ladyhope

I am 25 years old and I live in Montreal, Canada. I share my apartment with my boyfriend and my cat, Jada. I love them both very much, but my cat is hands-down the cutest thing in the world!;P

I had a boring office job for three years, and honestly it sucked the life out of me. I quit just recently and I am so happy, even though I have been bouncing from job to job since. Honestly, I am glad I learnt so young to make choices based on happiness and not money. (I think this is relevant info, because my feelings greatly impact my art.)

I am studying Early Childhood Education and eventually want to work with children who have special needs, as an art therapist. I also want to have my own daycare/birthday party center.

I love crafting and dabble in a ton of different crafts. I mostly do paper crafts, embroidery, and sewing (broken sewing machine right now, though:() but I am always trying new things. I try to reuse everything and often incorporate recyclables and found objects into my crafts.

Things I love

• Stars
• Elephants
• Sparkles
• Nature, outdoors, animals...
• Politic/ political art
• Daisies
• Art
• Maps (street maps, metro/subway maps, and atlas pages)
• Sculpture
• Video games (Halo 3, Beautiful Katamari, Twisted Metal, Portal, Resident Evil 5, Mass Effect 3 are my favourites) ADD ME - Xbox live gamertag: Lady Hope
• Ice hockey (I like playing and watching - Go Montreal Canadians!)
• Food; I LOVE food. I'd take a good meal over a dessert any day, although I am a sucker for a chocolate bar. I love cooking, too.
• Learning about other cultures/lifestyles/religions
• Clippings from magazines or newspapers, etc. No magazine is safe from the wrath of my scissors!
• Journals/Notebooks
• Halloween, any time
• 420

Dislikes (only because these are the popular things and I would rather articles like this go to people who will appreciate them)

• Twilight
• Skulls (unless its Halloween-related, then its okay, and I love Halloween items any time!)
• Harry Potter

I love so many books that it's hard to choose just one favourite, or even just a few! Ender's Game and Dune are probably the two most significant to me. They were my introduction to sci-fi and paved the way for my love of the genre.

I love reading any genre of book, except for romance; I particularly like sci-fi, poetry, and non-fiction. I am always in the middle of a book or books! I also love newspapers and magazines.

I love most genres of music, with Jazz, classic rock, and gypsy rock being my favourites. I'd love to learn about new bands.

Just a few of my faves, in no specific order:

• The Beatles
• The Guess Who
• Led Zeppelin
• David Bowie
• Janice Joplin
• Linkin Park
• Beirut
• Devotchka
• Armin Van Buuren
• DJ Mangoo
• The Rat Pack
• Gotye
• Young the Giant

• The Office
• Dexter
• MASH
• The Golden Girls
• Bleach
• Myth Busters
• Dragon Ball Z
• Happy Days
• South Park
• The Simpsons
• Breaking Bad
• Lost
• Mr. Dressup
• Deathnote
• Iron Chef America
• Throwdown with Bobby Flay
• Battlestar Galactica
• Fringe
• Community

I'll be happy with anything, really! I'd love to see what you can come up with based on my profile. I love handmade items and think that one good quality handmade item is as valuable as an envie of bought stuff! If you really need an idea though, these are some things I would like.

• Ephemera (any papers, cutouts, maps, stuff written in different languages)
• Stickers
• Anything with stars or elephants (Pink elephants with wings are a plus, seriously!)
• Rubber stamps
• Things from your city/country: postcards, maps or brochures, local candy/food/drinks, and magazines/ newspapers in English or foreign languages.
• Postcards (handmade or bought, sent naked or in an envelope, I love them all!)
• ATCs
• Magazine cutouts
• Tissue Paper (Any colours/patterns)
• Dotees
• Journals/notebooks (Especially handmade or decorated)
• Dried/pressed flowers
• Candy/chocolate (or any food/drinks for that matter... yum!)
• Tea
• Personalized items...I can never find anything in stores with my name, Stefani, spelled correctly.
• Craft supplies (paper crafts, odds and ends, buttons...I find a use for everything!)
• Bookmarks
• Cat toys (she doesn't like treats, though!)
• Incense/candles