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Catt007

Catt007
Date Joined: June 28, 2019
Last Online: October 29, 2024
Birthday: February 7
Country: United Kingdom
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Current Status

Our local sorting office is still understaffed so deliveries to me are often delayed and it seems to be affecting outgoing sometimes as well with collections from the post boxes not happening every day, so if you haven't received anything you're expecting from me please let me know.

If I've clicked 'sent' at the weekend I will have put it in the postbox but it may not move on until Monday or sometimes even Tuesday or Wednesday depending on how the collections are working in my area so please be aware that sometimes the postmark will be a different date from my sent date

Request - If you are able to send an envelope with stamps rather than the printed postage if possible could you try to leave a 1cm gap around at least three sides of each stamp. I collect used stamps to send to a local animal charity. I save the really special ones for swaps and crafting but I donate as many as possible as it's a great cause. thank you

Postcards - Unless the swap specifically asks for it Please don't send 'greetings from', tourist cards or cards from specific areas as blank cards, even as part of a scavenger hunt, as I won't send them on to anyone else if it's not a country I can post from, obviously I'm happy to receive them if you're sending a written card and it's your home country.

About Me

Photographer, cat person (who also loves Dogs), coffee addict, music lover, film geek.

I've also finally caved in and bought a die cutter so now I've got something else to spend money on by buying dies, always happy to receive any that you don't want ๐Ÿ˜€

I love Harry Potter and am a proud Gryffindor (Pottermore)

I have issues with Blue ink in pens. Don't ask me why, I have no idea, but I cannot write in Blue ink. It has to be Black, or any other colour, just not Blue.

My favourite colours are Red, purple, Black, Silver and brights like orange, yellow and green. I love black and white images and photography and black and white things are cool as well. I'm not a big fan of pink.

Loves Star Wars and Dr. Who. Hates reality TV except for The (UK) Apprentice, Bake Off and Masterchef.

Loves Books, learning, discovering new things, photography quests (see my blog for a list of my current quests and scavenger hunts My Never Ending Story I've just got into crafts to relieve the stress of my day job and am loving learning. Cricut apprentice, Rock painter, trainee crocheter and I'm really getting into papercrafts. and mixed media art. I'll try anything once :)

I've discovered watercolour painting, Zentangle and Neurographic art and I'm learning and loving Wiccan, particularly Kitchen Witch and am a little bit Goth. I love the supernatural or mythical, especially Dragons and the darker side of life.

A-Z of things I like below but I'm always open-minded and ready to discover new things. ๐Ÿ˜€

Vegetarian animal lover who just wants to get to know more of the amazing people on this planet and discover new things as often as possible.

I live just outside of Oxford with my husband. We had to say a heartbroken goodbye to our lovely 18-year-old, slightly unhinged but very loveable Cat called Smodge a few years ago and now have a rescued young tabby sharing our home who's got big paw prints to fill but he's settling in. His name is Regulus (Reg for short). There's always a chance you'll see a postcard featuring Smodge, Reg is a little camera shy but I'm sure he'll have his own range soon.

Favorite Music

I have a fairly eclectic taste in music and always find it really hard to answer the 'favourite music' question.

I love discovering new music from bands and singers who aren't necessarily well known yet

Of the more mainstream music some of my faves (in no particular order) are...

The Black Keys, Against Me!, Alabama 3, Beth Ditto (And Gossip), Bloc Party, Collective Soul, David Bowie, Frank Turner, Incubus, Jamiroquai, Mad Caddies, Manic Street Preachers, Queen, The Stereophonics, Faithless

There are lots more and I'm always open to listening to anything that I haven't got to know yet.

I'm not a big fan of Hip Hop (although I do like some) or R&B and really don't like manufactured boy/girl bands.

Favorite Books

I love reading and try really hard to find more time to get lost in a great book.

Some of my favourites are...

To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee, The Handmaids Tale - Margaret Atwood, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, All of the Harry Potter Books - JK Rowling, Leaving Atlanta - Tayari Jones

Recently read and enjoyed...

The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson

Elenor Oliphant is completely fine' by Gail Honeyman

His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman

The End Of The World Is NIG13 - Tony Moyle

Favorite Movies

In (almost) no particular order....

Star Wars, Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Princess Bride, Harry Potter (All Of Them), Coyote Ugly, The Boat That Rocked, Lost Boys, Muppet Christmas Carol, The Die Hards (first three really but especially the 1st, and yes I do consider it to be a Christmas Movie :), Jaws, Mad Max (especially the first 3), Bond Movies (but especially Sean)

Favorite Television

Buffy, Angel, Stranger Things, Eastenders, The Good Place, Masterchef, NCIS (Gibbs rocks) Better Call Saul CSI (Las Vegas and New York are my favourites)

Favorite Crafts

I'm still a relative beginner in art and crafting and it's a journey of discovery for me and a great therapy for the stress of the corporate world.

I feel like I want to try everything but at the moment I'm trying not to have too many things on the go and focus a bit more and find my style and my skill set. Currenntly learning and experimenting with...

Crochet, Dot Art Papercrafts and card making Painting & drawing (I'm learning, it's a work in progress) Mixed Media Zentangles Nuerographic Art Watercolour Abstracts

A-Z Of Me

A - Angel (TV Series), Animals, Architecture, Absurdity, Activism, Adventures, Alcohol, Aliens, Amphibians, Apples, Aquarius, Aquarians, Art, Alice In Wonderland, Amethyst

B - Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Books, Birds, Biscuits

C - Cats, Coffee (Black), Cricut, Crochet, CSI (TV Series, the original), Chocolate, Creativity, Courvoisier, Cameras, Cars, Chanel No.5, Crystals, Candles, Cryptids

D - Dogs, Dragons, Design, Dr Who, Drawing

E - Elephants, Eco Warriors, Equality, Eastenders, Ephemera, Embellishments

F - Fantasy (Books, Stories, Images, Characters), Feminism, F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Fridays

G - Gromit, Geeks, Gin, Groot, Gryffindor

H - Harry Potter, Happy Things

I - Imagination, Ice Cream, Instant Pot, Incense

J - Jossticks, Jokes, jack-o'-lanterns, Jam, Jaws (The Movie), Jets (The Flying Kind), Jack Daniels

K - Ketchup, Key rings, Kindness, Kisses, Kittens, Kittys, Kiwi's (The Nation, the birds and the fruits)

L - Love, Lions, Llamas,

M - Marmite, Monsters, Mandala, Movies, Music

N - Novels, Notebooks, Nature, Noodles, New Years Day, New Age, Nerds, Notepaper - patterned, especially vintage looking.

O- Owls, Orange, Our Planet, Oceans

P - Puzzles, Punk, Pubs, Pagans, Painting, Parcels, Peace, Photography, paper crafts

Q - Quests, Questions, Quidditch

R - Reading, Romance, Recipes, Rock (Music), Rocks

S - Shakespear, Sharks, Sculpture, Spells, Sinatra and The Rat Pack

T- T-shirts, Trains (Steam), Tarot

U - Unicorns

V - Vampires, Variety, Vegetarian, Vegetables, Volunteering,

W - Wales, Whales, Walking, Whiskey, Writing, Winning, Wiccan, Wax Seals, Wax Melts (nothing too floral please, definitely no Rose (it gives me a headache)

X - Xtra's

Y - Yo-Yo's

Z - Zombies, Zentangles (and anything that might help me to improve mine)

Things I Don't Like

I don't want to list a load of 'do not sends' as I always think the swaps should be the senders choice but FYI - I don't like Black tea, I love fruits, herbal, green and Jasmine but not black of any variety, and I hate Anchovies although I can't imagine a swap where anchovies might be included.

Roses - or rather the smell of Roses, gives me a headache and I can't use anything that smells of Rose. Please don't send Love Island and reality TV stuff or anything religious. Pagan and Wiccan are cool with me though.

I mentioned it at the top of the page but please don't send touristy postcards in swaps, I really don't like them. At best they'll get used in a swap for postcards that people don't like, at worst they'll go to waste. I won't send a tourist postcard unless I can send it from the country it's from so they are wasted on me. Thanks

:)

Postcards

I've discovered Postcrossing and love it so I'm always happy to receive postcards I love quirky cards, cat-themed, Wiccan, mythical creatures (especially Dragons), Harry Potter, Art, animals, funny or just plain weird and anything in my A-Z but I'm happy to receive any postcards except for 'greetings from or tourist cards unless they are written and posted as a specific part of a swap.

Please don't send blank tourist postcards even as part of a scavenger hunt as I won't send them on unless it's a place I can post from and it seems such a waste.

Ratings

tendersores rated for ESG: What's Cooking? on Oct 27, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for sharing!
craftynut rated for Write A Rainbow #4 Green on Oct 23, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for taking the time to resend the letter. You have a lot going on. I have been thinking of ideas for swaps and will message you in the next few days.
Response: Thanks Kirsty, hopefully the rain and the flooding locally has stopped for a while now. Thank you for rating, catch you soon. ๐Ÿ˜บ
Poisonapple rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #37 on Oct 23, 2024
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wolfeagle rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #41 on Oct 23, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much. I love using fresh pumpkin also. I cook it, then freeze it so I can use in recipes. Though after its been frozen I do recommend ringing in cheesecloth before use to get all the extra water out. ;)
Response: Thank you for the rating and for the tip on freezing. Catch you soon ๐ŸŽƒ
Pyrhulla rated for ESO: World Postcard Day 2024 on Oct 23, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the great WPD postcard! The stamps on it are amazing as well, so pretty :)
fabiana962828 rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #40 on Oct 19, 2024
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Comment: Hey Thank you Hugs Fabiana
Response: Thank you for rating, hope you like them ๐Ÿ˜บ
mle rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #40 on Oct 18, 2024
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Comment: both squash recipes look delicious. I live in an area that grows a lot of pumpkins but I still have the same problem as you - too many for decoration, not enough for eating.
Response: I love the taste, it's a shame we can't get them all year. Hope you like them. ๐Ÿ˜บ
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Comment: Thank you for sharing those beautiful pictures. Sorry for the delay in rating, seems the email got lost amongst other emails.
Response: Thank you for rating ๐Ÿ˜บ
Abbeyo91 rated for Shocktober on Oct 17, 2024
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Comment: Thank you very much for my swap I loved it all x
Response: Thank you for the rating, I'm glad you liked it. Happy Halloween ๐ŸŽƒ๐ŸŽƒ
craftynut rated for Matchbox swap on Oct 16, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely matchbox and all the surprises inside. Also thank you for taking the time to do a resend.
Response: Thank you rating, I'm glad. you liked it. Catch you soon ๐Ÿ˜บ
Jenicat rated for Ugly PC Swap #86 on Oct 16, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for hammer and nail pc! Itโ€™s strange but funny ๐Ÿ˜
Response: I know, it just seems such a weird subject for a postcard. I hope you can find a use for it ๐Ÿ˜บ
hyenaVI rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #26 on Oct 12, 2024
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Geekydee rated for ESG: My Favorite Photo - September on Oct 12, 2024
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Comment: Hi Cathy and thank you for your September pics! I love that you have a little candle for your cat on his birthday - mine would honestly set himself on fire! Love the pic from the fair too but then I'm a sucker for a fair! I hope you're having fun with your new camera :) Take care, Deb
Response: We do have to be careful with him, he rushes in but the photo was taken at an angel where the candel is further away from him than he looks and my husband is close enough that he lifts him away before he can be hurt. Then we take the candle out and let him loose on the Tuna. ๐Ÿ˜บ Thanks for rating.
MisplacedfromPA rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #38 on Oct 11, 2024
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Comment: 3 very interesting recipes. Thank you. The goat cheese/cranberry sauce parcels do look great for the American Thanksgiving. Hope your enjoying the Autumn Season.
Response: I hope you like them, I love them for Christmas day, Enjoy. ๐Ÿ˜บ
lynnpinkdaisy rated for World Postcard Day 2024 on Oct 11, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the cool postcard! I'm so glad I got one of the World Postcard Day ones!
Response: Glad you like it. Thank you for rating. Happy Swapping ๐Ÿ˜บ
Vickyen rated for ESG: My Favorite Photo - September on Oct 11, 2024
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Comment: Hi Cathy! I agree - how is it October already and now in double digits - yikes! Love the photo of your kitty, so cute! Your other photos are fun as well! Is Halloween big there? I love seeing how folks decorate - we live in a rural area so we don't but where my hubby works they go all out! I love the tribute to the orchards - that is awesome! Thank you for the great photo share! All the best! Hugs, Happy Snapping, and Swapping! ;)
Response: Thank you for the rating, Halloween is getting bigger and bigger in the UK but the cynic in me says it's just an excuse for another excess of commercialism, it won't stop me eating (and probably carving) a pumpkin or two though. ๐Ÿ˜บ
Winter02 rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #38 on Oct 10, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the recipes! I looove red pepper hummus, but I've never made my own, so I'm excited to try. I also can't wait to try the goat cheese cranberry parcels. Everything sounds so yummy!
Response: I love the parcels for a Christmas day starter, nice and easy when there is so much else going on. Thank you for rating ๐Ÿ˜บ
ccap rated for 2024 Recipe Swap #39 on Oct 9, 2024
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Comment: Oooh, I love both squash and pumpkin too! I'm going to give the pumpkin soup recipe a try soon and am also very curious about the stuffed bnut squash.
Response: I love the pumpkin soup, Ive tried a few but keep coming back to this recipe. ๐Ÿ˜บ
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Comment: Hi Cathy . . . Thank you so much for the delightful postcards. My heart melts when I see that tiny duck! Wonderful choices.
Response: The duck is cute aren't they ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ Thank you for rating
Jojoma rated for Quick! Washi and whatever! #8 on Oct 5, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for resending everything, I really appreciate it(-:
Response: I'm glad this one got to you, thank you for rating, hope you like it ๐Ÿ˜บ

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Comments

MuggleMom on Jul 31, 2024:

Happee Birthdae Harry

Thanks for joining the HP birthday swap!!

xx

MuggleMom

HappyMom on Jan 22, 2024:

Welcome to the Electronic Swaps Group!

mymerakidesk on Jul 30, 2023:

Welcome to โ€œWax Seals & Dried Flowers Enthusiastsโ€!

yvonne401 on Jun 24, 2023:

Welcome to Cold Hands Warm Hearts! It's great to have you here!

Blessings,

Yvonne

hazelwitch3 on Apr 26, 2023:

I love the idea of trying to create a swap including anchovies ......!

simcoe54 on Feb 7, 2023:

Hope you have a Happy Birthday!

lunatenchi on Oct 6, 2022:

I just sent my letter to you :D I hope it reaches you well โ™กโ™กโ™ก

Gnoe on Jul 14, 2022:

So sweet of you to resend for the green postcard swap #2! I love the little lime green hummingbird ๐Ÿ’š

THANK YOU!

bluehairedmary on May 9, 2022:

Happy Monday from NYUP group!

Meisje on Dec 10, 2021:

Merry Christmas โ™ฅ

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