twobluecrows

GOT CDs? I STILL need no-good cds for a huge art project--any cd that has a unaltered shiny side is welcome (scratches are just fine)--in any numbers--I'm looking for 4000! I have about 400 so far, having just received another spool and a stack from a friend. So PM me for my mailing address if you'd like to contribute and save them from going to the landfill! I will gladly return some postage to you, or trade something else. IF YOU'RE MAILING ME CDS, PLEASE USE MEDIA MAIL--VERY CHEAP, at least here in the US: 1lb=$2.38, 2lb=$2.77, 3lb=$316, etc.

I'm doing better now and want to just keep busy, and keep going, so I've put my profile back and am getting back into swapping again in a lite way, a little here and there with no great big commitments, other than the year long monthly swap I started.

Thank you all so much for your kind and comforting words on the passing of my son! It is the most terrible thing, and I only hope that you all take your loved ones in your arms, or call them if they are far away, and tell them you love them, show them you love them and don't waste another minute with anything petty! Life is just too short, and we just never know what will be around the next corner.

My only consolation is that he got to go home, in the purest sense of that word, he was with his friends and family, living the life he wanted to live and before he moved back down there, we'd had some time together in which I truly saw that my baby boy had grown into a wonderful caring friend, and loving father.

I'm sorry, but I have to be very selective/restrictive about joining any more groups at this time--I have too much going on outside of Swap-bot and no time to give it the attention it needs right now. Thanks for asking though!

Collagist, book-alterer, assemblagist and any other art form that catches my fancy! I live in a tiny cottage in northeastern CT ("The Quiet Corner") with my lovely husband Fred.

We share an elderly but spry poodle with my mom who lives next door, and we also take care of 6 motley chickens who lay brown, green, blue and pink eggs when and where they feel like it.

And now we have a new member of the family..."Pepper" 2.5 mo old cream calico... And here's Pepper now all, grown up at 6 mos!

I'm fond of crows, magical elements, celtic knotwork, crows, celestial imagery, maps and old texts, as well as exotic flowers and nature themes, and did I mention crows?

Steampunk is intriguing me, too.

Duane Keiser and Hall Groat II are two of my new favorite contemporary artists, JohannesVermeer my all time favorite. I'm fond of Mary Engelbreit, too!

My favorite things that I like to see around me at home are all small--our house is really tiny, and not much wall space open for hanging things, lots of built-in furniture takes it up. But I like things with celtic knot designs, crows, altered/decorated matchboxes, small boxes, postcards and ATCs, small art dolls/goddess dolls, windchimes, crows, and tiny sparkly sun catchers, inchie charms, and other small charms--I have a hand-made wire charm tree hanging from the ceiling in a corner of my studio. And, crows, crows, crows--I love them!

I love notecard swaps, but ONLY BLANK ONES! I never buy anything with words already inside, and if I get some in a swap, I much prefer that they be ones that I can use to send a note (another note from you in the swap is fine, as long as there are blank ones for me, too! This said, I'll never join one that says Senders choice and mentions writing a poem or note inside them.

I also don't like prefilled journals. Not that I don't want to meet and get to know people, I just don't need other people's journaling-- I'd rather get a letter! I love decorated/altered blank books however!

I love all colors in some quantities, but my favorites are all shades of blue and if you add silver, it's perfect! Think the summer sky, and the ocean. Anything sparkly, shiny and rich looking, too. All the metals are good as well, especially copper. Oh, and the irridescent green/black of crows!

Not so fond of cutesy baby pastels or baby colors--I'm a fantasy-loving grown-up with rich taste!

Matchbox templates for making your own from cardstock: at my blog--see link above.

There are also templates for printing ATC backsides further down on the blog.

DISLIKES... ...may be too harsh a word. I don't care for Kawaii- like things, cartoons, cutsey, baby, kidstuff, Disney, etc. Anime is interesting, but not something I go out of my way for.

Also Christian and other mainstream religious items--I don't have any objection to religious people, just don't need any religious stuff. I'm happily a pagan who just happens to work within the Catholic Church, so I get exposed to enough of that there.

I do like miniatures though--dollhouse 1:12 scale is fascinating in little things, paintings, furniture, Fairy Doors, etc.