Darcie
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Calligrapher |
| Location | Saint Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Introduction | *Because making a silk purse out of a sow's ear is what I do! Darcie Benton was a little girl from Elwood, Iowa. We didn't have everything we wanted in the 70's like kids do today. My Barbie Dream House was made out of a cardboard box. My Barbie Swimming pool was made out of an old dresser drawer and was lined with an old swimming pool raft. (confession: I'm not sure how old they were, really. I may have actually gotten in trouble from my mom for wrecking her stuff). I was in the Elwood Cheerios 4-H club and learned to sew and cook and set a table properly. I did not partake in showing livestock, but I wish I could have. I love to go Estate Sale-ing. I pass by the expensive, fussy antiques and go searching for the cast-off piece of crap that no one else wants. Once I stayed so long at an estate auction that I actually had to rent a U-Haul to get all my stuff home. It was AWESOME! Have transformed a so many ugly ducklings into beautiful swans. Everything in my home has a story. I love to live surrounded by my creations. I love the history of the things in my home. I can remember almost every great Estate sale I've ever been to. |
| Interests | Estate Sales, Treasure boxes, stationary, calligraphy, Wheaten Terriers, my family, my cute husband, Iowa, history, architecture, singing, my mac, scrapbooking, all of this and more in no particular order! |
| Favorite movies | Gone with the Wind, When Harry Met Sally, She's Having a Baby |
| Favorite music | Bette Midler, Van Morrisson, |
| Favorite books | anything David Sedaris, history books |