Ikat78

Hello, I'm Kaci.

My user name is @ikat78 (Doesn’t start with letter “L.”)

I would describe myself as Aquarius, crafty, outgoing, spontaneous, funny, silly, loyal, and creative.

I love true crime and ghosts shows/movies/podcasts/books.

I am currently reading: Looking For Love In All The Haunted Places by Claire Kann and just finished The Black Witch by Laurie Forest.

I love podcasts.

• Favorite is Crime Junkie!!!! Followed by My Favorite Murder, Dateline, Criminal, Anatomy of Murder, and Park Predators.

We have two cats we saved from the local Animal Control. Bella on 30 January, 2015. She is a Tortie! Daisy we saved on 21 July, 2022. She is a grey/white Tabby. We also have a terrier mix (Half Australian Cattle dog and half Schnauzer) named Katie who is almost 15.

I'm from WA State. My favorite flower is the Tulip. I like the rain.

My favorite holiday is HALLOWEEN.☺️ (I like Halloween items sent anytime.)

When I grow up, I want to be a ghost hunter! I have all the equipment. 😃

I have been to Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana 2 times, Jefferson Hotel, Jefferson, TX, a night in Thetford Forest in England, Santa Fe Penitentiary, Old Town Albuquerque, NM, St. James Hotel in Cimarron, NM, Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO, Gettysburg, PA and Omni Park House Hotel in Boston, MA.

I have also participated in ghost tours in Scotland, England, Virginia and Boston. I have visited Zak Bagans Haunted Museum in Vegas.

I enjoy taking photos of unique headstones. I always hope to catch a ghost in my frames.

I collect Tarot Cards.

I enjoy celestial art.

I prefer non-fiction but still like to read fiction time to time.

FUN THINGS:

Number one thing I do is art. I like to paint, collage and be creative. I enjoy trying new crafts.

Sight seeing/traveling

Sunsets/Sunrises, Beautiful scenery, and Castles

Watching scary movies with the lights out.

I have several tattoos and enjoy tattoo art.

POSTCARDS I HOARD:

• Prisons/jails

• Manatees

• Ghost towns/Ghost anything

• Cemetary/tombstones

• Anything unique

• Military/Police

• Post Office/Mail/Letters

• Owls

FAVORITE ANIMALS:

Bears: Pandas, Koalas, Black bears, and Polar bears

Birds: Owls, Hummingbirds, Woodpeckers, Roadrunners, Ravens, Crows, Falcons, and Pelicans are some of my favorites.

Butterflies

Cats: House cats and big cats 🥰

Chipmunks

Dogs

Deer/Fawn

Elephants

Hedgehogs

Raccoons

Squirrels

Pretty much all animals.

WATER BABIES: Manatees, Hippos, Turtles, Seals, Otters, Whales, Octopus, Jellyfish, Dolphins, Porpoises, Beavers, Penguins, etc...

Postcards you are afraid to send to other swappers. I love interesting, strange and weird pcs, even ugly ones and ones offensive meant to be funny

THINGS I LIKE TO SWAP:

Altered PCs

Animal themed items

ATCs

Blank notecards

Book recommendations

Brads

Buttons

Calendar pages

Cat themed items

Charms

Clusters for junk journals

Decos ** I will gladly accept one additional in swaps **

Ephemera

Etsy favs

Fussy cuts

Gelli plate papers

Handmade envies

Handmade postcards

Halloween (Cute or not) including: Nightmare Before Christmas items Skull/Skeleton/Day of the Dead items Ghost stories

Journal pockets

Junk journal ephemera

Magazine pages/images

MAIL ART: * Themes-vintage, animals, Halloween, galaxy/space/stars, hand painted, abstract, collage, botanical, musical, mailboxes/mail, bright colors, flowers, mushrooms, snails (I will love whatever you create!)

Music pages

Nightmare Before Christmas

Painted papers, patterned papers

Pens (Love calligraphy and fountain pens)

Poetry

Postcard ideas-landscape, animals, touristy, vintage, stamp shaped with perforated edges, ones with cut out shapes, boats, beaches, lighthouses, sunset/sunrise, big city, prominent buildings, weird, funny, capitals, maps, not for work humor, CATS, botanical, HALLOWEEN, birds, snails, mushrooms, water babies, feathers, keys…any of my favs listed above to include any from things I like list—not picky 😊

Quotes

Random envies

Stamps/stamped images

Stationery/kawaii

Stickers-loose, sheets, washi

Tea-Green, Black, Lemon, Hibiscus, Lemon Zinger is my favorite.

Vintage documents/photos

Washi samples (Themes: colorful, vintage, music, mail, botanical, black/white, animals-just for ideas)

Wax seals

I love color and my favorites are orange, green, purple, and dark pink.

I USE A LOT OF TAPE: Envelopes are arriving obliterated and mine that I have sent are showing up the same way even when tapped. I want the contents to arrive so I will tape envelopes better going forward. Please don’t be upset.

PLEASE DON'T SEND:

Religious items.

I appreciate being rated so I know your swap has been received. If you haven’t received please let me know around the 3 week period after sending and I will gladly resend. Thank you!