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Larina

Larina
 Date Joined: March 30, 2017
Last Online: October 21, 2019

Country: United States

About Me

I'm married and have one daughter. I work in a library and live an insanely boring and repetitive life. I needed a change! I want to do fun swaps and get to know different people. I started doing Postcrossing and then I found swap-bot!

I've always been an artistic person. I took a lot of art classes in college and 10 years later these swaps are getting my artistic talents flowing again!

I just finished my own personal sketchbook challenge and that was pretty fun. I challenged myself to finish an 80 page sketchbook in a month and I succeeded! I love to sketch and also love collecting any sketches or drawings I can find.

I love making journals and gluebooks. When I complete a book I feel so accomplished. They are super fun to make!

ATCs are mini pieces of artwork! I love when I receive drawings and sketches the best but anything creative is nice to receive.

I absolutely love homemade postcards!!! They are so much fun to make and I just love receiving them!

I always rate kindly even if I don't particularly like what you send. But most of the things that I've gotten are amazing! If you send me something that is not on my list of likes I don't mind. I think its just fun to get something in the mail besides bills and advertisings. I look forward to checking my mailbox now and its a blessing that we have so many options to swap with here! I love this site!

If I am your partner and you haven't received anything from me please let me know and I will definitely replace whatever was lost in the mail because sometimes, somehow, someway things just get lost in the mail because of unknown reasons. Still mad at USPS for "losing" two boxes I sent to my husband a few years back. Needless to say, none of my insured boxes ever get lost. Moral of the story: Insurance!

Favorite Books

I absolutely love romance YA books. My favorites are: The Faerie Guardian Series Cloaked Alienated Dragons Bait A Kiss in Time The Only Alien on the Planet and The Duff

I love YA books because it has innocent love stories without all that nasty smut.

Things I love

I absolutely love anime and manga! Inuyasha is still my favorite anime of all time! Other anime that I like are: Sword Art Online, Attack on Titan, Fruits Basket, Toradora, Noragami, Cowboy Beboy, Kamisama Kiss, Outlaw Star, Samurai Champloo and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

I have been to the following anime/comic conventions: OtaKon (3) KatsuKon (3) Comic Con NYC (2)- I ran into Stan Lee there! Animazement (4) NekoKon (4) LibrariKon (2)

I absolutely love nature and love to hike. I've hiked thru Cozumel Mexico, Blue Ridge Mountains Max Patch Bald Black Mountain Grandfather Mountain and even part of the Appalachian Trail.

I love all animals but my favorite are:
fox, rabbits, seals, wolves and I love anything with butterflies on it!

I love the mountains and the beach.

I love Disney!

I love all things paranormal and mermaids, dragons and unicorns are my favorite mythical creatures. Any fairy creature is neat!

I love the tv shows Canada/America Border Patrol and the X Files!

Ratings

ARTG33K74 rated for Inktober HDHP 2:2 ATC USA Swap on Oct 21, 2019
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Comment: I read all of the Furuba (Fruits Basket) Manga from my undergraduate college library. What a great idea to draw! Thank you for the portrait and mermaid ATCs; they are lovely. I just sewed a mermaid baby snuggle sack for my cousin, her youngest is going on three months old. I also just drew a hedgehog for Inktober. Do I need to check my home for a hidden camera? :D Thank you for everything!
StargazerHM rated for Travelling sketch book #8 on Sep 21, 2019
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Comment: Lovely! Thank you! I can’t wait to keep it moving.
MiekeC rated for Handmade Art Journal Go Round R45 on Sep 4, 2019
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Comment: Hi, thanks for the journal!
Poftoffel rated for Blackout Poetry on Aug 21, 2019
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Comment: Beautiful work, I love it! Thank you so much!
Trinket rated for Short Story Fiction +1500 on Aug 14, 2019
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Comment: Going to sit down this evening and give this a good read, thank you so much for sending me this story.
Poftoffel rated for Science Fiction Flash Fiction #8 on Aug 13, 2019
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Comment: This was so cool! I love it! Great story, with a surprise (sweet) ending :D Thank you for sharing this with me!
Candace rated for SMSUSA: Tell Me About . . . . . #3 on Aug 11, 2019
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Comment: I don't bother decorating for the holidays either, too much work for a household of one to enjoy! Thanks for sharing :)
skinny52 rated for Everything AND The Kitchen Sink Journal on Aug 2, 2019
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Comment: W😳W!!! It's going to take me a minute to work my way through your journal but you definitely get a heart already❣ My thanks to you...and your husband!!
Milla84 rated for Stickers and a Sketch - July on Jul 27, 2019
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iggygirl rated for Handmade Art Journal Go Round R44 on Jul 22, 2019
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Comment: It's a lovely journal
cherlita rated for Stickers and a Sketch - June on Jul 15, 2019
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Comment: thanks for the nice tinkerbell sketch! Your stickers are awesome too. I'll make sure to use it in my journal entries, thanks!
Nehalennia rated for Simply Send a Postcard #4 INT on Jul 6, 2019
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Comment: Thank you so much for the beautiful postcard 🧡
Tara rated for Art journal page - this is me on Jul 5, 2019
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Comment: Thank you for your page. I liked how you made the face, yours I guess, haha.
bruxbaby rated for 100 truths-smailmail on Jun 23, 2019
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Johkup rated for Art journal page - this is me on Jun 22, 2019
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Comment: Thanks for the nice journal page!
Rosa1 rated for May 2019 Journal Swap on Jun 8, 2019
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Comment: I love it ~ I'm making a tea and going off to read every page!! Thank you :)
KingCarmen rated for Artistic Penpals on Jun 8, 2019
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Comment: Thank you for your letter! A reply is on its way! :-)
magnyette rated for Simply Send a Postcard #4 INT on May 29, 2019
5
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Comment: Thank you
AtTheSmithHouse rated for May penpal letter with prompts on May 27, 2019
5
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Comment: thank you!
kaicee118 rated for Write On Challenge 2019 Letter Writing Swap #1 on May 21, 2019
5
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Comments

yvonne401 on May 4, 2019:

Welcome to Swaps in the U.S.A.! It's great to have your here!

Blessings,

Yvonne
wolfeagle on Apr 4, 2019:

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Thank you for the postcard for the AMA:Mystery Supply Swap.
Coss on Aug 31, 2017:

Thanks for finishing my castle postcard and sending it home in the CI Collaborative PC Swap. Love the results.
Mimi7 on Aug 26, 2017:

Thanks for coloring on my manatee pc , it turned out great! :)
karry on Aug 25, 2017:

Thanks for returning my ATC bag to me! It was so exciting to get one back! And thank you for your kind comments about the Huge ATC Swap I sent you. I hope we get to swap again soon!
sleepingrover2010 on Aug 8, 2017:

Thank you for completing one of my Collab Coloring PCs on July 16, 2017. You did a Beautiful Job completing my postcard! I loved the use of colors you used in the square . Thank you so much for mailing my postcard back to me. Wonderful Colors!!!
EmilyT on Jun 20, 2017:

Thanks for adding to my other p&p and sending it home, too, love the pretty 🐦!
Mimi7 on Jun 16, 2017:

Hi Carina, Thanks for coloring on my kitty Christmas card, you did a great job and it turned out lovely!! :)
EmilyT on Jun 10, 2017:

Thanks for adding to my pass & paste and sending it home! It looks really cool!
yvonne401 on May 5, 2017:

Welcome to Butterfly lovers! It's great to have you here!

Blessings,

Yvonne
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