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mindy

mindy
Date Joined: October 25, 2008
Last Online: May 22, 2013
Birthday: June 9
Country: United States
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About Me

I am a single mom to a son in middle school and a daughter in college, educator and fiber/mixed media artist.

I do not check my po box daily, sometimes not even weekly. I always rate my received swaps.

Favorite Crafts and Supplies

As a fiber artist, I'm into doing crochet, beading, dying( tie dye, batik, dye painting), and embroidery. Recently I got into art quilting and needle felting. I also like drawing with prismacolor colored pencils and ultra fine line permanent markers. And, I make ATCs. The picture on my profile is a burned out velvet scarf that I dyed.

My Favorite Craft Materials

Textured, "interesting" yarn, any amount, any fiber, for free-form crochet, my latest artistic passion

100% silk neckties from the thrift store

Vintage Fabrics,

Natural fiber fabrics and yarns,

Textured Fabrics ( brocade, upholstery fabric, velvet, etc.),

Interesting cotton and wool yarns and threads,

Old buttons,

Quirky and Unusual Ephemera,

Quirky and Unusual papers

wool felt

recycled and upcycled materials

My Wishlist and Collections

WISHES

Metallic Shiva Artist Paintstiks

A leaf rubbing plate for the paintstiks

Things I Collect:

Maneki Neko ( Japanese Lucky Cats)

evil eye beads

Jerry Garcia ties - I occasionally find them in thrift stores

vintage silk scarves

small magic user figures

kinder egg toys

female super heroes

heart rocks

agates

Lenticular Postcards

Kawaii lettersets and stickers.

Favorite colors

For clothing, I favor black, russets, burgundy, dark green, purple and teal.

To look at, I like bright happy colors; jewel tones; deep oranges, fuchsia, purples, dark green, teal,etc., in addition to the colors I prefer for clothing. I'm not much into pink. I also like muted woodland colors with mauve/soft purple.

random favorite things

colored glass

Celtic Knotwork

foxes

rabbits

oak trees and acorns

dark chocolate

wings

hawks

crows

squirrels

ferns

paisley

owls

woodlands

Tomten

No Disney, please.

"Dream of the sun dreaming its worlds. Sing till the song throws out root, trunk, branches, birds, stars. Sing until the dream engenders the spring at which you may drink and recognize yourself and recover."

-Octavio Paz

Favorite Reads

Nellie: A Cat on Her Own by Natalie Babbitt

Tatterhood and Other Tales by Ethel Johnston

Robert D. San Souci

Uncle Wiggly

Picture books with witches, elves and fairies

Neil Gaiman

The Hunger Games

Mysteries by women authors.

Fantasy by women authors.

Vampire books by women authors.

Fiber arts books.

Nevada Barr

musical tastes

psychedelic rock, jam bands, bluegrass, folk, jazz, indie, old timey country

Some of my all time favorite bands and artists:

k.d.lang, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Grateful Dead, Railroad Earth, Neko Case, Scissor Sisters

Things I am NOT fond of

Intolerance.

Micro-managers.

Dollar Stores. ( they make me feel sad about wasted resources and worried about toxic waste)

Disney.(unless you have a all expense paid trip to Disneyland to swap)

Pastel colors.

Please Consider This...

Give the gift of life!

Please consider becoming a bone marrow donor/ stem cell donor by joining the National Marrow Donor Program.

Donor Site for those in Europe

You could "Be the Match" and have the unique opportunity of saving someone's life.In case you're wondering, marrow and stem cell donation is done while you're alive. It's much simpler than giving someone a kidney.

This is an issue that is very close to home for me. My daughter had received a peripheral stem cell transplant from a donor in the registry in July 2010. Her donor is in Germany!

state by state list of donation centers and donor drives

Also, please consider being a blood and platelet donor at your local blood bank.

Disappointments

I've been flaked on.

Mary Poppins: circus in the sky animal pendant @yelaklleps

Full Moon ATC Swap @sammyclaire --- Angeled by @sugarskull

Celebrate Winter Solstice @ainewicca -swap host @scrapcat said she would angel and did not follow through.

Ratings

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Comment: Thank you for the envie of ephemera!
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Comment: Love the pages. I can really add to them. Thanks ever so much. bearnbabs
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Comment: Thank you for the fun ATC you put together with your crap! These are always fun. It is so true that one woman's crap is another's treasure! Love it. Mona
georgiafae rated for Flower Power ATC on Apr 15, 2013
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Comment: Loved the little flower collage-the vellum envelopes-the great dragon slayer card it was sent in AND the postage stamps you used to send it all-very wonderful-thanks for sharing
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Comment: great card ! thx ...
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Comment: Dear Mindy, I am very happy what you send me. FQ - all three is gorgeous and buttons to. Very very glad, because I realy like fabric.:) And so many post stamps....delicious for me, I love them:)
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Comment: Yay WOmen!
meggie rated for Fabric ATC - PURPLE on Mar 27, 2013
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Comment: Absolutely beautiful! Loved the blanket stitch around the edge. Thank you for such a wonderful ATC.
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Comment: WOW! Wish I could give you more than one heart. Such an awesome collection of goodies. I absolutely love it all. Thank you also for the sweet note. Happy Swapping.
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Comment: Thanks! Cute!
lavendarcat rated for 45 Supplies on Mar 21, 2013
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Comment: Thank you for the interesting assortment.
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Comment: Thank you for the pretty papers and I really appreciate the tips you gave on ATCs. Great for a newbie like me.
Iluvdolls rated for USA Big Fat Stuffed Envelope #15 on Mar 8, 2013
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Comment: Thank you for the postcard! I love how informative this swap was :)
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Comment: Thanks for the great postcard & info plus using such awesome postage stamps!
rosedzi rated for Pagan weight loss buddy on Mar 2, 2013
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Comment: Thanks so much!!!
sugarskull rated for Anatomical heart ATC on Mar 1, 2013
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Comment: yes, it did! i missed rating this swap, sorry!
Response: thank you!
emilie38 rated for Anatomical heart ATC on Mar 1, 2013
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Comment: Very Very cool, great set up for your ATC. Thanks for the extras.
Response: You're welcome! Glad it got there!
piratecaptainmo rated for zentangle rainbow ATC - grey on Feb 23, 2013
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Comment: Thank you for the cool ATC and the glassine envies! I've actually been wanting some of those :)
MoonlightSonata rated for Pagan weight loss buddy on Feb 18, 2013
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Comment: good luck! I will be responding more to your email.

Rating Overview

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Comments

BusyB on May 17, 2013:

I sent the Holy Crap That's Small swap a week ago tomorrow and since you live in the same state it should arrived by now. I will be putting up photos of my recent sent swaps today. :)

Aumonae on May 11, 2013:

for your lovely comment!

LittleRed on May 3, 2013:

thanks for the envie of fabric scraps which arrived today from the fabric fanatics group tag!! Thanks:)

renderedarchaic on Apr 22, 2013:

Thank you for the lovely selection of teas for my CPG April Wishlist! I can certainly use them! :)

MichelleWillow on Mar 28, 2013:

Hi Mindy! Thank you for a lovely assortment of non-touristy PCs for my March wish on CPG! They will come handy for Postcrossing. ;)

bythelakemom on Mar 27, 2013:

Thanks for sending postcards from the wishlist. So fun to get things in the mail.

grandmaroro on Mar 25, 2013:

SMASH It: Let's Keep Smashing/Junking #9 Just wanted to add that my plan is to make a journal using cereal-box-weight pages. Strong enough to hold whatever I choose to stick to it. Plus, different size pages to give it a really abstract look. I have purchased five (5) K&Company SMASH books - but haven't started on any of them. They seem to be too structured. Just my 2 cents worth. Again, many thanks for the goodies.

Giddyanni on Mar 3, 2013:

Hi Mindy, I'm delighted that you liked the embroidery threads and the WTA :o) Happy swapping!

elluzki on Feb 19, 2013:

Thank you for the CPG envies of randomness, i finally received it!! Loved it all, especially the recipe card and the stickers! Thank you!

TerryF on Jan 25, 2013:

Welcome to

The TPD Welcome!

(This is a clickable link.)

Would you please go HERE and HERE within the next week and comment that you have read and understand the group rules? Thx and have fun!

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