Michaelasea

Hi, friends! My name is Michaela and I'm a mom of 2 young kids living in sunny FL ☀️ I'm a mostly SAHM who teaches part-time, and I love to read, work in my garden, and write to my pen pals. I am a proud catholic Christian and would be happy to receive any religious content.

I'm not the greatest artist, but I make that up in effort. I've fallen in love with making and trading ATCs and I'm really excited to do that here!

I prefer all post cards to be written on and dated, and I love anything relating to books, gardening, butterflies, or the ocean.

One off swaps are so much fun, but I'm always looking for more quality long term pen pals-feel free to message me if interested!

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Beach Read

The Seven Year Slip

Shark Heart: A Love Story

The Seven Year Slip

Mere Christianity

ACOTAR

Throne of Glass series

The Good Place

Call the Midwife

Gilmore Girls

Terranova

The Last of Us

A: antiquing, aquariums, art B: beach, books, Butterflies, bubble baths, birkenstocks, baking, Broadway C: Catholic Christianity, cooking, chocolate, coffee, crafting D: dresses, dragonflies, E: espresso martinis, estate sales F: food, fishing, Fridays, farmers markets G: gardening, game nights, goats H: hiking, holidays, honey lattes I: Italian food, Ikea J: Jon (my husband lol), journaling, Jesus, Jacksonville Jaguars K: Korean barbecue L: lakes M: marine life, mysteries, manatees, musicals, movie nights N: nature O: ocean, olives P: pizza, pumpkin muffins, pools, picnics Q: quality time, R: romance novels, rugby, roadtrips, reading S: SCUBA diving, scrabble, seahorses, stationery, sunflowers, sunrises, sushi T: thrifting, Trader Joe's, teaching, trivia U: USA V: vinyl records, vintage W: windy days, wine, weekend getaways, weight lifting X: excursions out of town Y: yard sales, yellow 💛 Z: zoo

I love to receive used postage stamps (I collect them and craft with them!!), saints cards, ATCs, ephemera, bits of lace or ribbon, and random crafting supplies. Cool stamps make me so so happy! I love getting sent new recipes or bible verses that resonate with you.

Please do not send me any used postcards, overly kiddish items, or home printed blank stationery in swaps. I also don't care for tea.

I don't mind Halloween content, but please nothing gory or occult. Nothing tarot themed either, please.

I just started making ATC's in August 2024 and I absolutely love them! It's been so fun to experiment with different mediums and to admire others' work. I mostly use watercolors but I occasionally do mixed media as well.

Personally I prefer cards that have some sort of HD/HP element to them.

Please don't send me anything that is "sticker slapped" (aka where the sticker is the main focus of the card and there's a white border around it) or anything that looks too much like a scrapbook page.

I would prefer not to recieve any LGBT or pro choice cards.