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Hello fellow crafters and swappers! So want to know a little about me? Well here you go. Here are some things I am passionate about: The Environment and its preservation, Traveling, Feminism, A sustainable lifestyle which leads me to DIY and Crafting! Fabulous Foods and Good Company. I love nature and natural things so I try to use that to influence my crafting. I love dressing up in costumes! I also am discovering a new spiritual path. I am still learning but Goddesses have become an important part of my life

Things that don’t seem to fit other places= I love pirates, spiders, poppies, gnomes and red and white polka dot mushrooms. I also have a Pullip doll named Harlequin Joy and a Dal named Wednesday. They love getting gifts J I also have a pet tarantula named Eduardo. I love headscarves and huge jewelry and wear them almost every day.

Oh and something else! I am not allergic to anything! And take a look at my flickr favs and Deviant art favs. I think it gives a pretty good idea of my aesthetic.

If you need to know anything else just ask!

Well these are authors: Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Sylvia Plath, Neil Gaiman, and Hunter S. Thompson

My favorite books are: Secret Life of Bees, The Sandman Series, Pride and Prejudice, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Mister God This is Anna, Like Water for Chocolate, American Gods, Ariel by Sylvia Plath and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

I watch a lot of movies so this may be a long list J. My Neighbor Totoro, The Princess Bride, Spirited Away, Benny and Joon, Rent, Amelie, Chocolat, Pirates of the Caribbean(all 3), Monty Python and the Holy Grail, LOTR, The Mists of Avalon, Down With Love, The Count of Monte Christo, and Frida

Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Futurama, Invader Zim, Scrubs, The Big Bang Theory, Firefly, The no 1. Ladies Detective Agency, Mythbusters, 30 Rock, Faerie Tale Theatre

Favorite Quotes: "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal" -Firefly "Tea and Cake or Death?"- Eddie Izzard (love a lot of quotes from him) "Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates." ~Mark Twain "I bought a cactus. A week later it died. And I got depressed, because I thought, Damn. I am less nurturing than a desert."- Demetri Martin

Favorite Month/Season: October/Fall

Favorite thing to buy: Chopsticks (this is a problem ;p), Journals, Skull and Spider Items and Kokeshi Dolls

Favorite Holiday: Halloween

Colors: Greens, Turquoise, Brown, Silver

Weather: Rain

Animals: Spiders, Owls, Deer, Ravens, Peacocks and Hedgehogs

Snacks/Sweets: Chocolate Yan Yan, Dark Chocolate, Apricot Chips (most fruit chips) and cookies. Oh I also like berry teas!

Scents: Vanilla, Rain, Coffee,

Characters/People: Eduardo from Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, Soot Sprites, The small white Totoro, Gir from Invader Zim, Robin Hood, Jayne, Wash and Kaylee from Firefly, Amelie, Elizabeth Bennet, David the Gnome and Batz Maru. Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali, Dita Von Teese and other Burlesque dancers, Acid Betty (love that drag!), Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory.

Things I don’t like: Pink, Gold, any thing too girly, Country or Classical music, being hot, Cats, and Rose scented things

Sewing (still learning) Felting (really new to this) Sewing with Felt :) Jewelry making Making my own beauty products and gluing stuff to other stuff

I am open to learning all sorts of things!