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Seren

Seren
Date Joined: June 21, 2008
Last Online: July 9, 2011
Birthday: June 7
Country: United States
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About Me

I am a writer and artist living in southern California now, but previously from Minneapolis.

My zine, Postal Press, has been on hiatus due to my move and several major life changes, but I'm back on track and looking forward to creating more art.

I also am the sponsor of the 15 day collaborative art journal call. I have 80 journals traveling all over the world. Each artist keeps the journal for 15 days doing whatever it is that they do in it -- write, doodle, draw, paint...you can see pictures on my blog.

I look foward to swaping art and making new swap-bot friends.

Favorite Crafts

I am really into mail art...I make post cards. Primarily collage, but I've also experimented with alcohol ink on steel. That was a ton of fun!

I'm also a huge fan of polaroid post cards. I take my camera and walk around...photograph things that catch my eye.

Lastly, I am a book artist. I make books as well as create art in books. I keep an art journal and host an art journal project and an art journal swap group that includes artists from around the world.

I love text and letters...stickers, rubber stamps, foam stamps...whatever. And rub ons...I'm addicted to rub ons and use them in my art a great deal.

I rarely use glue of any kind. I'm a xyron kinda gal...and I love paint. I typically use Golden, but for book work I really like the el cheap acrylic in the little plastic bottles -- Delta.

Most of my collages are made from images cut from magazines...and usually include sheet music and text from some of my favorite books. Oh, and newpaper print in foreign languages. I dig that too!

FYI

I travel a great deal for work, so sometimes I will be sending my swap items from a place other than home. I also tend to start projects very early to ensure they get done and mailed on time...so if there are changes on the horizon, please notify me as soon as possible.

Favorite Colors

Red, orange (not neon, not burnt orange – bright and cheery but not obnoxious, yellow (not neon), powder pink, magenta, greens found in nature – all those shades

Favorite Candies and Yummies

Chocolate with Peanut Butter, red/pink Sweet Tarts, gummy bears (but not other weird forms, like worms), hard candy (no mint of any kind), Butterfinger Candy Bars, real salt water taffy.

I admit, I am not a huge candy eater and I don’t chew gum, my weakness is honestly cake (no coconut) and peanut butter.

Favorite Supplies

Kolo Vineyard or Matchbook Paper Albums (I use them for travel art journals and LOVE them), Yupo Watercolor Paper, Volkswagen Beetle Stamps or stickers or ANYTHING Beetle related, Alphabet Rub-ons (not black), marbled paper, classical sheet music, non-English newspapers, Dr. PH Martin Hydrus Fine Art Watercolors (any bright color), Winsor & Newton Watercolor Postcards, Frisket Film (high tack), colored masking tape, ink droppers, FW acrylic ink (bright colors), iridescent acrylic ink, bright color fine point sharpie markers, the new Sharpie Pen (these are awesome if you haven’t tried them…I would love colors – can only find blue), yellow craft sponges (the round ones), foreign postage stamps, vintage photographs of people – especially women and little girls in old time-y dresses, calligraphy pens (not the fountain kind, the nib kind), Xyron adhesives – all sizes, only permanent, watercolor pencils, funny pencil sharpeners (the cheap plastic ones), unusual international fashion magazines, golden fluid acrylic (any bright color), alphabet stamp sets (large, small, weird fonts, foam, wood mounted, upper or lower case – LOVE THEM), www.paper-source.com cards, envelopes and enclosures in any bright color, tree and/or leaf punches, rubber stamps, rub-ons, die cuts (I love trees and they show up in my art a lot!). I also like japanese masking tape in all kinds of colors.

Dislikes (just so you know)

Anything mint flavored, dark and white chocolate, scrapbooking papers (I have a TON of it so if anyone wants some, please let me know where to send it and I will do mail it when I move my studio in the fall – you pay postage), anything cutesy (teddy bears, dancing animals, hello kitty, etc), most things blue or purple, candles (I love them, but can’t have them in my rental), highlighters (long story, but I don’t like them), coconut, hazelnut, cheap glue and glue sticks, thin stationary paper (I like to use dip ink pens for writing letters and the ink bleeds through).

Ratings

Robynmh4 rated for A Day in My Life *EDITED* on Mar 26, 2011
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KarlaKC rated for Handmade Envelopes on Aug 26, 2010
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Comment: Rated a 3 because I received the envelopes 2 weeks after the "send by" date. Your recycled mail-art envelope was interesting. I can tell that you do enjoy mail-art.
thebaretree rated for Handmade Envelopes on Aug 21, 2010
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Comment: Thank you so much for all the extras!!
Roosterruler rated for The Bucket List on Aug 19, 2010
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Imp rated for Reveal yourself in 24 easy steps! on Aug 17, 2010
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Comment: it appears I forgot to rate this! so sorry, I loved your take on how to do this with the magazine. Good luck!
atinagrace rated for Handmade Envelopes on Aug 16, 2010
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Comment: Hello, I love, love your creativity with the envelopes and also with the envelope that you used to get them to me. I am looking over the writing suggestions and will get them to you as soon as I can.
merc1958 rated for Hometown postcard on Jul 28, 2010
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funkhoup rated for The Envelope Please on Jul 24, 2010
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Comment: WOW!! What great envies!!!! Thank you for leaving some open. I have a new pattern!!!! Love the paper you used. <3 <3 <3
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Comment: Once again you blew me away! They are all GORGEOUS!!! Thank you so much...hearts to the infinity!!!
greengirl rated for Wordfilled Envie! on Jul 22, 2010
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Comment: Can I just say that this was a beyond fantastic piece of mail art!!! I'm so in love with it! I'm totally enthralled with your style and will have to send you a letter back although it won't be nearly as great as what you sent! Thanks so much!
user8721 rated for The Bucket List on Jul 21, 2010
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tex82 rated for Seven Blank Envelopes on Jul 8, 2010
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Comment: Hiiiiiiiii I received today, finally! What a lovely package!!! I love love the envelopes, include the recycled one from whole food market!! You're a great artist!! I open 2 envelopes, the prettyest ones and I love the insides!! Looooooooove!!! I wish I could give u more than a heart! best for you!!
StaceyLeigh rated for The Bucket List on Jul 7, 2010
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Comment: Good luck :)
sharylove rated for The Bucket List on Jul 2, 2010
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Darkestlina rated for Letter Swap on Jun 25, 2010
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Comment: I love that stationary! And I didnt realize it was for a swap!
zencupcake rated for Seven Blank Envelopes on Jun 20, 2010
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Comment: Okay... so it took me a really long time to open up your package. The envie you mailed it in was gorgeous! I didn't want to mess it up! lol. It's really hard for me to not open all the envies you sent right now! I will definitely pass them along. thank you so much.
ICNTECHNICOLOR rated for Handmade envie swap! on Jun 14, 2010
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Comment: Wow, BIG WOW!!! Thank you so much!!! I love all the envies, templates and the mail art envie you enclosed them in! A 5 and a heart are not nearly enough for the awesome job you did!!! Again, thank you sooo much!!!!
Response: I'm so glad that you liked them. I was kinda worried because the envelopes I sent out are different than the envelopes that I received. Not better or worse, just different. I am so glad they are ok!!!
Collie rated for 10 POSITIVE Things About My Life! on Jun 12, 2010
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Comment: i loved your list.. thanks so much for sharing with me!
Response: I'm glad that you didn't mind that I didn't write in the card...and I hope that you will send the card to someone you care about. Thanks for the heart!
gooseberry rated for 10 POSITIVE Things About My Life! on Jun 12, 2010
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Comment: You sent an absolutley lovely list! Thank you so much...and for the beautiful card. I'm so happy to have received your list for this swap. :)
Response: I'm glad you enjoyed my list and the card. I'm trying to "bloom where I'm planted" so the tree really worked for me. Thanks for the heart and the kind words!
milkiss rated for The Bucket List on Jun 10, 2010
5
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Comment: good list! :)

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Comments

isabellasnow on Aug 5, 2010:

What a wonderful surprise I found in my mailbox yesterday! Thank you SO VERY much for the beautiful envies a la templates you sent me! How very thoughtful and kind. Not only are the envies beautiful, but I just love having the templates to use to make more and more envies. You really touched me!

lou on Aug 4, 2010:

So many thanks for the surprise package, you have chosen a very apt name for yourself ^..^

I was your (one-way) partner in the Handmade Envelopes Mixed Media swap last month.

You sure did surprise me with all the wonderful things, thanks a big, big bunch!!

blagh on Nov 5, 2008:

Just wondering if there are any updates? I hope your travel has gone well!

JewelzyBug on Jul 11, 2008:

Welcome to Swap-bot! I am a fan of your blog and journals and a contributor to a few of them.

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