sweepinguptheashes

IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE SOMETHING FROM ME--PLEASE MESSAGE ME--THERE IS A PROBLEM! I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO FIX IT!

Hi! My name is Christy. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest and still call it home, Portland Oregon to be exact. I live in a sweet little 1892 farmhouse with my partner Aurora, the kiddo, our housemate and a Fiji mermaid! By trade I am an LMT and energy worker. I especially enjoy spending time in nature: hiking, picnicking, relaxing,exploring or any other type of outdoor adventure! Being creative is an important part of my life and I endeavor to create and craft whenever I get the chance. I love thrifting, wandering around antique stores, rewilding, classic pastimes, gardening, dark humor and the macabre. I LOVE MAIL ART!

*MUSIC

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Fever Ray, Drop out Venus, Dirty Three, Disemballerina, Wolves in the Throne Room, Witch Mountain, Patti Smith, Diamanda Galas, Iggy Pop, Florence and the machine, Velvet Underground, Dead Can Dance, Prince, Sleater-Kinney, Bowie, Harry Nilsson, Leonard Cohen, Dead Moon, PJ Harvey, Antony and the Johnsons, the Smiths and on and on and on...

*MOVIES

Blood Tea and Red String, Time Square, Highway 61, Buffy, Drag me to Hell, Let the Right one in, Last Lovers left Alive, Six feet under, Roadside Prophets, Box of Moonlight, Ink, Wings of Desire, Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Salem, Harold and Maude, Cemetary Man, The Scribbler, Alice, Near Dark, Carnivale, Amelie, Spitfire grill, Moonrise Kingdom and on and on and on...

*BOOKS & AUTHORS

The Vanishing Act, Patrick Rothfuss, Neil Gaiman, Jeanette Winterson, Richard Brautigan, Barbara Kingsolver, Kurt Vonegut, Secret life of bees, Ken Kesey, Sookie Stackhouse series, Interview with a Vampire, Paradise lost, The Drowning Girl, Night Circus, Alice in Wonderland, Meat Cake, Chuck Palahniuk, and on and on and on...

*ARTISTS

Michael DeMeng, Laurie Andersen, Graceanne Warn, Maria Consuelo Moyà, Anathema Photography, Dame Darcy, Nikki McClure, Christiane Cegavske, Andrew Wyeth, Robert Williams, Faith47, Wynn Bullock, Bosch, Jahna Vashti, Frederick Ruysch, Jan Svankmajer, Mark Mothersbaugh and on and on and on...

*POSTCARDS

I like them naked! Handmade or altered are my favorites! Store bought: vintage reprints, anatomical charts, black and white, burlesque, vintage botanicals, carnival, circus, sideshow oddities, religious iconography, the risqué, ossuary photos, vintage religiosas, vintage anatomicals, tarot, phrenology, palmistry or any other divination related images. As far as content, I would love a poem, short story from your life, facts you find interesting, books or songs you would like to recommend or you think I will find interesting. Right now I really enjoy learning the names of groups of things---Example: a ROMP of otters.

*COLOR

Earth tones, Browns, dark red/burgundy, gold, teal and robin's egg blue. These are faves, but don't limit yourself! Sparkly, iridescent and pearlescent are much loved! Pastels are my least favorite.

*CYCLES

I enjoy all the seasons, but especially the Fall and the festivals and holidays included in those months. Dawn and twilight are my favorite times of day. Rain and Thunderstorms--The space between the thunder and the lightening! I like the edges of things---the places and spaces between them and the enticing areas where they merge together. Shadow/light, land/water, earth/sky, skin/air...

*IMAGERY

19th century occult, burlesque, cemeteries, funerals, mermaids, oceanic creatures, shells, old barns, rustic structures, outhouses, abandoned dwellings, bats, birds of prey, goats, forest, moss, lichen, ferns, religious iconography, toadstools, woodland creatures, vintage anatomicals, vampires, paranormal, Day of the Dead, dahlias, sunflowers, rocks underwater, churches, monasteries, carnival, circus, sideshow oddities, treehouses, ritual magic, ceremony, wings, insects, taxidermy, vintage religiosas, old pianos, pipe organs, old or broken string instruments,rusty metal, pin-ups, moon, stars, planets, otters, bees, crows...

*ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

I really like to try anything once and tend to think of myself as a Jack/Jill of all trades--Master of none! My favorites include, collage, mixed media, found object art, matchbox dioramas and shrines, triptych altar pieces, wood burning and paper crafts of all sorts.

*DESIRES

If you made it or found it, I will probably love it! If it was once alive and is now dead, I will probably love it! If it was loved by another or many before me, I will probably love it! Things you might find while walking on the beach, down a forest trail, or just around your block or in your Grandmother's attic. Old book pages/maps, bones, feathers, wings, teeth, ribbon, beach glass, seeds and bulbs (especially from your garden), taxidermy, pelts/hides, rusty things, tiny things, paper wasp hives, Victorian/Goth/Steampunk themes,Witchy/punk, Alice in Wonderland (I prefer the classic Lewis Carroll version w/John Tennie illustrations), nests, dried flowers, dried flower garlands, Amber glass, vintage photographs, interesting dried seed pods, vintage holiday themes (especially Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day), Old religious items (rosaries, small statues, etc...), 19th century occult, religious iconography, paper flowers, hand presses and sealing wax, vintage ephemera, found objects, stones, shells, moss, lichen, driftwood, owl pellets, vintage anatomicals, bark, vintage circus/carnival, sideshow oddities, grave rubbings, the unexpected, vintage religiosas, dark fairy tales, paper garlands/banners, vintage erotica, stories or songs passed down, murder ballads, frozen charlottes, taxidermy eyes, tea you wildcrafted, scraps of vintage wallpaper, embroidery thread/floss, a poem you wrote, a song or story you fashioned, Milagros, things that sparkle, divination tools you crafted...

*SCENTS

I really prefer if things are scented with essential oils and my favorites are vanilla, Amber, rose, and geranium. Please no MINT scents or flavoring. No incense please, but Palo santo and dried sweetgrass are welcome!

*PLEASE DON'T SEND

Patriotic, religious pamphlets or propaganda, media related items, cutesy, cartoonish/Disney (comics are an exception), or country themed items.