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I Like to draw and consider myself to be an "advanced doodler". I love to draw animals, plants, robots, crazy faces, aliens, abstract color/pattern studies or any old thing that strikes my fancy.Almost everything you get from me will be hand drawn. I love B&W clip art style ephemera and Dover books. My favorite color is orange. I love making ATCs and matchboxes!

My favorite movie of all time is Bottle Rocket. So subtle and hilarious. I love Kung-Fu movies and RomComs. No horror movies, but I do love a good creature feature, like Deep Blue Sea, Anaconda and Lake Placid. I love SHARKS and am super excited about Shark Week!

I love old funk and R&B, like The Brothers Johnson, Bootsy Collins and The Bar-Kays.I love Bowie and T-Rex. I love 90's rap and hip-hop. I also love surf guitar. I like modern artists also, like Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, MGMT, and CSS. Basically, I'll give most music a chance except for super twangy country.

I read all the time! I am an avid reader. I read everything, from trashy novels to Russian classics. Bring on the recommendations! I will be happy to give you some of my favorites if you are looking for something to read, but there are too many to list here. :)

I am obsessed with thrift and consignment stores, estate sales and auctions! I just bought my first house and am having the time of my life slowly re-doing everything. I am a foody and love the farmer's market.

Favorites

Colors: ORANGE, Turquoise, Apple Green, Pink, Lavendar

Animals: Hippo, Rabbit, Cat, Owl, Lizards of all kinds, Dinosaurs, Otters & Sharks

Magazines: ReadyMade, High Fructose, Juxtapose, Blue Canvas, The Believer, Uncut, Dwell, Cuisine, Cook's Illustrated, The Week, The New Yorker

Decorating styles: Mid Century Modern, Rococo, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Eclectic I guess. I love old things. I like clean modern lines AND super scrolly and intricate. If it's brightly colored and pretty, I'm in! :)

Flowers:Statice, Hydrangea, Forsythia, Roses, Tiger Lillies,Azalia,Tulip, Pansies,Poppies

Artists: (In no particular order)Joseph Cornell -- (AMAZING! )Charley Harper, Alphonse Mucha, Andrew Wyeth, Norman Rockwell, Koralee, Sam Flores, Jackson Pollack, Rueben, Toulouse Lautrec,De Kooning, Joe Sorren, Fornasetti,James Jean, Eric Carle, Kent Williams, Edward Gorey,Max Ernst.... I could go on & on... will add to this later, I'm sure.

Wishlist

dried or pressed plants/flowers Any type of sticker, Pens, Sharpies/Markers, Blank CDs, Fortune Cookie Fortunes, Very small fabric pieces, ribbons Dominos or Majong Tiles, Scraps/pieces of old board games

I collect 1950's ceramic animal planters and bakelite dishes.

Donations to Charities in my name :)

I collect buttons/pins ( the metal kind you pin to your lapel - Not the kind you button your shirt with. :) )

Any image/text from a magazine that you think is interesting. I love to collage and I often write letters on magazine scraps. :D

Dislikes

Please no religious or political materials!

****Please don't send food or candy if the swap doesn't call for it! I am dieting (Lost 87 lbs so far!) and don't need the temptation.

Thank You!