Hi! Thanks for taking the time and care to read my biography! IF YOU HAVEN"T RECIEVED A TAG FROM ME WITHIN 2 WEEKS PLEASE PM ME!!! Since I try to make even my tags a little special, about two weeks is normal.Thanks! They are easy to forget one, but I try hard not too!!! I have put a lot here, sometimes when I read some profiles, I wish there was more, so I can try to make more choices. So this may be overkill.

• I am a married mom of 3 beautiful sons.Two teen boys,17 and 14, and one 5 year old boy with dwarfism. I am a romantic- shabby chic kinda gal.

I LOVE:

• Glitter

• Rhinestones

• Old or vintage images (copies are fine)

• Pom pom fringe

• Ric-Rac

• Cupcakes and vintage cake picks

• Vintage nut cups: the plastic and crepe paper type

• Vintage Hankies

• Crepe paper in sheets

• Vintage embroidery: (especially on pillowcases and dresser scarves etc.)

• Teacups and accoutrements.

• Buttons buttons buttons. Any kind, but rhinestone and glass are my faves. sigh

• Brass findings

However I do love retro, and retro looking items too:

• Red, aqua, and pale yellow. (Colors you might find in a wilendur tablecoths)

• Kitschy charms, japanese cabs etc.

• Pale pink and white are my favorite colors.

• Soft green and lavender works too.

• I do like black and white combos.

  Sometimes though I am just drawn to vibrant colors:

• Orange, lime, bright pink etc.

• I guess the only colors I am really not crazy about are burgundy and hunter green, and peach.

Vintage images of flowers, or on fabric:

• Roses

• Lilacs

• Peonies

• Hydrangeas

• Hollyhocks

• Violets

• Lily of the valley

• Tulips

• Forget-me-nots

• Pansies

• Lily of the Valley

Things found in thrift and antique stores and fabric stores:

• Old postcards

• Vintage photos

• Sweet images of children

• Old baby bonnets and bibs, really any old or vintage baby and child toys etc.

• Velvet ribbons

• Rick rack

• Vintage rhinestone jewelry

• Vintage earrings

• Vintage wallpaper

• Vintage millinery items

• The unusual~My favorite grandpa was a stone mason who made beautiful cemetery headstones. I love old cemeteries and the gorgeous antique or old statues, markers and monuments.

• Occasionally primitive items catch my eye too. Particularly in the autumn. I love the colors of autumn, the rich golds, ambers, rich oranges, like autumn's leaves.

• I enjoy SEASONAL, NO HOLIDAY items.

• Leaves over witches, Snow over Santa etc.

I love to make all kinds of crafts, especially:

• Tags

• Cards

• ATC's

• Matchboxes

• Gift and hang tags

I love making and giving food gifts like cookies, brownies and cupcakes, liqueurs, and making their pretty packaging all year long!

Please check my dislikes at the bottom of the page!!

I recycle packing material of all kinds. So your package and or wrapping outside might look a little rough. However, I take a LOT of time to wrap or decorate the items I send you. Some are harder to wrap then others. I am a non smoker, so if you smoke, please air out or Febreeze, your items. I have a very sensitive sniffer. (drives my family crazy) You are use to it, and may not realize envelopes, paper and the entire package smells like an ashtray. I wouldn't send you a package doused in a perfume you did not like! Thanks for being considerate! There is no Post Office on the Island, so I usually mail at a business that is an affiliate. They weigh and accept mail, the postal service pick it up. So although it HAS been mailed, there may be a few days difference on the postmark. This is for U.S. mail only. International mail has to go to the post office. I try to do international all at one time, once a week.

I love old cookbooks, vintage childrens books, and books on decorating, party and tea ideas. Childrens books and primers from the 20's to the 40's.
All Susan Branch's cookbooks, John Hadamuscin and the Pioneer Lady series by Jane Watson Hopping. Wonderful reading along with recipes, If you like americana and stories of life and family read one if you come across it!!. I am also a magazine junkie who loves Somerset Life, Somerset Home, and their many special release issues. Romantic Country, Victoria, Cottage Style, and similar types. I love pre 1950 magazines and ads too. I also enjoy baking and candy making.

My faves are the old Hollywood movies. Cary Grant, Shirley Temple, Myrna Lowell, William Powell,Claudette Colbert etc.
I adore the Bing Crosby - Bob Hope 'road' pictures. However, I am an action movie, sci fi, comedy gal in the current era. Try to take teenage boys to a "chick-flick". hee hee I like the old style Vincent Price Horror genre, or B movies.Bloody, gory, gross, demon posession, violent movies are a definate no.

My beautiful five year old has dwarfism~so we watch Little People Big World. We also love "The Little Couple". So I would ask that nothing has "midget" in it. I know it is common, but it is just hurtful. Not only to the person with dwarfism, but the people who love them. He is also allergic to peanuts. So unfair! No PBJ's!! I also enjoy shows on the Discovery channel, USA network, TLC and the food network, I love Chopped. I also love the scifi (now SyFy??) channel. Star Trek, Stargate, I get depressed watching the news.

I have been crafting since I was a kid. All sorts of creative things. Although I am new at ATC's~I make tags, cards, gift bags. I also love to embellish store bought items. Aprons, bottles, shopping bags, boxes, etc. I adore fabrics by Rachel Ashwell, Cath Kidston, Michael Miller and lots of others. Sadly I can't machine sew a stitch! I hope to learn before my 5 year old graduates college! I also want to try my hand at soldering. I do not quilt, but I LOVE them.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Nothing with, pertaining to, or about "midget." Since my beautiful little BOY has dwarfism, this statement implies that he is less than human, and is INCREDIBLY hurtful, to him and everyone that loves him. Thank you!

• I have a VERY strong faith in God, but NO religious items of ANY type please, this includes books, images such as crosses, buddha, saints, kwan yin, goddess images etc. * I respect your right to choose, even if I don't agree with it. We were created with free will. I would never be unkind to you because of your belief. It goes against what I believe.

THANK YOU

• I am not into anime, or sticker flakes. Some Kawaii is okay, they are cute.

• Ultra modern is not me either, but strangely I love IKEA.

• NO HOLIDAY STUFF PLEASE.

• Most clowns, sorry they creep me out! ( I really did have a bad experience with one.) Some are cute.

• I am not into vampires, skulls and stuff either.

• I dislike Violence. Liars. Cruelty. Rude people. Arrogance. Hatefulness. ANYONE who hurts children.

• Disregard for other people's feelings.

• Disrespect and cruelty of the elderly.

• People who think kindness means weakness.

• Drama. I HATE drama. I also hate talking on the phone.

I love Maud Humphrey, Ellen Clapsaddle, Frances Brundage, Mabel Rollins Harris to name only a few. I love childrens illustrations and books from the 20's-50's. Also Asti, Stanlaws, deLongpre, Klein, and many many more. I also like images from the 30's, as well as pin-up styles from Zoe Mozert, Jules Erbit etc.

Children, I love kids. Especially mine, but all kids. I would have had at least 6 if things were different. Dandelions or other "flowers" clutched in a chubby little fist, with "Here mama I picked this for you" Is the best. Nothing, no gift, no matter how spendy can beat it! I like food scents as far as candles, lotions and sprays. Vanilla, clove, cinnamon, pumpkin spice, milk and honey. No floral scents in anything except for carnation. I genuinely care about people. I love to shop (except for clothes and groceries, blech!)

mmilesesq~Games, tags and more tag-Charms and vintage sewing notions SENT

Thrift Store Junkies September WTA BassetMama10~SENT

TSTH gift tags WTA -jamiehml~SENT

NavyLady~GTMMM WTA~stickers SENT

TO ME:

cbpoole~altoids tins

I have been FLAKED on these swaps:

chinese takeout box By:CIA

matchbox swap By: Aga Lopatka (Agusia)

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