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jheart

jheart
Date Joined: July 17, 2009
Last Online: February 2, 2013
Birthday: February 18, 1970
Country: United States
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About Me

I'm a SAHM of 5-year-old triplet boys. I'm married - almost 20 years - to my highschool sweetheart. I'm at least a 4th-, and maybe a 5th-, generation Texan. I'm not much on barbeque, but I do enjoy all the elbow room here and of course the people. I like to say the word "y'all" even if it is a cliche. I don't ride horses but I love to draw them, and longhorns, love to draw longhorns.

I love reading, writing, drawing, photography and eclectic crafts. B.T. (before triplets), I was a software/hardware trainer and technical writer for Compaq, then HP, after the merger.

I do a little bit of portrait photography here and there. I love my Canon 20d and covet white lenses - maybe someday.

My philosophy - Photoshop & Oreos can fix most things.

Since mid-June of this year I've been obsessed with graphite drawing. I had a light-bulb moment where drawing finally clicked for me - I went from drawing stick figures to shaded, proportional drawing in just a few days. It has to be one of the craziest things that's ever happened to me. It's wonderful, but sometimes a little bit freaky.

I love text, letters, numbers and typography. I am deeply into the Internet Archive. Anything vintage or repurposed is great too. Also, anything 1890 - 1920, especially illustrated children's books (fairy tales), flappers, jewelry - all that art nouveau stuff.

My favorite colors are jewel tones for the most part, and some pastels. I've got an aqua/teal thing going on right now.

I like birds - anything from Cardinals to Crows. If it has wings, (and feathers) I like it.

Favorite Crafts

Handmade postcards are my most recent craft-love. I also really like collage, digital and otherwise.

Favorite Television

I quit watching TV in 1997. Just woke up one day and decided that I'd had enough of the noise and canned laughter. TV is just a manipulation of thought to me, it just gets on my last nerve. We do watch DVDs - gotta love NetFlix.

Favorite Books

I don't really have a favorite. Books in general are my favorite. I love everything about them - new and old, illustrated or not. I love the way they smell and feel and how they sound - crackly new spines and the soft whispers of old favorites.

I also collect things I find in books - receipts, doodles, etc. - one time I even found a piece of paper with my first name written in bubble letters and surrounded by a rainbow.

Ratings

papercaper rated for Grocery Box PC Swap #5 on Nov 20, 2009
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Comment: Hey, we obviously have a lot in common because one of my favourite things is chocolate cake - "well, pretty much all cake" - too! It was devillish of you to send a Devil's Food cake box PC because I've been wanting to make a cake ever since. 'Luckily' it's so hot here (40*C and hotter) that I fear I'd burn the house down if I so much as considered turning on the oven. Thanks for your PC - I love it. Btw, you have Devil's Food cake in the US and Angel cake(s)... what is it you're trying to say over there? :0
Marata rated for Grocery Box PC Swap #5 on Nov 14, 2009
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Comment: your breakfast sounds great. I have never had that cereal before. We eat cereal with no sugar or very little. Diabetes runs in the family so I try to eat sugar only in treats. Thanks for the card.
Response: you're welcome! hope you have a nice day. julie
Knitsicle rated for Grocery Box PC Swap #5 on Nov 10, 2009
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Comment: Thanks for the yummy postcard and the nice note! Hopefully the weather stays nice, I'm planning a trip to Houston next week. :)
Response: you're welcome. hope you have a nice trip! julie
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Comment: WOW I love this postcard, you are the best, you draw very well, so creative, many, many thanks
Response: you're very kind! thanks for the encouragement. :-) i'm so glad you like it.
y0uresoscene rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Oct 13, 2009
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Comment: oh thank you so much, this was an awesome postcard!
Response: you're welcome - glad you liked it! thanks for the heart. :-)
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Comment: I LOVE my pink postcard sooooo much! I love to garden and this will help me think of it until spring! I want to frame it!!! did you decoupage or wax to get the finish?
Response: I'm so glad you like it! The finish is watered-down mod-podge. :-) Thanks so much for the heart.
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Comment: Thank you! I know I've got a Van Halen album kicking around here too....
Response: You're welcome! :-)
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Comment: Thanks alot for the postcard :) I like it alot!
Response: You're very welcome! julie (jheart)
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Comment: Thank you for the hand-drawn postcard. Don't worry, it wasn't too surreal. You might like to know the Post Office added its dayglo orange barcode to the river and it fit right in.
Response: You're welcome. I'm glad the barcode added to the layout. And, I'm glad it wasn't too freaky. :-)
jmelx8 rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Sep 30, 2009
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Comment: I absolutely loved your postcard. It was the only handmade I received in this swap and it was so simple but yet gorgeous! Thanks heaps for it. Hope you had a great swap!
Response: I had a wonderful first swap! I'm so glad you liked the postcard. Thank you for the heart!
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Comment: OH MY GOODNESS! What a wonderful dumpster-diving tribute drawing! Love it! You even got all the dumpster bin details correct. Good eye! Thanks so much!
Response: It was fun to draw - I'm so glad you like it. :-)
darzy30 rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Sep 14, 2009
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Comment: Thanks for the postcard! It's lovely. You do very nice work!
Response: You're welcome. I'm so glad you liked it. :-)
camkin rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Sep 12, 2009
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Comment: What a lovely handmade postcard! I think you did a fantastic job!!
Response: I'm so glad you liked it!
gem rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Sep 12, 2009
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Comment: Gorgeous, gorgeous handmade postcard - easily my faveorite of the bunch :) Thank you so much for taking the time to match the postcard to my profile, and for making sure it was PM'd on 090909!
Response: You're very welcome. :-)
Jenzeestyle rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Sep 11, 2009
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Comment: Julie, welcome to swapbot, thank you for creating such a pretty postcard.
Response: Thank you, for the welcome - and you're welcome for the card. :-)
tkichinka rated for 090909 Postcard Swap on Sep 11, 2009
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