marinda

Hi! Thank you for reading my profile! My name is Marinda. I like cats, Basset Hounds, frogs, ducks, sea horses, anything Mario!, piano, and reading. I have four kids, ages 9, 7, 6, and 3. I live in Arizona. My favorite color is green, any and all shades, my very favorite being dark/forest green. However, I never met a color I didn't like! So if you have something of a different color you could send, please do. No need to go out and buy something green if you have it already in another color! :-) I also love to cook. My family gets to try out my recipes...to their chagrin sometimes! ;-) My husband is allergic to: eggs, dairy and wheat. My son is allergic to: nuts.

I love to read and I always have at least one book I am reading. I love Harry Potter and Jane Austen. Fairy Tales also have a certain charm for me. I tend to like the "happily ever after". I do NOT like 'sexy' books like harlequin romances.

I love to knit and crochet. I also like to cross stitch occasionally. Those are my main crafts, but I love all crafting as long as it isn't too challenging. I don't have the skills (or probably it's the patience!) to have the perfection necessary for difficult crafts. But easy ones I love to do. I love to try new things. I like to recycle stuff, so I very frequently recycle shipping materials.

I also love the kitchen and cooking. It's kind of a bummer because DH is allergic to so many foods, but we do our best.

I also love to sew. I am a beginner sewer and I am trying to better my skills! I would love fabric scraps!

I love to collect dove Christmas ornaments. I almost completely decorate my tree with them. If you send me a dove ornament I will 'love you forever'. ;-)

I like to collect and would love to receive: amigurumis, anything Mario Brothers(especially one-up mushrooms) , yarn, stickers, wrapping paper, books (new or used), exercise equipment/dvds (new or used), those little kitchen hand towels that hang and button over the oven door, Dove Christmas ornaments, jewelry, postcards (blank and I prefer ones that are unusual in some way, not the usual touristy postcards), sugar free candy/treats/hot chocolate, address labels, sewing fabric, fairly simple craft kits (card-making, crochet, knitting, sewing and cross stitch kits), cute/pretty/unusual refrigerator magnets and mints/gum.

I also would love your leftover Christmas cards. (Yes, especially the used/previously sent ones! I use the pictures on them for other projects.)

I would prefer not to receive a package full of candy. In very small amounts it's okay. I like sugar free goodies, though. I VERY occasionally sign up for a candy swap or food related swap, in which case my favorites are dark chocolate and chocolate covered raisins. NOTE!!!: I live in Arizona! PLEASE do not send chocolate unless it's in the winter months! LOL

Coffee or tea. I don't drink it. I also don't cook with alcohol. So, please, no recipes that call for alcohol.

Fish and Seafood. Blech! We (my family) also don't like tofu or eggplant (tried them, and it was a no-go).

I don't appreciate sexual references, bad language or excessive violence. Please don't send me any books (or other things) with these things in them. Thank you!

I have great admiration for ATCs and especially their artists, but I don't collect them, and so I really don't have any use for them. I also don't need scrapbook supplies. I have tried that and it just hasn't worked out. Again, I have great respect for those of you talented in that area. (It goes back to that 'perfection' thing.) BY THE WAY scrapbookers: I really would LOVE to receive anything that is already made up! :-) You, know, just plug in the pictures, etc. kind of thing. I admire the scap book look, I just can't do it myself. :-(

That's probably about it! My list of dislikes got kind of long! blush, blush I really do like to think I'm not too picky. I will love and appreciate anything you take time in to sending me. :-) Happy swapping to you all! ((hugs))

I've decided to add a wish list. It consists of:

A stitch counter for knitting/crocheting.

A sock monkey.

Dove Christmas ornaments.

Kitchen shears (good ones, not from $1 store; mine keep breaking :-P).

Bead bands, any size either multicolored packs or white and/or clear.

Hanging hand towel that goes over the oven door any color or style.

Handmade cell phone holder that will attach to the outside of my purse.

7-inch crocheted Granny Squares for an afghan I'm making. I'd love help with my project! :-) Color doesn't matter.

Blank (not the usual touristy) postcards