'There are only two ways to live your life. One, is as though there are no miracles. The other is as though everything is a miracle.' Albert Einstein

☮ Please...~ Don't send me anything scented, fragrance, perfume or that smells of cigarette smoke. I won't be able to use or appreciate it! I'm very allergic! Thanks for your understanding!

I'm a natural kind of gal w/2 kids. I'm an avid quilter. felter, crafter, artist. I make my own kefir and cheese, raise chickens as pets and for eggs. I love to cook, garden and feed the birds. I love wind chimes, bird watching, feeding/photographing the hummingbirds and wild birds.

I have a great, raunchy sense of humor and dare you to offend me! At the same time, I love and admire all that is beautiful and good in this world, with a little splash of some good clean mud, just for fun! ♎

This little doll was sent to @dawson80 in a pvt. swap

Most all music rock, soul, r & b, metal, hiphop, bebop, doowop, rap, pop, classical, xmas music, big band, mambo, reggae, folk, chants, raga. movie soundtracks, visual sounds with no words. Anything to get me going! I love gospel and spiritual music but mostly sing camp songs and nursery rhymes!

I have been playing with beeswax. I coat some of my postcards, ATC's and note cards with melted beeswax. It makes such a great surface and smells divine!

I dye and degrease all the wool I use. It is a labor of love and my joy to make hand crafted gifts and surprises that are unique, specialized and one of a kind. I can generally get inspired by a well filled out profile.

☽ I would love to learn to knit (I'm learning!) or crochet. I love handwork. I would also love to learn to design & make clothes. I'm just new to upcycling items and love the concept of reusing quality items for new purposes.

What I do...

I'm making felt desserts and miniature quilts, handmade stuffies-ducks, mushrooms, cupcakes, chickens, pickles, rosaries, ATC's, matchboxes, scrapbook pages, dolls and brooches.

♎ ♥ We love ♥ apothecary ♥ chicken ♥ goose ♥ turkey ♥ bird ♥ egg ♥ corn ♥ mermaids ♥ tea parties ♥ old spatulas ♥ herbs ♥ honeysuckle ♥ roses ♥ morning glories ♥ sweet peas ♥ jasmine ♥

Favorite colors ♥ plums ♥ purples ♥ red violet to lavender ♥ fuchsia ♥ yellow/orange/green combos ♥ black/red/orange/yellow combos ♥ drab green ♥ mint green ♥ olive ♥ lime green ♥ khaki ♥ spring ♥ kelly ♥ blues & greens ♥ teal ♥ aqua ♥ royal ♥ sky ♥ cobalt ♥ hot pink & aqua ♥ Orange & hot pink ♥ Red and aqua ♥ Black and blue ♥.Neon's-esp. lime, pink, orange! I love all colors.

Totem animals: ♥ butterfly ♥ spider-esp. black widows ♥ gorilla ♥ whale ♥ ants ♥ bees (bugs) ♥ giraffe ♥ hippo ♥ rhino ♥ elephant ♥ penguin ♥ red tailed hawk ♥ dog ♥ caterpillar ♥

☮ I don't like fragrance and have chemical/environmental allergies. Please don't send me anything that smells of cigarette smoke! I won't be able to enjoy or use it. Thank you for your understanding! I love to hate cats. I'm a night owl. I make my own laundry soap and beauty/bath products. I talk to my chickens, the trees and the night sky. I love the moon. I often dream of passed loved ones and can solve problems and get answers to questions & inspirations from dreams. Ω ♥

☆ I love items that are made with thought and care by hand! I love fiber crafts, brooches & ornaments. I would love to see an inchie or bottle cap. I hope to see and make button fairies someday too.

If you make neat things for little girls-I'd love to do a trade with you! My 6 y.o. dd is super easy to please. Loves littlest pet shop, Hello Kitty, pink, blue & purple. Ponies, puppies, babies, kittens, bugs.

swap angels

♥ ♥ ♥ filled tarot bag angeled by @salfra ♥ ♥ ♥ THANK YOU, Sally!

♥ ♥ ♥Goddess journal swap angeled by @meggert THANK YOU, Mary! ♥ ♥

Naked mail swap-angeled! THANKS!

angelled

3 photo atcs for @InLovingmemory88

3 photo atcs for @plaidgiraffe

3 photo atcs for @limebrarian

Many Thanks to @zenithjade for making 9 atcs and for angeling 3 of the atcs for me to @lindall

Very Much Appreciate ZJ! THANK YOU!

BOO Flaked

Bak AurèLie @user8812 Summer Fiber swap

Beverly Woolf @user8964 Find a new hobbie swap

Anthea Tuley @tulitulip T.P. ATC

Adrienne Hintz @adrienee131313 Beans & Franks

If anyone would like to angel these, I can set up a pvt. swap so I can reciprocate and rate you. Thanks for your consideration!

♥ ♥ ♥ I have been humbled and brought to higher heights of creativity & receptivity within myself thru the kindnesses & generosity I have received thru some very special people that have come into my life from here! Thanks to all of you! You know who you are and I am grateful for your friendship and love! Sisters are everywhere! ♥ ♥ ♥

I don't strive for perfection, but, for beauty. When I cut paper with my son's great grandma's old pinking shears it's never straight. But that is the charm of loving what you do. I'm not in a contest, I'm on a journey of discovery.

Thank you all who have become my teachers and inspirations! I hope you can see the beauty of my work thru it's perceivable imperfections and great gifted love. ♥ ♥ ♥

This is the dotee made for me by @artistic for the In memory of Cheryl swap Thank you.

Tags

to @swan soph. tags-ink & jewelry findings sent

01/26-sent DC Tags that don't suck @pansysuz

1/3 Soph. tags to @mystmaiden -received

12/09 Soph. tags @chappykat -received

11/12-DC Tags that don't suck @grimmlynn -received

sent 10/27

@dorsetdumpling CQ Not Crappy Tag

@kiddo47 DC Tags That Don't Suck-received

I am currently reporting all flakers from my swaps to USPS mail fraud and GABS. Mail fraud is a Federal offense. Flaking is poor form, bad manners and a lack of common courtesy. I have a zero tolerance policy.

Please come join me in any of my swaps that interest you enough for you to follow thru with time & care. I consider the people in my swaps and the people I swap with my friends. I often will friend you if you join my swaps.

Swapbot IS a bot, but I am a real person here. And I work hard to make sure everybody gets to have fun. Please treat my swaps and your swap partners with the same respect.

If you don't receive something by 2 weeks after the 'send by date' (more if international) then contact me immediately! Once you rate your partner a 1, no-send, if they are still unresponsive to their commitment to sent their end of the swap, I will get busy making you a swap package to make up for the swaplifter.

If you flake in my swaps, I will not forget! I keep track of all you flakers and list them in the swapbot flaker group, the DUNCE CORNER and the public forums.

If you have an unexplained/unresolved 'no-send' you will not be able to join my swaps. I know life happens and gets in the way. But nobody wants to be left out. I do this out of consideration for the thoughtful & talented people who do make swap-bot the great place it is! Thanks for your understanding!

I know unforeseen events can happen to derail our best laid plans. I am an understanding person and *as long as you are honest and forthright with me there is no problem.

No unexplained no-sends means you haven't left any kind of message in the response portion of the rating. If someone is going to rate you a 1, you at least have to go say SOMETHING-like 'sent, cannot resend', or 'postal problems', 'dog ate swap, remaking', 'sent 3 times will send again', or 'unfair rating left by jilted lover,'SOMETHING!!!

If you have any recent ones, I cannot let you in the swaps. It's just the way it is. I apologize for not allowing you in the swaps but these are the rules I have made for my swaps to keep them running smoothly and everyone happily receiving.

Even if I say this isn't a profile specific swap, please add something about yourself on your profile. A few words do not count as a filled out profile.

If there is a request in the swap description for you to add some info to the comments section, please do so before I assign partners or I may ban you. You will be hard pressed to find any reputable swap hosts around here who will accept a blank/inadequate profile. There is nothing worse than being partnered up with someone who doesn't have word one on their profile. Thanks for your understanding.

As always, I offer to private swap with anyone banned from my swaps. It's up to you to accept it graciously or not. I'm happy to swap with you, even if you didn't meet my swap requirements. But it's not fair to everyone else in my swaps if I fudge on the rules. And being the Libra I am, I like fair & balanced. Thanks!

Hi NEWBIES! ♥

I would love to do a private swap with you to help boost your ratings! Let me know and I can set a swap up!

Check out Swapbot's FAQ Page for great information on how to navigate the swaps and site.

I want to welcome you to swap bot. I apologize for not allowing newbies into many of my swaps.

When I get flakers & swaplifters in my swaps it makes me mad because these are my friends. Flakers, no accounts and the like are not. Don't flake on my friends!

Please PM your partner if you are sending late. It's called common courtesy. I look forward to having you be a part of my swaps.

Here are some badges you are free to use from the Altered Ernie Graphics swap

by @MissU

by @mishybelle