ArtyBeth3

Profile edited: September 2021.

I am Beth from Oregon, USA. I'm married with no children. Sadly, we had to say goodbye earlier this year to our little furry feline who brought us much joy and a little bit of fur. =^..^=

I am not religious but rather I am a born-again Christian, a believer and follower of Jesus Christ. It’s not about the rules and regulations of the Old Testament, rather it is a relationship with the Lord, who died on the cross for my sins - past, present, and future (and yours too). His free gift to us when we believe and put our trust in Him is grace, mercy, and hope in a future filled with nothing His love and our for love for one another. Oh what a wonderful place that will be!!

Random things I enjoy:

• Rock/mineral hunting on beaches and "in the middle of nowhere.”
• Getting together with friends for fellowship and card games.
• Doing jigsaw puzzles.
• Organizing my craft room.
• Keeping the lost art of letter writing alive by writing to my pen pals all over the world.
• "Treasure hunting" at thrift stores, garage sales, and estate sales, and finding cool paper crafting or letter writing items.
• Receiving colorful snail mail in decorated envelopes (white ones are so boring!)
• Sending colorful snail mail to brighten up someone’s day!
• Song birds singing their sweet songs.
• Meeting other Christians who enjoy my love of paper arts and/or writing letters.
• Cats (meow!)

I LOVE playing with pretty papers, stamps, pens, markers, washi tape, etc. I use them to make cards and envelopes for swapping, writing to my pen pals, and for encouraging/brightening up the lives of others with “a handmade card sent to them via snail mail.” FAVORITE THEMES: Flowers 🌸 , song birds, cats 🐈, dragonflies, snails 🐌 (whimsical only), tea/coffee, postal, friendship, or pen pal related 🖊.

FAVORITE COLORS: All the happy, bright colorful ones! As for metallics, I prefer gold or copper over silver.

• UNUSED USA POSTAGE: Vintage (the kind you have to lick or glue to seal) or the current self stick kind.
• ADDRESS LABELS: With my address on them. Homemade works!
• FLAT STICKERS: In my preferred themes above; I especially love colorful flowers. Please do not send dimensional stickers.
• DIE CUT FRAMES that I can stamp a sentiment in. Love stitched, fancy, scalloped, etc. White card stock preferred.
• STARBUCKS gift card, for a coffee or other treat every once in awhile.
• TEA: green tea varieties (jasmine, toasted rice, and other "earthy" ones); I enjoy tropical additives (figs, pineapple, etc.). I like oolong tea. For herbal, lavender is nice. (Please see my tea dislikes below.)

We all have our own likes and what you like might not necessarily be what I like. Below is a list of themes or items that just aren’t my thing.

• Halloween, the Santa side of Christmas
• Loose glitter, or cards with glitter that shakes off a card and gets all over the place.
• Mustaches, circus, Hello Kitty, Disney, cartoony, Asian, creepy/crawly bugs or insects, snakes
• Scented items: Perfume, lotions, incense, candles, make-up
• Postcards
• Tourist items (e.g. blank postcards, magnets & keychains)
• Chipboard embellishments
• Tea in these flavors: plain mint, plain lemon, tea that brews up red in color (it’s usually heavy on hibiscus and it’s too tart for me), licorice. I don’t care for rooibus tea, nor black tea.

I always send out my swaps and usually it's very soon after partners are assigned. If for some reason you do not receive a swap from me, please send me a PM or an e-mail before rating me poorly and I will do the same for you. If the swap got lost, I will resend it.

I will rate upon receiving your swap or shortly thereafter. I would appreciate you doing the same for me.