dally

I live in Moncton, New Brunswick, on the East coast of Canada with my wonderful husband, and our 2 cats, Luna & Artemis. I love living near the Atlantic ocean, & go searching for sea glass whenever I can. Along with the millions of arts/ & crafts I do, I also enjoy reading (audio books pretty well exclusively now), cooking/baking, gardening, and playing the occasional video game (ACNH is my current love).

*If you check out my Instagram or Youtube, and are currently waiting on a swap package from me, be warned there could be spoilers for your package!

My current top wants (I will do a private swap for these, just msg me!):

• I'm currently gathering things for a few themed journals I'm going to be making: Paris/London; gardening; & Alice in Wonderland/teaparties. Anything in these themes is very welcome!
• Pink mosaic bits/wee tiles/larger beads, as I’m gathering for a pink mosaic project.
• Postcards - any theme (I have listed a few favourites in the Postcard section below, but welcome any really).
• Anything Animal Crossing themed! I love New Horizons, and would love anything to do with it. Even art/crafts you make yourself! My favourite villagers/characters are Judy, Zell, Gala, Meringue, Celeste, but again, any character will make me happy!

Crafts I do and would love to receive, or receive supplies for:

• Papercrafts: Mail art (ATCs, inchies, recipe cards, journaling (art, junk, travel, gluebook - I'm also going to attempt to learn bookbinding soon so I can make my own journals from scratch), collage, handmade envelopes, stamping, tags, cards, etc - Any and all paper things are welcome! Ephemera, handmade paper, interesting papers, stickers (no planner/reward/teacher pls), vintage paper bits, vintage photos, stuff from FLOW magazine & similar

• Rug Hooking (traditional, not latch hook): always looking for wool fabric in light or bright colours, I already have lots of dark neutrals

• copic markers

• Sewing: fabric I use mostly quilting cottons, but like other fabric if they're textured and interesting; cool thread ; buttons

• Fiber Crafts: needle felting, spinning, crochet, knitting, etc (always looking for wool roving)

• Mixed Media/Painting/Drawing - in journals, on canvasses, etc (love watercolour paper, and bits and bobs for mixed media)

• Misc - Ukrainian Easter Eggs, mosaic (love wee tiles!), polymer clay, jewelry making (glass/ceramic/handmade beads always welcome). Honestly, if I don't know how to do an art or craft, it's probably on my list of want to learn, so feel free to send me patterns/supplies for anything you think I might like)

Random Themes I like:

• Anything in BRIGHT rainbow or neon colours, OR soft vintage pastels (I know, such a contradiction lol).
• NYC
• Neat vintage/antique things - ephemera, photos with people in them, postcards, calling cards, gift wrap, advertisements, etc
• kawaii (especially anything stationery like memo sheets, note pads, writing sets, pens, washi tape, stickers, etc)
• Sailor Moon
• Animal Crossing
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld
• Anything Maneki Neko themed
• Space/galaxy related things
• Bees
• Coffee/tea/snacks/sweets/chocolate
• Enamel Pins - I seem to have started a collection of them accidentally
• Blythe & Pullip Dolls
• miniatures - collect 1/12 scale dollhouse minis, but welcome any scale
• my husband Rob collects Superman stuff and hot sauces, so either are always welcome

These are the ATC themes I actively collect, but I do welcome atc's in any theme.

• Pink Poodles (this is my fave ATC theme to collect) (the rest are in no particular order)
• NYC (especially vintage)
• monochromatic colours, or all rainbow colours together on one card
• Dr Who
• Alice in Wonderland
• Wizard of Oz
• cats
• hot peppers
• cupcakes
• birds (especially Canada Geese)
• maneki neko
• trees
• day of the dead
• flowers (especially daffodils, poppies & hydrangeas)
• sun
• moon
• mermaids
• jellyfish
• pears

I'm very new to postcard swaps, but I've discovered they're so much fun. I haven't really started collecting any particular theme yet, but these are the card themes I'm interested in so far. I like them either way; blank or used.

• NYC
• authentic vintage
• bright, rainbow colours
• kawaii
• Art/artistic/illustrated
• space/sci-fi
• Superman
• really any other theme I have listed as a like on my profile!

• I don't like anything cutesy country style, like teddy bears or precious moments (although I love kawaii - Japanese cuteness!).
• I don't want anything religious please.
• Food dislikes: I'm allergic to apricots. I don't like black licorice, hot cinnamon or peppermint (spearmint is okay).
• Smells I don't like: strong perfumey smells, lavender, cinnamon, eucalyptus, baby powder