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solarts

solarts
Birthday: January 6
Last login: October 8, 2008
Country: United States
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Az. Rescue
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About Me

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alt I live in the hot desert of Az. I love art and arts and crafts. I do mostly mixed media art. I paint with acrylics, water colors, stamping, paper, gold leaf,ink, ceramics. *Favorite crafts: Anything involved with paper such as origami,mini books, journals, felting, hand made little paper boxes, button fairies, ornaments, postcards, cards, stationary etc. Creating anything using gourds, (plant). Creating stuffed animals, photo transfering, collages, mask making, anything Asian and hispanic or foreign type of crafts . I enjoy learning new art craft ideas.


alt alt LOVE- crafting, art, cats and dogs, wild life, sea life, nature,traveling, hiking, films, writing postcards, pen pal letters, skiing, biking, owls, & all creatures great and small. alt Favorite seasons are: Alt Alt Halloween, Christmas, and Spring time! Alt

I COLLECT- Cat postcards for our Az. Rescue shelter where I live. I make collages to decorate some of their rooms. If anyone sends me a new and cute cat postcard/s with with one of the swaps I sure will give you a heart. ** Colored ink pens, or gel pens that work. Especially the glitter ink pens are my favorite. HALLOWEEN THEME LIKES - Circus Side show posters, pictures or anything by Madame Talbot. http://www.madametalbot.com/pix/posters/sideshowposters.htm Skulls, and skeletons from medical books or vintage like photos or sketches, Day of the Dead themes, Witches, Flying Monkeys from Wizard of Oz, or anything from The Wizard of Oz, Anything by Tim Burton such as "Nightmare before Christmas", Edward Gory, Sleepy Hallow, headless horseman, vampires, pumpkins, Jack-o-lanterns, magic, fortune tellers, good and bad fairies from the artist Brian Froud, some of the vintage halloween themes, cats, owls, ghosts, and gargoyles. I love anything with the Christmas theme such as reindeer, santas,snowmen, gnomes,pine trees.

~DISLIKES~- Anything gory such as Freddie's Nightmare, and I hate slasher films, zombies, clowns, and anything girlie or childlike Halloween themes. Little girlie stickers and kid stuff because I don't have kids. I love kids but please don't send me kid items like little note pads, little pencils, little erasers etc. I end up giving them away to another swapper who likes things like that or I end up throwing them out. HAPPY SWAPPING! CHEERS! *)

Artists I like-

Artists I'm inspired by: Brian Froud. Alt

Alt Arthur Rackham, alt Totorroalt alt Pablo Picasso, Edward Weston (photographer) Doyle, Van Gogh, Jackson Pollack, Frida Kahlo's monkey paintings, my best friend- Jill Theirren, my cousin- Phillip Ringler's photography, Ansel Adams, Annie Leibowitz another photographer and, Barbara Bosworth,and many others.

Favorite Movies

I love drama, suspense, mystery, some foreign films,funny comedy (it's hard to find good ones today), true stories, and foreign animation. Rocky Horror Picture Show, Amalie, Young Frankenstein, Hell Boy 1 &2, The Triplets of Belleville (animation), Totorro, Spirited Away, Nacho Libre, Akira Kurosawa's Dreams , Copying Beethoven, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Pan's Labyrinth, Tombstone and many others.

Favorite Books

National Geographic, Sommerset art magazines, Edward Gory, and more.

Favorite Music

I enjoy listening to a variety of music. From rock n' roll, some classical, pop, oldies rock, blues, but I don't care for country. David Bowie, KT Tunstell, The Who, Feist, Muse, Evanescence, Alice Cooper, Yo-Yo Ma, Tracy Chapman, Alicia Keys,The Working Horse Album, Mozart, and many more.

Ratings

Reds rated for Simple B&W Postcard Swap on Oct 8, 2008
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Comment: Many thanks!
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Comment: Thank you so much for all the cool Rocky Horror ATC's ~ they were great!
Response: great! I had fun making them.
Frogglin rated for Simple B&W Postcard Swap on Oct 7, 2008
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Comment: Thank you! I love Susan Sarandon, and this is SUCH a great photo of her.
Response: I'm glad you like the postcards. I have the very same postcard myself to keep.
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Comment: ooo.. I'm very sorry.. I really have rate you but maybe it's the office internet line sometimes stuck and then I forget bout it.. Thanks for the button fairy, it is good.
Response: Oh! good. It took a long time to get there. I'm glad the package wasn't lost.
OwlParade rated for Halloween Handmade Postcard on Oct 5, 2008
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Comment: Beautiful postcard!
dragonfly rated for Simple B&W Postcard Swap on Oct 5, 2008
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Comment: Thanks for the cards you sent. Warhol definitely looks weird. Ansel Adams is my husband's favorite. Yes, we're still having problems with gas supply, I went to 6 gas stations this week before I could find one with gas.
jen5253 rated for Simple B&W Postcard Swap on Oct 3, 2008
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Comment: I really like both of these postcards! My favorite of the two is the self portrait. I don't think it's a mirror image, because then we'd see the camera in the mirror. I wonder if he had a wire timer attached to the camera? I've seen those on really really old cameras before. Thanks so much for both of these postcards!
vi0letta rated for Bon Voyage Private Swap on Sep 24, 2008
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Comment: I just received the journal, it looks like you had a lot of fun!! I hope u'll like mine too, it will arrive to you soon, sorry again for the delay
sourfruit rated for 20 Questions Letter: Where I Live on Sep 17, 2008
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Comment: Wow, that was quite a thick letter :] I live in Scottsdale!
Response: Small world. lol!
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Response: Your welcome. Which one did I send to you? Was she Miss Summer Fairy or Wisteria fairy?
Adrienne131313 rated for Digital Photo Swap ~ MY PETS on Sep 12, 2008
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Comment: I loved the stories :) your family is very cute .... thanks for sharing
Response: Thanks for the sweet comments, gals!
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Comment: Thanks so much for the button fairy ,it is great!You did a wonderful job!
Carotte rated for Digital Photo Swap ~ MY PETS on Sep 12, 2008
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Comment: I love cats and those are really cute, the dog is beautiful! Thanks for sharing those little stories about them : ) .
Response: Great! I'm glad you like the extra photos I added.
papermuse rated for Craft Art Projects! on Aug 27, 2008
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Comment: Thanks for the great projects - I can't wait to try them all! Sorry again about being so confused...
Response: Your welcome. I'm glad you like the ideas.
vi0letta rated for Journal Swap - Theme a day on Jul 23, 2008
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Comment: I just opened your awesome package, thank you so much! I love the journal and I love the socks + t-shirt (I'm wearing the t-shirt now!!) I'm so happy all the money for the extras went to the shelter!! I hope we'll keep in touch :)
Response: Your very welcome. I hope your able to read my writing in the journal. I'm glad the t-shirt fits. I thought it was really cute. Keep in touch. Stephanie
Lucky12324 rated for Love Koi Fish! on Jun 7, 2008
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Comment: Thank you so much for all of the wonderful koi items! I love the journal and the earrings. I cannot wait to use the koi bag!
Anniehall rated for Postcard Art Art Art 2 on Jun 2, 2008
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Comment: Stephanie, I like the cards that you chose for me, sadly one of them arrived a bit damaged. I especially like the black and white one, it's very interesting, also I loved the Frank Sinatra stamp. Thank you very much.
knitmom7 rated for Famous People Postcard Swap on May 30, 2008
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Comment: Can't believe you found an antique postcard store! Kudos to you and the shoppe. Brenda
Response: Thank you to everyone and there wonderful and kind comments. Kudos to everyone.
heatherc rated for Famous People Postcard Swap on May 29, 2008
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Comment: Thank you for the great James Dean card! I received another postcard from you today. I LOVE the Doc Holliday card! The Old West is my favorite!! Thanks so much!
tobiejonzarelli rated for I love Spring Time! on May 25, 2008
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Comment: Great cards, I especially loved the sunbathing prairie dog! Thanks so much, Mary

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Comments

CatMom6 on Oct 3, 2008:

Will miss you as Host in the Halloween swap. Hope all is well.

Kimberlee/CatMom6

GypsyDyann on Sep 3, 2008:

I thought I was the only one nuttie about FLYING MONKEYS!--I just got a wall plaque from Terrys Village catalog that says "I have flying monkey's---Don't make me use them!" Ha Love it! Have a spooktacular Halloween!

carol on Sep 2, 2008:

Well, hello! Love your koi art! I'm excited about the felting class too, although it's looking like I may have to be late for it. See you there!

browniemommie2005 on Aug 28, 2008:

Thanks for joining Digital Photo Swap ~ My Pets :0)

CatMom6 on Aug 24, 2008:

Hello,

I am new to this site. I hope you will let me join your swap. Sounds like a lot of fun. I have been a host and in lots of swap in my 10 years of stamping and swapping. I hope you will let me join. I will not let you down and I will be on time. Thank you very much Kimberlee/CatMom6

papermuse on Aug 3, 2008:

It's surprising that we're the only ones signed up for the Craft Art Projects swap - I guess people must be busy... Oh well I think we have lots in common so this should be fun!

tobiejonzarelli on Jun 25, 2008:

I love the fabric RAS card Stephanie! Thanks so much, I always enjoy pups blowing me kisses. =)

Mary

ClareyFairy on Jun 17, 2008:

thank you for angelling my handbag purse silliness swap. It was worth waiting for :)

ProudNana on May 25, 2008:

Just dropping by to say hello to another AZ Girl :)

Pooky on May 25, 2008:

Thank you so much for angeling for me! Lovely postcard! Thanks again!

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