I'm delighted to be part of the Sweet Goodness Sisters Swap and my partner is the lovely Laurie of Old School Acres. Laura is a very talented sewer of cutie pie softies who just turned fabulous 40 today! As part of our swap we are all to post answers to 20 questions about ourselves, to help our swap partners (and everyone else!) get to know us a little better!
1. Favorite Color: Red and turquoise, especially when they're together
2. Chocolate Lover? Milk, Dark, White, or none of the above? Chocolate lover? Yes indeedy! I will honestly say that I probably eat something chocolate every single day, even if it's just chocolate-flavored, like a chocolate graham cracker or a fat free chocolate pudding cup. I love it. I'm addicted. Hey--I don't drink, smoke or swear, so I'm allowed some kind of vice, right? My favorite chocolate in the world is Neuhaus, a fancy-schmancy Belgian chocolate that is both divine and very hard to find in this country. I like both milk and dark, with dark just edging out the milk for my current favorite. I do not like that white stuff. Ick. I'm not even going to dignify it by calling it 'chocolate'.
3. What is your favorite craft hobby? I love to do paper crafts. That includes rubber stamping, scrapbooking and just general messing about with paper, glitter and glue.
4. What is a craft/art hobby that you would like to start? I would like to learn to embroider. I have an embroidery kit that I bought about two years ago and I've opened it, but never taken the plunge.
5. What craft do you NOT have an interest in or just not great in? I don't sew, although that's more a function of my lack of ability than anything. I can see myself sewing simple things for Maren and simple home decor stuff but beyond that, I just can't imagine it ever happening.
6. Do you have any allergies? Does housework count? Otherwise, nothing!
7.What’s your favorite part of Halloween? Decorating, candy eating, costumes, or something else? Yes. :) I love it all! Halloween is my favorite holiday to decorate for. I don't like the gory, bloody stuff, but I do like creepy and slightly macabre and vintage Halloween. I'm not so much into the cutesy. I love to dress up, I love to eat candy, and I love to decorate. I think I'll get out my decorations this weekend, in fact!
8. Do you decorate for Thanksgiving/Fall? Yes, but I wait until after Halloween to do so. The first part of September here feels like summer anyway, and I don't want to get out all my fall stuff then have to put it away for October, then drag it all out again. I decorate with gourds and leaves and have started to amass a few more Thanksgiving-themed items as well.
9. December Holidays--what holiday do you celebrate? What type of decorations do you like to put up in your house for that holiday? I celebrate Christmas, and I like vintage-style Christmas decorations, whether they're original or reproductions. I put up my vintage aluminum tree and trim it with vintage glass balls that I've picked up along the way. Last year I did a pink & aqua theme but this year I'm going to go with more traditional and bright reds, greens, blues and yellows. I'm hoping to find one of those kitschy sequins-and-felt Christmas tree skirts to go with the bright color schemes.
10. Do you have any children, if so what are their ages, boys/girls? We have a beautiful and charming daughter, Maren, who is smack in the middle of the Terrible Twos. Read back a few posts about our sleep issues and you'll get an idea of what kind of fun and games we're dealing with right now. Let's just say that I fought her for two hours last night until she finally fell asleep at 10:30 p.m. and then she was up again this morning at 5:35 a.m. Serenity now!
Tune in tomorrow for the other ten!
Me too, me too! I'm all over the red and aqua. My kitchen and family room are screaming with it. I *try* and keep the color theme to those rooms but it sneaks in everywhere.
ReplyDeleteI'm also a scrapbooker - or at least I was before the third baby came along! No time right now but I do love paper crafting. I used to do stuff for magazines and whatnot and hope to get back to that one of these days.
I also don't sew - wish I did but honestly I just hate it!
One of my aluminum trees sported pink and aqua last year and the other I did in all aqua. The big fake green tree gets decked out in all colors of balls. I use vintage Christmas aprons for my tree skirts but I do happen to have a felt and sequin skirt sitting here that you are welcomed to. It's mostly white and red and terrifically gaudy.
I love decorating for Halloween too. I doubt it'll happen this year though. Have you checked out Curious Sofa's blog? Awesome Halloween decorations! I want to get down there soon to see them in person.
Oh, I love learning so much about you! I'm very excited about being paired up with you.
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Serenity now! Love it, Mr. Castanza....
ReplyDeleteHeidi's partner is a lucky one - she'll send lots of cool goodies.!
Oh, dont worry about it! It gets hard to keep everyone straight out here (at least it is for me b/c I have about a million blogs I read from time to time). I love red and aqua too!
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