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Date Joined: December 26, 2009
Last Online: June 28, 2022 Birthday: December 4 Country: United States My Flickr Photos |
Hello fellow swappers!
My name is Kristy, crafting is my favorite pastime and I love all things handmade. I love shopping online and aliexpress should get a line item in our budget ;+)
I have lived in or near the Columbus, Ohio area for most of my life. I lived in Raleigh, North Carolina for three years and in Clifton Park, New York (north of Albany) for 2 years. Ultimately, we moved back to Ohio to be near family. I felt it was important for my 4 children to have an extended support system. While Ohio isn't the MOST exciting place to live, I do love the change of seasons (except summer...I'd gladly skip summer). My husband and I now live in a humble home (with an amazing back yard) in Reynoldsburg, a southeast suburb of Columbus. Next to crafting, my favorite thing to do is sit in my recliner with a cup of coffee and look out the patio door at the three huge oak trees in our backyard. I also feed birds, squirrels, groundhogs, raccoons, possums, and even skunks! I love all the suburban wildlife in our little backyard forest.
I absolutely love being a swap-bot member! I've been here for 12+ years and have met so many lovely people. Crafting and swapping give me such a lift. When I'm creating, the hours just fly by!
Here are some of my favorite themes:
Botanicals and Wildflowers
Animals. especially bears, foxes, and other woodland critters (not a fan of monkeys)
Nature
Trolls & Gnomes
Cats
Birds
Halloween
Koi
Snails--especially things that say, 'Snail Mail'
Vintage Paris & shabby
I love receiving postcards in any of the themes listed above as well as:
Bigfoot, Sasquatch or other cryptids
Fotofolio cards
Inge Look cards
Nouvelles Images cards
Elephants
San Francisco (especially Alcatraz!)
Unusual images
Zoo and Aquarium cards
Map cards
Interesting black & white images
Sumo wrestlers!
I'd also love to receive:
Heart-shaped things
Vintage stationery (especially Current!)
Used postage stamps
Pretty papers
Layered embellishments
Snippets of textiles
Short and sweet here:
Foam crafts or stickers
Color-your-own anything (including postcards)
Scented products (I get a headache!)
I do not like user profiles with a HUGE "do not like" list--some of these are more detailed than my family's Christmas lists! haha!
Some favorite movies: The ORIGINAL Fright Night, Prometheus, The Talented Mr. Ripley (this is probably my favorite movie of all time), Aliens, Last of the Mohicans, Hocus Pocus, Shawshank Redemption, White Oleander, Terminator series, Blood Creek (LOVE Michael Fassbender), The Thing. I love well-made scary movies! Not a fan of romantic comedies. My movie & tv choices might not seem to "fit" with the rest of my profile but I have always loved science fiction and scary movies!
Enjoying the new Star Trek Series, Strange New Worlds. Crazy for Succession, Ted Lasso (my favorite), Better Call Saul (LOVE it!) and my guilty pleasure reality shows: 90-Day Fiance and Married at First Sight. I also love true crime and documentaries.
I think (ok, I know) I watch too much TV but there is a TV in my craft room so I'm not likely to stop any time soon.
Mail art is one of favorites. I love to jazz up all my envies before sending--fun, easy and what's more fun than a colorfully decorated envie in your mailbox? I especially love the postoid rubber stamps--the ones that look liike a postage stamp but say something funny. I have quite a collection!
I love paper of all kinds and, along with the beautiful papers, papercrafts.
ATC's! I used to hate them and be consistently irritated at how many ATC swaps there were here on swap-bot. Now I love them! I love nearly all paper crafts.
Love creating junk journals using vintage ephemera and I'm crazy for using vintage books in all my work.
I LOVE to read but am super fussy about what I choose to read. If you are an avid reader and read anything in the suspense/thriller/horror genres, please send me a recommendation! With so many book choices available, a recommendation from an avid reader is worth its weight in gold. Just finished 'Game of Snipers' (a Bob Lee Swagger novel), by Stephen Hunter, and have yet to decide my next read. I would sooner die than read 'chick 'lit' -- why is it that a whole genre (chick lit) of mostly fluffy nonsense is defined as reading for women??
Hubby and I are retired. I'm trained as a middle school language arts, social studies, and math teacher. Occasionally, I tutor for reading comprehension. Hubby was a park ranger in Kentucky and Ohio.
I am a mom of four grown children and a granny to nine adorable grandchildren (Noelle, Xander, Lucas, Evan, Kristopher, Aaliyah, Londynn, Ciana, and Kendrick). Unfortunately, my sweet Noelle and Lucas live in El Dorado Hills, California ;+(--much too far away from their granny.
I spend a fair amount of time in El Dorado Hills. California, with my eldest daughter and her family. They also have two of my granddogs--Dasher and Dancer--East German shepherds. Being there takes me back to the bustling household when MY children were young. We're planning a move to California in the next couple of years.
My hubby is the light of my life (we met on match.com and have been together for 17 years. We are so lucky to be able to spend a lot of time together. I love my life and count my blessings every day.
I am an only child and have always wanted a sister to share with. I love that I have some crafting 'sisters' here on swap-bot!
My four-legged furbabies are: Mizzy and Junebug, Mizzy was a shelter cat and my daughter found Junie abandoned in a cart in a Target parking lot in mid-December. She had a collar mark around her neck, so she was someone's pet and was just dumped. I truly enjoy the company of cats. For me, a house is not a home without a pet.
I'm not a stickler about postmarks; in fact, I've never checked a postmark in my life. I do understand the need for rules within this swapping community, but if you're going to be late in sending a swap to me, just be courteous and let me know. Although I take my role as swapper and host very seriously, I will never engage in public shaming of other swappers or have a 'Flaker List' on my profile. Remember . . . life happens.
I'm consistently puzzled when swappers say they 'hate' a specific color. I want you to be inspired to create something special for me, so use whatever color speaks to YOU. It's not my job to ban a color that might spark your creativity. I used to dislike brown, but brown is the color of our Earth, of trees! Pink? it's the color of a dancing child's leotard, the inside of a shell--ALL colors are beautiful! I appreciate anything created with love and inspiration and if it's not one of my favorite colors? It must be one of yours and that's good enough for me.
In a community of inspired, thoughtful, and artistic swappers, I believe we should show each other kindness, grace, and understanding. We all have enough stress in our lives outside of swap-bot--let's not let swap-bot become a source of stress and negativity instead of the joy it is meant to be!
I appreciate kindness in any form. One of my favorite quotes is from the Dalai Lama: "Be kind whenever possible . . . it is always possible."
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Comments
Thanks for the beautiful swap you sent to me on behalf of Quiltbutterfly! I so appreciate you! I am sending prayers of comfort and healing to her. Stay safe and healthy! Hugs from Alaska, Sherry
What a Happy Mail day this has been! I love the washi tapes. Thank you. I'm so glad you are my May snail mail pal!!!
Oh my!! You went overboard on those stamps and dies! I love them and can't wait to use them, thank you so much for that!! :D Love & hugs!
Hi! I am so glad to hear you like your wishes! I stamped all of the images then used watercolor paint for color. I only wish I could draw that well! LOL ☺️
Oh my goodness, thank you so much for the AATW Feb Wishlist gift The papers are so beautiful, I can hardly wait to start using them in my crafting adventures.
I received my Amazon wish today from AATW Feb wish list and I am so thrilled with lovely surprise you sent me! The candle smells so amazing and you are amazing for being so darn thoughtful!!!
Thank you for the AATW pansy notebook. So pretty!
Thank you so much for the really nice clear stamps for my February wishes in All About the Wishes group! I love them :D
Thank you for your generosity in the AATW group and granting my January wishes!
OMG Kristy, You certainly spoiled me to the core. I received the Amazon box today, not expecting anything from them. As I haven't ordered from them in over a year & when my hubby bought mail to me, I'm like puzzled until I open it. Thank you thank you thank you for the AATW January wish for the Wine dogs postcard tin. I will definitely have enough to use for Puppy Dog PC swaps!