DomesticGodessT

UPDATE (11/8/14) Am back after taking some time off to plan and get married....so happy to be back to swapping and creating and filling my mailbox with something other than invitations and thank you cards! (Altho I enjoyed that as well!) S & I were married on Halloween afternoon in a private ceremony with our Joey and my parents in attendance.It was wonderful and so was the reception the next day...I am so lucky to have found a wonderful man to share my life with as well as share our happiness with all our friends and family!

About me: I am 39 and work from home full time, which allows me to craft and be a domestic goddess in my free time.I am happily married to a ginger workaholic named Scotty and Mama part time to his/our son Joey.We share our home with two dogs, a cat and fish and a lot of love.

I take my happy mail and swapping responsibilities very seriously and read all swaps carefully and send something I would enjoy receiving.Whenever possible I have swaps ready before signing up so I can send asap. If you do not get a swap or rating from me please let me know! I plan to post when I work on and/or send things here on my profile as well to keep me organized.

Crafts I enjoy doing:

• collaging
• cross stitch
• rubber stamps
• ATCs
• assorted paper crafts
• chainmaille
• Caligraphy

New to but enjoying:

• Sewing (just got my first machine!)
• Rubber stamping
• Smashbooks! So far I have 3, one for my art, one Hello Kitty one I am using only HK items in, and one for my fiancé and I's memory stuff. Update (9/14/14) Picked up two more smash books at Michael's craft store today, one for Joey and another possibly for wedding stuffs....excited to get those started!

• bookmarks(Handmade and purchased)♡
• ephemera and assorted papers for paper crafts
• ATCs/Aceos
• tea bags, will love any flavors!
• sticker sheets (especially love Sticko, Hello Kitty, butterflies and flowers and any favorite character ones)

• smash book stuff including (but definitely not limited to) liscensed stuff, journal cards, washi and deco tapes, pockets, stickers etc.

• papers/ephemera to make Atcs.

• Batman
• Minions from Despicable Me
• Hello Kitty
• Stormtroopers & R2D2
• Beaker from the Muppets
• Death, Dream and Delirium from the Neil Gaiman comic book series The Endless
• Hannibal Lecter

• Useful Hello kitty items
• washi/deco tape, rolls and samples on cards from your collection will be used and loved!
• magnets
• bookmarks, homemade and store bought.I love my Kindle but still enjoy the real thing!
• rubber duckies
• Notecards...I send my Mama, sister and pen pals weekly cards and always appreciate them, hand made or purchased.
• B&W & color anatomy drawings to color/display/collage with.
• Pandora type beads. ..I but mine on ebay usually and am into nice but not expensive ones.
• kitchy and useful kitchen stuff

• Hannibal
• Big Bang Theory (I love Sheldon!)
• Dexter
• RuPaul's Drag race (Bianca del Rio is my spirit animal)
• Agents of Shield
• True Blood
• Legit
• World's Deadliest Catch (The Northwestern is my favorite boat and I love things Norwegian, such a beautiful country and rich culture.)
• Criminal Minds (My favorite character is Spencer Reid, my fiancé's is Penelope Garcia....weird but I guess we are perfect for each other!)

• I enjoy writing medium to long letters to a select few penpals.I am into conversations and really getting to know my pen friends and exchanging Lil things with letters.

Progress on swaps am using this space to keep track of my swaps.I keep a real paper notebook with details as well as utilizing an Evernote notebook.

• vintage or regular book pages
• Victorian houses, in color or b&w
• anything for my smash books I am making for my Joey.He is 2 and I am putting Cars (Disney Nascar and just regular cars), Thomas the train show (all characters), trains both kid like and real, boy type things, Sponge Bob and other kid cartoons here.
• Wedding and couple ephemera for S &I's smash book.
• Journal cards, lined or unlined.
• Washi & deco tape...rolls or samples, can use them all!
• Anatomy pics of all kinds including human and animals, b&w or color, I love them all!
• halloween or skeleton theme items.
• flatback cabuchons...recently have gotten into collecting and using these.
• flatback rhinestones, adhesive or not...love adding these!
• pics of the Eiffel tower, Paris or other historical places, castles and monuments. -love all cardstock, either in colors or patterns.
• rubber stamped images from your collection.
• pretty much anything used in smashing/junk journals will be appreciated! Including but not limited to:pockets, clips, tags, pictures, lengths of ribbon, homemade backgrounds, border elements adhesive or not,stickers, Atcs you made...I am pretty easy to please!

I'm not religious so find lil use for that iconography...EXCEPT I love pictures and postcards of very old churches.

I rarely use kid stickers (unless they are for Joey's smashbook)and find it hard to use very tiny ones.