*I am a teacher, so I try to participate in a lot of swaps through the summer. That being said, I don’t often have time to do many swaps through the school year. Please don’t boot me from your group for inactivity! I still want to be a part of it...I just don’t want to overwhelm myself with too many swaps between August and April.

I'm a 36 year old wife, mother (daughter-18 and stepdaughter-15), first grade teacher. I also own the stationery shop on Etsy, “Light in the Mailbox” which is my big project, soon to be my full time job! (Find me on Instagram and YouTube @Lightinthemailbox During my teaching career I have taught K-8 art, speech/language therapy, special education, and English to Chinese students. I live in a small town in Missouri, USA. I'm so excited to build my collection of postcards, ATCs, mail art, and other good stuff and get to know swappers and artists from around the globe. My favorite things are travel, reading, sketch journaling/urban sketching and mixed media, planners, gardening, vegan cooking. I also enjoy calming/grounding exercises such as yoga. As far as art, I have a diverse taste (but mixed media is probably still my favorite!). Find me on Instagram @shawshanewcomb for pics of my art, ATCs, handmade postcards, journals, and other randomness! Warning: there may be spoilers for some swaps on my IG page.

I love to travel and in 2019 I took a trip to England, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and France. Pics on my IG!

I pretty much like all styles and I'm excited to get all swaps! I promise to send out swaps on time and rate as soon as I receive. If I haven't rated because I haven't received the swap, I will to message you before I give a bad rating (I understand that international swaps take longer). I'd appreciate the same courtesy- I don't flake- please message me if you didn't get your swap from me!

For sender's choice mail art, I always prefer a handmade postcard (sent naked) over other types of mail art. But, I appreciate any type!

The ABCs of my likes! Being added to constantly...

A- Asian (like traditional Asian art, for example), alpacas, ATCs, Aliens, abstract art

B- Bob Ross, book pages (especially in other languages), Britain, Bible accessories, bicycles, Bible verses, bamboo, bonsai trees, Bookmarks, beach, body positivity, berries, birds, boho/bohemian style

C- Collage, cacti, cityscapes, coffee, constellations, circles, clocks, colorful, cats, canning jar images, cherries, coffee cups, candles, coins (non-USA), Colorado

D- ducks, die cuts, dots, dream catchers, desert, desserts (illustrated like cupcakes & ice cream), decorated envelopes, Daryl Dixon

E- Elephants, emus, Europe, embossed images, 80's, environmentalism, eco-friendly

F- Fabric scraps, fabric charm squares, ferrets, flapper girl style, France, feathers, fairy houses, fish, Firebirds(car), fat quarters

G- gelli prints, glittery things, galaxy

H- hedgehogs, Harry Potter, hummingbirds, hearts, handmade envelopes, honeysuckle, handmade postcards, handmade stickers

I- Italy, international stamps

J- jewel tones, jets/planes

K- kawaii

L- Layers, llamas, lace, Libra, leaves

M- Mixed media, mandalas, Missouri, mushrooms, meditation, mountains

N- Nature, natural products and materials, 1990's, narwhals, note cards with envelope, New York

O- old-fashioned things, ostriches, owls

P- Paris, postcards, pastels, Prague, puppies, baby pink, plants, plus-size models (female)

Q- quilt blocks, quotes

R- Ravenclaw, raccoons, roses, recycled

S- Sugar skulls, strawberries, stamps, succulents, sewing, simple sewing patterns, squirrels, stickers, stamped images, sparkles, steampunk, stitched elements, Singer (sewing machine) merchandise, sunflowers, snails, sushi

T- Tea, teacups, teapots, travel, trees, 1920's, turquoise, teal, two-dollar bills, Tao Te Ching, turtles, Trans-Ams (car), Tombow Brush markers

U- Urban sketching, umbrellas, unicorns, UFOs, upcycled

V- Vintage book pages, vintage magazine pages, vegan

W- wabi-sabi, washi tape, watercolor, whimsical, wildflowers, willow trees, windmills

X-..........uhmmm...?

Y- yoga

Z- zentangle, zen

I appreciate every piece of mail I get, whether in a plain envelope with a short note with user name, or in an elaborately decorated envie. It all makes me happy to open my mailbox!

Dislikes: black magic related items, food (I have so many allergies, it’s difficult), anything applied to skin (again allergies) small paper scraps, anything blatantly morbid/meant to induce fear.