I am happily married to a most wonderful guy. We like to camp, travel, ride bikes, kayak, hike, dance, read, garden, build things and enjoy our families. I have two grown children and two grandchildren who I get to see often.

I am a recently retired school librarian which leads to the fact that I love to read and my taste in reading is widespread - fiction for all ages, biographies, history, philosophy, memoirs and classics.

I am a paper addict - I love paper of all weights, textures, colors and uses. I also have a vast collection of notebooks and journals - I try to avoid the Dollar bins at Michaels because I know there will be several journals there that I won't be able to resist cause they're so pretty or funky and they're only a dollar! I also love making books and boxes and origami. Stationery is another favorite thing of mine and I like to send and receive mail - which is why I am at Swap-bot. I am interested in trying other types of art media and have a collection of art journaling books that are inspiring me as I learn more about it. I enjoy quilting and have a fabulous collection of fabric. My latest passion is Zentangle - I became a Certified Zentangle Teacher in October of 2011 and currently teach classes several times a month. I could tangle all day if there weren't other things that needed to be done.

Paper in all its forms, textures and colors

Stationery/note cards/postcards

Card stock

Black and white prints (paper or fabric)

Vintage pictures/images

Fairy tale pictures, memorabilia, stories

Postcards of anything especially art prints

Bright, clear colors

birds

finger puppets

colored pens

watercolors

cloth napkins/handkerchiefs

small containers with lids

flower pictures (photos you've taken)

herbal, green & black teas

coffee (with caffeine)

recipes (I love to cook)

books (can't resist used book stores)

Beatle paraphernalia

miniatures

little glass figures

marbles

buttons/frog fasteners

keys

Authors Jane Austen, Alexander McCall Smith, Ann Patchett, Patricia Cornwall, John Steinbeck, Nevada Barr, Bill Bryson, Barbara Kingsolver, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle (love mysteries) I also like Memoirs, Biographies and autobiographies. Nonfiction like Isaac's Storm, The Children's Blizzard, The Devil in the White City, Into Thin Air, A Walk in the Woods

Sports stuff (only watch Packer games)

Anime

Cutesy stuff

Reward stickers

School related things

Religious stuff

Dull colors

Holiday related items

I am really getting into making ATCs and art journaling. I love making things with paper, fabric and beads. I do some sewing and quilting but usually on a small scale due to space limitations. I am open to new paper crafting and will probably try inchies and twinchies, dotees and paper fans in the near future. I love making cards and boxes - origami intrigues me, but I look for more practical things to fold like envelopes and boxes rather than animals.

I love getting mail and I love sending things to make my partners smile. I have collected a lot of stuff over the years and I am happy to share it (it is a slow declutter process), but if I notice that you like to do a craft that I have an abundance of supplies for, I will very likely include some with the swap item. I like to include a few extras and I hope it will make for a happy mail day.

I sincerely put a lot of effort in the things I send out and I hope that it is appreciated. If you don't receive a swap from me, please let me know, so that I can correct the problem. I do want to spread swapping happiness.