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I craft, weld, make feathered jewelry, paint, make greeting cards/book marks, ceramics and slump glass. I paint with coffee, crochet, embellish with beads/ribbons and am a hot glue gun sharp shooter. If it's crafty, I'll try it.

I am a bargain hunter. If I am at a fun store and find something that I like, but has something small wrong with it, I can usually haggle a good price. I sometimes use these for swapping extras; however, I do not send anything that I would not love to get myself. If you do not like Oops items, just let me know.

I am truely a fan of wild organics. I do forage for food for my family and love to get recipies using wild food. If your profile says vegan or organic, you may recive wild recipies from me. You may even get nonperishables like hazelnuts or butternuts on occasion. By all means, try them! There are wild foods everywhere, even in the city. It's good for you, guaranteed organic, pesticide free and as fresh as you can get. Get back to your roots! Learn, be healthful, help the planet, boost your immune system, be self sufficiant! Who needs a grocery store when God provides for you so plentifully? Again, I will send you homipathic tea and goodies-if you don't want something like this from me, please drop me a email saying so.

Currently I am looking for herbs for the garden, but would really use chamomile, as I use it for everything from tea to beauty products.

I really love flip flops. I'm anti-shoe 90% of the time (I've even been known to make a quick run to the car in the snow with no shoes). Unfortunately, stores prefer you to have shoes, so I rely on my flip flops. I love them. I'm a size 9 wide in the foot, but cheepie flops in a 10 or 11 fit most of the time. Hate shoes, but love socks--go figure. I saw that Converse makes a see-throiugh shoe and I will own a pair one day (shakes fist) to show off my cool socks.

Quite a few of the things I make are out of recycled items, especially glass bottles and old fencing wire. I love recycled things and handmade things over and above anything new. If you made it just for me, no matter what it is, I will absolutely love it. I enjoy swapping as a surprise and each little thing is a gift from a perfect stranger and I think that is so awesome. I will give lots of information, but I love everything.

I'm 34 and have 4 adorable kids, 2 boys and 2 girls, married to an awesome man who works as a mechanic. I work for a transcription company. I work from home as well so I can continue to home school my son. I have 1 dog, a black lab/German short hair mix named Noodle, a cat named Souie-climb-a-tree and 2 doves.

I like to get craft supplies: fat quarters, glass beads, ribbons, pretty/funky yarn (especially novelty yarns), wire (for making jewelry as well as bigger guages of brass, silver and copper for wire art), jewelry findings, handmade papers, candles, incense, crystals (natural and glass)scrap booking do dads. Tools (like for jewelry making or wire working--round nosed pliers, crimpers, wire cutters, snap setters etc.). I adore coffee and tea.

I like earthy things, and "coffee" themed things as well as shabby chic and nerdy things. I love, love, love sunflowers. They are my favorite flower ever.

Leather is always great to get. Feathers, fur, and animal/nature inspired things are wonderful and welcome. I rely on nature for a lot of my food. That is how we choose to live. I would rather use fur/feathers/leather than to let it rot away like garbage. It is all beautiful and a symbol of our survival and growth as a species. To waste it to keep from offending someone is not my style. If you do not appreciate animal naturals, just say so and I will not send them to you. Please. No big long thing about how cruel it is. I guarantee the animals I get products from do not suffer. If you want to complain, complain to the mass prodution lines that stunn, shock, trap and torture before finally delivering the death blow. I will bet you my steak is much happier than yours.

My favorite color is green. I appreciate scrap booking type stickers as opposed to cutsie sparkle stickers, but my daughter likes cutesy sparkle, so they will not go to waste. On the other hand, man stickers-MPH, speed limit, road sign, flaming sculls, racing--you know, dude stickers, are a favorite. My hubby puts them on his toolbox to pimp it up :)

Nerd stuff!!! I once crochet a Jamie from the Mythbusters. Old nintendo/atari stuff is fun. I like nerd stuff.

I love candles in general. As far as fragrances go, I like the smell of sandalwood, linen, cotton, lilac, lavender, chamomile, jasmine, mint, roses and fresh cut grass. I like organic and glycerin soaps. I do have sensitive skin, glycerin and organic always works well for me. I have Scentsy warmers and always appreciate scents for that.

My favorite flower in the world is sunflowers and they are all over my kitchen. Ooooo I love my sunflowers...

I like pretty bottles (like little perfume bottles) and empty wine bottles (with or without labels) are awesome for slumping and making serving trays. Any condition wine bottle is fine. A little chip wont show after it's been fired. Odd colors are the best--bright blue is a rare find around here. Even if the bottle is broken, if it is bright colored, I will certainly use it for something like mosaic or windchimes.

Gardening is fun and I always enjoy getting flower seeds. I have a black thumb though, so I guarantee nothing. I'm still in the learning stages I guess.

Little bits are kind of fun, like old keys, gears, neat chains, old pictures. I do make handmade journals, so that kind of thing can be useful to me. I have a project involving a very large flywheel that hopefully will end up as a kitchen clock someday. Little bits would certainly help that project along.

I have recently undergone gastric bypass surgery. While I enjoy getting treats, they will probably be given to my kids, since sugar can cause some pretty bad upset for me at the moment. However, I do okay with trail mixes and snacks that have 16 g or less worth of carbs. Of course, I take a lot of vitamins and love Viactiv and gummy vitamins--anything chewable.

I like tea and honey. I've always wanted to try vegimite (I have some on the way, I'll let you know if its awesome!). Coffee is my love though and I will never turn away coffee.

I can't forget the hubbies, I like to add lil' extras for the guys sometimes. If they get something in the swap, they don't think we're all crazy for swapping! Mine is a mechanic. He likes lighters that look like tools, peanut butter fudge, car magazines, novelty air fresheners (all scents are fine), baseball caps with mechanic stuff on them. He loves Dodge the best and anything tractor (semis) related. This includes geek trucker music (He knows all the words to "Convoy") His favorite music is classic rock and he would get a huge kick out of mix CDs and the like to jam to while working on Fords. Novelty key rings, pens that write good (we constantly steal good writers from each other--pen thievery is what keeps our marriage strong ;), lil' flashlights and cool stickers for his tool box.

I will love anything that is sent to me. I think this is a beautiful and awesome website that consists of a bunch of people just making eachother happy. I love opening my mailbox and seeing a little gift laying amongst the bills! Its fantastic.

Lastly, swapping is a very fun hobby for me, but also can be somewhat expensive. I will always send out my swaps, but I will not resend should something go wrong after the package is sent. I'm sorry. For larger packages, I will get a delivery confirmation notice and will share the tracking number with the person it's being sent to. That way, I know where the package is if there is a problem. I will do this with smaller packages if I feel it is necessary. PLease rate or drop me a message when you get your package. I like to know that it was delivered and you have it in your possession.

Alternative, rock, heavy metal, hard rock, 80's, 90's, old and new country, blues, gospel, showtunes, broadway tunes, folk. I'm really eclectic. My favorite song ever is "Jane Says" By Jane's Addiction.

Oooo tough one. I have so many. I like goofy movies like Napolean Dynamite and The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I love Dr. Who old and new. I grew up watching Tom Baker. I like a few older movies like Angel on my Shoulder-Claude Rains was a good actor. The first Blair Witch scared me to death. TO DEATH! That was the scariest movie I have ever seen. I draw the line there.

Judging Amy, Starting Over, CSI, Scrubs, House, Myth Busters, craft shows and DIY, I am a moderately-severe Dr. Who nerd.

I weld mostly. Garden sculpture, sun catchers, general porch dangles. I paint with Coffee--that is, my paint IS coffee. I have a kiln that I slump glass and do some pottery work, I make wooden puzzles, crochet, make crochet things like stitch markers, amirugumi. I make greeting cards and post cards, recycled projects, jewelry on occasion, key chains, cool home accessories...stuff like that. I like to share what I make, and put a lot of time and effort into each piece as well as presentation for my swap friends.

Check out my etsy and my etsy blog. I give away stuff sometimes and would love to see my swapper buddies in on the action...