NorthernBorder

Hello! I love swap-bot. It is my favorite source of inspiration and my main hobby. I adore paper crafts--various sorts of collage, zines and drawing are what I'm doing lately. About hearts -- I give them when a package makes me say, "wow!"

I can send you maple syrup or maple candy, and I live in the Village of Lake Placid which is famous for hosting the winter Olympics twice, so I can send souvenirs. In season I can also send nature boxes full of forest treats like mosses, lichens, leaves and the like. I truly appreciate well-made handmade items.

I welcome private trades. My uncategorized swaps are from when I started with swap-bot in 2007, before swaps were categorized. Message me if you like!

LIKES (lots of things!)

• pigs, hogs, porcine things
• chickens, fowl, hens
• turtles that hold up the world
• zines
• Kwanzaa
• candy (fave flavors are milk chocolate, ginger, sesame, caramel and cherry)
• letter-sized decorated envelopes, handmade envelopes of any size
• Ethiopia
• Edith Wharton
• NYC, Baltimore, Washington, DC
• origami cranes, origami papers and lucky star papers
• button fairies
• tiny boxes
• used postage stamps
• stained glass, hanging glittery things
• Adirondacks
• brads
• vintage labels especially pharmaceuticals
• the name "Martha"
• all-natural body products like Carol's Daughter or Zum
• ephemera
• address labels; blank stickers I can use as address labels for homemade envelopes
• crocheted or knitted cotton face cloths
• unused museum postcards
• noteworthy fridge magnets
• evil eye
• gris-gris
• overseas magazines, literary and poetry magazines--send me your used Mother Jones, Utne, Atlantic, Harpers, etc.
• small press, personal memoirs
• kawaii memo sheets
• things that remind me of my old home, a farm with a very old, bright yellow, colonial house
• used music cds including mixtapes
• ice hockey--Bruins and Canadiens
• red things

ABOUT ME - feminist, pro-choice, pro-queer rights - mid-40s - into local food & home food preservation - mother - married - avid reader - community volunteer - church attender - run a small non-profit organization that serves women - favorite artist is Alice Neel

FOR MY LITTLE BOY He is 5 and loves trucks, diggers, dinosaurs, story books and sea creatures. He enjoys Legos--any clean random parts are welcome. He especially loves books that have "people that look like me" -- i.e. brown-skinned characters. We don't do stickers or candy (for him) and try to avoid plastic toys that break easily.

Thanks so much.