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SpewKnitter

SpewKnitter
Date Joined: June 20, 2010
Last Online: October 30, 2010
Birthday: November 24
Country: United States
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About Me

NOTE: Thank you to everyone who is being so supportive during my marriage issues. We're working things out (a big yay!) it's just a bit slow going (a big boo!) But we'll be moving soon to cut two hours off his commute, and hopefully that will speed things up a bit! In life and in love! LOL!

NOTE: I AM GETTING READY TO MOVE SOON, SO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUP SWAPS AND SUCH UNTIL I SETTLE IN, SOMETIME TOWARDS THANKSGIVING. ALSO, I AM NOT ABLE TO SEND A LOT OF HANDWRITTEN NOTES. I'VE BROKEN MY RIGHT HAND SEVERAL TIMES IN MY LIFE, AND TRUST ME, YOU DO NOT WANT TO DECIFER THAT JABBLE. LOL. SO NOW I MAINLY PRINT OUT NOTES ON THE COMPUTER, AND TOSS THEM IN CARDS YOU ARE FREE TO RE-USE. THANKS!

I'm a big hearted girl, who loves crafts, gardening, baking, and bento. My husband and I have been married for nine years, and currently have five dogs. They are the joy of my life, and I love them! I work part time at a consignment store, where I spend far more than I make. LOL! My love of vintage milk glass is going to send me to the poor house.... I've always loved baking, and recently I've delved into candy making a bit. I sew and knit, and it seems I can never find enough crannies in my house to stash the wool. I stumbled across the art of bento a couple of years ago and I've been obsessed ever since. I finally started a Flickr account, and I update bento pics on my Facebook several times a week. Making bento just for me isn't enough, so I pack my husband and best friends off with bento lunches too. :D I think my wisest investment was my rice cooker. I'd be eternally lost without her. My husband and I eat through so much rice I have to buy two 20-pound bags at a time just to cut down on fuel cost, since the closest Asian market is forty minutes away. My husband and I keep a vegtable garden every year, and I can, preserve, pickle, freeze and dry every bit. :D There's a hundred square feet of blackberry bushes in the backyard, so jams and tarts are on the menu all summer long.My kitchen is decorated in ivy leaves, but the breakfast nook is decorated in my secret passion, CHERRIES! Between baking, crafting, bento-ing, and gardening, I stay busy-busy!

I am just now discovering the really creative world of paper crafts! So if you have extra scrapbooking or paper crafting supplies that you'd like to pass along, I never turn up my nose at a little bit of regifting! It can be any size, color, pattern, or accessory! I never knew of brads until a generous swapper sent me some bunny brads! So go ahead, unload your leftovers on me! :D

I'm getting my very first Pullip Doll for my birthday, November 24th! Please don't buy anything for my little Lola (isn't that the cutest name ever?) but if you're crafty or have leftovers, I'm sure she'd appreciate anything! I've bought a few Re Ment things, and I'm slowly getting together a "Japanese student goes to Hogwarts" house for her. ::BIG Grin:: But like I said, please don't spend money on her, Pullip and Re Ment are expensive! But if you don't quite like the shirt that came with the skirt you adore, or you REALLY wanted the teapot, but you didn't like the tea cozy, then by all means, share your blessings with Lola! We'd both love that! And if you happen to like to make miniture clothes/food/etc, well then I'd be thrilled to see your artwork! I'll be keeping a Flickr Journal, I hope you all enjoy the photos! :D

Favorite Books

Harry Potter-you've changed my life

Lord of the Rings-you started my geekness

Star Trek paperbacks-without you, I never could have fallen so deeply in love with my husband

My Passion

Cookbooks are my dearest companions. Not only do they inspire me in my bento adventures, but they spark my imagination for baking and fun! I wish I could list them all, and maybe one day I'll be able to, but I will say I was raised on the fundamentals of "The Joy of Cooking." I almost always have a bento cookbook in my messanger bag, to flip through at odd moments in the day..... And one of my favorite gifts was for my birthday a few years back, my best friend Kristine sent me a cookbook all about rice, and recipes from around the globe. My husband jokes that "normal" woman carry romance novels to bed, while his wife cuddles up with a cookbook. Well, romance novels never sparked culinary delights. :D

My Other Life...

I love COFFEE! everything about coffee, the color, aroma, warmth, even the many ways of preparing that tasty little bean. My whole life is measured between cups. My friends joke that my house smells like a cafe, which I suppose is only testiment to how many pots actually DO get brewed each day. I recently was blessed with a Keurig Coffee Maker. If you also have a Keurig and would like to pop in a K-cup, I'm always looking to try new flavors and brands. Please note that decaf makes me very sick, HOWEVER, I can regift them to my Nana who loves decaf and I love spoiling her. Cheers!

likes/dislikes

I can't say there is a lot out there I DON'T like! :D I grew up really poor, so I've always been thankful for the smallest of things. I do have a few Like-Likes though! With bento making, I've been trying to collect anything Disney, ecspecially Stitch, Toy Story, and Mickey and Minnie. But those are grand crown jewels! I do like Hello Kitty, and I really enjoy Hello kitty pens, stickers and stationary sheets! I LOVE those little tins of hard drop candies from Japan that come in all sorts of crazy flavors! How fun are those! I love everything pink. I'm not sure when that happened, I used to baulk that woman should be better rounded than a stereotype, but POOF! I really like pink. I suppose I'll just have to be a well rounded pink puff ball. I'm a Trekkie, and since Star Trek hasn't released a bento box YET, I'm currently making one of my own. I'm going to seal a print out of the Star Fleet Academy Insignia under resin on the lid of the stainless steel bento box. I'm sewing up my own little bento bag with a Star Fleet Academy patch, and to complete my set, I bought a Star Fleet Academy Spork. :D I can't wait to finish it!

Really Specific Likes...

This is by no means a request list for swap partners, more of a collage of items I really like to give other swappers a better idea of my personality. I would never want a swap partner to think I would only appreciate a swap if it contained one of these items. So here goes:

A Hungry Catepillar Bento Box! SQUEAL!

A pressed penny! I have a collection of pressed pennies and they are the coolest! Got an old one in the bottom of your sock drawer you've forgotten about? Well I'll give it a good home!

Anything at all with sheep, ecspecially black sheep. I'm a geeky knitter that way.

I adore handmade items. If you put love and time into it, I'm going to treasure it forever.

Children's flatware in different designs, to add to my bento collection.

Tea! I do love my coffee, but August to March is a hot cuppa season. Loose tea, pod tea, bag tea, I love it all.

A laptop lunches 2.0 outer box only. I have the inner boxes, and boy are they cute, but I still need to get the outer box one of these days....

Crazy linen hand towels. Ever seen those touristy ones with a map of Florida printed on them, or a recipe for peach cobbler? LOVE THOSE!!! And while I'm on the subject of weird, I love old tourist trinkets from Florida. You know, a gator toothpick holder, a postcard of Key Lime pie, a tin tray with painted Florida sea shells on it. The weirder the better. I just recently stumbled across a porcelian plate with the map of Florida on it at a second hand store for a dollar. Happy Sigh, I love that little plate!

Oh, and I'm obsessed with Animal Crossings, the video game. Obsessed! One of these days I need to make a Pictural Bento of one of the characters, maybe Slider......

Russian doll anything. ANYTHING! Scrap of fabric, paper, hair clip, pencil, an actual doll (does not need to be a whole set of nesting dolls, one of them alone is awesome!) ANYTHING! :D

I LOVE FORIEGN COINS!!! IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SLIP A FORIEGN COIN INTO MY SWAP, EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL DENOMINATION COIN (I wouldn't know the difference anyway), THAT WOULD TOTALLY MAKE MY DAY!!!! :D

Once again, this is just an insight to my personality, and isn't a request form.

Life Altering Events

When I was sixteen my grandparents were killed in a car crash. I was closer to them than anyone in the world. My Grandfather was proud to be in the army and to have traveled the world, and had always encouraged me to travel as well. So with my inheritance, I went overseas for two weeks with my school. We spent the first week in London, and for the first time in my life I felt completely at home. Parts of that trip have stayed with me forever. We also got to go to Switzerland and Germany. To this day, those experiences still influence my life. I still drink hot tea, and I host Afternoon Tea for my friends. My husband has become a big fan of my fish and chips from scratch, and my German Sausage dinner nights, which were two of my favorite dinners I had on my trip. In Germany I had a deep apple streasel covered over in cream that was amazing. I haven't yet perfected streasel, but I make a close deep dish apple pie covered in cream that my husband really likes. My friend Kristine and I want to travel to Japan in a couple of years, and I can barely wait! The more of the world you get to see, the more you realize, the world is a pretty amazing place!

Favorite words

Serendipity

New Beginnings

Spontenaity

Romance

Cuppa Tea

Espresso

Cafe

Coffee

London

Exploration

Discovery

Whimsical

Well, just a few fun words I love to use. I thought it would be fun to share!

Candy!

I love Candy. Maybe I just didn't get enough as a kid??? British candy is just amazing, how can you not love toffee? And the Japanese! Between the pocky and hard drops and the fruit gummies I'm in heaven! American candy certianly has it's place. Jelly Belly's are a dear favorite, but so are twizzlers and fruit wedges and sour lemon drops. And I just love novelty candy! And powderd candy and chocolate candy! And Kudos to those execs that put Mickey and Hello Kitty and Snoopy on the box! What's better than gum? Gum in the shape of Mickey's head!

Favorite Movies

Lion King

Nightmare before Christmas

Mickey Mouse Cartoons

Totoro

All of the Harry Potter films

Lord of the Rings Trilogy

Toy Story Trilogy

Wallace and Gromit cartoons featuring Shaun the Sheep!!!

Ratings

HollyHox rated for A Little House Christmas on Dec 20, 2010
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Comment: Not received and absolutely no communication. I am completely gutted, this was supposed to be a lovely surprise for Christmas.
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mag rated for spewknitter & mag one-on-one on Nov 5, 2010
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Comment: Thank you so much!! I really love love love the trinket box! It definitely will be getting a lot of love! And I really like the hues that you got me! Thank you so much once again (:
metammi123 rated for Halloween Cupcake Toppers! on Oct 25, 2010
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Comment: I wish i could give you a gold star or 2 stars Must say I so so so enjoyed your package filled with such wonderfull goodies I so cant wait to make cupcakes >>>>GREAT BIG THANK YOU really made my day ... YOU have such a GREAT HEART
Response: Thank you! I'm so glad you loved it all, and it was my absolute pleasure to make up a package for you! :D Hurray for Cupcakes! Thank you!
hippofairy rated for I ♥ Dumbledore! on Oct 18, 2010
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Comment: thanks for the wonderful package! i love the magnet and ATC! great work! and thank you for all the extra Harry Potter goodies! :)
Response: You are Most Welcome! :D I was lucky enough to work at a bookstore for the Deathy Hallows release, so I got a lot of fun stuff! And being a HP geek myself, I have hoards of things in my stash! :D
mag rated for STUFF MY HANDBAG (INTERNATIONAL) on Oct 18, 2010
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Comment: It was so nice coming home after internship and opening your package. Everything was so awesome, and I totally love them all! I'm just transferring my stuff over for the weeks ahead. Thank you so so much, Dawn; I would give you a hundred hearts if I could ♥ ♥ ♥ (By the way, what is the purple u-shaped thing? I am thinking it's a nail polisher..)
Response: It IS a nail polisher! It supposed to also get the blood under your nails circulating, so your nails grow healthier! :D I am SO glad you loved it all! I had a lot of fun putting it together for you! :D
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Comment: Thank you so very much Dawn!! This was a HUGE package!! And everything in it is perfect! <3
Response: YAY! I was really excited to get a swap partner who'd main craft wasn't MY main craft, it forced me out of my box! :D But I was a little scared I wouldn't get it right, so WHEW! I'm so glad you can use it all, thank you for the heart and the rating!
kittykatmomma rated for Spooky Halloween Dotee Dolls on Oct 13, 2010
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Comment: OMG! WHAT A GREAT PACKAGE!! I love the dotee, she is even better in person. I absolutely love the lace and the Mary E. fabric. Thanks so so much, its all awesome! :o)
Response: WOOT! I am SO happy you like her~! She was a lot of fun to create for you, and I was hoping you get some use out of the extras! Thank you for the rating and the heart, Happy Dotee Making! :D
honeybee rated for Gnome Dotee on Oct 12, 2010
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Comment: Thank you for the beautiful dotee! I love her details :) Your home state looks like a cool place to visit too.
Response: Oh thank you! I really reccomend Maggie Valley, it's about three hours from here, but besides majestic views, they are famous for this Pancake restaurant.... The pancakes ALONE are worth the trip! :D But my home city has the state zoo, which I love! I'm SOOOOO glad you liked the Dotee, this was really a great Dotee to work on and I enjoyed making her for you! Thank you for the rating and the heart, Happy Dotee Making!
Drachenfrau rated for Zoo Map on Oct 12, 2010
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Comment: Thank you so much for this wonderful Zoo package Dawn!!! I loved your letter. Had to laugh about the poor Scorpion and I bet it was very exciting to see the Harry Potter animals! I would really love to visit your Zoo, it sounds so great! If you ever want to do a private Zoovenirs-swap, let me know. :-)
Response: OH MY GOODNESS WOULD I!!!! I am ALWAYS looking for an excuse to go to our zoo, and I'd love to hear about yours! I'm so glad you loved the package!!! If you want to do a private swap just let me know, and I'll tell my hubby he has to take me back to the zoo soon! :D
fnu rated for Augest/September Dotee of the Month on Oct 11, 2010
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Comment: WOW!!!:))) This is soooo fantastic peacock dotee!!!!!! Very beautiful work!!!:)))) And so amazing package!!!!:)))) I love all of extras!!!:))) Thank you sooo much!!!!:))) I wish to give you a million hearts!!!:))))))))))))
Response: I am so happy you love the dotee! The feathers come from a local peacock who's raised by a wonderful lady! She picks each of his feathers off the ground as he drops them for the coming winter. He's more like a pet than a farm animal! :D She gave me about six I think, and when I got home and laid them against the swap fabric a lightbulb just shot off in my head! Thank you for the heart, happy dotee making!
Arizona rated for TEAPOT DOTEE on Oct 5, 2010
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Comment: Great, great package - thank you soo much for everything :D And my Hubby thank you for the private swap part :) Lovely dotee, soon we will move into new place and she will definitely have own place in the kitchen :) Thank you once again :)
Response: It was my pleasure! I can't remember if I wrote it down or not, but the safety pin helps to "thread" the Cozie on and off the Teapot. :D I'm so glad you liked her! And thank you for the heart!
Ikat78 rated for Zoo Map on Oct 4, 2010
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Comment: Thanks for the great info. It's neat you work there at the zoo whether it is volunteer or a paid job I think it is great.
Response: My friend Abigail and I volunteer, and what a fun thing to do! :D If you're ever bored, search for "Asheboro polar bear" in Flickr, there's some great pictures of Willy! :D
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Comment: You should've seen my face when I got the package! You totally made my day and I can't thank you enough! I wish I could give you 1000 hearts! My kitties and Mörkö sends their meows and woof woofs as well <3
Response: Oh yay! I'm glad they liked their treats! I think I forgot to tell you in my letter, but I put those cut up straws in the curls of the dotee so they would stay puffed out. You can leave them in or take them out, whichever you like! I had so much fun making you your poodle, thank you!
lvenokzolotoy rated for Strawberry Dotee Doll on Sep 23, 2010
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Comment: Thank you very much!!! Your strawberry is cute. And package with her is wonderful!!! I'm so happy. I wish I could give you a million hearts )))
Response: I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GLAD SHE MADE IT TO YOU SAFELY!!!!! WOOT! Thank you!
crayolaskiies rated for Vintage Silk Scarf Swap on Sep 14, 2010
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Comment: Well! Your package pretty much made my day, not gonna lie :) I was definitely not expecting all that stuff. I love the scarf :) ALSO. The NKOTB hat made me shriek a little bit :) Haha.
Response: WOOT! Saw it and had to get it for you! I'm so glad you liked it all. The blue one was my favorite, but the animal print is pretty funky trendy. :D
leecytx rated for Bead Swap - Summer Theme on Sep 13, 2010
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Comment: GIRL! YOU SOOOOO MADE UP FOR EVERY BAD SWAP I EVER RECEIVED!!! (which wasn't many..but still)... I LOVE the little box, and all the individual containers for beads & the matt in the bottom of the box!!! YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB !!!! THANK YOU!!!
Response: Squealies! Thank you! I'm SO glad you loved it! I had so much fun making it for you! I never mod podged anything before, so I hope the little box came out alright! Please Enjoy! :)
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Comment: Just received my book; it looks entertaining! And the bookmark you added suits it perfectly! Thanks!
Response: Can't read without a bookmark! :D Giggle, but that Jimmy Buffet has a way with words, oh I hope you like it! Some of those zingers get you an hour later when a lightbulb goes off...OH! MOLEHILL! I get it now! :D
babytalk32 rated for Vintage Silk Scarf Swap on Sep 12, 2010
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Response: Please enjoy them, the college one was so unique I had to get it for you! :)
mlbstudios rated for Halloween Dotee Pin on Sep 11, 2010
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Comment: WOW!!!! I love her! The beading work is fabulous and all of the vintage extras made me squeal! I received a really crappy swap yesterday but your fabulous swap today has made me forget all about it! Thank you so much for putting effort into your swaps! HUGE HUGS!
Response: Thank you! I'm so glad I could put a smile on your face! I enjoyed working on that little witch for you very much! :D

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Comments

Laynie on Jan 3, 2011:

Hi there! I hope everything is going well with you, and hope to hear from you soon:-)

Sincerely, Audra "singlemommie1984"

RyeRye on Dec 24, 2010:

CLICK HERE

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR from The 'Crafting Queens' group~

thehappyhoneybee on Dec 20, 2010:

I'm not sure if anything has happened to you, but it's very sad that you disappointed your partner for such a sentimental Christmas swap.

Since you've been unresponsive to numerous messages inquiring whether you were able to fulfill this swap and since you've flaked on several swaps (and are VERY late on many others), I am removing you from The Hundred Acre Wood group.

I hope your other partners will come forward to rate you so that future swappers will be saved from disappointment.

Drachenfrau on Dec 14, 2010:

Heya Dawn,

I did let Rachel cancel our swap. If you ever want to do it though, let me know. :-)

Cheers

Moni

thehappyhoneybee on Dec 6, 2010:

Dawn, I logged in to check to see whether participants had sent their Little House swaps today (deadline) and I just noticed you haven't logged on for nearly 6 weeks and are late on several of your swaps. Is everything okay??

camelsamba on Nov 26, 2010:

Remember that needlework book you sent me in the summer? I've been using it this month for stitching ATCs and a postcard - thanks for the inspiration!

fnu on Oct 11, 2010:

Thank you one more time for amazing dotee and wonderful package with it:) I love the fabric, silk square, beads, cute ribbons and all the extras!:))))

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Laynie on Sep 20, 2010:

Got the August RAK all taken care of! You should be recieving something from @mware soon. Looking forward to seeing you back soon, and take care! Audra.

thehappyhoneybee on Sep 13, 2010:

Hello! Since you enjoy baking and paper crafts, perhaps you'd be interested in joining our Halloween Cupcake Toppers swap?

Jex on Sep 9, 2010:

Hello!

I´m hosting a swap at the Harry Potter Fans WorldWide Group:I ? Dumbledore!, just click in the image to join us. It will be fun! =)

I ? Dumbledore!

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