kiddomerriweather

I commissioned this illustration of me from Lemanntim on deviantART.

My name is Suzanne and I'm 48 years old. I'm from Corryton, Tennessee, which is just outside of Knoxville. I am a former social services worker, but now I'm on disability due to bipolar disorder. I am a textile artist, who also loves to draw.
I'm single and I don't have any children. I live at home with my mom and formerly feral grey tuxedo cat, Frankie. Many of you remember that I had a black cat named Johnny Cash for 16 years. Unfortunately my little sidekick passed away on 1/13/2022. He left this Earth peacefully while lying on my lap. He is sorely missed.

I love nature. I live in the country at the foot of a mountain, so I'm exposed to a lot of wildlife. I frequently see deer, fox, owls, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and raccoons. I just recently had an early morning encounter with a black bear in my driveway! Eeek! It still seems surreal. Opossums are my favorite animals. I love to watch them at night. They are such fascinating creatures. Did you know they don't carry rabies? Their body temperature is too low. Fun fact! I love insects and spiders, too. I find them absolutely fascinating.

I spend most of my time sewing dolls or plushies by hand. I don't use a sewing machine because it's just too complicated for me. I don't understand the mechanics of it all and it feels too daunting to learn right now. Sewing by hand is very relaxing and therapeutic for me anyway. I also love to hand embroider and to draw with a pencil and paper. (I suck at digital art programs. Well I'm ok with pixels.)

I'm almost always open for private swaps, so just ask if you're interested.

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."--Dr. Seuss

"Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you."--Ovid

• Radiohead
• The White Stripes
• The Old 97's
• The V-Roys
• Scott Miller
• Johnny Cash
• Willie Nelson
• Outkast
• Nirvana
• Dolly Parton
• Queen
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Kayne West
• Foo Fighters
• Blind Melon
• Phish
• The Rolling Stones

• "Frankenstein"
• Any Book by Freida McFadden
• "Fight Club"
• "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
• "Mystic River"
• "The Walking Dead"
• "Flashpoint"

• Fight Club
• Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
• Reservoir Dogs
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
• Go
• The Princess Bride
• Beetlejuice
• Smokin' Aces
• The Prestige
• The Breakfast Club
• Star Wars
• Zoolander
• Fallen

• LOST
• King of the Hill
• American Dad!
• Family Guy
• The Walking Dead
• Bob's Burgers
• The Office (US)
• Dateline NBC
• The Last of Us
• Seinfeld

• Casting resin
• Hand sewing plushies and dolls (I don't know how to use a sewing machine)
• Embroidery and cross stitch (I really hate cross stitching, but I can do it.)
• Drawing
• Knitting on a loom (I just have round ones right now and can only make hats.)
• French knitting (i-cord necklaces and bracelets)
• Needle felting (I'm a total novice, but it's nice to stab things sometimes.)
• Linocutting and printing
• Gelli printing (total novice)

• Abraham Lincoln
• Alice in Wonderland
• Altered matchboxes
• Art prints and original art (12 x 12 inches or smaller)
• ATCs (love hand drawn or painted)
• Baker's twine
• Banana themed things
• Bats (the animal)
• Bee themed items
• Betsey Johnson anything
• Black bears (I actually saw one at my house!)
• Blind boxes
• Bookmarks
• Butterflies (especially monarchs)
• Cats (I especially adore black cats and Tuxedo cats)
• Checkerboard print (especially in black and white)
• Colors: Rainbow, purple, turquoise and red, teal, mustard yellow
• Correction tape
• Creature from the Black Lagoon
• Cryptids (Mothman, Flatwoods Monster, Yeti, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster, Chupacabra, Jackalope)
• Cute monsters like Uglydolls
• Darkhorse Stationery sets from the early 2000's
• Death head moth items (the "Silence of the Lambs" moth)
• Dinosaurs
• Dopamine Art
• Dotee Dolls
• Dumpster fire related items (i.e. pins, patches, stickers, etc.)
• Dunnys
• Earthworms
• Elmer's Craft Bond glue sticks
• Ephemera ("real" ephemera, not reproductions)
• Etsy (link to faves under $10 above)
• Eyeballs
• Fabric (I love florals, solids, thicker muslins, polka dots, linen, and stripes)
• Felt (wool or wool blend)
• Felt brooches
• Frankenstein's Monster (I have a collection)
• Glue runners
• Gummy bear themed items (not the actual candy)
• Gustav Klimt
• Halloween (the holiday)
• Haunted house imagery (especially illustrated)
• Hearts
• Hoopla (embroidery hoop art)
• House imagery, especially townhouses/row houses
• Hunter S. Thompson
• Insects (especially beetles and scarabs) and spiders (not cartoony ones; please don't send real ones, obviously)
• Jewelry (earrings, bracelets--especially cuff bracelets--7 inches, rings--size 8 or 9, necklaces--16 inches or longer; I prefer silver)
• Kawaii erasers (the rectangular ones with the paper around them)
• Kawaii stationery
• Kawaii sticker flakes
• Kawaii: I love pretty much everything EXCEPT Sentimental Circus, Rilakkuma, and Sumikko Gurashi, but I can pass those along
• Keychains
• Keystone or Pittsburgh related stickers
• Kidrobot
• Kindle
• LEGOs: I LOVE to build!
• Leopard print
• Little Red Riding Hood
• LOST (I'm a Lostie for life!)
• LUSH Cosmetics
• Mab Graves
• Mexican folk art (shadow boxes, nichos)
• Miniatures
• Mixed Media Art
• Mothman Legend of Point Pleasant, West Virginia
• Mount Rushmore (I've never been, but really want to go)
• Neon colors
• Opossums/possums (American) are one of my favorite animals/critters
• Outer space themed items
• Paul Frank (Julius the Monkey; Scurvy the Skull)
• Piñata themed items (the traditional donkey; not actual piñatas)
• Pressed pennies
• Pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns
• Quotes. Send me some of your favorite quotes and I'll be thrilled! I write them in a notebook. I now have 4 filled up.
• Raccoons--another fave animal
• Rag dolls
• Reading
• Retro Robots
• Retro Rockets
• Sanrio: My favorite character is Keroppi. My other favorite characters are Badtz-Maru, Cinnamoroll, Chococat, Little Twin Stars, Tuxedosam and My Melody. Oh yeah, and Hello Kitty!
• Seth MacFarlane
• Skulls
• Smash Books/Glue Books/Magpie Journals/Journals of all kinds
• Stars
• T-shirts (Womens XXL or Mens XL)
• Teesha Moore Patches
• Tree stumps and logs
• Valentine's Day
• Vikings and Viking ships
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Vintage Fake Cakes
• Waffle themed items
• Wax melts
• Werewolves (Classic Monster Movie Style)
• White Gel Pens (prefer Gelly Roll)
• Woodland Things (e.g. mushrooms, trees, woodland critters)
• Zombies

POSTCARDS

• vintage hotel/motel
• "Greetings from . . ."
• insane asylums/sanatoriums
• prisons
• LEGO
• vintage touristy
• handmade
• Disney
• GAMAGO
• Mount Rushmore
• The Badlands
• The Corn Palace
• Wall Drug
• linen
• National Parks

• Planner stickers
• Please don't send me any sloth or llama related items. I liked them a long time ago when they weren't ubiquitous, but now that they are I'm sick to death of them.
• I don't like NASCAR or sports.
• I'm not a dog person AT ALL, so please refrain from sending me dog related items.
• Candles and incense. I love them. I just can't burn them in my home.
• Please don't send me enamel pins. I had a collection at one time, but I'm over it now and I've sold most of it on Mercari.
• I don't cook. Please don't send recipes because I can't and won't use them.
• I'm scared of balloons, this is not a joke!!! I do love balloon imagery though, so pictures of balloons are great. Just don't send me the real thing.
• I don't like bottlecap jewelry.
• I don't like getting chocolate in the mail when it's warm outside because it melts on everything.
• Paper scraps
• Puffy/raised stickers
• Loose page markers; please send the whole pack; I hate how the sticky residue picks up dirt and hair
• Sticky notes (unless they're really cool and you send the entire pack--again that pesky, sticky residue)

• This probably doesn't need to be said, but I always send my swaps out on time, usually very early.
• I mark "sent" after my swap goes in the mailbox or to the post office, never before.
• I rate within a day or two of receiving a swap.
• I believe wholeheartedly in communication. If you're going to be late, please contact me as soon as you know you're going to be late. I'm not going to be mad or rate down as long as you maintain communication with me.
• I usually reuse packaging on larger swaps. It saves me money and is better for our environment. If this is going to be a problem, please let me know.

• Pressed Pennies
• Highly scented wax melts/tarts
• Unused US Postage (Any Denomination)
• Flat Stickers
• Large Kawaii Memos
• Kawaii Letter Sets
• Any Kind of Letter Sets
• ATC's
• Larger Note Cards with Envies
• Random Envies
• Vintage Motel/Hotel PC's (written or unwritten)
• Bookmarks
• Pipsticks Sticker Sheets
• Unused Lighthouse PC's