MuseThalia

Hi swappers! I'm a 21 year old female on a slow westward journey - I was raised back East, attended college in the Midwest, and now I'm living out here in Nevada! I'm brand new to swapping, but I loved having penpals as a child, and I love crafting now, so it seemed like a great fit! As a future lawyer, I'm looking to have some creative fun and make some new friends through the post :)

Likes:

• Recipes!
• Beading
• Watercolors
• Pretty Ribbons
• Vintage
• Ephemera
• Buttons
• Small Charms
• Bookmaking
• Cool Pens
• Scrapbooking material or inspiration
• Candles
• Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Fairytale themes
• Tea and Coffee :)
• Cute (handmade?) soaps
• homemade pet toys and stuffies
• Rubber Stamps
• Notecards and Stationery
• Postcards

Dislikes

• anything religious
• kawaii
• animal prints
• children's crafts
• gothic themes
• fairies/vampires/werewolves etc.
• Americana or Country Home themes

I love paper crafts, including bookmaking and printmaking. I've done some basic sewing projects but I'd love to improve my skills and try out new projects. I would also love to try knitting, I've never been able to get the hang of it, but maybe swapping will give me the inspiration!

I'm a bit of a bibliophile - I love literature - prose, poetry, plays, it's all great. Some favorites (books and authors) include:

• The Iliad and The Odyssey
• Ovid's Metamorphoses
• The Aeneid
• Shakespeare
• William Faulkner
• Tom Stoppard
• Dave Eggers
• Jane Austen
• Harry Potter Series
• David Foster Wallace
• The Marriage Plot (and Jeffrey Eugenides generally)
• Keats
• Mark Twain
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• J.D. Salinger
• A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime by Mark Haddon
• Jonathan Safran Foer
• Oscar Wilde
• Vladimir Nabokov

Some books and genres I don't like:

• Twilight - ugh.
• Romance novels
• Self help books
• Typical chick-lit

I usually listen to calm, easy going music - I love indie, singer-songwriter type stuff, as well as solo piano records and classical music. But I also love classic rock and oldies - and if you put on a Motown record and I'm a very happy girl!