chicklebird

my name is Pam, i'm a 32 year old (very happily) single female, i'm a proud liberal feminist, i have 4 cats (3 strays that we rescued & my princess winnie!), i love to read classic literature (1800s is my fav), i'm new to mail art but not new to art, i've been in art classes since i was little and took any one that was available to me, i'm mainly here to swap handmade items with other artists, i'm disabled so i spend a lot of my time at home on the internet and doing crafts, i'm so happy to have found swap-bot so i can join in on the fun!

Wanna know more about me? check out my links above, my pinterest likes are especially informative bc often i'm too lazy to actually pin things ;P

Into Sending Extras?

i'm easy to please, you can always make me happy by sending:

• Punched Images

• A Sheet of Your Favorite Stamped Images

• Gelli Prints/ Painted Scraps

• Ephemera for Collage

General Favorites

Color - Turquoise (sparkly mermaid), Purple, Blue, all cool colors!

Cold Drink – Water, Coca Cola

Hot Drink – French Vanilla Cappuccino, Hot Chocolate, Apple Cider

Sport (to watch) – Olympic Swimming/Diving, Olympic Gymnastics, American Ninja Warrior, can you tell i don't really like sports? lol

Animal – Cats (black cats like my Winnie)

Flower – love any flowers in artwork but hate actual flowers bc of allergies

Game - any puzzle games or brain teasers, i like card games too

Food - Eggs, Cheese, Bread (all plain and simple)

Day of the week - Thursday (found this favorites tag on tumblr and left this in bc i thought it was funny that i actually had a favorite day!)

Season - Fall

Holiday - Halloween

• Anything with Cats (especially black cats)

• Anything Iridescent/Duo or Multi Chrome/Shiny or Metallic especially in turquoise, blue, and purple!! (no messy glitter please)

• ATCs

• Painted Papers/Collage Material/Ephemera

• HANDMADE Postcards/Envelopes/Cards/Mail

• Witches (not pagan or wiccan items, just fairytale/halloween type witches)

• Mixed Media Houses

• Galaxy/Night Sky/Celestial

• Anything Rainbow/Unicorn (i was a Rainbow Brite/My Little Pony 80s child)

• Bookmarks!! i even like the artist ones from the book depository

• Stickers

• Markers (any and all!)

• Vintage or Cutesy Halloween Stuff

• Disney Villians

• Elphaba (from wicked, the wicked witch in wizard of oz)

• Mugs

• Zentangles

• Die Cuts & Paper Punches (i mean paper that has been punched or die cut, not the actual puncher)

• Stamps & Stencils (a sheet of stamped images from your collection would be great too!)

• Gelli Prints & Painted Paper pieces i could use for collage

• Pens for Doodling (i love sakura brand gel pens)

• Natural Beads (Gemstones, Wood, Sea Glass, Etc.)

• Handmade Beads (Paper, Clay, or Glass)

• The Bronté Sisters (Charlotte, Emily, Anne)

• Glitter (it gets everywhere and i just can't deal! lol) not to be confused with bling, sequin, metallic, or foil, shiny things make me VERY happy

• Anything Religious (Buddhist quotes and themes are fine)

• Anything Scented (I have severe allergies)

• No Tea Please (I've tried it so many times and just don't enjoy it)

• No Make-up (i don't really wear it, maybe once every two years if that lol)

• No Angels or Fairies (used to collect them when i was young but quickly burnt out)

• I'm not domestic at all so recipes or kitchen things will be wasted on me lol

• Mixed Media

• Mail Art!

• Art Journaling

• Jewelry Making

• Doodling/Drawing/Zentangles

• Collage

i love movies from the 1930s & 1940s, i love old and sometimes new musicals, i enjoy cartoons more then a woman my age probably should, especially disney and hayao miyazaki

• The Women (1939)

• Little Women (1949 & 1994)

• The Trouble with Angels

• Anne of Green Gables

• My Fair Lady

• You've Got Mail

• All Hitchcock Movies

• Grace & Frankie

• OITNB

• Bob's Burgers

• Sabrina the Teenage Witch

• Grey's Anatomy

• Keeping Up Appearances

• Call the Midwife

• Salem

• American Ninja Warrior (i have no idea why i like this so much lol)

the older i get the harder it is for me to find music that's not problematic for me, one song will be great and then another will say something stupid that i totally disagree with but just know i like all music expect for hard rock and heavy metal, i'm also not into a lot of country either but other than that i rang from folk to rap

• JayZ

• Angel Haze

• Frank Ocean

• The Pierces

• Kanye West (he's possibly crazy but also really really good at whatever he chooses to do)

• Banks

• Musicals

• Fiona Apple

• Wicked Soundtrack

• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté

• The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronté

• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronté (notice a theme? lol)

• Candford by Elizabeth Gaskell

• Anne of Green Gables series by L.M. Montgomery

• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

• A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

• Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

• Kate Morton

• Harry Potters (duh ;))