kristiamb

I spend most of my time with my two kids and husband. I love running, biking, cross country skiing, skiing, hiking, and working out. I volunteer at my kids school, One, and World concern. I am a mixed media artist and mom who uses social media (twitter, facebook) to promote my art and nonprofit organizations, especially those that have a focus of supporting medicine, maternal health, human rights, education, and feeding the hungry at home and abroad. My mom has been recently diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and I am currently learning more about this awful disease, and trying to emotionally support my mother through this time. Currently I am making (binding) journals, zines, journaling, painting, drawing and practicing my crocheting skills. I'm involved in some art groups online - atcs for all, Traci Bautistas ning group creativity unleashed, Etsy cottage ning group, and Creative Souls ning group. I have an Etsy shop and most of my art and crafts are pictured on Flickr.

Parabola, Sommerset Studio magazines, Cloth, Paper, Scissors, A Joseph Campbell Companion by Diane K. Osbon. Franny & Zooey, Nine Stories, The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger. A Hero With a Thousand Faces, Myths to Live By, Joseph Campbell. The Power of Myth, Bill Moyers. The Pilgrimage, Paulo Coelho. Ahab's Wife, Abundance by Neslund. Water For Elephants, Time Travelers Wife, The Virgin Blue, The girl With the Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier, The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell, Art books: Collage Unleashed Traci Bautistia, Stitch Alchemy, Kelly Perkins, Layered, Tattered and Stitched, Ruth Rae, How to Make Books, Esther Smith,

I like all sorts (styles) of music past and present

Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Royal Tennenbaums, Darjeeling LTD. Wes Anderson (director) Lost in Translation, Harold and Maude, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Incredible Mr. Fox, Car Wash, Amelie. Lord of the Rings. The Point narrated by Ringo Starr. Old movies that are black and white and have the synchronized swimming scenes in them. Raising Arizona, The Others, Mystic Pizza, old Jerry Lewis movies with Dean Martin, It's a Wonderful Life! Spirited Away, Mitazaki.

Vintage fabric, sheet music, and wallpaper. Vintage Christmas - old tags, christmas cards, and vintage tinsel or ornaments. Old ephemera - music sheets, ledgers, letters, documents, discarded interesting mail stuff (envelopes, stamps), unique advertisements, unique papers, and painted papers. Crochet jewelry, old jewelry, chains, rusty things - steampunk (watch pieces, rusty nails, washers), different types of thread (thick, thin, embroidery), clips, yarn, ribbons, beads, old number or alphabet stamps, unique rubber stamps. Vintage jewelery pieces, unique buttons, wax linen thread, book cloth, thread for sewing. Tapes! - Gaffer, fabric, paper, metal, clear with colorful designs and washi.

I'm looking for three types of squares: Acrylic 1) Squares in red and black. 2) Grays (varying in value) 3) Any mixture of colors

For the Crochet Bloggers Friendship Afghan Granny Square E swap - Any combination of colors. If your choosing between using beige or white, please choose beige!