BuddyBriar

(NOTE): CAN ANYONE WHO HAS A junk journal for me (in the junk journal swap) please just return it to me. I am having to drop out of this on-going swap due to unforeseen circumstances.... thanks much. My address is in the journal and is current. THANKS MUCH! I HAVE reached out to coordinator and requested same. Not sure if that can be done). I will delete this note if & when I receive it back. (There are 2)

I love critters, whimsey, collage, junk journaling in the addictive state ... and anything to do with creating ephemera to nail down in it. I should have been a gypsy, as there is usually no rhyme or reason with my daily journals. I pre-create or decorate pages & when the month is up, I grab 16 more pages randomly to use for the next month. That's how I roll these days anyway. OH, and I love love love DIE CUTS .... I got a Tim Holt Sizzix Switch ... and what a marvel "it must be". Need some time (like a 30-hour day would help) ... to play with it & get started.

Favorite colors: blue/purple, blue/white, red/white & black. Those are colors I can wear. Orange, green, yellow are all fun to create with. And I am now leaning into the neutrals and "vintage" look of things lately.

Love music, WLTE was my favorite station here until they turned it into country western ... and I DO like CW, but in small doses. Prefer the likes of Lionel Richey, Barry Manalow, & the softer side of music. Favorite all time piece is a piano tune called "Rachel's Song" by Gary Prim. LOVE his music.

I also love digi kits. I am a member of "The Digital Collage Club" and "Clip Art Club"!

Will take Winter over Aummer & Fall over Spring, but mostly I just hate HEAT & HUMIDITY, so anything in-between that, I enjoy.

Wish List is simple: Bits N' Bobs, Small ephemera or border strips, just about anything qualifies here to put me in my happy place. I love handmade post cards & ATC's too. I'm a perfectionist that has learned to "let go" finally ... but I'm still picky, so I create with perfection being my goal. If it doesn't make me smile when I'm done .... it's not good enough to send out.

I'm a senior and not liking it much. I lost my baby boy (Buddy Briar) on March 24th, 2024 and about a month later I couldn't stand not having a baby, so I adopted a little girl named Snickers, and she comes from Texas having survived a violent background of breeding, hoarding, and abuse. On Oct 21, 2024 we celebrated our first SIX months together, and she has come such a long way. Toys were foreign to her, love was unknown, and sounds and noises terrify her. The 4th of July is terrible. She's learning about apartment life, lots of people (that DO NOT hurt her) and that geese & ducks and walks are really a cool experience. AND oh, she loves a good squirrel encounter. On May 18, 2025 she will turn 3. Hard to believe we've been together a whole year already!

Other than my junk journaling, I like to read (Harry Potter, Clan of the Cave Bear, Angie Sage's "Septum's Heaps" saga, and David Baldacci. I am now in the process of switching from a LONG-TIME Apple / Mac user, to a laptop with Windows! It's time to put some of my hard earned money into the other rich .... (man's) pocket. OMG! WHAT DID I DO?

Please do not send religious stuff, kid stuff, or the kawaii type things. I was in a sticker club (Stickii Club) for too long and have a plethora of that which is hard to get rid of. I AM ok with a little snarky type stuff as it suits my sarcasm when needed where I live. :)