dyp

Mom Artist Goofball Professional henna artist (I doodles on people with mud!)

Loves: the color green, cultures, art, cute things, funny things, fanciful things, silly things, animals, bugs, patterns, naughty things.

Crude humor makes me laugh but I dislike blood and gore.

(I watch Walking Dead for the story and laugh at the jokes but I strongly dislike the violence and gore.)

DISLIKES: politics, racists, violence, "in" trendy things like the words "shaby chic." Poorly done artwork labeled "abstract."

OFFENSIVE: Please do NOT send me Christian or Catholic things.

While I appreciate all cards I receive, I prefer hand drawn / hand painted / hand colored cards. As much as I hate to be picky and mean, sticker slapped cards will receive a poor rating.

I do not care for rubber stamped images unless they are very artistically painted / colored.

I appreciate any card where the maker has placed time and effort and happiness. :)

What you can expect from me as a swap partner: Every card I make is 100% hand drawn and painted. I try to make my cards before my swap partners are assigned so I can mail swaps out asap. If I should ever be late I will message my partner to let them know. (Hopefully that will never happen!)

I put 100% effort into all of my trades.

My goal is to make you smile when you receive your card. I tend to draw cute, happy, lighthearted subjects. (And often tastefully naughty. .. lol)

Please do not feel the need to tuck goodies into my package, I give hearts for things I love, things that are well done and things that make me smile, not extras. :)

Henna, watercolor, zentangles /dangles and doodles. atcs, crochet, nalebinding

TEA: I recently joined my first tea swap. I really love tea and i had a great expirience with it. i love trying the different flavors and collecting the packets. i have a huge cabinet full of teas. I love chai tea, jasmine (oh goodness jasmine is my favorite- hard to find here) fruity, spicey, black, white, green, Christmas teas, dessert teas.

I dislike liquorice, fennel and raspberry flavored tea. I do not like lemon flavored tea eithet.

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Yoshitaka Amano

Tony DiTerlizzi

Brian Froud

John William Waterhouse

As an official Swap-bot Ambassador I promise to:

Mail swaps out on time, if something should pop up that prevents mail from going out, I will contact my partner and coordinator asap.

I will NEVER click "sent" before I actually mail a swap.

I will rate quickly, fairly and per Swap-bot rules.

Resolve issues quickly and in a friendly manner.

Keep the love of Swap-bot alive. :-)

Things to draw on- with Artist Trading Cards / sleeves Tea Vikings Kilts (men in kilts- yummo) Snails Turtles Ferrets Poodles Hedgehogs Squirrels Peacocks Norway and Scandinavia

Postcard themes I love,

Anything on my like list Handmade is great but I do not rate down for store bought :-) Funny, naughty, silly themes Art postcards Please nothing Christian. Buddha's, Krishna, Ganesha, hindu are are awesome!

I try hard to never handwrite because my handwriting is horrendous. I am very insecure about it.

I feel like handwriting is a lost art and I am trying to improve my penmanship skills.

I also can not spell. Please forgive the boo boos, chicken scratches and dipply woos. Please know your handwritten parcel is helping me learn to write better.

I also promise to never join a penpal swap for this reason lol.

My children:

Lilleandra: age 4 going on 15. She loves all thing princess and girlie. She loves Elsa, My little Pony friendship is magic (pinkie pie and twight sparkle), Barbie, Littest Pet Shop, Teen Titans, Power Rangers, Lego. She loves stickers, art projects, crafts, getting mail and driving us crazy with her constant chatter.

Aramis: age 14. Aramis is a brainy geek. He is constantly creating with lego, robotics and drawing. He loves Star Wars, My Little Pony Friendship is magic (derpy and rainbow dash), Lego, Magic the Gathering, Samauri Jack. We recently signed him up for Civil Air Patrol, we look forward to seeing what mechanical mischief he can get into with the Government's money.