Heirloom

I've cut back on swapping but still handle admin for USA Happy Mail.

Greetings...Donna here. Mom. Grandmom. Catmom. Sister. Friend. Very small business owner. World's oldest BTS fan.

So I've "met" some wonderful people here and consider them friends. When swapping, I give hearts for TPG: thoughtfulness (yours), presentation (yours), and giddiness (mine). I don't need extras with swaps since I'm in a constant state of downsizing. Bottom line: I prefer quality over quantity. But if I send you extras, it's because I have something I think you can use (i.e., you're helping me downsize). When hosting, I vet participants and make sure everyone gets rated afterwards.

I love decorated envies, especially when they feature your artwork. (•ᴗ•❁)

Note: I'm allergic to smoke, and anything dusty gets me sneezing, too. So please don't send smoke odors or dust my way. Please and thank you!

• colors: red & aqua, yellow & blue, purple & orange
• places: 💗 Scotland & England; Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco.
  Wish list: Ireland, France, Japan, Scandinavia, Northern Lights
• flat stuff: kawaii, sticker flakes, colorful unused US postage, sticker sheets, decorative envelopes, gift cards, anything BTS
• not-so-flat stuff: cat cookie cutters, gel pens, glue-dots, measuring spoons, holiday napkins, catnip, dark chocolate, kawaii, food magazines, anything BTS :-)
• creativity: I'm learning how to make Spanish paella this year; also absorbing all I can about herbs and their medicinal properties. Mail art, baking, sewing, and wreathmaking are my creative pursuits. I love fabric pre-cuts and high-quality quilting cottons (Dashwood, Dear Stella, Art Gallery, Windham) and am a certified fabric hoarder/fabric snob.
• themes: Studio Ghibli, UK, herbs, outer space, UFOs, kawaii, k-pop, chalk art, echinacea, paranormal, bees, Japandi style
• book collections: Edward Gorey, James Thurber, Clare Turlay Newberry, Shel Silverstein, Brian Wildsmith
• stationery: Japanese, anything literature-themed, kawaii, fun pens, Eric Small Things, stationery shops!
• washi tape: Japanese, Scandinavian folk art designs, Shinzi Katoh cats, kawaii
• mail art: love original doodles and your artwork on incoming mail
• movies: About Time, Parasite, Being There, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sophie and the Rising Sun, The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Thelma and Louise, A Killer Paradox, Reborn Rich
• animation: Shaun the Sheep, Wallace & Gromit, Howl's Moving Castle, Chicken Run, Bob's Burgers, Teen Titans Go, South Park
• tv: documentaries, k-dramas/rom-coms, What We do in the Shadows, Twilight Zone, reality cooking competitions (Culinary Class Wars, Last Bite Hotel)
• music: BTS, GOT7, TXT, NCT Dream, Stray Kids, Taylor Swift, Van Morrison, CCR
• Japanese kawaii: Favorite brands are Papier Platz, Saien, Sanrio, Mind Wave, Hamamonyo, and Q-Lia. Kutusita Nyanko and anything Shinzi Katoh top my wish list. (Love Pusheen, also, but it's not Japanese.) I'm open to new designs, too!
• animals: I'm an animal lover and on some days prefer them to people. Cats are my favorites (have 1), but I'm also a fan of donkeys, alpacas, Highland cows, foxes, owls, sheep, dogs, and unicorns (have 0).
• spring: daffodils, dogwoods, stargazing, spring peepers
• summer: fresh veggies, homemade lemonade, fireflies, Outer Banks
• autumn: pumpkin farms, Halloween goth, fall foliage, crockpot chili
• winter: snowfall, Christmas, quilts, birds at my feeder, 1000+ piece puzzles
• cute woodland designs: hedgehogs, owls, deer, raccoons, pines, foxes, botanicals, vintage camp/nature
• sinfully dark chocolate

🚫 NO THANKS/DISLIKES 🚫 ... ✂ Swap-bot drama ✂ animal cruelty ✂ fabrics unless brand is listed above or in my Etsy favs list ✂ceramics ✂ Christmas ornaments ✂ tchotchkes ✂ smoky packages ✂ Ouija boards & demons ✂ reward stickers ✂ crochet stuff ✂ coffee ✂ religious and political items ✂ friendship books, chain mail ✂ gratuitous obscenity ✂ clowns (yikes) ✂ snakes (double yikes) ✂ junk (triple yikes) ✂

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