missstamper

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• Classic Rock
• Contemporary Country
• Contemporary Classical Piano
• Acoustic Guitar.

I really do like almost any music, but I am not into Heavy Metal or too keen on the techno type music. I am always willing to check out new music and sometimes and surprised at what I find myself liking. Right now I am loving Darius Rucker and still drag out the ole Hootie and the Blowfish music for comparison sake.

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• Sander's Starfish,
• Three Weeks With My Brother,
• Suzanne's Letter For Nicholas.

Reading is a passion on mine and I love checking out some of the non-mainstream books that aren't even close to best-sellers... yet! I also enjoy reading "what my kids are into". Even though it may not be my thing, I like knowing what types of books they are interested in. It is so fun to see how their tastes change as they grow.

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• Tara Allred Neikamp,
• Nicholas Sparks,
• James Patterson.

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• An Affair To Remember,
• Sabrina (both the old and new versions),
• Grease,
• Sleepless In Seattle,
• The Wedding Singer,
• The Breakfast Club,
• Say Anything
• A Knight's Tale
• Serendipity

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• Wings,
• How I Met Your Mother,
• MAS*H,
• Little House on the Prairie,
• American Idol,
• Fox News.

Speaking of American Idol, I can hardly wait until Kris Allen comes out with his album. I have to admit, I wasn't really into him at the beginning of the season, but he really grew on me. Love "his sound" now and thought his duo with Keith Urban was fantastic!

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• Scrapbooking,
• Stamping,
• Sewing.

Okay, if you really want to know, I have "done" almost any craft that has been invented. I am better at some than others. Knitting, crocheting, tatting, are not my thing, but I love tatted items. I grew up with a very crafty mother, and I think we paper mache`ed (sp?), decoupaged, tole painted, leather tooled, any and everything imaginable in the 70's. I love crafting of all shapes and sizes and am always interested in the next big fad for crafters.

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I have hundreds of bells in a collection I started in my late teens. I like mainly porcelin and glass bells, but have a variety of others, too. I can't pass them up at garage sales, but try to keep myself from the thrift stores ones. Only because every thrift store has dozens and I would quickly outgrow my collection cupboard it I grabbed all of them. As my collection has grown, I am more selective in the new ones I add to my stash.

How does a collection start? In my 20's, I happened to comment after watching a National Geographic program, that I loved penguins. Someone who heard me make that comment, bought me a keychain that said, "I ♥ Penguins". Well that is all it took for a collection to start. Suddenly I started getting penguin items as gifts, just from friends seeing the keychain. It's amazing as one little keychain can turn in the a big collection. Now, 20 some years later, I really do ♥ my penguin collection.

Oh my, I almost forgot to mention my two biggest collections: Cookbooks and Cookie Cutters. I love old cookbooks (except the ones with bugs in them, but that's a whole 'nother story). I have 100's of cookie cutters, but try to stick mainly with metal ones, unless the plastic one is too hard to resist. The newest cutter in my collection is one of the Space Needle. I haven't used it yet, but I will, sometime in the future, when that perfect occasion for a space needle cookie arrives.

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I am new to Swap-Bot, but not new to swapping. I've been scrapbooking and stamping for over 10 years and participated in and hosted 100's of swaps throughout those years. I loved scrapbook page swaps, but my favorites were the Secret Sister, Birthday Club, and RAK type swaps.

I am not familiar with International shipping, so please contact me if your item does not arrive on time. I will always send my swaps on time and I will rate as quickly as possible. I would appreciate my swap recipients doing the same.

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I am reluctant to list all my likes, because I really enjoy the mystery involved in swaps. One of the best things about participating in swaps is getting something that I never would have bought or crafted myself. I tend to get in ruts with my color choices, etc. and love the variety of swaps. But here is a quickie list.

Bright, vibrant, colors. Any season, just not the soft muted tones. Love patterned papers, and textured solid cardstock. Am totally into acrylic stamps and am in the process of whittling down my huge wood mounted rubber stamp collection. BUT, sometimes I do see a wood mounted stamp that has an image too tempting to just leave on the shelf. So, I have to buy it! Love brads, eyelets, and all sorts of other embellishments as long as they aren't too bulky. I think paper piecing is just too cool, but don't have the patience to do the work myself, (if it involves using a tweezers, it's way too detailed for me).

You can rarely go wrong in giving me fabric of any sort. I love vintage fabric and new fabric, yards of it, or fat quarters. I don't even care if I have no need for a particular piece, someday I might!

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I really do like almost anything crafting related so please don't look at this list as a must not.

I'm not too into the really heavy embellishments. I don't want my albums to weigh 50 pounds. If someone were to send me bulky embellisments, I would probably use them for making cards that I wouldn't have to mail.

As far as other items, the only thing I'm really not into are heavily scented bath or body items. Muted or more natural scents seem to be okay, but anything stronger doesn't appeal to me.