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IvyZenna

IvyZenna
Date Joined: April 16, 2011
Last Online: June 17, 2011
Birthday: May 24, 1953
Country: United States

About Me

I'm a crafter and hobby artist and I enjoy just about everything (gore excluded) in art and craft.

I paint, draw, make linocut prints, play with stamps, do some collage, sew, sculpt and make odd dolls and jewelry. I can't say that any one of them is more important than the other. I like all materials and enjoy things that have eclectic elements and look like they were meant to be. Currently I'm focusing on linocuts. Pulling a print is a really good feeling, it's like unwrapping a present.

My art is happiness for me; my favorite thing to do. I'm a little leery of short deadlines, so I will be looking for swaps with three weeks lead time to get things done.

Favorite Music

Amost anything singer-songwriter, classical and international music. Currently listening to Vonda Shepard, Solas, Accoustic Alchemy, Darrel Grant, Loreena McKennit, Take Six, Mariam Makemba, Tony Furtado and Pat Metheny.

Favorite Books

Children's books (I guess I never grew up!) and I'm rereading the grownup classics. If I want to get lost from the world I will read a good English cozy murder mystery with more thinking than gore, and pets added as part of the story is always a plus.

Favorite Movies

Harry Potter, period pieces, musicals and sci fi without gore. I own Buckaroo Banzai, The Princess Bride, Most of Shirley Temple, the Harry Potter movies and Labyrinth and they are my cocoa and popcorn go-to movies when I'm in a funky mood.

Favorite Television

Masterpiece Theater and English series of various sorts, Sci fi channel, and Criminal Minds.

Favorite Crafts

I love to be hand sewing something, a doll, a sewing case, a pincushion, an applique block, on a daily basis. It connects me to my grandmothers and gives a certain peaceful rhythm to the day.

I also love to make dolls (poly clay and other types) and all sorts of jewelry. In jewelry I'm currently working with wood to make wood and stone broaches and honing my wire skills.

I love combining media and creating something new and I love to find good and inexpensive answers to craft problems.

Kindness

For my part in this, I intend to exercise a policy of kindness. Life is too short to be unkind.

I am facinated by religions and love all sorts of icongraphy, any religion is fine, but again, no obvious gore.

likes and not so likes

I like anything someone thought about and put together w/care.

I love dolls of all sorts, bugs of all sorts, especially bee and bee-themed, (except maggots) and all plants and animals.

I like things that are a little different and don't look like what everyone else is doing.

I like themes (I just get blocked when it's senders choice, so I'm not going to do any more of them).

I like lace, all colours of thread and yarn, and fabric with small sized patterens. I like fabric ribbon (and have way to much of it) and little shiny things. And tiny buttons of any sort.

I don't have a favorite colour, but I like odd combinations of colour.

I don't like gore, but I like spooky. I like surprises and humour. I like silly. I'm not a romantic, but I like pithy sayings and heart-felt sentiments. I like smartmouthed, brazen and brassy women.

I love fashion and sensibilities of the '20's, '30's and 40's and I don't like the '50's and '60's much at all.

I hope that helps.

Ratings

eveyinorbit rated for mixed media atc swap (no.3) on Jun 17, 2011
5
rating
Comment: thanks.
AmphibianQueen rated for Fabric ATC: Challenge! on May 31, 2011
5
rating
Comment: I love the tiny details, love it!
MargeGoh rated for Personalized Bookmark on May 19, 2011
5
rating
Comment: Hi Ivy, thank you so much for the bookmark. I like it so much. It's unique. Have a great day over there :).....cheers
jennifersheremetta rated for New to ATC's on May 15, 2011
5
rating
Comment: THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! I LOVED IT!!! :)
swappintoya rated for New to ATC's on May 9, 2011
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for the nice ATC :)
Chaz rated for Personalized Bookmark on May 9, 2011
5
rating
Comment: Great frog print! Thank you!

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