Short attention span summery:

• I love colorful or grungy, fun, quirky, and unique things especially when made by you. I'm not picky or easily offended at all so feel free to share what you are passionate about or trying for the first time. I do prefer things without glitter please.

Very long version:

• I strive to make you laugh, bring you joy, feel great even if just for a moment, and also tend to think outside the box. If I get it wrong please let me know so I can fix it.
• Scottish terrier lover and pet rescue supporter. No pets of my own currently and love to receive pictures, doodles, or stories about yours.

-I'm a terrible pen pal but love to read your letters and lists. Always check out what you recommend even if I don't really respond the "right" way.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY:

• Address labels: clear, plain, tiny, or regular with designs, with my email, swapbot name, or address. Mail art, flat stickers, postcards(handmade ok), labels, postage(real or faux), vintage postalettes, unique stamped images, and washi samples (preferably patterns, tie dyed, or watercolors, not characters) super sticker slapped envelopes covered in all those unloved ones.
• Anything handmade or decorated by you. Atc, pocket letter, inchies, flip books, stuffies, pins, really anything.
• Lists, jokes, poems, haiku, limericks.
• Healthy instapot and slow cooker recipes.
• Vintage stationery 1960s - 80s. Current brand is my favorite.
• Bright colors. Black and White.
• recycled and partially used items are always welcomed. I wonder how other people feel about this. I find it annoying that a lot of sticker sheets are too big for an envelope so I cut them in half and send them that way unless it specifically says on your profile not to do that.

Anything with an animal 💜:

• Scottish Terriers.
• Rescued pets and their stories.
• Mega fauna - e.g. Woolly Mammoth, Saber tooth tigers, giant sloths.
• Donkeys, goats, and pigs.
• Fish and other sea life, horseshoe crabs.
• Woodland creatures real or imagined.
• Put a bird on it: Flamingos, barn swallows, woodpeckers, crows, turkeys, birds of prey.
  Tell me about your backyard birds. I work with amazing people who are true bird watchers, great photographers, and learn something new everyday. Recently have piliated woodpeckers visiting the feeders!
• Ferns, oak trees, poppies, hydrangeas, pines, cherry blossoms, native plants, moss, and mushrooms.
• The only animal thing I don't like are real monkeys and chimpanzees when dressed in clothes, they creep me out. Go figure that the flying monkeys from oz are my favorite though??? Maybe because they're fake? It's the trained circus animals that creep me out. Just no.

Quirks:

• Halloween year round. Love vintage costumes (Ben Cooper!) and photos. Classic Universal monsters and Horror movies. Witch Hazel and Gossimer. Hitchcock. Vincent Price. Cute is awesome but prefer scary (not necessarily gory), grungy, or gothic style overall.
• Silly or dark humor.
• Oddities and Imperfections.
• Pop culture, esp 70s and 80s. Let's talk about that time the bionic man and woman fought bigfoot!
• Cults, I'm both fascinated and horrified that people get sucked into them.

Artsy fartsy:

• Local traditional art
• Outsider arts and crafts.
• Bright bold colorful florals.
• Art deco and nouveau.
• Modern, surreal, and weird art, turn me on to an artist you love.
• Illustration- vintage children's books, ads, propaganda, industrial workers
• Vintage Hawaiiana
• Mid century architecture and furniture.
• Industrial, steampunk, time travel, space, and scientific themes
• I'm not religious, but I still love the art, icons, and shrines.

write about:.

• Triumphs and struggles.
• Regional culture, artists, dialect, ghost stories, treats, and recipes.
• Kindness you've received or given.
• Family history and origin. Stories about eccentric relatives.
• Favorite songs and concerts.
• Favorite or hilarious childhood and teenage memories.
• Adventures and travels.

Fictional characters and tv shows.

• OZ.
• The Muppets.
• Bojack Horseman.
• Richard Scary
• Raggedy Ann
• ME-Henry💙💙💙
• Tina Belcher.
• Grover and Oscar.

• Parks and Recreation Jean Ralphio because he's the wooorst!

• The Office, both versions.

• Spock and Picard.
• Batman 60s series
• 60s -70s cartoons.
• unexpected anthropomorphic "things"
• R.O.U.S.
• Portlandia. I think I've worked with every character on this show over the years.
• I'm in love with Matt Berry and What we do in the shadows brings me immeasurable joy.
• Svengoolie
• Bozo the clown.

Food and travel.

• illustrations of food, esp breads and pastry.
• Austria, Chicago, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada.
• Mountains, forests, and beaches.

NOT crazy about-

• coconut. chai, and zinger tea
• plastic which I understand is impossible to avoid, but I try to recycle and reuse.
• non communicators, silent and non raters
• glittery, statements on how to live life, pastely vintage(except snarky and kitch) and girly girl stuff-the exception is Valentine's day, go nuts!
• scented items: There are scents I love and many I can't handle, ask before sending please. I do love scratch and sniff though.
• Please for the love of all things good and holy do not send Satan's bile aka mustard.
• 3D stickers, paper pieces, and bits, I have tons.
• It confuses me when people join a themed swap and then their profile specifically states they do not like it. It's also frustrating when someone has extremely specific likes and not much else to go on. I also won't join swaps that don't have very specific instructions. Swaps with no stated price limit are just setting people up for disappointment and failure IMHO.

These whimsical, visually stunning, and goofy ones

• Sunset Boulevard
• Freaks
• Metropolis
• Hugo
• Coraline
• The Birds.
• The Princess bride.
• The Wizard of OZ.
• Return to OZ.
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure
• Anchorman
• Coming to America
• Repo Man.
• Dazed and Confused.
• Ghost World.
• Zoolander.
• Night of the living dead.

Wes Anderson films and aesthetic!!!!

You'll have my love forever if you send something (even abstractly) related to any of his movies.

Always reading something and it varies greatly, could be science fiction, fantasy, or historical fiction. Biography, Ted talks(don't know where to put these), or old childrens science textbooks.
-The fifteen lives of Harry August by Claire North.
-The Borgias have been fascinating me lately, it's amazing that we have the details of these people's lives that lived so long ago. I get exhausted just thinking about their daily lives.

Spotify is on most of the day. Frequently Go to: 80s college and dark wave, Wilco, The Who, Monsters of folk, Jack White, and love finding new music! I love to hear about concerts you've been to, songs you love, and why you love them.

Anything handmade by you is greatly loved and appreciated, no matter your skill level.

Decos

I prefer smaller, flat, and without chunky embellishments please. Inappropriate and weird are fun send them to me!

I enjoy making papercrafts: pocket letters, postcards, atcs, and mail art. I just haven't felt very crafty lately so haven't been joining those types of swaps. I do continue to buy and hoard supplies of course. So back on track somewhat and I'd say my crafting style goes to grungy no matter what I do, lol. If you hate it let me know. I'm easy going.

I really love needle felting, but working with wool makes me sneeze like crazy:(

Thanks for reading. Have a great day!