People I Would Like to Meet in Real Life

This is not an exhaustive list, but just the beginning of an ongoing acknowledgment that so many people from an online community can be friends without ever having met!

ArtMind (a/k/a Mitsy)
photo courtesy of Mitsy's Flickr

Sigmosaics and nanouke (a/k/a Kerrin and Ana)
photo courtesy of sigmosaics blog

mamachee (a/k/a Tara)
photo courtesy of mamachee's blog

MaisyandAlice (a/k/a Jill)
photo courtesy of Jill's Etsy shop
Okay, Jill, I can't find a photo of you, but I would still like to meet you in real life! :-)

Great News!! Breaking News!!!

Jill was kind enough to send me a photo of her and Maisy!
She does have a head on top of that neck!! :-)

Tag I'm It

I just got tagged. I don't usually play these games, but thought I'd give it a try, especially since
ilexa
did the tagging.


... and these are the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

well... 7 facts about me... here they are:
♥ 1. I'm a procrastinator, big time!
♥ 2. I joke around a lot, but people usually think I'm too serious.
♥ 3. I'm the Director of our local homeschooling group (64 families).
♥ 4. I'm melancholy.
♥ 5. I don't like dogs or cats, but I still like people who own them.
♥ 6. I hate to clean my house, but I would love a bigger one.
♥ 7. I don't like playing these types of games

... and here are some people I want tagged:

Waterrose (embroidered cuffs)
The Peach Tree (yummy)
The Ivy Leaf (cool bookmarks)
Horse Girl (my 13 year old daughter)
SandFibers (beautiful beaded jewelry)
Lil Fish Studios (beautiful felted acorns)
ArtMind (felted necklaces)

I obviously like cool things -- check out these bloggers!

Mitsy of ArtMind

Another friend that I'll probably never meet in person is a personable, humorous fellow-Etsian named Mitsy (a/k/a ArtMind) from Belgium. I love it when I know the real name behind the user. Mitsy is the only "Mitsy" I know. Well, anyway...

I was looking for some drink coasters. I looked high and low over Etsy and couldn't find the perfect coaster just for me. There are many from which to choose, but nothing called to me, "Alice, I'm the one...." So I contacted one friend on Etsy who works with felt, but not the right kind -- "it would shrink," she said. And then I thought of ArtMind who makes beautiful felted necklaces, but didn't have any coasters in her shop. I am one to first buy from friends and I have been known to ask other sellers to make me something not offered in their shop because I want to buy something from them -- but that's another story.

Well, Mitsy took on the challenge and agreed to give it a go. What she came up with was perfect and I can't wait to get them.

Next on my list was to make something special in exchange. So Mitsy sent me some photos of work she completed for her fine arts degree. I was able to make a set of domino magnets and hope she likes them as much as I am sure to enjoy the coasters.