jeansjems

I am a mom, a step grandma, and a friend. I like to laugh, and enjoy all types of art. I am a self taught mixed media artist and I specialize in ATCs and tags. I collect vintage buttons and sewing notions.

Its fun, that's why I do it. I do not like drama and refuse to dish it or participate in it.

Mixed Media collage, working with wool felt, ATCs, altered puzzle pieces, altered books, inchies, twinchies, skinnies, book marks, Row houses, charms, and stuffies. I also like to sew. I learned to sew later in life so I am just a novelty seamstress and love to make stuffies, pincushions and make dos. I have been using stitching in my mixed media atcs too.

I love paper! Scrapbook paper, cardstock, rice paper, mulberry paper, vellum.

Vintage ephemera too!

My favorite embellishments are prima flowers, vintage trims and buttons.

I enjoy handmade items such as soaps and candles but mainly vanilla or coconut smells.

I use so many things in my art so I am pretty much up for anything that you would like to share.

Here is a list of items I use often and love to receive.

• ATC blanks
• Vintage crocheted trim ( even if it is only a snipette I can use it on one of my projects)
• distress inks
• distress crackle paints
• small scissors
• glue sticks
• watercolor crayons
• german glass glitter
• fibers
• brads
• jumprings (all sizes)
• fabric scrap
• flatback rhinestones
• keys
• jewelry bits and pieces
• Ink pads
• inking daubers
• stickles glitter glue

My favorite animals are cats.. fat cats! Horses, especially horse figurines and stickers. Zebras and chickens. I like tiny figurines I can put in my shadow box.

Handmade items I like to receive

• ATCs
• row houses
• pin cushions
• handmade envelopes
• stuffies
• charms
• bracelets (xlg)
• domino necklaces
• hair clips
• hair bands
• coin purses/pouches
• sun glasses cases
• anything else you care to send with love.

I do not like anything halloween, pagan, witchcrafty, gothic or scary. I do not like xmas, easter, or other holiday themed items. No americana! No crosses or religious themed items.

Please no packages that smell like smoke! I am so allergic. AAAAAHHHH Thank you!

• Sizzix Dies
• Cropadile
• fabric ink jet sheets(or someone to print me some and send them. Vintage children or ladies.
• Tansparency sheets for an ink jet printer
• Old postcards of Mexican people
• Old Cloth Paper Scissors Magazines anyone would like to sell or swap. *old lace and buttons *Chinese or Japanese or other foreign language book pages.
• handmade stick pins for pincushions
• handmade pincushions
• handmade stuffies
• skrim
• taffeta fabric pieces
• brocade ribbon
• rhinestone buttons or jewelry pieces
• sealed lip gloss

I am rather a plain Jean. Not much makeup and not much jewelry. Although I like both. I love earrings french hooks only. Silver.

My favorite scents are vanilla, coconut and rose.

I love shoes and purses. I usually stick to neutral colors like black, brown, navy blue. I like dark colors like dark green, maroon, and dark grey. I am a 'winter'.

I like tinted lip gloss and nail lacquers in blue, green and purple.

I use the little hair clips all the time. They are the little jaw clippies. Not the teeny ones just the small.

I also like cheap fancy reading glasses with rhinestones. I have longish hair and I always put it back with fancy glasses....whatever right?

Lastly, I am really fun and easy going. Not much bothers me. I don't do the drama thing either. When I tell you I am going to send something on a tag etc I do it. Sometimes tags take me a little longer to mail out due to distance I live from PO and my work schedule.