DeboraCreates

Last updated: March 6, 2024:

My name is Debora (she/her).

Receiving "happy mail" is always fun, and it is a joy to spread cheer as well.

I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF THE NICE PEOPLE I HAVE MET ON SWAP-BOT!!

I love to try all different types of art forms and paper crafts, and often say my hobby is "collecting art supplies."

Mail art, collage, card-making and journal-making have been my primary hobbies for the past 20 years. I was published in a few rubber stamping and cardmaking magazines in the early 2000s. My card techniques / styles vary from artsy rubber stamping to simple, clean lines.

Gelli printing has been another obsession for about 10 years.

I love collage, and I keep several art and junk journals going at once. I started "glue books", too, but am finding I am using those creations to make mail art envelopes, or backgrounds for deco book pages.

While always an art enthusiast, I began to take mixed media and fine art workshops later in life.

DECO BOOKS:

I am grateful for deco swapping. I have always adored mini book art. The collaborative and ephemeral nature of deco books is appealing. I look for opportunities to create whimsical entries and repurpose found images/backgrounds on my pages.

Pages made by others inspire and challenge me, and I also enjoy passing them along to the next person to enjoy and add their creation. Basically, it all comes down to sending "happy mail" or "mail art."

Themed decos are an enjoyable challenge (see below for dislikes), but "open theme" often suits me best.

Art-style decos are my preference. This is because lately it is difficult to include large/bulky/rigid and/or taped decos in swaps - based on either swap requirements or partner preferences. ICMs are not my favorite.

Please do not send adult-only themed for these same reasons. Snark and Sarcasm are OK!

I truly appreciate all of the wonderful deco book swap coordinators here on swap-bot (you know who you are!) and on Groups.IO.

As of MARCH 2024, 18- Yes, EIGHTEEN! - decos have it home to me! I appreciate all of the artists who helped make that happen! It is also noteworthy that most of the ones returned to me were the smaller decos!

I often have excess decos - please reach out to me if you would like to swap or would like me to send extra if I am assigned as your swap partner.

SWAPPING:

• I try to rate people within a week of receiving the swap (usually on the weekends).

• Rating me is the best way I will know that you received my swap, and I appreciate the time you take to rate me.

• Please send me a PM if you do not receive my swap within two weeks of my sent date.

March 2024 -

I am often open to receiving extra decos in a swap but PLEASE do not send any extra decos for a swap or RAK without asking me first.

If you need decos, feel free to send me a PM, I may have extras available.

Important:

Kindly do not send any scented items, or those that may smell of smoke, or any food or drink items.

Please do not put flashing graphics on my profile. If you do, I will delete the comment. Also, if you have lots of flashing graphics on your profile, please understand that I will not be able to read it. Thanks in advance.

Regarding Deco Themes:

We all want to be inspired to create, and to be able to send and receive mail art that we enjoy. Not only do we want to be inspired, we want the deco books that we make (and those our friends make) to eventually find their way home.

I am not my most creative self when I am blindly printing out an image for a theme I dislike, or worse, know nothing about. That is why I am listing my dislike deco themes in detail.

I appreciate your understanding, and I am grateful for all of my swap partners, who bring joy to my life!

Likes:

• Anything that is not on my “dislike” list below ... especially:
• Birds
• Colors
• Cute
• Dogs
• Floral
• Fun challenges
• Nature
• Ocean
• Pick-A-Page (PAP)
• Secular holiday decos, as I find them fun. Even out of season!
• Silly
• Spring
• Summer

Dislikes:

I understand that NONE of this applies in a SENDER'S CHOICE SWAP.

I also know it appears negative to have a “dislike” list longer than your “like” list, but kindly refer to the first item in my “like” list above. This list evolved over time, as sometimes I realize I don’t like a topic only when I am confronted by the theme.

BTW, not all are disliked equally...so feel free to ask first!

• TAPED DECOS
• Anime
• Body Parts
• Cartoon characters
• Celebrity (except Bowie)
• Comic Books
• Dark Arts
• Demons
• Devil
• Dinosaurs
• Goth
• Greeting Card / Stationery Characters
• Foods
• Fossils
• Horror
• Hygge
• Fantasy (Dragons, Fairies, Gnomes, Sprites, Unicorns, Witches)
• Fall
• Lyrix
• Movies & especially movie franchise
• Mushrooms
• Musical Artists (except Bowie)
• Mythology
• NSFW
• Nude (tasteful nude is OK)
• Occult
• Pagan
• Phallic
• Politics
• Pornographic
• Religious themes, traditions and symbols
• Sexually explicit
• Sports
• TV Shows
• Underworld
• Video Games
• Vulgar
• Winter
• Zombies

UPDATED March 2024:

• Hand painted ATCs or Post Cards
• Fancy notecards with envelopes (I collect them)
• Star Trek notepaper/stationery/stickers
• Small items (die cuts, fancy stickers, paper flowers) suitable for deco book or ATC embellishment
• Decorative vellum sheets
• Gelli printed papers
• Anything David Bowie related

I collect new OR used postcards with different views of these Manhattan, NYC themes:

• Broadway
• Times Square
• Union Square
• Greenwich Village
• Washington Square Park
• Gramercy Park
• Flatiron District
• Garment District
• Lower East Side or Broadway in NYC
• Manhattan Night Life / Clubs (looking for the Limelight in particular)
• Scenes from the 70s/80s/90s
• Views of the Staten Island Ferry

I do not swap:

Friendship Books (FBs) , FS, "Sticker Books", Lyrics Books (LYRIX), Slams or label bags, taped decos.

Please do not send any items made with loose glitter, dried flowers , used tea bags or candy wrappers. (Dried flowers can create a customs issue. I have food and scent sensitivities.)

March 2024 - Please do not send any extra decos for a swap or RAK without asking me first. If you need decos, feel free to send me a PM, I may have extras available.

Thank you for taking the time to read my profile!