Barbara found Quilting Arts Magazine several years ago and at once was in love and inspired. So many ideas, so little time! Living in Italy has given many inspirations as well, but also little time as I was always out finding new places to see. Italy also brought me to a wonderful creative group of friends, Scambio Creativo (Creative Exchange in Italian www.scambio.creativo.com ). As the group all moved away from Italy and spread out throughout the world, we are keeping in touch creatively. I'm looking forward to continuing that journey and embarking on the Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors communities journey as well! Barbara was in the Sept/Oct issue of Cloth Paper Scissors for the "Charmed and be Charmed" swap. Her mixed media charms are made with gelato spoons, Italian playing cards and beads. Her gelato spoon charm is featured on the Table of Contents, the article main page and in the article and can be seen on her artist's web site: www.triscartsi.com