vintageatheart

I hate to admit it, but I am a TV junkie. I have childhood memories wrapped around TV shows of the time...Love Boat, Gilligan's Island, Wonder Woman and Brady Bunch...I know very cheesy.

I currently enjoy watching..Law and Order, CSI, Without a Trace, Grey's Anatomy (love it), Amazing Race, Project Runway and Top Chef (love them), HGTV

I love sewing, paper crafting, some jewelry making, beginning altered arts, beginning collage, re-purposing thrift finds, painting projects....but mainly sewing.

Avatar, Julie and Julia, Under the Tuscan Sun, Memoirs of a Geisha, Snow Falling on Cedars, Secret Language of Words, Sweet Home Alabama, Pirates of the Carribean, The Notebook, Talladega Nights, Gone with the Wind, Father Goose (Cary Grant), Jane Eyre

I'm a mother of two daughters and grandmother of a beautiful baby boy. I have three furbabies (dogs). In my day job, I am a fundraising coordinator for a healthcare foundation. By night and weekends I design and create handbags. I enjoy creating purses out of vintage fabrics and vintage-inspired fabrics.

Due to personal reasons, I have taken a year off from my handbag business. I had to find my creativity again. It's back and I'm ready to jump back in.

I like to thrift and antique shop and I have corrupted my daughters as well. My youngest can create a $10 outfit that any fashion magazine would die for.

I moved from California to the Missouri Ozarks about 7 years ago. I was born in a large city and now live on a family farm. On the farm we have donkeys, cows, sheep and goats. We have rescued a large part of the "herd". I probably will always be a "city girl" in the country, but I can shovel it with the best of them.

I like the shabby chic/vintage/cottage/beachy look. So I am drawn to lighter colors mainly. But I do love a great vintage red. In fact, my office is a light green with an accent wall of Martha Stewart "Ladybug" red. I seem to wear a lot of red and black. It's not a goth thing, just a skinny thing. :-)

I enjoy Disney (mainly Mickey Mouse, since he is my main man). If I had a choice between a vacation in Disney World, Mexico or Hawaii, I would choose Disney World. Even though I enjoy Disney, I prefer that my house not look like a Disney Store.

My favorite animal is the elephant. Their soulful eyes get me every time.

I enjoy all types of music...I like classic, opera, country, pop, rock, disco, some blue grass and big bands.

I also listen to NPR and some talk radio.

I'm not into gospel, Christian or alternative.

Vintage buttons
Vintage and retro fabric
Vintage jewelry and vintage rhinestone pins
Patterns
Sewing related items
Vintage dog collectibles
Vintage linens
Travel related objects
Pretty papers
Vintage post cards
Kitschy junk
Sewing trims
Gummy Candy
Recipes
Fun little items
Miniature items

If you visit my Flickr page, you will see some of my creations and favorite items.

For religious reasons, I don't celebrate holidays. I would prefer not to receive holiday themed items.

I'm pretty easy to please, but the following list are things I DON'T like. I appreciate your understanding in not sending these items:

"punk" accessories
horror movies
anything goth
anything pagan
religious items

I don't have a lot of time to just sit and read a book. But I LOVE magazines. I enjoy:

Country Living
BH&G
Martha
Real Simple
and other decorating, crafty type magazines.