katehawk

UPDATES:

saturday, august 28th: thank you to people who are reaching out to me. i'm slowly SLOWLY getting things on track. this school stuff and the bank thing kicked my ass. most days i just feel like screaming and pulling my hair out. i'm getting out of bed at least now, that's step one right? AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

tuesday, august 17th: i hate citizen's bank with a passion. i hope they're happy with my money. now i can't send my swaps because the bank managed to score about $400 in overdraft fees from me. the second time was undoubtedly a bank error so i'm trying to get that money bank, the first time it's hard to say. i guess i'm just a freakin' moron. no surprise there. I DO NOT FLAKE I WANT TO SEND AND WILL AND HATE BEING THIS LATE AND FEEL HORRIBLE ABOUT IT AN AM SORRY. I come on here rarely because i'm embarrassed so if you need to reach me email me: katehawkatplay@gmail.com i don't always respond i'm behind on months worth of replies too. i hate that feeling but i am just a hot mess right now. sorry.

ps: i think i rated all my swaps so if i missed yours, and you sent, please remind me. if you haven't sent to me yet and haven't written me but marked it sent and it's been months with nothing received that's the kind of crap that makes me frustrated with this site. although i guess i'm no better right now. i do try and write my partners though and haven't marked anything sent that hasn't been placed in the mail. so there are some 1 ratings i'm trying really hard to not give yet since others have been so kind and patient with me. the difference is THE ONE RATINGS I GIVE FROM MARKED SEND AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION.

MY GROUP: i started the group on here called matchbox & more for people who love to alter matchboxes in various ways. i will also set up some whimsy jar & lucky parcel swaps sometimes. please join! i'd love to have you as part of the creativeness & fun.

WHO AM I? hello! my name is kate hawk. hawk is not my actual last name but it's been my nick name for so many years now that it feels like it is. i was given the nickname because i used to have a pretty sweet mohawk. [it was 1 ft high & i often changed the color of it]. below are some points of interest in who i am. just remember, this is only a part of me. i am many layers, like an onion. :)

• i'm 30 years old
• i was born and raised in suburbs near philadelphia
• i am in AA. my sobriety date is may 23rd, 2009 so i now have over a year of not drinking (i quit drinking & it was the best choice i ever made).
• i am bi-polar & tend to go through rough patches of depression sometimes unexpectedly
• i sell jewelry for lia sophia although i'm just starting out and home demo shows are TOUGH!
• i am taking online classes right now to start my associates degree for baking and pastry. eventually i'll be moving out to los angeles, california to complete my education
• sometimes it takes me a while to get back to messages on here (and in general too) but it's nothing personal if it takes me forever. if it is a swap related message i will reply right away
• i am not good with spelling (thank god for spell check) or grammar and if you couldn't tell, i love lower case letters
• my mom lives in maryland (north of d.c. and west of baltimore) & i try to go visit her at least once a month
• i love to organize things & would love tips on ways to keep things in order
• i am big into charity especially alex's lemonade stand because i have some personal family history with childhood cancer.
• i love to reduce, reuse & recycle. tips for this are also greatly appreciated... we only have one earth
• i'm an only child but i have "adopted" some of my friends as siblings & their kids as my nephews. so you may hear me talk about my brother, sister or nephews, they are the lights of my life

i made lists because it's easiest to read. please know that despite my very specific interests that these are simply a guide line should you need some ideas or inspiration or just want to talk to me about similar likes.

INTERESTS / HOBBIES:

• astrology
• astronomy
• authentic 80 memorabilia [mostly toys like: smurfs, voltron, my little pony, ninja turtles, etc. i'm not a fan of the 80s things coming back with a modern twist/update!!]
• auto-tune the news AMAZING i also love episode 4, it was the one that got me hooked BEFORE all the hype.
• badtz-maru
• baking
• beat boxing
• brass knuckles aka knuckle dusters
• break dancing [i want to learn how to do this so bad]
• camping
• cherries
• cupcakes [anything & everything with a cupcake on it or for making cupcakes]
• crafts [MORE INFORMATION BELOW]
• crossword puzzles
• currency from other countries
• fairies
• geeks, dweebs, nerds, dorks [you get the picture]
• getting tattoos [i have 10 so far]
• going to concerts, the ballet, musical theatre or broadway
• halloween
• hugs
• jewish faith [i'm not jewish, but i love learning about it]
• jigsaw puzzles
• kawaii / harajuku
• kitchen accessories [cupcake liners, cookie cutters, recipe books or cards, cupcake toppers, random gadgets]
• laughing until my tummy hurts
• lyrics
• macs [as in the computers]
• magazines with drew barrymore or beastie boys on the covers of them
• mohawks [i used to have one & still would if i could]
• mythology
• old school nintendo
• pin-up girls [the older the better, nothing after the 80s]
• pirates
• playing board or card games
• postcards [written on or blank, doesn't matter!]
• quotes
• recycling [any suggestions on how to reuse, save the earth, recycle items, etc. please share!!]
• retro things [cars, fashion, product designs, technology, advertising, music, hair styles]
• riding my bike
• robots
• roller coasters
• serial killers
• seven world wonders [and all the other mysteries & beauties of the world]
• stamps from other countries
• stars [shape]
• steampunk
• tape cassettes & mix tapes / playlists
• text messaging NOT WHILE DRIVING!
• thunder storms
• titanic [not the movie, the true story]
• tour buses
• traveling [only in the u.s. right now, but i really hope to get out of the country and see the world someday soon]
• unicorns
• urban exploring
• urban legends
• video games
• vinyl records
• wolverine [marvel comics character]
• world of warcraft [horde - troll hunter]
• writing short stories / journaling
• zombies

COLORS [1st - last]:

• purple
• green
• black
• blue

i like darker colors like maroon instead of red. but any shade of purple or green or blue = AWESOME!

FOOD / DRINK:

• all fruits [especially: peaches, star fruit & any kinds of berries]
• all veggies [especially: zucchini, brussel sprouts, asparagus]
• bacon
• chicken ANYTHING [i love chicken!!]
• desserts [especially cupcakes, brownies & anything chocolate]
• gluten free [lately i've been trying to change my diet to gluten free due to some pretty gross stomach problems. if you have recipes to share, please do!]
• indian cuisine
• mac & cheese
• non-alcoholic drinks [i'm in AA so please, if you send a drink recipe, make sure it doesn't include alcohol. HOWEVER, i do cook using alcohol because once it's been included in a recipe it basically evaporates & i'm not actually drinking it]
• pumpkin [anything & everything with pumpkin in it = WIN!]
• soups & stew [slow cooked / crock pot meals are all time favorite kind of meals]
• spicy food
• tea & hot chocolate
• vegetarian / vegan meals [i was a vegetarian off & on for years, so i still try to eat healthy & meat free once in a while]
• venison [my stepdad hunts & i'm always looking for recipe ideas]

PLEASE DO NOT SEND FOOD OF ANY KIND UNLESS I SPECIFICALLY SIGN UP FOR A SWAP THAT HAS CANDY/FOOD AS PART OF THE SWAP!!

FLOWERS:

• daises [and every kind of flower that looks like these]
• lilacs
• orchid
• snap dragons
• sunflowers [and every kind of flower that looks like these]
• thistle
• tiger lilies

SMELLS:

• gingerbread
• lilac
• peach
• vanilla
• pumpkin

CITIES & COUNTRIES:

• austin [tx]
• china
• chicago [il]
• england
• egypt
• germany
• greece
• holland
• india
• ireland
• italy
• japan
• las vegas [nv]
• new york [ny]
• paris
• philadelphia [pa]
• st. lucia

ANIMALS / INSECTS:

• bees
• butterflies
• cats [big/small, wild/domestic]
• dogs [especially boxers]
• dolphins
• giraffes
• ladybugs
• penguins
• pigs
• rats
• spiders

DECADES / ERAS:

• 1800s [oregon trail, wild west, the civil war, colonial times, the start of america]
• 1920s [the great depression, flappers, prohibition]
• 1940s [world war 2]
• 1950s [sock hops, soda shops, poodle skirts]
• 1960s [civil rights, peace vs. war]
• 1970s [disco, punk rock]
• 1980s [anything and everything; music, movie, style, toys, tv, etc. -as long as its vintage & not the crappy remake stuff i'll love it]
• victorian
• renaissance

FAMOUS PEOPLE I ADMIRE:

• beastie boys
• benjamin franklin
• blake lewis [of american idol / beat boxing fame]
• buddha
• conan o'brien
• drew barrymore
• bill cosby
• christina aguilera
• judy garland
• julia child
• laura ingalls wilder
• lousie brooks
• phillies phanatic
• seth rogen
• steve wozniak
• will ferrell

ARTISTS:

• banksy
• grant cob [my tattoo artist, check him out, he's AMAZING!]
• h.r. giger
• jeffery thomas [he did 'twisted princess', zombie versions of disney princess]
• luigi serafini [codex seraphinianus]

WISHLIST: i'm going to try and leave this short & sweet since my likes list is so long (plus i have both an etsy & amazon wishlist too). you can easily get me anything from those & i'd be stoked. but all the same here are some specifics i'm always looking for / happy to receive. :)

• any magazine with drew barrymore on the cover [i would REALLY love the playboy from january 1995] UPDATE JUNE 9th, 2010: @user2637 made my entire year by sending an RAK to me of my wishlist magazine. i'm so grateful to be a part of such a wonderful, kind, loving, generous community who shares such an outpouring of love, hope and kindness at the worst (and best) of times.
• any magazine or news article about the beastie boys [or magazines with them on the cover]
• stamps [i prefer the wood/rubber kind to the clear kind, but will use either]
• pigment ink pads & embossing powder [if you're going to send, please message me first for a list of colors i already have]
• gel pens
• ANYTHING & EVERYTHING cupcakes (handmade or store bought... lately i've been wanting more handmade items though)
• things that can only be found in other countries [like currency, stamps, postcards, magazines that have drew barrymore or beastie boys on the cover, trinkets, etc. ESPECIALLY ITEMS FROM INDIA!]

i'm not very picky & would rather list many likes for you to know me rather than dislikes, but at the same times i thought this list could spare both of us the hassle of you sending items that will never be used and to know a little bit about the other side of me.

• cigarette smell [although i'm guilty of having an occasional smoking vice, the smell gives me a headache]
• hello kitty [i like other san rio characters, just not hello kitty]
• jewelry [unless it's got something to do with cupcakes or brass knuckles]
• key chains [unless it's got something to do with one of my interests, especially: cupcakes, brass knuckles or pirates!!]
• lip gloss
• lotions [or bath products in general]
• make-up [unless it's mac products]
• petrulli oil
• tinkerbell [other disney, if it's one of my movie likes, is ok by me!]
• twilight or vampire stuff [just. no. i did the vampire thing when it was cool the first time around, interview with a vampire style, not so much now.]

PLEASE DO NOT SEND: i am putting this on my profile twice just to make sure people see & read it. lately it seems all i have been getting in the mail is exactly what i have been asking NOT to get. this is very frustrating. i know people mean well sending extras, but i just have TOO MUCH of the following items.

• paper [the only exception is paper w/ cupcakes on it]
• stickers [i am good in this department, i have too many as it is]
• eatable / drinkable things [i feel weird about getting food from a virtual stranger & will not eat/drink it]

i don't want to sound unappreciative to those who have sent me any of these in the past, it was very sweet and i do love getting extras. i'm just saying for any future swappers, no more paper scraps, stickers or food items please (unless i specifically sign up to a swap with any of these in the requirements). thank you!

BOOKS:

• acid house
• alice in wonderland & through the looking glass
• babysitters club series
• catcher in the rye
• charlotte's web
• divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood
• go ask alice
• graphic novels [100 bullets, batman, criminal series, dexter, from hell, sin city series, torso series, watchmen, wolverine]
• hope for the flowers
• like water for chocolate
• little house on the prairie series
• my horizontal life
• nanny diaries
• smashed
• tales of a punk rock nothing
• the cat who... [mystery series]
• the celistine prophecy
• the great gatsby
• the perks of being a wallflower
• there's a boy in the girls bathroom
• the secret life of bees
• the wonderful wizard of oz [along with a few of the other books in the series]
• the world according to garp
• where the wild things are

MOVIES:

• 10 things i hate about you
• adventures in babysitting
• all over me
• back to the future [2 is my favorite]
• bad santa
• batteries not included
• beetlejuice
• breakfast club
• bugsy malone
• can't hardly wait
• clerks
• clue
• clueless
• dazed and confused
• donnie darko
• don't tell mom the babysitters dead
• dreams for an insomniac
• edward scissorhands
• elf
• empire records
• flight of the navigator
• ghost dad
• girl, interrupted
• goonies
• grandma's boy
• high tension
• idocracy
• i heart huckabees
• juno
• kids
• labrinyth
• legend
• license to drive
• little miss sunshine
• little monsters
• mallrats
• office space
• punch-drunk love
• reality bites
• role models
• say anything
• serial mom
• seven
• sin city
• suburbia [80s punk version]
• summer school
• superbad
• swimming with sharks
• the crow
• the dark crystal
• the never-ending story
• the princess bride
• the wizard of oz
• welcome to the dollhouse
• whatever
• when harry met sally
• willow
• you me and everyone we know
• zombieland

MUSIC: i listen to a lot of npr talk radio. i also really enjoy zydeco / cajun music but i don't know any specific groups. these are just some of the bands i love, i'm not too picky about my music. i like what i like and i'm not ashamed of it. anything from the 1920s - early 1990s i will probably enjoy listening to. it all depends on my mood

• army of me [formally known as cactus patch]
• beastie boys
• billy joel
• blake lewis
• bon iver
• christina aguilera
• dogs die in hot cars
• duran duran
• elvis presley
• fifty cent
• frank sinatra
• gin blossoms
• germs
• get up kids
• good charlotte
• hall and oates
• hellogoodbye
• innerpartysystem [formally known as the takeover]
• jason mraz
• john mayer
• johnny cash
• journey
• joy devision
• kelly clarkson
• kill verona [formally known as little league]
• mary pranksters
• meatloaf
• missy elliott
• mogwai
• nine inch nails
• nsync
• pelican
• pine leaf boys
• poison
• popvert
• rancid
• rocking horse winner
• scissor sisters
• snoop dogg
• stevie wonder
• talking heads
• tears for fears
• the addicts
• the bravery
• the end of radio
• the faint
• the killers
• the roots
• the supremes
• tribe called quest
• vice squad
• yeah yeah yeahs
• yelle

TV:

• 30 rock
• absolutely fabulous
• ace of cakes
• anime / manga [aeon flux, chobits, dears naruto]
• arrested development
• best week ever
• better off ted
• bones
• breaking bad
• californication
• chelsea lately
• clarissa explains it all
• clone high
• cold case [both the tv drama & forensic show]
• community
• degrassi: [junior high, high, the next generation]
• dexter
• dirty sexy money
• fairly odd parents
• forensic files
• freaks and geeks
• fringe
• glee
• golden girls
• good eats with alton brown
• growing pains
• heroes
• hey dude
• house
• how i met your mother
• invader zim
• iron chef
• jimmy neutron
• mad men
• merlin
• modern family
• mtv's undressed
• my so-called life
• myth busters
• out of this world
• party of five
• popular
• punky brewster
• pushing daisies
• quantum leap
• royal pains
• salute your shorts
• samantha who
• saved by the bell
• six feet under
• small wonder
• talk soup
• the big bang theory
• the office [bbc]
• top chef
• undergrads
• united states of tara
• voltron
• warehouse 13
• you can't do that on television
• young ones

DISNEY:

• a bug's life
• aristocats
• aladdin
• beauty and the beast
• black cauldron
• incredibles
• lady and the tramp
• little mermaid
• lion king
• monsters, inc.
• oliver and company
• pete's dragon
• ratatouille
• robin hood
• sleeping beauty
• spirited away
• the sword in the stone
• toy story [1 and 2]
• up

MUSICALS / BROADWAY:

• a chorus line
• annie
• annie get your gun
• cats
• grease
• high school musical
• les miserable
• little shop of horrors
• music man
• phantom of the opera
• rent
• rocky horror picture show
• secret garden
• the wizard of oz

• atc's
• collages
• journaling
• lucky parcels
• matchboxes
• matchbox shrines
• mixed media art
• polymer clay
• postcards
• recipes
• recycled art
• rubber stamping
• scavenger hunts
• sewing
• stamp embossing [with the powder & the heating tool]
• stuffed envies
• whimsey jars

PRIVATE SWAPS: i am interested in doing more private swaps to avoid the hassle of flakers and nonraters. so if you have anything in mind that falls under these categories, please PM me and we can set something up!! also look for me on the forums, sometimes i post in there for private swap set ups!

ABOUT MY THREE RATINGS please don't just look at those and see it as my only ratings. i have more 5 & hearts than 3s and have (& will continue to) do my best to only get 5 and hearts. those 3s came at a very difficult time for me and i wasn't very fortunate to get partners who understood that for every swap. at the time i was still learning my way around this site (heck, i still am with some things!). i made some poor choices and i have learned from them. however, i did write all my partners (as i do now too if i run late) but not everyone got my messages. there's nothing i can do about those rating now other than admit that i learned my lesson and will try my best at all times.

GENERAL: when i can i like to avoid the post office (i have pretty bad social anxiety) so i either hand things off to my postman when he delivers the mail or drop things into a mailbox down the street. any kind of package swap i will always pay the extra for a tracking number. bigger packages i usually send through ups (unless you have a p.o. box) so those are also tracked. if for any reason you're not getting your swaps: PLEASE MESSAGE ME BEFORE RATING!

i always try my best if i know i'm having problems and running late to write everyone i'm sending to and let them know there is a swap coming so you don't think you're forgotten. however if i happen to not get your swap out on time it's because sometimes real life has to take first place to swaps. it doesn't happen often, but depression is a tricky thing. no matter what i will make an effort to contact you about any situation that occurs.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND: i am putting this on my profile twice just to make sure people see & read it. lately it seems all i have been getting in the mail is exactly what i have been asking NOT to get. this is very frustrating. i know people mean well sending extras, but i just have TOO MUCH of the following items.

• paper [the only exception is paper w/ cupcakes on it]
• stickers [i am good in this department, i have too many as it is]
• eatable / drinkable things [i feel weird about getting food from a virtual stranger & will not eat/drink it]

i don't want to sound unappreciative to those who have sent me any of these in the past, it was very sweet and i do love getting extras. i'm just saying for any future swappers, no more paper scraps, stickers or food items please (unless i specifically sign up to a swap with any of these in the requirements). thank you!

MY RATING SYSTEM: nothing makes me happier than being able to give a 5 and a heart to swappers. i usually give hearts if the swap is extra special (like hand drawn/made or appears to have taken a lot of time, effort & thought to put it together). sometimes just a personal message sent with the swap is enough to make a special difference in my day & i'll give a heart.

i will always leave a comment with my rating & i will always reply to my ratings. i feel that communication of likes / dislikes can help swappers broaden their crafting & swapping horizons. so please feel free to leave your thoughts on my work with your rating!

once upon a time i was more lenient on swaps but i have been screwed too many times too close together to give too much compassion anymore. if i do not hear from you & do not have a swap after the 2 week leeway (after the send date, before the 1 and 3 rating becomes available) i will write you to see what's going on. if i get no reply within a couple days i will rate you a 1. i am willing to change that rating to a 3 if you ever send a swap (a swap that is a month or more late will get a 3 rating from me, especially if there is minimal communication). however, if you write me a message saying you'll be late with your swap from the start & stay in touch frequently i will still rate fairly (meaning i may not give a 3 rating, but rather a 5).

two important rules i live by: DO NOT MARK SOMETHING SENT IF YOU DID NOT SEND IT! that's a mistake i made in the past & its wrong to do. i have enough problems with my post office that chasing phantom packages on top of everything else is totally unfair. IF YOU CANNOT COMPLETE YOUR SWAP OBLIGATIONS FIND AN ANGEL TO COVER YOU. if you do this, i will skip rating you all together, which is better than getting a 1 for being a flaker.

the bottom line & most important thing is: COMMUNICATION!! if you don't write me or i don't see any kind of update on your profile about something going on in your life preventing you from sending (on time or at all) then i will rate accordingly. i try my best to be understanding to people & the fact that real life happens because i would hope others would do the same for me. however i cannot stress enough that no communication = bad ratings.

as for collecting your rating from me, i don't mind a nudge or reminder to rate you if you sent something & haven't heard from me. so feel free to poke me about that, i don't bite.

ANGELS: i want to send my thanks to those who were awesome and angeled swaps for those who either had troubles & couldn't send or those who never sent so that i didn't end up flaked on or forgotten.

• @plumeriafan : 3 X 5 Recipe Card – Desserts! Hand Drawn/Illustrated (VERY tasty sounding recipe & amazingly cute drawings to go with)

• @lefroggy : katehawk & onaki private swap atc awesomeness (i had 4 blank saved spaces in my atc display book for these atcs -2 cheshire cat, 1 mad hatter & 1 jabberwocky- so when my partner never sent them to me i was pretty bummed out. i asked for an angel on the alice in wonderland group forum & lefroggy stepped up to the request making some really beautiful hand drawn pieces of art for me).

• @greengirl : apron atc (on 2.16 my original partner finally sent her atc. apparently she was having a very tough time of it for a while there. i say better late than never so now i ended up with 3 cool apron atc's)

• @vendetti : zodiac atc: year of the pig (this came as a surprise in my tag from her & it also made my freakin' day big time 'cause being flaked on that atc sucked. she made me a wonderful hand drawn atc & i looooove it!)

• @GreenVelvet : cat postcard swap #2: international (eventually my original partner did send a 2nd postcard, apparently the 1st was lost in the mail)

• @celticblue : vintage christmas atc (although i wasn't flaked on this, there was a miss-communication, so i still want to send my thanks for the lovely extra atcs i ended up with!)

• @twobluecrows : 11.10.09 postcard swap (one of my partners sent the postcard early so thankfully twobluecrows covered the mistake and sent an extra on the date!)

• @MrsAnnaSue : pumpkin recipe swap (my one partner asked her to angel because she was going through a rough patch, i always like when a partner finds their own angel. mrsannasue sent some really excellent recipes too!)

• @michele360 : cupcake ATC 8.14.09 (one partner flaked, michele made 2 beautiful ATCs for me!)

• @veltheimia : fairy atc (my partner found an angel when she was not able to do the swap, so props to her!)

i may be missing a few, but i have to go through my box of received swaps & that's quite a task! if you know you angeled something for me & your name is missing, message me, i'll add you on here. i also want to give back the generosity of those who angeled & offer myself to angel swaps. so coordinators if you ever need an extra matchbox, atc or postcard sent please let me know! :)

FLAKERS: i will remove names & rerate if swaps are ever sent.

• @ladyeteria : baker or chef whimsey jar (yet another swap i hosted flaked on. sent out the 27th of june, nothing has arrived. she has not been online since the 3rd of august, has other ratings of 1 and is now partially suspended.)

• @abcdefghiwantyou : 3 X 5 Recipe Card – Desserts! Hand Drawn/Illustrated (hasn't been online since may 27th & my guess is they're not gonna come back online so... SAD FACE)

• @nikah : my pet rat swap (says it was sent, didn't mark it sent, finally marked send may 13th which is also the last time she was online. she said she was remaking and sending but why remake something you never sent in the first place?! just very confusing and frustrating to be flaked on YET AGAIN and by a swap i hosted)

• @onaki : ATC awesomeness private swap; 1 more mad hatter, 2 cheshire cat, 1 jabberwocky (i do not like the idea of having to call a friend a flaker but it's been 2 months and i have been told it is being sent anytime i contact her but then nothing ever arrives. this was not an easy choice and it upsets me but i also put time into my atc's for her, along with extras, so to get nothing in return but empty promises is a disappointment)

• @kellyrien : theme-a-day journal (says it was sent april 8th. this was a swap that had 2 months of time to work on it, she did write once saying it would be late but at this point after having so much time to work on it, saying it was sent april 8th and it never arrived, another broken promise)

• @Lucky12324 : chinese zodiac swap: pig (last online 12.20.09 - the swap coordinator was my partner a well. still REALLY upset about this one because it was an atc i was really looking forward to since i love pigs)

• @CuddlesPreda : postcard chaos swap #2 (user is partially suspended)

• @mfinley524 : cupcake ATC 8.14.09 (user is partially suspended)

NON-RATERS: if you can't take the 1 minute or less it takes to give that 5 for a received & properly done swap i don't even know what to say, but here's people who have done just that. will remove their names if ever rated.

• @DragonWatcher : unicorn matchbox (hasn't been online since july 12th or replied to my message. it sucks because i sent some unicorn items that were a part of my childhood to this chick. insert sad face here)

• @LindaBartlett : wizard of oz atc series: dorothy (has not been online since 2.23.10)

• @bearslovers : mac and... swap (user partially suspended)

• @lovie313 : cupcake/dessert theme random envie swap (user partially suspended)

• @camkin : 'the amazing race' atc swap: india (user partially suspended)

• @Lila : a butterfly for me atc (last online 9.10.09)

LIMBO: somewhere out there swaps go missing or partners take a while to send things. some of the people below are partners i've had send to me before and i know are good for their word. however i can't always keep track of everything so i'm keeping notes here. PLEASE NOTE THESE ARE NOT FLAKERS (yet), THESE ARE JUST SWAPS MISSING IN ACTION!.

sent by me, missing in action

• @rachellovesdogs : may flowers (sent wrong kind of postcard, remade it according to swap rules (with fabric) and sent out again in early june. nothing has arrived, will be remaking and resending ASAP)

sent by partner, missing in action

• @isabel : through the rain(bow) orange (has been my partner in the past, does send & never flaked. package is coming from chili so sometimes takes a month or two. marked sent june 7th)

• @Miditron : creepy atc: robots (i understand life getting in the way so i am holding out that since there has been some communication she will send, but this is still unsent. i have waited to rate her since i can understand completely how life happens so i've left this to limbo.)

GOLD STAR SWAPPERS: something to remind me (and others) not all swappers on here are flakers, non-raters, promise breakers or jerks. these are friends i've made in swaps and groups who have gone out of their way to brighten my darker days. wonderful notes, personalized well put together swaps, reaching out to me and listening to me vent, caring and sharing and becoming not just a fellow swapper but also my friends. remember these names, they go the extra mile (and not just for hearts but because they have heart, one great big heart & they make sure to share the love in thoughtful ways). this list will forever be growing i hope, i also plan to go through every swap i've done in the past year and add more names.

@17papergoddess @aidaegonyan @bethsimmons22 @biasbabe @bobilani @busyb @candyn29 @christie1981 @darbyflats @greengirl @greenteacup @homeandheart @jen0cide @kawaiibuttons @kiwivandal @lefroggy @lilmisspolkadot @loricritt @maryhassound @misumisu22 @mizvicky @oziloulou @printer @rafacosta @rebowyer2000 @recipepc @runningwithscissors @savvygal @serenity @tishous @tjrenee @user2637 @wondermama