Moonberry

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I am a wife, mother and artist. I love dollhouse miniatures, scrapbooking, stamping, painting, mixed media, altered art, creative sewing, quilting and reading. I am a self-confessed bibliophile and cannot go to a bookstore without checking for new stock! My family and friends say I am "artistic" (i.e. strange, weird and creative with a bizarre sense of humor). What a compliment!

I'm originally from South Africa and am now living in Dubai. Yes, it is very hot in summer. No, I do not live in a tent, although we do have sand in our backyard. I love camel milk and enjoy eating sweet dates. It is a lovely city with people from all over the world.

I love all the colours and combinations. Favourite colours are purple, blue, dark red, green - basically the jewel colours. I also love mermaids, vampires, the supernatural, textures, beading, fabric and fibers. I am dollhouse crazy, miniature obsessed and lately into spirit houses and shrines. I have also started designing and carving my own rubberstamps. I also like Pagan, Wiccan or Goddess themes. I adore flourishes and scrolls, architectural drawings, onion domes, Arabesque and Asian archicture/shapes, text and letters, storybook cottages with gingerbread trim, intricate things with many layers. Add steampunk to the dollhouse mix! I also love sci-fi, fantasy, hedgehog and cat things.

Things I don't like: politics, religious material, dog stuff, cutesy mass-produced things, Kawaii and anime, African themes, animal/wildlife themes.

I love songs instead of artists. But generally I like strong women's voices like Amy from Evanescence, P!nk, Christina Aguilera, Vas, Duffy, Medieval Babes, Belinda Carlisle and Elle King. I used to be a bellydancer and did a professional gig once at a friend's birthday party, but I'm too shy to dance for an audience.

Books - how do I love thee! More like obsessed, lol. Been reading voraciously since I was small. I once read 7 Nancy Drew novels in one day (age 9). Mom was furious, it was supposed to last the whole school vacation, not just the first day, lol! Vampires: Laurell K Hamilton and Anne Rice, although Sookee Stackhouse's adventures are hysterically funny too. Dragons: Anne McCaffrey is the best, but my favourite heroine of all time is Killashandra Ree - the Crystal Singer. I also read candyfloss girly novels, spy thrillers, Steven King and other horrors when I'm in the mood for dark and disturbed stuff. I own the entire Angelique series by Sergeanne Golon (found them when I was 16) and love the cover art. Favourite authors I reread many times: Lee Child's Jack Reacher series. John Connolly's Charlie Parker series. Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series.

Awesome plot: Gothika, 50 First Dates, I am Legend, Wanted, Pan's Labyrinth.

Cute and odd: Corpse Bride, The Invincibles, The Animal.

Fun: Blade series, Harry Potter series, Lord of the Ring trilogy, Shaun of the Dead, Twilight, anything Star Wars.

Kickass: Laura Croft movies, the Resident Evil series, Aeon Flux, the Matrix.

Deeply touching/disturbing: Dutchess, Pulp Fiction, Meet Joe Black, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

GAME OF THRONES all the way! I own Emilia Clarke's autographed photo and I got Jason Momoa's at the Dubai Comicon. I also posed for a photo with him and got TWO big hugs - what a great guy! Dracula, Bones, True Blood, CSI, X-files, Nip/Tuck, Supernatural, Prison Break, Charmed, Hustle and Girls Next Door. Lost, Killing Eve, Handmaid's Tale, The Witcher, and some other series on Netflix. Star Trek, The Addams Family, My Family, The Golden Girls, and many other oldies that I love to watch again.

Dollhouses, dollhouse bashing, miniature furniture, polymer clay food and dolls and hunting for things to convert into minis in all the ordinary stores of Dubai. Steampunk-ifying stuff. Mixed-media sewing and embroidery, beading, carving, scrapbooking, photography, collage, acrylic and oil painting, assemblage, ATCs, altered books.

Anything miniature! Anything steampunk! Postage stamps, rubber stamps, punches, templates and stencils, books, original art, interestingly shaped glass ornaments and vases, costume jewellery, mannequins, playing cards, tarot decks, dice and old photographs.

A few dollhouse kits from Greenleaf (USA): Arthur (Santa's House); Magnolia & Lighthouse bash (for Dracula); Garfield; 5 Adams cottages for a little village. Plus another bunch of houses with wacky themes. More info on my FB page: Moonberry Studios Miniatures. There I have albums for each house in progress.