mamajoy

I am a retired real estate broker. I am married to a awesome (and tolerant) man who puts up with my ever changing interests. I have 4 daughters, 4 stepchildren & 14 grandchildren. I play golf, camp with my sister, craft and travel. Cruises are our favorite vacation. I also love baseball, football and any Ohio sports team.

Music seems to be limited to oldies, classical, and anything my grandchildren (the musical ones) are involved in. Norah Jones is my current fav. I really like peace and quiet. I am my own best company.

Books are a very important part of my life. Both written and audio. I will read almost any mystery or best seller. Historical novels are pretty good also.

TV is just a vehicle for watching movies and sports. I LOVE movies. I found that the local library has most of the just released movies, and I usually have a list of 25 or 30 at any one time on reserve. My hubby can't find anything to watch out of 200 channels, so this keeps him happy. My favorite movies are French Kiss, You've Got Mail, Moonstruck, do you see a trend here? Meg Ryan.....Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, etc. However, I am not opposed to any genre, except perhaps most sci-fi's. (Ok, I'm not totally square....I do like The Matrix and Kill Bill) I do look forward to Project Runway every year. Bravo is a great network. HGTV has changed to decorating/landscaping/remodeling. Yuck! Where are the crafts??? Same with DIY....not much there anymore either.

Ok, crafts. Where to start. I have never done "paper" crafts or collages in the past. My interests run more to textiles & fiber (knitting scarves/afghans) and crochet (tidy towels), sewing, and collage jewelry/button stuff. Collage pins out of old jewelry and buttons, paperweights and card holders from recycled marble trophy parts and (you guessed it) jewelry and buttons. Button dolls. Any Christmas ornament or decoration. I started making my own Christmas cards. I could go on, and do......So this is a new venture for me. I am obsessed with ATC's. Scrapbooking has been a difficult project for me. So this may help in overcoming that. I'm sure I will get into more and more paper art from now on. Also, making postcards has become a new interest.

I don't want to put down too many specifics since I love anything to do with crafts. I am not easily offended, so don't hold back. (I love double entendre's.) I collect and hoard any craft material, from natural things like pine cones or shells, and fabric, and ribbon..... to whatever I need at the time for my current project(s). There is so much to learn and do, and so little time. Since I do craft shows in the fall I tend to make multiples of each item. I do love hand made things. There is a little bit of the artist in everything hand made. I think thats why I love ATC's. The maker's personality shows through. So, do not worry about what I like. I am open to anything you love and will always find a use for it. Give me your orphan items, 1 earring, a lone sticker a scrap of paper. I love it!

OK.... I guess I have to be more specific according to some swap rules. I will be adding thoughts from time to time. It's hard to list likes when there is very little I don't like.

I Love...........

*Anything about the Royal family. I have a collection of British commemoratives (china, postcards, etc.)

*Unusual colored & patterned papers All colors, especially green, purple & blue. ATC sized papers of any color/pattern are fine.

*Anything with Flowers

*markers - double end sharpies

*Rubber stamps, especially clear or unmounted ones

*Any embelishments-stickers, charms, etc.

*Purse sized notebooks

*Trims & unusual ribbons

*Victorian ephemera, also up to and including the 50's-

*I need verbage: words, sayings, letters, etc.

*Notecards, envies

*Used/unused postage stamps from anywhere. I would love it if you used unusual stamps when mailing me.

*yarn

*books and magazines on crafts, beading, buttons, or scrapbooking.

*Butterflies

*Tee shirts (XL)

*Gothic ATC items

*Chocolate, dark or bittersweet

*Decaf coffee or tea

*Anything made with love

*Computers (I don't mean someone should send me a computer, but I spend a lot of time on mine.)

*Movies (ditto for movies)

*Cutsy stickers (Hello Kitty, Kawaii, etc.)... It's ok if you make me something with them, I just don't feel creative using them myself. I don't mind stickers from Disney, etc.

*quilting-supplies or fabrics, I don't quilt.

*I don't journal.

*All jazz music, heavy metal, some country (I know, it's un-american)

*Sci-fi movies

*Most bugs

*Spandex anything

*Cooked spinach - liver - mushrooms

*squash (anything with a z or q in it)

*perfumes and lotions. I'm not into scented anything.

I always send my swaps on time. If you don't receive anything in a reasonable time-frame, please let me know and I will resend.

I promise to rate. If you do an exceptional job, you will get a heart. If you send on time and it is the required item(s), you will get a 5. If you have a good reason for being late and let me know, I will try to be patient. Sometimes life does get in the way of obligations.