what I pledged

I have a teenage son and I am recently widowed so crafting, swapping and chatting on forums are quite important to me at the moment.

I am a swap aholic and take part in swaps on several crafty forums. I have been hosting a monthly inchies swap elsewhere for a few months now.

I will never sign up for a swap that I can't complete.

My flickr name is T Ann

My favourite music is soft rock and my favourite artist is Meatloaf, although I do quite like 60 music too. Music is important to me and can totally alter my mood. I like to play my CD's while I am doing the housework (only thing thats keeps me doing it LOL)

I love to read and spend some time everyday with my nose in a book. Usually when I go up to bed.

At the moment I am working through the James Patterson "Cross" novels and I am loving them.

Totally love all the Dan Brown books.

I like most mystery/whodunnit type books and always by them second hand now. I never seem to pass them on though when I have read them. You can imagine what my book case look like.

I am not a big movie fan. I love the Harry Potter movies though and anything with Tom Hanks.

I watch TV most evenings. CSI and Criminal minds are on my can't miss list. I also love the home make over shows.

My newest obsession and absolute addiciton now is Art journalling/journalling. I have been scrapbooking for a few years and have recently got into ATC and inchies. I like all kinds of paper craft and getting messy with inks and paints.

Likes

If you really wanted to make me happy...and you are in the US... i totally adore the composistion books you can get over there and would happily do a private swap with anymore to get my hands on these fabby books.

Stash

All ranger products, especialy from the Tim Holtz range, Purple, shades of brown, Vintage, Ephemera, Ribbons, Inks, Paints, Rubber stamps, naked chipboard, metal embellishments, tags, jouranlling spots

Other (Totally random thoughts here)

I enjoy collecting - small trinket boxes and charms.

Hot chocolate

Coffee

I love the smell of vanilla flavoured products, candles or soaps, but dont really like things that have a flowery fragrance.

I like making handmade gifts for my family and friends.

I love stationery shopping and have a collection of pens to rival any store.

I dream of having a room dedicated to crafting and my collections, maybe if I win the lottery.

Dislikes

Stash

Pink, Cartoony/cutesy images, eyelets, insects and reptiles.

Other

Nuts (of any kind) Not really into pets much. Tea - I hate tea Kawaii anything

Anything you would like to send would make me very happy or any of the following

• Ephemera,
• Traditional items from your country,
• Anything purple,
• "Me to you" bear goodies,
• Notebooks,
• Metal embellishments,
• Postcard from your capital city,
• Bookmarks (handmade or store bought),
• Chocolate (no nuts),
• Altered items, or items I can alter
• Ink pads,
• UM Rubber Stamps, (not words or phrases please)
• Very small amount of currency from your country (coins),
• Unusual pens, (not black ink)
• Seashells,
• Beads
• paper or fabric flowers,
• books I can journal in,
• Keyrings (my son collects them)
• Recipe cards with or without recipes on

I am brand new to postcard swapping and collecting and would love to collect a touristy type card from each state in the US, each country in the world and town/cities in my home country. If anyone were kind enough to send me any of these I would also love to have a short note to go with it telling some history about the place.

To complete my collection of American States I am missing the following

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Maine
• Mississippi
• New Hampshire
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Wyoming

If you can help me out with any of these I would be very happy to private swap. i have London and York postcards and various pictures ie flowers etc.

I also love vintage style cards and anything with seascapes and shells.

• A variety of postcards from different countries
• Memo sheets
• Paper scraps
• Cute letter sets
• Handmade bookmarks
• Blank Notecards
• Handmade minibooks (made for you)
• Small paper punches
• Short ribbon pieces
• Penpal letters
• Brads/eyelets
• Game pieces