Heirloom

Here to help keep snail-mail alive. I've "met" some wonderful people here and consider them friends. With that said, I try to put a bit of care and thought into swaps and encourage the same.

As far as hearts go, I give them for TPG: thoughtfulness (yours), presentation (yours), and giddiness (mine). I don't need extras with swaps since I'm in a constant state of downsizing. I prefer quality over quantity. But if I send you extras, it's because I have something I think you can use (i.e., you're helping me downsize). I love decorated envies, especially when they feature your artwork.

Note: I'm allergic to cigar/ette smoke, and anything dusty gets me sneezing, too. So please don't send smoke or dust my way.

• colors: red, grey, yellow, aqua; purple & orange together
• places: 💗 Scotland & England; Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco. Wish list: Ireland, France, Japan, Scandinavia
• flat stuff: kawaii sticker flakes, colorful unused USA postage, personalized swap cards, holiday stickers, baker's twine, anything BTS (world's oldest fan)
• not-so-flat stuff: measuring spoons, gel pens, glue-dots, anything BTS :-)
• creativity: sewing & wreathmaking. Love fabric pre-cuts and high-quality quilting cottons (Dashwood, Dear Stella, Art Gallery, Windham). I'm a certified fabric hoarder and just as much a fabric snob.
• themes: retro botany, UK, woodlandia, outer space, UFOs, k-pop, chalkboard art, echinacea, Shinzi Katoh cats
• book collections: James Thurber, Clare Turlay Newberry, Shel Silverstein, Edward Gorey, Stephen King, Brian Wildsmith
• stationery: anything literature-themed, colorful envelopes, kawaii, fun pens
• washi tape: cats, kawaii, woodland animals, Japanese, Scandinavian, nature scenes, Eric designs
• mail art: love original doodles, colorful washi, and collage on incoming mail
• animation: Howl's Moving Castle, Chicken Run, Bob's Burgers, Shaun the Sheep, Teen Titans Go, Wallace & Gromit, LEGO Movie, Book of Life, South Park
• movies: About Time, Parasite, Being There, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sophie and the Rising Sun, North by Northwest, The Departed, Enchanted April
• tv: documentaries, k-dramas, What We Do in the Shadows, Dark Winds, Ozark, Fargo, Vikings, After Life, Welcome to Waikiki, Schitt$ Creek, The Office
• music: BTS, GOT7, Enhypen, TXT, Van Morrison, Al Green, CCR, Santana, Valerie June, Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, War, Led Zep, George Strait
• Japanese kawaii: Favorite brands are Papier Platz, Saien, Doronbox, and Q-Lia. Kutusita Nyanko and anything Shinzi Katoh top my wish list. (Love Pusheen, also, but it's not Japanese.) I don't have a need for small kawaii memos and tape samples, but I do use stickers.
• animals: I'm an animal lover and on some days prefer them to people. Cats are my favorites (have 1), but I'm also a fan of donkeys, alpacas, Highland cows, foxes, owls, sheep, dogs, and unicorns (have 0).
• spring: daffodils, dogwoods, stargazing, spring peepers
• summer: fresh veggies, homemade lemonade, fireflies, Outer Banks
• autumn: pumpkin farms, Halloween, crunchy leaves, crockpot chili
• winter: snowfall, Christmas, quilts, birds at my feeder, puzzles
• cute woodland designs: hedgehogs, owls, deer, raccoons, pines, foxes, botanicals, vintage camp scenes
• sinfully dark chocolate

NO THANKS/DISLIKES... ✂ drama ✂ scammers ✂ animal cruelty ✂ fabrics unless brand is listed above or in my Etsy favs list ✂ceramics ✂ smoky packages ✂ Ouija boards & the demonic ✂ burgundy, mauve, peach, hunter green ✂ paper or fabric scraps ✂ reward stickers ✂ crochet stuff ✂ coffee ✂ religious and political items ✂ friendship books, chain mail, ATCs, zines ✂ magnets ✂ gratuitous obscenity ✂ clowns (yikes) ✂ snakes (double yikes) ✂ junk (triple yikes) ✂

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