My name is Christina and I'm 29 years old. My birthday is August 25th. I am married to the love of my life Steve. We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on January 20th. We've been together over 12 years. Our daughter Daliana just turned 1 year old on July 5th.

We live with our 2 cats Abby and Augie in a city called Green Cove Springs, Florida. It's in the northeast part of the state, near Jacksonville.

Being a mom is one of the most exciting things that's ever happened to me. I look at my daughter every day and count my blessings for having her in my life.

I have many pen pals across the globe and would love to swap with people from around the world. I don't get to travel much being a new mom, so being able to reach out and connect like this is fantastic!

I think green and I do like to reuse packaging, so please don't be surprised if you see something that looks used.

I'm also pretty crafty and create my own envelopes at times out of various things (magazines, folders, etc).

This helps keep more junk out of landfills.

My favorite crafts are inchies, matchboxes, ATCs, photo collages, making my own notecards, mini zines, sticker crafts, painting, making pet rocks, beading, and plastic canvas art.

I would love to get my hands on any items to help my crafty endeavors.

If for some reason you do not receive a swap or a tag from me, PLEASE send me a message and let me know! I know that things get lost in the tree mail and I send all of my swaps out on time.

What I pledged

I also rate as soon as I receive a swap, and appreciate you doing the same for me.

I've started taking pictures of swaps that I send and receive. You can see the links above to get to the pictures.

• My favorite colors are red and black

• My favorite animal is a giraffe

• My favorite flower is a tiger lily

• My favorite scents are vanilla and coconut

• My favorite movies are Disney movies, suspense, action, drama, horror, romance

• My favorite bands/musicians are Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hoobastank, Live, LL Cool J

• My favorite books are the Harry Potter series, the Twilight series, anything written by Stephen King or John Grisham, the Stephanie Plum novels by Janet Evanovich, the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card.

• My favorite candies are Kit Kats and Tootsie rolls or anything cherry.

• My favorite gum flavor is cinnamon or regular good ol fashioned bubble gum flavor.

• My favorite Altoids are cinnamon.

• My favorite hot drink is hot chocolate followed closely by French Vanilla flavored coffee.

• My favorite food is Italian food and Chinese food.

• My favorite snacks are pretzels, Chex Mix, popcorn, and chips

• My favorite cartoon characters are Tweety & Piglet.

• My favorite Sanrio character is the retired Pippo the Pig.

In no particular order...

...pigs! They're so cute! I love to collect them!!!

...to cook

...to bake

...reading

...photography

...candles

...Kawaii

...incense

...Fraggle Rock!

...to play World of Warcraft

...Walt Disney World

...traveling

...collecting postcards

...Starbucks

...used postage stamps

...Sports Teams: ------ NFL - Buffalo Bills & Green Bay Packers ------ NBA - New York Knicks ------ MLB - New York Yankees & Florida Marlins ------ NHL - New York Rangers ------ College - Florida State Seminoles

...cute plushies

...sock monkeys

...pen palling

...funky pens

...old black and white photos

...stickers (no teacher's reward ones please)

...Lisa Frank items

...interesting stationery

...direct swaps

...playing poker

...roller coasters

...Tweety

...Universal Studios Orlando

...anything Sanrio (especially Pippo the Pig - he's retired now)

...making bookmarks

...inchies

...ATCs

...ephemera

...postcards

...personalized things with my name on them

...the smell of cigarette smoke

...asparagus

...kiwi

...that I am allergic to orange juice

...bad drivers

...teacher's reward stickers

...Barney

...red ants

...lightning

...scrapbooking materials (I don't scrapbook and I'd hate to have them wasted on me)

His name is Steve.

His birthday is Valentine's Day.

He likes:

...playing poker

...World of Warcraft

...collecting baseball caps

...reading

...football

...author Robert Jordan

Her name is Daliana.

Her birthday is July 5th.

I would love to receive items that are personalized with her name since it is so unusual.

She likes:

...Elmo

...The Pajanimals

...Disney Princesses

...Yo Gabba Gabba

...oversized Lego blocks

...Blues Clues

...Little Tykes toys

...Dora the Explorer

...finger painting

...swimming

...All of the items on Daliana's Etsy favorites

All sizes are listed as they are found in the USA

Mine:

Shirt Size: Large

Pant Size: 12

Shoe Size: 8 - 8 1/2

Hubby's:

Shirt Size: 2XL-3XL

Pant Size: 46"

Shoe Size: 11 Wide

Daughter's

She wears clothes 18 months and up.

Her shoe size is 5 wide right now.

Well...I was hoping not to have to add this section, but I guess I do considering I was just flaked on my first swap.

@Jodie flaked on Doodle Postcard #9. Angel by @KatyC - THANK YOU!

Hopefully this wall of shame doesn't have to grow much more.