palacey

I used to swap here under a different name (alicepalace), but I left and deleted my account for a variety of reasons. Not because I had a poor rating; I did not. It was 4.9something, if you're interested!

Please note: The address I have given is to be used for swap purposes only. Please do not pass my address on to any third party. Thank-you.

I'm a fickle crafter.

I crochet - recent projects included amigurumi, little purses and many many berets - and I'm enjoying learning new stitches at the moment. Trying to design a pattern in herringbone hdc at the mo. I am also part-way through a bi-colour Babette blanket, and have been for some months now. Big projects aren't really for me, it seems! :)

I bought myself a Print Gocco just before they stopped being manufactured, and though I'm still learning, I really enjoy making prints on it. I've just started attending a printmaking evening class and I'm excited to learn new things.

I enjoy sewing. I still haven't got the guts up to make a garment, though I have got as far as buying a few patterns! I've mostly sewn bags and other small things. I'd like to get more confident with the sewing machine.

I've recently started to learn fine silver jewellery making. I am enjoying it SO MUCH. I love it. I just need some more free time (don't we all?) so I can get good.

And I generally like hoarding craft supplies and gluing stuff together!

General likes:

• deep and bright colours;
• metallics;
• weird stuff
• old-lady-style or mod florals;
• wool;
• gardenias;
• stationery;
• small-but-special things;
• the 1970s (I wasn't alive for any of that decade, but I like the style. I know some people think it's the decade that taste forgot, but good taste is in the eye of the beholder!);
• tulips;
• colourful nail polish;
• British comedy;
• PITT artist pens;
• buttons;
• pincushions;
• genuine bargains;
• kittehs;
• wool felt;
• natural scents - citrus fruit, apple, rose, jasmine, gardenia, mint..

and so on

I do not like:

• earrings for pierced ears, because I do not have pierced ears! :)
• incense/ room fragrance/ scented candles [I actually do like scented candles, but my partner hates them and we live together, so.];
• pastel colours;
• little-girly, princessy type stuff, or an excess of in-yer-face pinkness;
• liquorice and aniseed;
• very obviously fake, musky, or sickly-sweet scents
• spiders.

That's about it. :)