dulcimer

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I am married with 2 children and 4 grandchildren.
I teach children with special needs.

I have an eclectic nature and I am a hippie at heart

I love silver jewelry such as Stacking rings and rings made out of vintage spoons. Steampunk jewelry, earrings(hoops and dangles) ,bangles and charm bracelets.

I love earth tones and jewel tones~ the combination of red brick and ochre yellow, sapphire blue and sunflower yellow like the colours of Tuscany and Provincial

I love vintage,antiques,country,farmhouses,quilts,apothecary and mason jars,chippy paint,rust & things that are a little "funky" to some

I AM NOT INTO DISNEY OR KAWII OR ANYTHING OVERLY CUTE OR SWEET but I do love the CLASSIC POOH (JUST NOT DISNEY)

Because I teach young children I adore reading the classic fairy tales to them. I love the art work from these books. I am not a Disney fairy tale lover though.

I lust after little wooden boxes or dressers with lots of tiny little drawers

I adore shopping and lurking in thrift shops, antique stores and flea markets

I love the work of Klimt and Monet and the Group of Seven. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Ephemera is the window into our past
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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about dancing in the rain ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I give lots of hearts, but not for extras." Hag 53

Ones idea of wonderful may not be thought the same by your partner. Hearts are given because the receiver thinks the swap is wonderful not the sender. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sometimes greed just takes over.
I have always thought this site was to create and exchange for the love of arts and crafts. It would be nice to venture back to that way of swapping.

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I love doing mixed media art

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handmade note cards/postcards

knitting

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These will be re-gifted

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I didn't imagine I needed to be specific about what* I don't desire*, need or want but I was wrong.

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Kawaii

grungy primitives

stickers

Neon bright and candy apple shiny colours (fabric)

gnomes & clowns and big eyed dolls

little girl things in cotton candy pink

Disney anything

random rubber stamps

anything made with beads

paper ephemera ~ unless specified ~ I have way more than I can use

ribbons

fake flora & fauna

paper napkins

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quilt

crochet

Crazy quilt

needle felt

I live in Canada where mail delivery is notoriously S---------L---------O-------------W

(even slower than that)

Please be patient.

rubber stamps ~ unusual backgrounds and eclectic shapes or found object type

stamp pads (no black or neon or bright colours please) & embossing powder

Vintage looking labels ~ ( the real stuff is good too ;o)

swap cards

address labels

fat quarters

fibers

molds(for resin cast)

beach glass

vintage (looking) lace medallions, velvet scraps of fabric and antique(looking) trim~ all for my crazy quilting

Diamond Glaze

personalized swap cards and address labels

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paper,paper and more paper

miscellaneous rubber stamps

ephemera

ribbon, buttons and fabric / silk flowers in various sizes