mwquilt

Please note: I shall be away for a couple of days in the week beginning 15 Nov, so if you pm me about a tag or any other swapbot business, I won't be able to reply until I get back at the weekend. So please don't be concerned :-)

Update Nov 10th 2009: Please note that the postal strikes that started in the UK in October and went through to early Nov are now ended :-)

I live in England and I am well over 18 years of age.

********Please do not send me anything with real fur or feathers.******

Other things tha I prefer not to receive: Stuff showing violence, gore, sexually explicit.

Not into Cartoon characters or kid's stuff ( but kawaii etc is fine)

Please remember that I am sending from the UK. I send stuff to overseas by Airmail, but it can take around 2-3 weeks to arrive, or longer if customs open it for inspection . Please contact me if you are expecting something from me and it does not arrive. Please also remember that I may be on a different day from you, because of the International Dateline/Time thingies.

I love....goddess dolls, art dolls, my very favourites are dotee dolls , collecting/making atc's, crazy quilting, spindle spinning, papercrafts.

I collect fibers/yarns that I can use in my textile crafts..pieces of about 1 yard or more ( or less if special ) are appreciated.

I like small decorated( 32ct) matchboxes or matchbox shrines, which I am displaying in on old printers tray where the sections are exactly the right size.

I often check out magazines for interesting stuff that can be collaged onto atc's, especially those with unusual pictures, like new-age articles etc.

I am just starting to get interested in handmade/selfpublished zines.

I also like altered/outsider art, quilting, paper and fiber arts, chocolate, tea, trinkets, stickers, decorated matchboxes, love my garden ( I love pumkins, squashes and chilli pepers, to grow and to eat and to look at)I collect small pieces of yarn for atc's and CQ, cupcake theme stuff, charms, beads, pincusions,small candles, small windchimes, anything to do with the sea or the beach, how-to painting, foreign language texts with nice piccies or oriental text, or anything I can collage onto an atc even if I can't read it. Also jar fairies, blackbirds, birdhouse themes,fish, Buddhist art, Wiccan art, goddess art, shrines. I like bees and beehives

Like ephemera ( new or old) that can be cut up and used on atc..eg interesting food/chocolate/soap packaging ( with or without the original contents)

Love seasonal celebrations, including Christian Festivals, also Halloween. Also seasonal festivals of other religions including Wiccan, Buddhist, Hindu and others I haven't mentioned or may not yet have discovered.

I like traditional quilting, art quilting and crazy quilting, and also creative embroidery. I have a drop spindle that I haven't used often enough.

I love sewn and knitted food items, and I love stitch markers although I don't knit much myself.

Can't say what my favourite colour is or isn't as all colours vary so much depending on what they are used with. I think it is quite hard to make grey look good though ( view that as a challenge if you like !) If I like the theme, then I am almost certain to appreciate almost any colour. Also, some people are so artistic that they can use colours together that I would never dream of, and still come up with a thing of beauty!

ethnic music from various countries, The Who, Gregorian Chant, Enya

documentaries, crafts, unusual cookery, travel (esp Japan),books about all the stuff listed under favourite crafts. Don't mind used books if not dirty/smelly.

My favourites are atc's and self made/published 'zines .

Also, mixed media art, quilting, collage, bit of painting and drawing ( esp watercolour), bead stuff, art dolls, outsider art, stamping, card making, all textile stuff, decorated matchboxes, jar fairies, mixed media shrines.

FORUM TRADES ETC

Current:

Completed Notecard for NTG WTA Oct sent 2 Nov Postcard tag 23/10 to amy Postcdtag 26/9 Maggles45 sent 28/9 Wishlist group Sept etsy wish to Tryph ( 18/9) Wishlist group Sept wish to Texydeb ( 19/9) salty candy for rak sent 14 Aug Item from Aug wishlist to Paflip25 envies for June wishlist group to thefruid and fsjbrit
1 item for april wishlist airmail Malaysia 24Apr 1 item for march wishlist gp mailed 6 March 09 3 items for wishlist group Feb mailed4 feb 2009 Angel cupcake atcs for redcrystal -18Jan09 Crochet yarn for Mojo ( not a trade)- mailed 18 Jan(2ndclass)

Postcards for Viridianmuse - mailed 15 Jan ( private swap) ATC for glasssnowdrop sent 3rd wk Nov(not trade) CQ base block for Hag53- mailed 23sept08 Atc tag for Panda2778 mailed 11 July

Private trade fabric/quilt atcs for cupcake atc -mailing airmail June 11

Make an atc in a theme she likes for Merlinda - recd

Angel green/blue swap for Chanel - received

Make an atc in a theme I like. Completed. Sent to vwwoman07 who confirmed receipt , received from asureskyz.

Atcs sent to BFD who RAK'd me Halloween socks. Both parties received :-)

Dotee doll sent to Jenny B 1 April in return for bubble tea supplies. Both parties received :-)