ChelseaStarleen

Hello Friends, old and new I used to be an avid and regular swapper here and took a brief hiatus that turned into a few years away due to some major life changes. I am back and looking forward to swapping again. ♡

ATTENTION: IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DO NOT RECEIVE ONE OF MY SWAPS, PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE AND LET ME KNOW, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO RESEND. I WOULD NEVER WISH TO UPSET OR DECEIVE ANYONE, BUT SOMETIMES THINGS DO GET LOST USPS, THANK YOU.

Also, if by some chance you get me as a partner for multiple swaps at same time, it's okay to ship them together.

I love to do this and I am committed to getting and maintaining good ratings. I have had pen pals on and off my whole life, have been trading note-cards, postcards and junk journals/supplies via Reddit and here for years.

I promise to always mark received as soon as possible after receiving, and I mark swaps sent the day it goes in the postal box.

Likes:

Junk Journals

Handmade Cards and ATCs

I love hanging outdoor decor (like wind chimes and pretty dangles. I also make witches ladders and things like that and I like to hang those as well.

Gnomes, mushrooms and fairies

Card stock and various other card making materials

Gel pens and stickers

Glitter and bling on every thing

I love ephemera of all kinds- ticket stubs, menus from interesting places, etc

I also love Tea of all kinds; sweets of all kinds, and I have a wicked obsession with Cherry Blossoms (Canadian Candy) and All Dressed Potato Chips- which we can rarely get here.

Other things I like as well-- burned CD's; unicorns, butterflies, hummingbirds and cardinals, frogs, and moths.

I also collect foreign cigarette packs(the soft or hard variety) and clean chip bags for craft making.

Favorite Colors:

Oranges and Reds in warm tones, Jewel tone colors of all sorts are my favorite colors to work with. Turquoise is my absolute favorite color and magenta or purples are my favorites to wear

Dislikes:

Political and religious items

Liars

I collect:

• Recipes; Vintage, New, Cutouts, Family recipes... You name it, I'll try it.

• Vintage Disney children's books; Golden Books, the paperback ones with the records, etc (I buy damaged one cheap from thrift places usually and use them for crafting)

• Pressed Flowers and Leaves

• Ephemera

• Pressed Pennies

• Altered Playing Cards and Coins

• Washi Tapes

• ANYTHING with stars on it (My middle name is Starleen lol)

• I save cool postmarks and unusual stamps and stickers in my journal.

• Painting, mostly acrylic and watercolor

• Collage, and Mixed Media art, I love repurposing as well, so I try and mix media when making “fixer upper” projects

• Making ATCs and Greeting Cards, Postcards… Been wanting to get more into ATCs and Altered playing cards

• Embroidery and Cross Stitch, I love incorporating cross stitch and embroidery into card making as well

• Loom Knitting and Hat/Scarf making

• Gardening, pressing leaves and flowers

• Junk Journaling

• Also, I am a bead hoarder- I aspire to make beautiful jewelry, but normally I just hoard treasures I find at estate and yard sales like that weird little creeper from LOTR. Haha!

General Hospital

Golden Girls

Friends

Angel

Survival shows, like Alone

Big Lebowski

Serendipity

Gone in 60 Seconds

Die Hard

Sleepless in Seattle

Home Alone

Mr. Deeds

What Lies Beneath

The Lion King

The Little Mermaid

Michael

Social Distortion, Metallica, The Clash, The Pixies, Tom Waites, various Classic Rock, 90s Alternative, Motown, Reggae, Classic Country and Funk.

I love everything from Billy Joel to Ozzy Osbourne, to Joni Mitchell.

I listen to a pretty wide variety of things, mood depending.

• A: Autumn, Arts and Crafts, Animals of all kinds, Astrology, Airplants, Aquatic Plants, ATCs •
• B: Bullet Journaling, Bookmarks, Beaches, Barbequing, Batiking, Botany, Brownies, Blues (Dark, light, teals, etc) •
• C: Christmas, Coffee, Crochet, Comedic movies, Candles, Chocolate, Cooking, Collage, Cross Stitch, Cookies •
• D: Dogs, Dancing, Dahlias •
• E: Envelopes, Ephemera, Embroidery, Espresso •
• F: Fishing, Flipbooks; Family Gatherings, Flan, Fishponds, Found items art •
• G: Genealogy; Graph Paper, Games (board games and older video games like Nintendo) •
• H: Happy Mail, Handmade crafts, Hearts, Halloween •
• I: Ink Pens •
• J: Journals, Junk Journaling, Jamming to a great song, Jewelry making and collecting •
• K: Kites, Kittens, Knitting, Karaoke •
• L: Letters, Letter Sets, Laughter, Loom Knitting, The Little Mermaid (Disney), Latch Hooking, Lavender (The color and the plant) •
• M: Mermaids, Magic, the Moon, Modeling Clay, Meditation, Motorcycles, Magenta, Maps •
• N: Naps, Notes and Note Cards, Nautical Themes, Nature, Natural Tie Dye •
• O: Octopus, Oceans, Ornithology •
• P: Postcards, Penpals, Painting, Pinup Girls, Playing Cards, Poetry, Paper Dying, Paper making, Paper in General, Plants of all kinds •
• Q: Quiet time •
• R: Reading, Retro Style •
• S: Sewing, Stickers, Sparkles, Smashbooks, Spring Flowers •
• T: Tea of all sorts, love trying new flavors, Turquoise (Stone and color), Trash-to-Treasure type art work •
• U: Under the Sea themes, Umbrellas, Ukuleles •
• V: Vanilla Beans, Vitamin water, Vexed (The word itself, I like the way it sounds and I like sneaking it into random conversation lol)
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• W: Washi Tape, Golden State Warriors, Writing, Waterfalls •
• X: Xylophones, Xray photos •
• Y: Yeast Bread and Rolls, Yellow (Lemon Yellow) •
• Z: Zebras, Ziplines