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takeabreak

takeabreak
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Last Online: September 8, 2016

Country: United States
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About Me

It would be great to receive an email from you when you receive my swap - I like to make sure that you are receiving your goodies. Also, I appreciate ratings. Thanks!

I have been a huge fan of collage and altered art throughout many years, (I am a young 50-year old currently in Virginia)! What a great way to recycle, to be inventive, and to repurpose found items. To find bits and pieces for my art work, I love thrift store shopping, going to estate sales, flea markets, antique stores, and antique shows, here at home and when I go on vacation. I also attend a lot of the art festivals in our region, to meet and talk with the many creative people who are excited about their work. That is my greatest source of inspiration....admiring the work of others!

Favorite Music

There is so much music that I like and it usually depends on the mood I want to create. Classic rock and roll, the 50s, jazz, grunge, classical, reggae...it is all wonderful to me.

Favorite Movies

I am going through a stage right now and I have been purchasing old films, such as Andy Hardy, Bob Hope, Jimmy Stewart, etc. On the weekends, I get up early in the morning, while my husband is still fast asleep, pop one of these oldies in the DVD player and drink my coffee...

Favorite Television

I am also going through a nostalgic mood with TV shows and I purchase DVDs of TV programs from years back. Dick Van Dyke, Lucy, Andy Griffith, Ozzie & Harriet, Bonanza...my husband cracks up. Unbelievably we do not have cable or satellite TV. Our family and friends do not understand how we can exist without it...ha-ha-ha.

Favorite Crafts

Mostly collage, altered art, decoupage, and made a few pieces of jewelry using old or vintage jewelry parts. I want to learn how to solder so I can make little charms, etc., like what I have seen in Pretty Little Things by Sally Jean Alexander.

My muse: anything Somerset Studios & Legacy, Collage Discovery Workshop by Claudine Hellmuth, Designing with Photos by Allison Tyler Jones and Donna Smylie, Souvenirs de Fleurs by Louise Kollenbaum, Nick Bantock's books, Artchix Studio, other creative people, books, magazines, the outdoors and nature.

Favored colors: gold, silver, bronze, rust, black, antique white, sepia, burnt orange, various shades of brown, and muted colors.

Ratings

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Comment: Hello JoAnne, I know we were not direct partners, but I received a number of your ATCs as they traveled along. I appreciate you sharing your creative talents with me. I also gathered some great ideas on record keeping and story keeping for the ATCs I started. I really appreciate that as well. I really appreciate the contact you have kept with me even though I have not always been quick in returning the favor. Happy Swapping and I look forward to seeing more of your cards. Barb sleepingtraveler
Response: You are welcome! And, thank you for your compliments - I appreciate them!
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Comment: love every thing about your atcs. fun creative swapper.
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Comment: beautiful work always ~ hearts AND flowers!
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Comment: appreciate all your work
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Comment: awesome atc's
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Comment: Creative artist and super awesome swapper!
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Comment: Very creative, and I LOVE the backgrounds you pick.
Prpldy rated for circle of friends atc chain swap.... on May 4, 2007
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Comment: so far so good! I love to see your work it always inspires me!
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Response: thanks for the rating! as a newbie, i am having a good time with the ATC swap! see you at flickr.
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Comment: Joanne is an excellent swapper!!
1CrazyQuilter rated for Newbie Swap: Pick 3 Items on Apr 8, 2007
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user6217 rated for Newbie Swap: Pick 3 Items on Apr 7, 2007
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Comment: rating 5 love the animal postcards
blackie rated for Old Book Pages Swap on Apr 1, 2007
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Comment: thank you for the book pages - great selection. I will have heaps of fun with them.
yarnlibrarian rated for Squashed pennies!! on Mar 26, 2007
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Comment: Thanks! Above and beyond - great!

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