I'm a big Hello Kitty fanatic (have been since I was a kid-I was raised in Japan/Okinawa) and I LOVE my little Janome Hello Kitty sewing machine so I used that for my avatar (I used to have that picture in my blog header). I only use this machine for paper crafts like cards and scrapbook papers but I also love how cute it is. :mrgreen: The background is actually the backing of a wall hanging I made.