sleepingrover2010

I AM GOING ON A TRIP FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS STARTING JULY 18 AND WILL RETURN AUG 6. DURING THIS PERIOD I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RATE OR DO ANY OTHER SWAPPING BUSINESS. I WILL BE ABLE TO START UP SWAPPING BUSINESS ON AUG. 7TH. I APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR PATIENCE. . I am a former elementary school teacher who was placed on disability about 11 years ago due to poor and serious health concerns. I am the aunt to 5 nephews and 4 nieces. One of my nieces is adopted and from Ethiopia. Her name is Mihret (mih-ret). I love making ATC, cards, Skinny cards, books, pocket letters, pen pal kits, and button fairies. I also like to collect postcards, notecards, and ATCs.

My favorite music is soft and easy rock. I also like Wyndam Hills music. I like folk music. I enjoy Christian music; especially chant music. I also enjoy world music.

I am a reader of novels by many different authors. I enjoy romantic novels, mystery and suspense, Christian-based books(both fiction and useable materials), children's books(informational books, alphabet books), Some authors I like:

Danielle Steele

Fern Michaels

Sandra Brown

Melody Beattie

Patricia Cornwell

Debbie Macomber

I don't go to many movies but here are some movies that I have enjoyed. I especially love to watch the old movies on TCM(Turner Classic Movies).

Sully

The Doctor

Sound of Music

Gone with the Wind

Elephant Man

Wizard of Oz

Pretty Woman

Dirty Dancing

Hunger Games

Divergent

Bodyguard

Father of the Bride series(old version)

Dr. Kildare(old movie series)

I enjoy watching TV. There are quite a few shows I enjoy watching. I enjoy watching a variety of shows.

The Voice

Chicago Fire

The Arrow

Chicago Med

How to Get Away With Murder

Hawaii Five-O

Blue Bloods

Chesapeake Shores

Law and Order(all of them)

This Is Us

Eyewitness

Miss Fisher's Mysteries

Rizzoli and Isles

Castle

Postcards--art, state(send me a note about this), no touristy cards, animals(prefer unique animals), unique places, actors, actresses, books, New Yorker or other magazines, old ads, I like my postcards sent in Envelopes.

Notecards--unique cards

supplies for pocket letters-stickers, ephermera,die-cuts, ribbon, items for putting in the pockets

designed ribbon

supplies for cards--die cuts, ribbon(wide--up to 1- 1/2,no smaller than 3/4inch solid colors),ephermera(pictures for one example), wooden accents, paperand/or silk flowers or others, mediums, in a variety of colors, lace(white and in color, wide--up to 1 inch, no smaller than than 1/2 inch), card packets(square cards, other card shapes)

playing cards with interesting backs on them, preferably different pictures but will also take designs, not the standard blue or red backgrounds

paper, designed, 4x6 up to 8 1/2 x 11, no solids

wooden accents of various objects, no smaller than a 1/2 inch and no larger than 3/4 inch, choose ones that might work for cards, pocket letters or ATCs

flowers--paper and other mediums,small flowers of various colors to use for a variety of art experiences

alcohol inks

Tim Holtz Supplies

rubber stamps--holidays, birthday, alphabets, ink pads(check with me about colors)

3-D stickers of all the states(Hobby Lobby has these), 3-D stickers of other things, stickers of many other things

coloring books--I like postcards to color, cards to color, religious coloring books, cat coloring books, cities coloring book Flower coloring books, Lost Ocean Book, NO Harry Potter Coloring books,