deathpony

Hello Swappers!

My name's Kristina and I'm lucky to live in sunny Austin, Texas!

I love swapping because you get to meet so many interesting and fun people and it's a great way to share your crafting love!

• If there's anything in particular you would like to get from Austin, let me know! I'd be happy to see what I can do*

I like playing video games and hanging out with my family. I look like a total girly-girl but I have a hidden nerdy side. I live with my boyfriend and our siberian husky. We dance, we sing, overall we have a lot of fun. If you want to know anything else about me, lemme know :D

• Polymer clay sculpting
• smash booking
• travel magnets - I collect these!
• watercolor
• writing
• acrylic painting
• dogs
• photography
• knitting
• needle felting
• traveling
• colors: royal purple, light yellow, light teal, orange
• anything that's Mexican or Peruvian themed
• tea:
  • Herbal
  • Chai
  • Green tea - especially matcha
  • anything tropical flavored (mangoes, pineapple, coconut)
• Coffee:
  • the bolder, the better!

I don't read a lot anymore which is a tragedy. But here are some of my favorite books:

• Chronicles of Narnia
• A Series of Unfortunate Events
• The Basic Eight
• The Secret History
• The Deptford Trilogy
• Anything by Kurt Vonnegut

I'm open to any kind of music and will listen to anything once. Currently I'm on this weird electronica-type (think M83 and Ellie Golding) and folksy (think Decemberists/Lumineers) kick. I also like Lana del Rey for some reason haha.

These are things I love getting! - Artsy postcards or postcards with animals on them - Fridge Magnets from your country/state - stickers - Yarn - Painting supplies - 35mm film - Kawaii: Most everything Mind Wave I also love San-x: Sentimental Circus and Kutusita Nyanko Q-Lia: Little Fairy Tale stuff - Anything with Dogs, Foxes, Hedgehogs, or Owls on it - Smash book stuff - snow globes - Tea - I really love tropical flavors and matcha green tea - candy - not a huge fan of gummies, but I love chocolate - especially Milka brand with crackling candy in it. I also really like those wafer spaceship looking things that have tart sugar in them lol

These are things I would rather not get!

• Gothic or dark stuff
• Picture Frames
• Candles
• obviously nothing broken or dirty - if you wouldn't want me to send it to you, don't send it to me! :)
• oh and in case you didn't know, it gets super hot here... between May and October pretty much everything melts. While I don't mind so much if it's something that's in a contained package, I have had a couple issues with lotions and soaps that have melted and ruined most of the rest of the package :(

I've hesitated for a while to write this ... but I will because I have seen this on so many other profiles and want to really bring the message home. I swap for fun ... and that's it. It's a very low key hobby for me. That being said, I put a lot of time into my swaps despite working 10-14 hour days as a teacher. If there is an issue with your swap, message me before giving me a cruddy rating. I think few people realize how damaging one bad rating can be.