tuliptrees

Hello! I live in beautiful North Carolina, in the United States. Some of my favorite hobbies include hiking (being outside in general!), birdwatching, gardening, reading, embroidery, paper crafting, Postcrossing (and now Swap-bot!), and writing letters to my pen friends.

ABCs of me:

A animal lover, animal crossing

B books, birdwatching, backyard chickens

C crafty, crested gecko, Cricut, colorful, chickens

D drawing, documentaries

E embroidery, exploring

F fish tanks, fountain pens, foxes, field guides, flower fairies

G geology, gardening, gladiolus, green

H homeschool mom, hiking, herbalism, house plants

I insects, introvert, INFJ

J journaling

K kids, Kindle

L ladybugs, lily, long letters

M mailboxes, morning glory

N nature, naturalist

O owls, organic gardening, Outer Banks

P plant identification, picnics, postcards, purple

Q quiet (LOL), quartz

R reading, roses, rockhounding

S sewing, state parks, stickers, snakes, space, spring, seashells, scrapbooking

T tea, true crime, turtles, trees, Tetris, thunderstorms

U UFOs (stories about)

V vegetarian, violets

W watercolor, washi tape

X x stitch

Y yellow

Z zinnias

Anything by Kate Morton

The Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett

Harry Potter Series

Clan of the Cave Bear series

The Giver series

Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes - Daniel Everett

The Silent Companions - Laura Purcell

I enjoy a good mix of both fiction and nonfiction. I’d love to hear your book recommendations. Lately I’ve been into spooky books for spooky season!

I listen to a ton of podcasts! Some of my favorites are ologies, Morbid, Mysterious Universe, Bird Note, That’s Spooky, Dateline, Anatomy of Murder, The Moth, Cult Liter, Paper Talk, and Unexplained.

Just if you need some inspiration!

Birds

Butterflies

Plants

Insects

Animals

Science / Women of Science

Maxi cards

Non-religious seasonal cards (spring, summer, fall, winter)

LouPaper

Postcard Fair Birds & States

Flower Fairies

Castles (real life)

Historic Buildings and Bridges

Sky / Weather

Halloween cards in October 🎃

Anything bright and colorful!