ShandaPanda

♥♥♥ I'M TAKING A LITTLE BREAK FROM SWAPPING. EVERY SWAP I WAS SIGNED UP FOR HAS BEEN SENT. BE BACK SOON. :-) ♥♥♥

♥ Mom

♥ Wannabe world traveler

♥ Reader

♥ Amateur photographer

♥ Artist

♥ Good listener

♥ Skydiver!

♥ Daughter

♥ Couch potato

♥ Internet addict

♥ Friend

♥ Rock collector

♥ Nature lover

♥ Dork

♥ Rollercoaster rider

♥ Non-judgemental

♥ Only child

♥ Dreamer

♥ age: 31

♥ children: 2 girls (ages 11 and 9), twin boys (age 5)

♥ places I have lived: Washington, Idaho and Colorado

♥ pet: one frisky cat named Whiskers

• spending time with my kiddos
• photography
• drawing/sketching/painting
• making ATCs and other little projects like altered dominoes, matchboxes and pendants
• browsing Flickr.com~such amazing inspiration
• bike riding/hiking/camping/rollerblading
• going to the free book bin at the local recycle center
• reading
• letterboxing
• jumping in the car for a spur of the moment roadtrip just to see where the road takes me
• staying up late and sleeping in late
• texting my friends (what did we do without texting??)
• watching a movie and having wine or a cocktail at the end of the day
• I love to check the mail everyday for fun packages from the wonderful people on Swap-bot

• ATCs! My main artistic outlet is through artist trading cards. I love everything about them. I have been trading them for 4 years now and my book of my favorite ATCs is overflowing.
• drawing/sketching/painting/collage
• mail art
• inchies
• altered dominoes
• Scrabble and glass tile pendants
• altered matchboxes/tins

Anything that makes me feel happy, inspired, or reminiscent...from alternative to classical to country to pop and most everything in between.

Into the Wild, Summer, Ethan Frome, The Other Boleyn Sister, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (hilarious!), anything by Anita Shreve, The Catcher in the Rye, The Twilight Series, Shogun, The Far Pavilions, The Time Traveler's Wife, Harry Potter, 1984, Madame Bovary, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Jungle, Street Sparrows...anything witty or romantic that keeps me up past my bedtime because I just can't put it down. I find that if a book or poem has the word "languid" in it then I usually love it.

• The Walking Dead
• The History Channel
• LOST
• Grey's Anatomy
• Outsourced
• Cold Case
• Wonderfalls~why did they cancel it??? :-(
• old episodes of Northern Exposure
• classic tv and cartoons
• British comedy
• anything that keeps my kids happy and out of my hair :P

♥ I don't have one particular style of thing that I like. The best way to see what I like is to look at my flickr photos.

♥ ATCs and MATCHBOXES made by you.

♥ VINTAGE images of men and women-old photos or reproductions

♥ Paris/Eiffel Tower themed things...charms, postcards, books, maps...

♥ clock hands

♥ Anything having to do with BIKES

♥ 1" buttons (pins)

♥ WHIMSY JARS of any size and theme

♥ pretty things with flowers or ♥ HEARTS ♥

♥ Paperchase brand items

♥ BIRDS and BUTTERFLIES

♥ coins from around the world

♥ a Bento box~I've never had one (Thanks to StephieDee for my first one!) :-)

♥ paper and stationery (I am a paper freak and can never have enough) I really love dictionary pages and foreign text.

♥ pens, markers, pencils, paint

♥ handmade bags/pouches

♥ CANDY~milk chocolate, gummy things, jelly beans, anything with real sugar

♥ books

♥ rocks and seashells

♥ handmade jewelry/pendants/charms

♥ journals

♥ skeleton keys and other METAL CHARMS

♥ buttons

♥ used postage stamps

♥ ribbons/threads/fibers

♥ Tim Holtz products

♥ altered dominoes

There are only a few things I don't wish to receive: plain ATCs that obviously took minimal effort, tea, foam stickers, cheap scrapbooking supplies, confetti, loose glitter, things that are poorly made.

I really hate googly eyes!

I appreciate quality over quantity and just enjoy swaps that show some thought and time went into them.

• I never give 3s for late swaps. I know that sometimes things have to be late and it isn't the end of the world.
• I give hearts for artistry/creativity. If I think an ATC is beautiful or shows extra effort I am more likely to give a heart than if you throw in some extras.
• Communication is key! If you need more time, are having trouble with a theme or whatever just let me know! I am very understanding.
• My favorite thing about Swap-bot is hearing from my partners when they have received what I sent to them. I always try to rate (unless my crazy life gets in the way and I forget) and hope you will do the same.