betoncat found Quilting Arts Magazine a few 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'm always out finding new places to see, but also brought me to a wonderful creative group of friends, Scambio Creativo (Creative Exchange in Italian www.scambio.creativo.com ) As most of us in the group are getting ready to depart Italy (and some have already left) and spread out througout the world, we are setting up to keep in touch creatively. I'm looking forward to continuing that journey and embarking on the Quilting Arts community journey as well! betoncat is in the current (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.