YooperHill

I love this site and the joy it brings! I try to send quality swap packages, and hope for the same in return. I love to create and give. I send out all swaps, so if you haven't received something from me, please contact me! I rate every swap I receive. I want to make your experience swapping on this site a good one.

I am a paper artist. I am a unique paper item/gift card/letter pressed/cool notebook/different envelope...freak! I love them all! (Please note...I'm only interested in unique paper, not run of the mill pads of paper, note cards, sticky notes, notebooks, etc.)

I love clean, vintage, handkerchiefs and aprons, watercolor paintings, computer art, handmade wallets/purses/bags, vintage/retro photos, small items, Morse bags, handmade art dolls, creative writting, bowls, pottery, glass, zines, graphic arts, silver/gold/bronze markers, felted items, handmade plushies, handmade household items, shrines, cupcake liners, cupcake toppers, decorated and handmade envelopes (that will hold up in the mail,) beaded items, matchbox art, rocks, cheap fountain pens with ink, assemblage art, hand decorated paper, Amigurumi,bento, Charlie Brown cartoon characters - especially Lucy,handmade books, and your art/craft.

I like retro, simple elegance, clean lines, modern, Christian religion, urban, bizzarro, quirky, clever, strange, off beat and dark humor. I like mermaids, horses, cupcakes, gnomes, monkeys, cats, the moon, robots, stars, the Northern Lights, the sun, dreams, sci fi, water, snow, the woods, lightning, birch trees, robins, Lake Superior, and snowflakes.

I am not easily offended, but I also think there is a time and a place for everything. I don't believe "anything goes, at any time."

I am always on the lookout for easy, healthy recipes that use fresh ingredients! I would also like a copy of your FAVORITE recipe. I prefer the 4"x6" card format.

I have pierced ears, and prefer silver to gold.

I like blue, blueish greens, orange, and the combinations of bright pink and orange, red and orange, deep blue and dark purple. The only pastel colors I like are yellow and purple. I don't like rust or PEACH!

Matchboxes - I don't like matchboxes filled with small items...so any matchbox swap I am in, please feel free to decorate the inside instead of filling it with items! It could help you get a heart. I promise I won't rate a 3 for not filling the box.

I am not a big fan of CUTE, country or scrapbook styles. I prefer wilder, creative, bold, elegant, and thought provoking art.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ...At this time, NO pencils, pens, sharpie markers (except gold and silver!), erasers, books or pieces of book pages, coffee mugs, scraps of paper, playing cards, loose sequins, confetti, sheet music, dollar store/discount items, ankle socks, ATC'S, small stickers, kokopelli, Disney,or embroidery floss. Please save these items for swappers who will use them.

Beads...only if the holes are large enough to thread yarn through, AND they are made of glass, paper or ribbon please. Small holed, CUTE, wood, and (yuck) plastic beads will get the heave ho at my house. I am currently looking for small, seed bead like, beads to try beading projects.

I really dislike food, tea, candy, lotions, makeup, scents. ...consumables of any kind. I don't like dirty, used, clean out your stash left overs either!

Although I would love to have a cigarette (I quit ages ago,) I don't like the smell on swap item.

I don't like wrestling with packages taped so tight it takes all night to open. I snarl at swaps that do not identify swap-bot, the name of the swap and swapper. I am in a lot of swaps. It's hard to figure out where a swap package came from with out your help!

I like private, one-on-one swaps. Let me know if you have an idea for a one.

Jerry Jeff Walker, Hoyt Axton, The Kinks, Led Zeplin, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Lou Reed, bag pipes, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchel.

Atlas Shrugged, Ender's Game, Cain and Able, Nicholas and Alexandra.

The Star Wars movies, Les Miserables, A Clockwork Orange, The Princess Bride, Overboard, Escape from New York, 2001: A Space Odessy.

I used to let flaked swaps go by the wayside. After a while I had over 30 flaked swaps! I've started quietly looking for angels. Be assured I have rated the flaker a 1, and contacted the hostess on all the swaps below...

Crafty Business Card Swap

2 flakers

Partners: Jessica Culver and Audrey Parramore

Hostess: JeweledClaws

8/31/08 LaceD2Sugar angeld one!

International Woman’s Day

Partner: Melon Ann

Hostess: Chiatea

3/31/08 Chiatea said she would angel. Still looking for an angel for this swap.

Christmas Gift tags

3 flakers

Partners: Jennisnyder, imagez and cristina584

Hostess: alishamitchum

TerryF and Wygirl have angeled two of the three already!

4/25/08 CelestialFreak offfered to angel one of the partners. 6/1/08 She needs a lil more time. Still looking for an angel here...

mini christmas cards ...fast

2 flakers.

Partners: Stellastar and Pinkylee. Pinkylee was the the hostess!

I give hearts for swaps that makes my heart sing, extras have nothing to do with it! I give hearts on postcard swaps if I really like the card!

I send extras, but not for hearts. I send extras because "I love to create...and give." I need an outlet for my creations, otherwise my studio threatens to come crahsing down on me!