darzy30

**I love picking out postcards and preparing packages almost (if not) as much as receiving them. If there is an issue with what you received, please let me know before rating! I will work with you to resolve it! If you have not received a swap, please let me know!**

I rate about once a week. I have rated all swaps received through January 10, 2012.

I live in Ithaca, NY with my husband and my dog (a black pug mix, Walter).George and I are newlyweds! We had a beautiful, small wedding on 10.9.10!

We also have a hamster, two rats, a mouse, and a gecko. We adopted an adorable black puggle on 4-16-11. I am trying to convince George we need a cat (or two) as well!

I love knitting, making jewelry, reading, and wasting time on facebook (aimeedars)--especially playing Bejeweled Blitz, ravelry (aimeedars), flickr (aimeedars), postcrossing (darzy30), and etsy (aimeedars).

I received a postcrossing postcard mentioning swapbot, so I signed up! I primarily joined to swap postcards, but I occassionally venture into other swaps as well.

My many collections include postcards, magnets, state zipper tags with my name, snow globes (from places only), beads, pigs, pugs, corn, and yarn. I have started making smushed pennies...we'll see how that goes. I enjoyed collecting the state quarters. I filled up my collector's book, and thought I was done, but I just saw a new quarter for Guam!

I like Spongebob, Picachu, Richard Scarry, and Oscar the Grouch.

My favorite color is purple. I also like teal, burnt orange, magenta, and lime green. (Mostly jewel tones.) I can't say I dislike any colors, though.

Scents: I love lavender, eucalyptus, cucumber/melon, tea tree. I am less fond of floral scents.

Stickers: Animals, Flowers, Oscar the Grouch, SpongeBob SquarePants, Paul Frank, Abstract shapes

I have been veg*n since 1997--became vegetarian then and vegan in 2005.

• Ellis Paul
• Dar Williams
• Lucy Kaplansky
• Antje Duvekot
• Slaid Cleaves
• Brandie Carlile
• Girlyman
• Indigo Girls
• Meg Hutchinson
• Patty Griffin
• Mindy Smith
• Lori McKenna
• Jeffrey Foucault
• Mark Erelli
• Kris Delmhorst
• Gillian Welch
• the Mountain Goats

• A Very Long Engagement
• The Virgin Suicides
• Middlesex
• Crooked Hearts
• Asa as I Knew Him
• He She It
• Ender's Game
• Speaker for the Dead
• Church of the Dead Girls
• Margaret Atwood
• Michael Connolley

Find me on Goodreads!

• STAR WARS
• The Matrix
• Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
• Galaxy Quest
• Alien
• Children of Men
• The Corporation
• Raising Arizona
• Groundhog Day
• Michael Clayton
• Nashville
• The Terminator
• Parenthood
• Grease
• The Sixth Sense
• Saving Private Ryan
• Idiocracy
• Sliding Doors

"You must be the change you want to see in the world"--Gandhi

"Only when the last tree has died and The last river has been poisoned and The last fish has been caught, Will we realize that We cannot eat money" --Cree Indian Saying

"Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary."--Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Let us not become the evil we deplore."--Barbara Lee

"As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together."--Isaac Bashevis Singer

"What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?"--Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832)

"The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking."--John Kenneth Galbraith

• Doctor Who
• Modern Family
• The Walking Dead
• Law and Order (RIP)
• The Amazing Race
• Survivor
• In Plain Sight
• The Office
• House
• The Closer
• The Wire (RIP)
• Homicide (RIP)
• South Park
• OZ (RIP)
• The First 48
• Criminal Minds
• Mentalist
• Parenthood
• Hoarders
• Raising Hope

Unless the swap specifies enveloped, I prefer my cards "naked"! I love having the stamps and postmarks on the card itself.

I love postcards, and I've seen very few that I didn't like. But, if a swap doesn't have a theme, if you are wondering what to send, these are some of my favorite types of cards:

• Touristy postcards
• Animal postcards (dogs, particularly pugs, pigs, and cows are my favorite, though I love ALL animals)
• Buddha/Pagodas/Buddhist Temples/Buddhism
• Books (Illustrations/Covers/Quotes/Etc.)
• Art and Photography
• Museums (PCs with photos of the actual museum building)
• Colleges/Universities
• Interesting architecture
• Colorful postcards
• Funny/tacky roadside attractions
• Nature/scenic/national parks
• Collages
• Quotations
• Maps
• Flags
• Reproductions of vintage advertisements
• Vegan/Vegetarian related PCs

Some of my favorite artists are Modigliani, O'Keeffe, Picasso, Chagal, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Mark Rothko. I like the early 20th Century artists a lot.

I would love UK swappers who have access to Doctor Who promotional cards for the new series to send one!

From Australian/New Zealand swappers, I'd love a pc with a Kiwi bird!

Unless it's a swap for them, in a sender's choice swap I would prefer no ad cards. But I do sometimes like to sign up for ad card swaps because ad cards can be really cool! In ad card swaps, I especially like cards that advertise non-profit events, ones with interesting designs, or with fun colors.

POSTCARD DISLIKES: meat, hunting, hunters, dead animals, animal races, fishing, bull fighting, etc.

In addition to modern postcards, I collect vintage postcards of pugs, pigs (and other farm animals), the University of Chicago, and Ardmore, OK, as well as sent vintage postcards with interesting messages.

I have no problem with Zazzle or Cafe Press postcards - in fact, I like just about all of the postcards I've seen made through these sites. As for other handmade cards - I've been lucky to receive some that are beautifully made. Unfortunately, I have had even more that have not survived the mailing process. They've been afflicted with tears, missing pieces, etc. A few have arrived with the glue making the card wavy or the rubber cement seeping through creating a sticky surface. I suppose I am saying, I am wary about handmade cards and think they require a high production value to get through the postal system.

• Dogs, especially pugs
• Cats
• Farm Animals, especially pigs
• Windchimes
• Postcards
• Diet Coke
• Purple (and, coincidentally, the smell of lavender)
• Books
• Beads
• Yarn (vegan)
• Vegan treats
• Magnets

I did not receive the following swaps and would love angels!

ZAZZLE-WINKFLASH-MOO POSTCARDS SWAP (ENVELOPED) @mage (PM Sent) - This made me very sad. I was looking forward to it.

Art Postcard Swap #3 - @JaquelineB (PM Sent)

Art Postcard Swap #2 - @SIEN (PM Sent)

Winter Cheer PC Swap - @Freakazita (PM Sent)

I Love My State Postcard Swap #13 - @koryu (PM Sent)

Super Quick Art Swap #2 - @shaylafish (account deleted)

Quotecard Postcard #42 - @FibreJunkie (PM Sent)

Thank you, angels!

Deer postcards 2.0 - @tranix345 (PM Sent) - Angeled by @Castlequeen

Postcards from State Capitol Cities - @cathymcd (PM Sent) - Angeled by @manders2280

Three Ad Postcards in an Envelope - @AmazonLife (PM Sent) - Angeled by @nekozet

One postcard, one partner #14 - Sender's Choice - @abella0823 (User suspended) - Angeled by @DebR

Row row row your boat - @cnjockermans - Angeled by @leecytx

8 August Postcards - @Charli1212 - Angeled by @leecytx

Quick Multiview Postcard Swap - USA only - @HoosierRain - angeled by @HickreeNut

Postcards in an Envelope #10 - @indigoscarlet - Angeled by @leecytx

Quick 5 Postcard Swap - @Brittercat - angeled by @HickreeNut

Color PC Swap - @tienke2404 - angeled by @marrryth