asecretjournal

I live in beautiful midcoast Maine! I'm newly separated and loving every minute of life!

All my art and craft work is done in a smoke and pet free home.

Thanks for taking the time to read my profile! I'll be dressing it up soon. ;)

Individually I would say I like ACEOs, ATCs, Altered Tins, Art Journaling (also known as Visual Journaling and Soul Journaling), Artist Books, Beads, Bookmarks, Boxes and Slipcases, Calligraphy, Cards, Collage, Crochet, Drawing, Handmade Books, Inchies, Mail Art, Papercrafts in general, and Polymer Clay. And I love throwing it all together for Altered Art and/or Mixed Media! I'm also getting into some sewing.

Altoids, Bailey's Irish Cream, A Blazing Fire, Books, Chocolate, COFFEE!, Coffee Shops, Good Friends, Libraries, Pagans, Reading, Walking in the Woods, and Web Design. I know I left something out!

For Swaps:

• Animals: Cats (black, calico, tabby), Crows, Ravens, Owls; Colors: Black, Warm, Dark, Rich, Metallics; Element: Earth; Flowers: Dark Red Roses, Wildflowers; Gem: Sapphire; Insects: Moths, Spiders; Metal: Silver; Numbers: 5, 7; Planet: The Moon; Places: Ancient Ruins, Britain, Egypt, India, New England, Seaside, Woods; Plants: Autumn Leaves, Herbs, Ivy, Oak Tree; Season: Autumn; Sign: Virgo; Scents: Musk, Rose, Sandalwood, Sweet Spices, Vanilla; Styles: Art Nouveau, Goth, Medieval, Dark Victorian; Themes: Carnivals & Circuses (the dark side), Celtic, Fairy Tales, Fantastic, Gypsies, Myths & Legends, Naughty, Odd, Pagan, Pirates, Quirky, Risque, Vampires, Vikings (not the football team!) Vintage, Weird...

• Also see the general everyday likes list above.

• Go ahead and make fun of the things I don't like that are listed below. I have a wicked sense of humor. ;)

• Note that some of the correspondences above are not necessarily "correct" for Virgo, I just like them!

Artificial Sugars, Cigarette Smoke, Commercials, Country Music, Cute, Elevators, Getting older, Licorice (quite nasty), Opera, Scrapbooking (I love all the stuff for other projects!)

For Swaps:

• Cute, please, nothing cute

Farscape, Foyle's War, Heroes, House, Highlander, La Femme Nikita, Lost, MI 5, and Young Indiana Jones. I also like other quirky shows and movies, British shows and movies (grew up on PBS and Masterpiece Theatre), classic movies, and documentaries. It's a weird mix but I don't have a TV and don't want one either! I also watch some TV on Amazon (paid) and Hulu (free). It's all much less expensive than cable and you can watch exactly what you want when you want too!

I like an eclectic mix of Celtic, Ethnic, New Age, World and Electronica. Also Classic Progressive Rock and some Soul, R&B, Jazz...

Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen

I hope to be a prompt sender and rater but please feel free to nudge me. Give mail to and from Maine another day or two more especially over a weekend or holiday. Extras are nice but I'll mostly give Hearts based on the exceptional quality of your work. I don't really collect anything so please don't just send extra stuff to be sending stuff and hoping for a Heart! If you really really want to send stuff and take my favorite crafts plus my likes and dislikes into consideration then I will give you a Heart for the care, time and expense you put into it. I recently separated, sorted my stuff and moved so consequently I don't have much extra stuff to send myself. It is not my intention to offend anyone but I hope I made my stand on random stuff clear. ;)