TheRoseCottage

I am a very DIY type of gal...I love all things handmade.....stamping, painting, scrapbooking, decorating, sewing, mosaics, glass, jewelry, altered......pretty much anything hands-on :-)

My name is Debbi and I am a stay-at-home mom of 3 kids...Kyle 21, Megan 18 and Jordan 14 AND, although I am only 42, I am a grandma to a sweet baby girl Addison, who is 1 1/2! (My son Kyle and his wife Traci are the wonderful parents). I have been married to my high school sweetheart Dan for 23 years!

We live in Gilbert, Arizona and although I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada I have lived in Arizona since I was 2 weeks old, so I really consider myself a native.

*I love M&Ms, mexican and asian food, and diet Pepsi.

*I love architectual graphics, vintage photos, crowns, etc.

*I love to travel!

*I like most muted colors for decorating (browns, mustard, green, subtle teal, red, pink, black, etc.) and love the vintage, architectual, travel style as well.

I collect

*finials ~ think fence post tops :-) I have finials from tiny 1" tall to large 18" tall and everything from metal (actual finials from wrought iron fences), wood, resin, and even concrete.

*clocks ~ working or not, real or not.....anything with a clock face I adore.

*magnets and souvenir pennies (you know the ones you crank through a machine that flattens them and embosses a picture)...my oldest son works for an airline, so as parents we get to travel for FREE and I collect magnets and souvenir pennies everywhere we go.

*quotes ~ love quotes and fortune cookies

Things I don't like

Although there aren't alot of "don'ts" there are a few....

I don't like nude pictures or obscene/vulgar language.

I don't like anything with references to alcohol, coffee, smoking, etc. (since I don't drink or smoke).

I also don't prefer the "cutsie" style, although I don't mind this for postcards, ATC's, etc. (it just isn't MY personal style).