shiverphone

I love learning and exploring, and I smile brilliantly when I meet new people. D=

Okay, really:

I am a student majoring in Nursing (switched from Elementary Education). I am mostly Lebanese, but I am German/Polish, Black Foot, Portuguese, and Greek as well. I have a cat named Mercedes, two red ear slider turtles - Gator and Dolly - and five Betta fish (Beauregard, Te, Pickle, Craw, and Notch). There are also two parakeets in my household, Happy and Peepsie (dear lord I hate that name).

My goals for this upcoming year:

-finish my Hawaiian Chews (Death of the Blue Dog) painting

-keep up my GPA D= gotta do it!

-not buy any more Betta fish (four fish tanks is enough, yes?)

I've taken the rating pledge!

Just some of the art I enjoy: image-manipulating, sculpting, painting (traditional and digital), and photography.

I am currently most involved in ATCs.

There should be a link to my Gallery at the top of this page where you can see an archive of most of my ATCs =)

My goal is all 5's =) I always make sure I have the time and resources to complete a swap before I join, and leave wiggle room in there for life's little happenings.

What HEARTS mean when they come from me: They have nothing to do with "extras." (I don't like or use most of what I receive as extras, and they usually end up being passed along with my outgoing ATCs, unless, on an odd occasion, I've received a paper or embellishment I especially like. This is probably because I'm big on making hand-drawn and/or painted ATCs.) If I've given you a heart, it is a true complement for what you've made for the trade. When I open an envelope and the ATC makes me smile, or I feel that the artist has really put something of herself into the trade, that's when I give a heart.

If you're in a swap with me and are looking for some ideas, here are my likes and dislikes:

• all animals (hedgehogs, turtles + frogs are my fav)
• most colors and combos
• cute things, scary things, pretty things... (I have no preference)
• when an ATC isn't flimsy (try gluing it onto a playing card or cardstock to give it support?)
• all media
• my little ponies
• fish

• most glitter (but don't rule it out if you feel it works well with your piece, I have received wonderful ATCs with glitter on them)
• raw tomatoes
• periwinkle and blue-ish purples (red-ish purples are okay)

I have no allergies, but flower-scented things are a head-ache trigger for me.