venus

my name is venus and i live in los angeles with my bestest friend + two cats (taco and booger). i am addicted to spending my hard earned cash on anything that lets me be creative whether its spending forever in the scrapbooking store or coming up on new quilting materials at the fabric store. (i dont sew, by the way, but i love love love fabric especially japanese imported kawaii and my best friend sews so i make requests through her) i like altered art which range from journals to cards to even my scrapbook pages. i do gravitate towards the dark side (zombies, skulls, witches, ghosts, bats, halloween, haunted houses) but have a very prominent light in me as well. (apples, clouds, sky, kawaii, rainbows, icecream, cupcakes and candy). i collect on a lot of things/people but i also love movies, coffee, music, the rain, the ocean, road trips, photography, snail mail, the city, the forest and you. i cant wait to start swapping my bum off and making sure to spread some venus happiness around here! :) anything else you need to know? check out my flickr. :)

• rose mcgowan (clippings, mags, ads, flyers, etc)
• apple items but not country apple - more like kawaii apple stuff like stickers, stationery, gift wrap, candy, scents, snow white, fabrics, bags , cards, bottles, photos, jewelry, anything holding an apple or with apple printing and apple trees... anything apple is up my alley.
• i also collect anything halloween. (rubber stamps, stickers, vintage cards, scrapbooking, books, clothing, decorations, craft books, ANYTHING)
• i like horror movies so i collect dvd's like a mad woman even the bad ones but i mostly emphasize on j-horror or zombie flicks.
• stationery is also a big part of my collecting life from paper (which i find so cute sometimes i wont even use!) to pens... i loooove pens and not to mention - stickers stickers stickers!
• i collect cameras as well (which has sort of happened accidentally)
• anything with little red riding hood.
• wallets, purses and cosmetic bags
• knick knacks i use for altering items from beads to bottle caps to buttons

altered anything! journals, atc, cards, wrapping paper, letters, handcrafted books, boxes and bags

• halloween
• scary + horror
• apples (but not country)
• day of the dead · virgin mary + catholic saints
• stars
• cupcakes, icecream candy
• anything carnival-y or circus-y
• spirals
• dots
• twirls
• foods with faces
• kawaii
• geisha
• anything japanese (whether its characters or people or landscapes or food)
• mark ryden
• tim burton
• lisa frank-ish (unicorns, stars, candy - i love all that)
• grafitti
• red + black or anything between the two
• vintage designs (flapper girls, corsets, freak shows, burlesque, etc..)
• robots
• monsters
• i really like cheap japanese stationery that has mispelled words or sayings that dont make sense
• things with old typewriters on it
• anything cute with tears, rain clouds
• anything ragdoll-ish

• bubble gum
• red licorice (but not twizzlers)
• lollipops or hard candy
• apple flavored anything
• watermelon + cherry flavors
• sour stuff
• i also like sugar free candy

• disney items (EXCEPT for the evil queens)
• characters like dora/spongebob/new strawberry shortcake
• dolphins
• wide ruled paper
• elvis/marilyn monroe/audrey hepburn/james dean
• ska
• cherry patterns
• keropi
• gold
• air fresheners
• happy faces (the generic yellow circular kind)
• religious stuff (‘cept catholic saints)
• anything beach-y like sandal stickers or an ocean calendar
• 70’s psychelic stuff
• neon colors
• tootsie rolls
• black licorice
• chocolate
• anything spicy
• root beer
• most blue candy
• green tea

• homeade stuff :) (bags, books, atc's)
• zombie stuff
• anything halloween (pumpkins, ghosts, bats, i love it all)
• anything apple (kawaii, figurines, apple trees!)
• little red riding hood (books, fabrics, dolls)
• snow white (with apples only)
• the evil queen
• scary stuff (monsters, zombies, etc..)
• rubber stamps/ink (i dont mind used stamps!)
• anything kawaii
• purses/bags/wallets
• pins/buttons
• stickers
• bento boxes/accessories
• chopsticks
• scrapbooking accessories (glue, paper, pens)
• stationery of any kind
• folders
• anything i can use in altering (beads, bottle caps, knick knacks)
• fabrics
• magazines
• sanrio - pandapple, my melody or little twin stars only
• nail polish (black, red or anything in between - glitter!)
• lip balm
• hair clips
• bracelets
• japanese candy / pocky / yan yan
• anything i cant get in the u.s.