Short attention span summery:

• I love colorful or grungy, fun, quirky, and unique things especially when made by you. I'm not picky or easily offended at all so feel free to share what you are passionate about or trying for the first time.

Very long version:

• I strive to make you laugh, bring you joy, and feel great even if just for a moment. Definitely tend to be too literal or blunt, and also tend to think outside the box. If I get it wrong please let me know so I can fix it.
• Scottish terrier lover and pet rescue supporter. No pets of my own currently and love to receive pictures, doodles, or stories about yours.

-I'm a terrible pen pal but love to read your letters and lists. Always check out what you recommend even if I don't respond rightly.

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY:

• Mail art, flat stickers, postcards(handmade ok), labels, address labels, postage stamps, postalettes, unique stamped images, and washi samples.
• Anything handmade or decorated by you. Atc, pocket letter, inchies, flip books, stuffies, pins, really anything.
• Lists, jokes, poems, haiku, limericks.
• Instapot and slow cooker recipes.
• Vintage stationery 1960s - 80s.
• Bright colors. Black and White.
• recycled and partially used items are always welcomed.

Anything with an animal 💜:

• Scottish Terriers.
• Rescued pets and their stories.
• Mega fauna - e.g. Woolly Mammoth, Saber tooth tigers, giant sloths.
• Donkeys, goats, and pigs.
• Fish and other sea life, horseshoe crabs.
• Woodland creatures real or imagined.
• Put a bird on it: Flamingos, barn swallows, woodpeckers, crows, turkeys, birds of prey.
  Tell me about your backyard birds. I work with amazing people who are true bird watchers, great photographers, and learn something new everyday. Recently have piliated woodpeckers visiting the feeders!
• Ferns, oak trees, poppies, hydrangeas, pines, cherry blossoms, native plants, moss, and mushrooms.
• The only animal thing I don't like are real monkeys and chimpanzees when dressed in clothes, they creep me out. Go figure that the flying monkeys from oz are my favorite though??? Maybe because they're fake? It's the trained circus animals that creep me out. Just no.

Quirks:

• Halloween year round. Love vintage costumes (Ben Cooper!) and photos. Classic Universal monsters and Horror movies. Witch Hazel and Gossimer. Hitchcock. Vincent Price. Cute is awesome but prefer scary, grungy, or gothic style overall.
• Silly or dark humor.
• Oddities and Imperfections.
• Pop culture, esp 70s and 80s. Let's talk about that time the bionic man and woman fought bigfoot!
• Cults, I'm fascinated.

Artsy fartsy:

• Local traditional art
• Outsider arts and crafts.
• Bright bold colorful florals.
• Art deco and nouveau.
• Modern art, turn me on to an artist you love.
• Illustration- vintage children's books, ads, propaganda, industrial workers
• Vintage Hawaiiana
• Mid century architecture and furniture.
• Industrial, steampunk, time travel, space, and scientific themes
• Religious art, icons, and shrines.

People:

• Regional culture, artists, dialect, ghost stories, treats, and recipes.
• Kindness, equality, and tolerance.
• Your family history and origin. Stories about eccentric relatives.

Fictional characters:

• OZ.
• The Muppets.
• Bojack Horseman.
• Richard Scary
• Raggedy Ann
• ME-Henry💙💙💙
• Tina Belcher.
• Grover and Oscar.

• Parks and Recreation Jean Ralphio because he's the wooorst!

• The Office, both versions.

• Spock and Picard.
• Batman 60s series
• 60s -70s cartoons.
• unexpected anthropomorphic "things"
• R.O.U.S.
• Portlandia. I think I've worked with every character on this show at Whole Foods. They get it so right and I love how everyone takes themselves so seriously.

Food and travel.

-pickles, chocolate, nuts, and candy.
- illustrations of food, esp breads and pastry.
- Austria, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Canada.
- Mountains, forests, and beaches.
- Wine and cocktail recipes.

NOT crazy about-

• coconut. chai, and zinger tea
• plastic which I understand is impossible to avoid, but I try to recycle and reuse.
• non communicators and non raters
• glittery and little girly stuff-the exception is Valentine's day, go nuts!
• scented items: There are scents I love and many I can't handle, ask before sending please. I do love scratch and sniff though.
• Not that anyone would, but for the love of all things good and holy please do not send mustard.
• 3D stickers, paper pieces, and bits, I have tons.
• Willful ignorance and blind obedience. Life is too short for people who take themselves so serious.

These whimsical, visually stunning, and goofy ones

• Sunset Boulevard
• Freaks
• Metropolis
• Hugo
• Coraline
• The Birds.
• The Princess bride.
• The Wizard of OZ.
• Return to OZ.
• Pee Wee's Big Adventure
• Anchorman
• Coming to America
• Repo Man.
• Dazed and Confused.
• Ghost World.
• Zoolander

Wes Anderson films are so good that I want to eat them.

This being said, you'll have my love forever if you send something (even abstractly) related to any of his movies.

Always reading something and it varies greatly, could be science fiction, fantasy, or historical fiction. Biography, Ted talks(don't know where to put these), or old childrens science textbooks.

I HIGHLY recommend: 3/24/17 -The fifteen lives of Harry August by Claire North.
-The Borgias have been fascinating me lately, it's amazing that we have the details of these people's lives that lived so long ago. I get exhausted just thinking about their daily lives.

Spotify is on most of the day. Frequently Go to: 80s college and dark wave, Wilco, The Who, Monsters of folk, Jack White, and love finding new music!

Podcasts:

My favorite murder, RU talkin U2(and REM) 2 me? Comedy Bang Bang, small town murder, Conan needs a friend, and now I see that I spend entirely too much time listening to podcasts, lol.

Anything handmade by you is greatly loved and appreciated, no matter your skill level.

I enjoy making papercrafts: pocket letters, postcards, atcs, and mail art. I just haven't felt very crafty lately so haven't been joining those types of swaps. I do continue to buy and hoard supplies of course. So back on track somewhat and I'd say my crafting style goes to grungy no matter what I do, lol. If you hate it let me know. I'm easy going.

I really love needle felting, but working with wool makes me sneeze like crazy:(

Thanks for reading. Have a great day!