IllusionsOfNormal

I'm a wife and a mom with a full time job. I work with the youth group in my church & sing in the choir. I love crafting - paper, clay, sewing, altoid tins/matchboxes, and pretty much anything else I can get my hands on. I especially love crafting for swaps because I can never figure out what to craft for myself, but am always overrun with ideas after reading a partners profile.

The Bible, Christian motivational books (Beth Moore, Max Lucado, etc.), cookbooks, magazines (Family Fun, Good Housekeeping, anything cooking/health related), The Help, Pride & Prejudice, anything Nicholas Sparks, Anne of Green Gables series, Little Women, and many more...

Piano (classical or contemporary), contemporary Christian worship music, 80's Rock, Hawaiian music (IZ), Norah Jones, Duffy, Andrew LLoyd Webber, Country (but not the "party/drinking" songs)

Food Network & Cooking Channel - if there was way to only get these two stations, I'd be perfectly happy.

Pride & Prejudice (2005), Little Women (1994), The Princess Bride, Sweet Home Alabama, Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias

I love to try new things, but I'm pretty good at sewing, polyclay, papercrafting (cards, ATCs, scrapbook, etc), and altoid tin/matchbox creations. I love to receive all kinds of crafts - anything that shows off the skills of the crafter is good with me. I don't mind receiving things for my family in a swap, so I've included their likes in parenthesis in the list below.

My favorites (my family's favorites) Colors: BLUE-any shade (DD=purple, Hubby=orange, DS=black) Things: Motivational stuff - especially scriptures from the Christian Bible, old photos, butterflies, (DD=Fairies, DS & Hubby=tools, Chevy muscle cars) Smells: Lemon, Vanilla, Apple (Roses)

Dislikes: nudity, violence, curse words, political

We do have issues with smoke and strong perfumes/scents at my house, so please consider that if we are paired up in a swap. We do have an indoor dog, but he doesn't come in the craft room. Let me know if dogs are an issue for you and I'll make sure he doesn't get anywhere near my project for you.