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walla2kitty

walla2kitty
Date Joined: June 9, 2020
Last Online: October 6, 2024
Birthday: May 5
Country: United States

About Me

I'm a mom who likes to read, quilt, craft, and take photographs of my travels, my family, and random animals. I am still in contact with my pen pal from 8th grade, 30 years later. I enjoy writing letters and receiving them as well. My husband was in the Army for the first nine years of our marriage. We have lived in Washington State, Texas, and Massachusetts and have travelled through all the states in between. I've travelled to Germany and France and have a trip planned to Greece in April 2022. I love learning about different cultures and regional history and food. Please tell me what's special about where you live, where you go for fun, and whether or not I should come visit. I love having friends in far-flung places.

Favorite Books

I really enjoy non-fiction books about psychology, sociology, and business. I also like memoirs and biographies. I've read every Malcolm Gladwell book and I like his style of writing. As for fiction novels, I like compelling or likeable characters. I started to read Gone Girl and never finished because I didn't like any of the characters and I didn't care what happened to them. I love stories of redemption and strong character development. I tend to prefer non-fiction but I do enjoy historical fiction if it is well written. I don't like Christian romance or Chic-lit at all.

Here are some of my favorites: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller, Accidental Saints by Nadia Bolz-Weber, The Great Divorce by CS Lewis

Favorite Movies

The Notebook, The Blind Side, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Princess Bride, Hoodwinked, Surf’s Up

Favorite Crafts

Quilting, sewing, painting, drawing, card making, stamping, and collage.

Favorite Things

Going for hikes in the woods, planting flowers and watching them grow, making scrapbooks and looking at photographs, planning vacations, visiting museums and parks, shopping in thrift stores, getting pedicures and massages, singing along to the radio, playing party games with my kids and their friends.

My favorite color is coral. My favorite scent is lilac. I enjoy candles, lotion, and all those generic gift items at Marshalls. I often make gift baskets for work and I like putting things together that will make someone smile.

Likes and Dislikes

Food: I like peanut butter cups, coconut anything, and caramel popcorn. While I am not happy about it, I need to watch my carbs so I am always happy to receive low-carb recipes that have been tested and found to be delicious. I do not like dark chocolate, coffee, or black licorice.

Fabric: I love quilt-store quality cotton fabric, but not the stuff from Joanns or Walmart. Fabric that is stiff, rough, thin, or loose weave is not worth the time I put into my projects. My quilts are mostly bright and modern. I don’t use earth or royal tones often but I do like blues, greens, corals, and neutrals.

Paper Crafting: I like printed papers, cardstock, ink, stamps, stickers, watercolor, color pencil drawings, calligraphy, stamps, ribbon, washi tape, markers, thread, fabric, patterns, rulers, books, magazines, and good advice. I do not like Halloween, horror, gothic, or dark themes. Please, no tiny reward stickers or cartoon characters, nothing that is made specifically for children.

Books: Only send me a book if you have read it and liked it. I used to work in a bookstore and found that even if a book was a best seller, it didn't mean it was good. They just had a good publicist. Personal recommendations are always best.

Ratings

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Comment: Thank you for the lovely PC! -Gracias!
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BobaBarb rated for 3 Things In An Envelope #20 on Sep 25, 2024
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Comment: Thank you!
kittyfun rated for 3 Things In An Envelope #20 on Sep 24, 2024
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Comment: What a pretty card you enclosed! Thank you for the positive affirmation as well-it made my day!
Beautyfullchaos rated for 3 Things In An Envelope #20 on Sep 24, 2024
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carterj rated for Cover The Envelope 💌 #5 USA on Sep 21, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for the lovely envelope and the itty bitty chick pattern and fabric! A very nice swap!
carterj rated for Note Card Descriptive on Sep 15, 2024
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Cynfully rated for Newbie Friendly Happy mail USA #10 on Sep 14, 2024
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Comment: I absolutely loved the package thank you
RedheadLady rated for Friendship Poem Swap on Sep 13, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the heart felt poem and beautiful card. I'm sure your friends know how much you care about them.
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Comment: Thank you very much!!
RiverTopanga rated for Fall Card Making on Sep 12, 2023
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Comment: Hi Sarah! Nice fall card. I like the black background - is it painted? I have that boot stamp too, it's so adorable - looks very fallish with the metallic leaves! How did the county fair go this year? I agree about the grass...a lot of work, gardens are much prettier prettier 🌺🌻 what is your favorite perennial? Thank you!
Maddashin rated for ANYCARD W/PROMPT #75 on Sep 12, 2023
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Comment: Hearts 💕 Thanks 🙏
junemoon rated for Letter To 2 Partners USA #3 on Sep 12, 2023
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Comment: Thanks for being so thoughtful about my quilting hobby. I enjoyed the card you chose and the fabric charms you included.
Cindymt rated for Letter To 2 Partners USA #3 on Sep 11, 2023
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Comment: Thank you for sharing and for the cute stickers!
SuperNay rated for Happy Mailbox ALL MONTH July 23 on Jul 22, 2023
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Comment: I loved the variety of items you sent! Thank you for the thought filled happy mail. It has been such a blessing all month to receive each item and I appreciate the effort you put into your swaps. :)
DoesItComeWithAHat rated for I’m not from here! on Jul 11, 2023
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Comment: Ooh the Oregon coast looks so inviting. Thank you!
Ramya rated for What I did for the Fourth of July on Jul 10, 2023
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Comment: Thank you for the very nice notecard and I loved the Pusheen stickers ( I saved most of them!). You forgot to put the name of the Swap anywhere so I had to think a bit to be able to rate... I have a lot of swaps going. Sounds like your 4th was amazing but busy! Happy Swaps to you...
KelseyMWoods rated for Fun Fact PC Swap on Jun 21, 2023
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Comment: I had never heard of this fun fact, it made me laugh, how odd!! Thank you for the pretty card!
Fabriqueen rated for Collage Card Making on Jun 13, 2023
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Comment: Thank you so much for the lovely handmade card, washi samples and creative card! Have a wonderful day! Hugs, Diane
Clcintx88 rated for 1 Day Quick Swap #4 on Jun 13, 2023
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