pianoheart

Things I have to trade:

• Clothes - click on "My Website", then click on "View All My Swaps"

• Other Items - click on "My Flickr Photos"

I play piano, guitar and ukulele. When I'm not playing music, I'm usually listening to music.

Other hobbies/interests: snorkel diving, boogie boarding, hiking, digital photography, growing herbs, tropical plants and fruit trees, vegetarian cooking, building and flying kites, pen pals, travel, language learning (Hawai'ian and Italian), growing orchids

Favorite music: I like most music but especially old American folk music (Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Harry Chapin); music by Eric Clapton, Five for Fighting, Sister Hazel, James Blunt; folk music from different countries played on traditional instruments.

Favorite crafts - woodworking, picture framing, bead jewelry and sculpture, restoring old musical instruments, building new musical instruments, kite making, flower lei. Click on My Flickr Page to see some things that I make.

Things I would like to receive:

• anything from My Amazon Wishlist (click on link above)
• cookie cutters
• muffin pans
• wool felt in solid colors
• vegetarian cookbooks from outside the USA
• books about musical instrument building
• manga and anime
• new/unused perfume
• vegetable soap with a natural ingredient like oatmeal, seaweed, herbs, essential oil, etc.
• small pre-1960 old picture frames
• beads and beading supplies
• kites
• silk and cotton kimono cloth
• Asian bamboo calligraphy paint brushes
• metal beads
• kokeshi dolls
• dolls with wild curly hair
• new rubber duckies and action figures - godzilla, robot, space, science fiction, super heros
• CDs of local musicians in your area
• music CDs from different countries
• any small musical instruments you no longer play
• damaged instruments in need of repair for my next restoration project
• music instruction DVDs, CDs, books
• DVDs: animation and foreign films with English subtitles
• Day-of-the-Dead skeletons
• milagros
• retired automobile license plates
• Old wood croquet and bocce balls
• Gift cards for Walmart
• any item from my list of broken promises
• seeds or cuttings to grow desert plants: cacti, succulents, Joshua tree, etc.
• Handmade crafts: I love cloth hair scrunchies, socks, clothes and wearable art, soap, thick oven mitts, silver and turquoise jewelry, blank journals with or without lines, unusual cloth rabbits
• a penpal in Sicily
• spools of bendable craft wire and sewing thread
• sandpaper, especially finer grits
• solid color cotton yarn
• clamps to hold small glued things
• "exacto" style craft knife and/or replacement blades

• small sharp scissors

  Things I don't need:

• earrings (I don't have anything pierced)

• candy, tea, coffee, drinks, snacks or food of any kind (they melt, get weird in the tropical heat or the gecko living in my mailbox gets to it first)
• candles or wax (they melt in my mailbox)
• used body products
• nail polish and makeup
• cloth or paper items saturated with cigarette smoke, socks or any other clothes that are not brand new with tags or unused handmade (some laundry products give me a rash)
• VHS tapes (I don't have a VCR player)
• stationery...I have enough for now
• common things that can be bought in a chain store ...I'd rather swap for a gift card and save you some postage

• I'm a musician, so please don't offer to swap duplicated copies of copyright music. New or used CDs are fine. Please include all paper included with the CD. Please keep in mind that sheet music is also protected by copyright laws. Music is art.

  Broken Promises

• 5/18/08 GiddyUpSoldier: 3 sets of stationary and a DVD/CD

• 7/3/08 Kimh: $5 Walmart card for US Only Tag
• 8/12/08 omeletdufromage: $10 Old Navy gift card for Higher Stakes Swap Tag
• 11/26/08 classychica - handmade rosary for Crafty Swap Tag
• 12/8/08 purpleheadband: panda finger puppet for Swap Tag-US Only
• 1/4/09 Nese: stuffed piglet and mixed beads for "Pick Two!"
• 3/14/09 kaylarose2: 4 different colored fine point sharpies for "Who Likes...Tag"
• 4/2/09 Sharila: a small profile surprise and some gold pouches for "Pick Two!"
• 4/17/09 Sharila: animation DVD for "Media Junkies PIF"
• 6/29/09 DragonflyDore: natural stones/gemstones for "Cheap Postage Tag You're It" • 8/17/09 cloudsdreamdisorder : beginner's knitting kit (needles, yarn and dvd) for "Global Swap Tag-Rated Swappers Only!"

• 10/7/09 Mommyof2: x-stitch kit and bead assortment for "Pick Two"

  Trades and Tags I'm Waiting to Receive

  • 7/10/09 katara: some South African coins for "what can you offer" tag
  • 10/23/09 kthanxbye: zipper and yarn for "Wishlist Tag
• 10/28/09 ChelelosGirl: soaps for "I collect..." tag
• 11/11/09 Minou89: 3 unused postcards and a small profile surprise for "Pick Two!"
• 11/11/09 KawaiiNekomini: a few things I listed for "Quick, I need..." tag
• 11/19/09 chachakate: Christmas topper towel and crochet dish cloth/scrubby set for "I want a crafty pick 2" tag
• 11/20/09 PansySuz: new rotary cutter and coffee themed potholders for "Pick Two!" tag
• 11/21/09 PansySuz: 4 skeins embroidery floss and pair of paper edger scissors for "I Want A Crafty Pick 2"
• 11/22/09 OrigamiGrace: Lion Brand skein for "Global Swap Tag-Rated"
• 11/22/09 OpheliaQuilts: turquoise and silver bracelet for "Swap Tag!"