Kathi

I LOVE all things paper the most! I enjoy cardmaking, scrapbooking, and just about anything that I can figure out to make using paper. :-)

I have recently started making decos, which I am having fun doing. And I would love to start getting into making Inchies and ATC's.

I love rubberstamps and using my sizzix. Love fibers and ribbons. Oh, and embellishments ---- there are so much to choose from! I can spend ages at the craft stores checking things out and deciding what to try next. I won't get into what my crafting area looks like right now. LOL

I do some simple knitting ---mostly scarves. But I did make a small felted purse once and surprised myself at the outcome. LOL I would like to eventually try my hand at crocheting.

Even though I am crazy about all things paper, fabrics are fun to create things with too. I have used fabric in my crafting and have my eye on creating some of those Dotee dolls that I've read about. Ah, so many things to try and sooooo little time.

There is probably more I could add here, but I'll do that later. Gotta go do some crafting now! :-)

I LOVE to read! I read all different kinds of genre: best sellers, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, biographies, chick lit, Christian, and more.

Can't forget to mention craft books, cookbooks, gluten free books, and organizing/time management books too.

I go to the library often and attend a monthly mystery book club there. I also check out a great local used book store regularly. I join in numerous book round robin mail discussions which are fun to do.

I also enjoy listening to books on my MP3 player while exercising and doing chores.

I have other hobbies that I enjoy in addition to the crafting and book reading mentioned above.

I LOVE snail mail and along that line, I have numerous tape pals, letter pals, and round robin pals. This includes a circle journal or two also. I've just started doing some slams -- it's fun to make up and answer questions.

In the warm weather seasons I enjoy being outside in the yard feeding the birds and having a garden. My garden is mostly flowers and herbs, but I do plant cherry and grape tomato plants for our salads.

I love to play computer games, especially the hidden object and mystery ones that I do offline. Online, I enjoy going on POGO and especially enjoy mahjong and the various solitaires that are on the site.

I enjoy all sorts of brain games and have many that I do on my pretty pink Nintendo DS that my kids bought me one Christmas. And I never go anywhere without sudoku and word search booklets in my purse. :-)

Here is where I will mention preferences for swaps:

Tea swaps -- prefer the tea bags sent to be individually wrapped.
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Now onto things I like in general:

Pierced earrings -- the dangling kind with charms and pretty beads.

Pretty decorative and handmade papers for crafting.

Embellishments -- all kinds for papercrafts.

Teapots, teacups, tea cozies, teabag holders.......well, ....... all things tea. :-)

Handmade cards, tags, envelopes, and all kinds of papercrafts.

Bookmarks -- especially unusual and pretty ones.

Rubberstamps -- especially the clear unmounted ones due to easier placement when stamping & storage.

Templates of all types to create papercrafts.