent. Thank you so much!!!
Response: Thank you very much for the heart rating and for the lovely comments, I love spending time on my swaps and if I've made you happy that's great by me, I look forward to swapping with you again sometime with swap-bot, very best wishes Barbara
hollyfly1 rated for Autumn Leaf Inchies on Sep 20, 2009
5
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Comment: wow, words cant express how awesome those inchies are. I am just on cloud 9 right now and will be for a while and everytime I look at these inchies. Thanks so much. And for the other stuff too. The owl and the butterfly bag. O my. I love this package.
Response: Thankyou for the rating and for your lovely words, I still keep on trying to make my inchies on cardstock but I'm just useless at papercrafting and go back to the beads, fibres and felts each time.. you are most welcome to the little extras I like the challenge of finding something for my partners. best wishes Barbara
diamonddew rated for Felt Brooch on Sep 19, 2009
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Comment: Wow, thank you! I love everything in my parcel - what a lovely surprise :) The brooch is gorgeous - such a lot of detail, and beautiful colours! Is that tatting that you've used to decorate it? I'm definitely going to look into how to do that - there's some fab things in that little book you sent me. Thank you as well for the hook and the pretty fabric. You've made my day :D
Response: I hreally want to say thankyou so much for the heart rating and your lovely comments, I'm so glad you liked the brooch, sorry to say I didn't make the little piece of lace on the brooch but do like to add little pieces for interest. I love reading good profiles to give me ideas of little extras to send my swap partners, not for ratings but to extend the hand of friendship even if just for a fleeting moment, with best wishes Barbara
Monklin rated for Purplicious Matchbox 32ct. on Sep 9, 2009
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely matchbox. It is absolutely wonderful! Also, thank you for all the postcards. I love the fact that you put time and effort into your swaps. If I could, I would totally give you more hearts! :3
Response: Thankyou so much for the heart rating and for your lovely comments, it's always good to hear the swap items you make have been well received, I just love to find something in my swap partners profiles to send as an extra, not for points but just to spread friendship..I think well filled profiles help us to know our partners even if it's just for a fleeting time...very best wishes Barbara..
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Comment: omgsh! omGsh! OMGsh!! The picture of Duchess was wonderful but she is even more impressive in person! Thank you so very much! I just love her!!! {Thank you for the brochures about your area. And especially a BIG Thank you! for the beautiful lace table cover. It is beautiful. I feel so blessed to have been entrusted with something from your family!}
Response: Hi Molly I'm playing catch up with my responses to ratings, I seem to spend my life playing catch up with something..lol. thankyou so much for your comments and for the heart rating, it did feel a little like cheating because I had her made already but I'm so pleased you like little Duchess and I'm happy she has a new home...I often pick up brochures with details about what's going on in the area I now live they give more details than I could and having a lot of history here I often find out new things myself... You are most welcome to the tablecover I'm pleased you liked it. Maybe some other time we can swap again.. with very best wishes Barbara
JoyAnne rated for Inchies - Any Theme #2 on Aug 31, 2009
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Comment: What a wonderful package! The inchies are beautiful, the makeup bag is lovely. Such a perfect choice you made for me! The other goodies are awesome! Thank you, thank you!!
Response: Thankyou so much for the heart rating and for the lovely comments, I 'm pleased the inchies were good for you and that I chose a few extras that suited your profile, I look forward to swapping with you again sometime in the future with swap-bot, with very best wishes Barbara
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Comment: What a fantastic parcel and I just adore violet Bev
Response: Thankyou so much for the heart rating and the kind comment, I'm so pleased you liked the Violetta Dotee and maybe we will be swapping again sometime in the future with swap-bot, with best wishes Barbara
Garrent rated for Inchies - Any Theme #2 on Aug 29, 2009
5
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Comment: These are the most beautiful beaded inchies I've ever seen! Thank also for the Celtic extras too!
Response: I'm rather late this time catching up with responding to my ratings, life seems to creep up and catch me unawares now and then, your comments are so kind and thankyou so much for the heart rating it's much appreciated, until we swap again sometime with swap-bot this comes with kind regards Barbara
Terreus rated for Inchies: Beginner or Not on Aug 20, 2009
5
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Comment: beautiful inchies !!! thanks love all the extras specially the papers love them all
Response: I'm rather late catching up with responding to my ratings, life seems to catch me unawares now and then, thankyou so much for the heart rating it is much appreciated, I'm pleased you liked the inchies..very best wishes Barbara
TLCQuilts rated for Amazing Inchies on Aug 17, 2009
5
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Comment: Loved Them!!
Response: I'm rather late catching up with responding to my ratings, life seems to catch me unawares now and then, I'm so pleased you liked the inchies, thankyou so much for the heart rating, best wishes Barbara
reality rated for Inchies: Beginner or Not on Aug 17, 2009
5
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Comment: Thank you very much for the inchies they were really lovely and well made :) Thank you for the extras also
Response: I'm rather late catching up with responding to my ratings, life seems to catch me unawares now and then, thank you so much for the heart rating and and I'm pleased you liked the inchies, maybe our paths will cross again sometime with swap-bot, with regards barbara

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mwquilt on Jul 19, 2009:

Just saw your Flickr photos..your inchies are brilliant!

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