8ofspades

Hi, I'm Cal.. I'm twenty three and live in the east of England. I'm incredibly curious and a little obsessed with good food :)

See my last.fm :)

Harold & Maude, Me Without You,

I love crafting & am into pretty much any craft. I'm a bit of a jill of all trades.

The crafts I currently know/love; sewing, embroidery, crocheting, patchwork, basic knitting, french knitting, paper crafts, jewellery making, crafty recycling, bath products, book binding, paper making...

Crafts I'd like to learn; carving, beer making, cider making, spinning.. Anything I haven't thought of!

The majority of what I craft has purpose, I guess I'm a practical crafter, or try to be!

Okay, I'm going to be specific with my likes and dislikes, but don't worry too much about it - I appreciate the effort that goes into any package :)

General; Items/craft supplies with a vintage print, string, crafting, baking, cooking, music, film, organic gardening, nature, the small things, matters of an ethical nature, summer, trees, simplicity, self-sufficiency, Italian food, sunsets, Poppies, BPAL perfume, learning, ye olde england, holistic medicine, fabric, vintage, low GI recipes, natural products, handmade, diy zines, tea, making people smile, mix cds, photography, records, letters, ribbons & lace, cotton fabric, natural material beads (real pearl, glass, wood, gemstone, shell), buttons, pretty papers, general craft supplies! Birds - I love birds! Oh and incense, especially mood incense such as 'joy', 'calm' etc., brown kraft paper/goods, natural linens & cottons, screen printed fabrics, twee pop & grrl riot music, cotton crochet lace, silk, watercolours, letters

Flavours; Vanilla, cinnamon, milk chocolate, strawberries, anything that isn't on my dislikes!

Scents; Jasmine, citrus, vanilla, cinnamon, coconut, incensey & foody scents.

Colours; Red, dark purple, grey, teal, dusky rose.

General; Plasticy items, Hello Kitty & other cutesy characters, anything too sickly sweet,synthetics, the 'throw away' generation, unnatural skin care products or products which contain Sodium Lauryl (or Laureth) Sulfate or anything ending in 'paraben', cruelty, drama.

Flavours; I'm on a sugar free diet at the moment and don't eat anything containing artificial or glucose-based sweeteners :( fructose, xylitol & other natural sweetners are all fine though!

Dark chocolate, coconut, chai & black tea, anything sickly sweet, artificial flavourings, artificial colourings (especially blue - it makes me so ill), fennel, liquorice sweets (but I don't mind liquorice tea!)

Scents; Geranium. Aniseed.

Colours; Anything too pink! Anything neon.