Garrent

Hello! I'm an utterly addicted crafter and swapper from Los Angeles, now living in Kansas. After many years in the corporate world, I went back to school and earned my BA in English Literature. I was half-way through my MA when I developed a lot of health issues and had to quit.

My faves include old movies, antique cars, Italian and Mexican food, making jewelry and sculpting in polymer clay (mostly art dolls). I love going to concerts and seeing plays and musicals, especially something completely crazy and out of the ordinary.

My favorite color is bright blue, my fave actors are Gene Kelly and Alan Rickman. I read voraciously and my ultimate fave toy is my iPad (with a Kindle reader).

****PLEASE NOTE**** I am not a flaker! PLEASE let me know if you don't receive an expected swap from me. Please communicate, I value my high ratings and will do anything I can to make my partners happy.

BNL, Bette Midler, Mark Lowry, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Queen Latifa, Bruce Springsteen, B-52s, Young Dubliners, Adele, Mary Mary

The Stand, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz, Harry Potter series, Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Canterbury Tales

84 Charing Cross Road, 1408, Truly, Madly Deeply, the Harry Potter series, For Me and My Gal, Singing in the Rain, Sunset Blvd, M, Bringing Up Baby, Laura, 12 Angry Men

West Wing, Boston Legal, Miracles, Jericho, Dead Like Me, A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Black Adder, Ghost Whisperer, Rocket City Rednecks, Big Bang Theory, CBS Sunday Morning, Counting Cars

I confess I'm a hopeless CRADD - Craft Related ADD...

I enjoy beading, polymer clay sculpture, art dolls, sewing, costuming, paper crafts.

...and anything I haven't tried yet...

Other than dust bunnies under the bed (and everywhere else), I collect angels, penguins, beagles, Webkinz, magnets, ghost stories and recipes. I'm also on the hunt for anything celtic or Irish related, music, jewelry, books...

ATCs - Never made them before and I'm having way too much fun with them.

Skinnies (3x5 ATCs) - Let the creativity flow!

Victoriana - Particularly advertisements, but anything 18th or 19th century looking

Inchies - Can't have enough!

Magnets - I've always liked making them, but this is way over the line...

Bookmarks - Loving making and getting them

Dotee Dolls - I'm not very good at them yet, but I'm having lots of fun practicing

Anything to create SteamPunk: old watch parts, gears, old keys, old or interesting-looking small hardware parts, that kind of thing.

Interesting, cute, fun cardstock for ATCs

Cool fabric for Dotees and other dolls

Felt in any color

Embroidery floss in any color

Alphabet Ideas:

Since there seems to be a lot of Alphabet swaps going on, I thought I'd list a few ideas, but I guess they would work for any swap...

A - Art dolls, Angels

B - Beagles, Banshees, Beethoven

C - Chaucer, Celtic designs, Vintage Clipart (I especially like old ads)

D - Dogs, Dragons, Disneyland

E- Elephants, England, English Literature (my major)

F - France, Jimmy Fallon, Fairies

G- Ghosts, Germany, Geeks

H - Harry Potter, Hobby addict

I - Irish folklore, Ireland, Italian food

J - J.D. Salinger, Jazz

K - Gene Kelly, kd lang, kittens

L - London, Mark Lowry

M - Marionettes, Movies, Model A cars

N - New York, Northern lights

O - Othello

P - Paris, Picasso, Polymer clay

Q - Quotes, Quidditch, Queen Elizabeth

R - Alan Rickman, Renaissance

S- Shakespeare, Severus Snape, Switzerland

T - Texas, Vintage TV shows

U - USA, Unique buttons and ribbon

V - Vintage, Vancouver

W - West Wing (TV show), Washington DC, Wuthering Heights

X- Xylophone (I used to play one in school), Xavier Cugat

Y - YouTube

Z - Zeus

Other Stuff: Papercraft doo-dads: brads, diecuts, sparklies...

If you are on Facebook and play some of the games, please let me know. I'd love to cross-pollinate two of my fun zones!