Updated as of: 9/21/2020

This is MY MAILBOX! I use it to send swaps on-time, if not early. Partner/Coordinator communication will take place should this status change for any reason.

Please message if you’re missing mail from me!

My regular mail carrier, 💙 Ms. Penny, delivers 4 days a week, and the new-hire she shares the route with has only received 10-hours of training. Thus, mailing has been a bit of a wonky adventure since the pandemic began. So, my time-intensive and/or $10+ USD valued swaps will be sent flat-rate with tracking via prepaid USPS.

Postage DUE? I have learned of this happening 3 times since joining SB. I'm sorry for the inconvenience, and will always reimburse with brand-new USPS postage stamps. Just message me!

🌺Aloha!🌺

My name is Harmony Joy🎶🎵

Yes, my biological parents are hippies. I am a Berkeley ☮️-born and NORTHERN California foster-system raised “love-child”, who currently lives on the other side of the nation. I have been married since 2009, and we have three children (2 daughters, 1 son). Being “Mama Bear” is my favorite part of life, and I literally enjoy 💙 Mother’s Day more than my own birthday!🎁 In other words, I love my kids & my “job”! That includes ALL my animals too! 😉

🐾 Our current fur-family consists of 2 canine rescues: Kyna (a Rhodesian Ridgeback & Basenji mix) and Ella (a Black Labrador & Pointer mix), plus a Pit-bull "grand-dog" named Luna, and a American brown-tabby “grand cat” named Maximus 🐾 I've always enjoyed animals, but especially loved horses & dogs!

My wonderful canine companions in-heaven include: "Tucker" (Samoyed Husky mix), "Kaimaka" (Red Siberian Husky), "Roxy" (Blue Australian Cattle), and "Flanigan" (Pugster (pug + boxer) mix).

Horses from childhood were: "Ishtar" (a Morgan) & "Taco-blue" (a cold-blood pony mix)! I love to ride Western, but learned English as a teenager too. I still enjoy watching dressage and barrel racing.

Whether furry or human my OHANA means everything to me.

Besides my “V.I.Peeps”, I also enjoy many HOBBIES:

• (indoor) Pressed Flower Craft (oshibana), Card-making, Coloring, Painting, Paper-making/marbling, Pottery, Genealogy, Crocheting, Face-painting, Dancing, Reading, Weaving, Watching Movies, DIY, Sewing, (beginner-level) Cross-stitch, Smash/Scrap-booking, and Art-Journaling (I own a Sizzix Big Shot Plus, Portable Tim Holtz Sidekick, & The Cricut Explore Air2)

• (outdoor) Hula, Hiking, Shooting,Thrift/Yard Sale or Estate Shopping, Horseback Riding, Rollerblading, Kayaking, Swimming, & Scouting (Boy/Girl/World). I earned my GSUSA Gold Award. Scouts changed my life in positive ways, and gave me recognition for things I was already doing as a youth. Although the program is ever changing, I remain a registered adult leader with my son’s Scouts BSA troop. He’s working toward Eagle rank, while I am actively working my “Woodbadge ticket”. My Patrol is “Da Bears!”🐻

• My current collections include: Vintage Scout Ephemera, Philately (postal stamps), Numismatics (currency), Deltiology (postcards), and Cartophilia (trading cards) to include ALL sizes & shapes of the 7-of-❤️’s playing card!

• I enjoy listening to audiobooks & many different genres of music depending on my mood. My go-to genres are usually alternative, country, & reggae. I have an all-in-one Radio/CD/Cassette Tape/Record Player in my craft-room, and I 🖤 my vintage vinyl! I like to listen to MUSIC nearly all the time, and if not, there’s usually a tune in my head!

• I am most comfortable at the OCEAN where I can lose all sense of time hunting for SEA GLASS, smooth rocks, tiny shells, and sea beans {the ones called “hamburgers” are my favorite and I have several to share with others! If interested (USA only), message me w/subject line: “Sea Bean”}
• I also enjoy spending quality time at libraries, museums, art galleries, or ceramic studios. This is because I REALLY enjoy learning, folk art & handicrafts.
• In my youth, I enjoyed traveling the Americas alone and spent time living in Chile as a foreign exchange student! Now, I prefer to travel in good company, whenever possible. However, most my current traveling has been vicariously via postcards!

I 💜 snail 🐌 mail! 💌

• When handwriting, PLEASE PRINT as I have difficulty reading some cursive penmanship.

NEATLY written or typed things are always welcome!

Some A to Z’s of Me!

A: Autobots, Avengers, Avatar-The Last Airbender, ATCs & APCs

(ATC Theme’s I enjoy: Trees/Nature, Star Wars, Marvel, Disney FanArt, Fine Arts, Vintage, Cookie Monster, Harmony Bear, Oceania, & Sea Turtles!)

A big Mahalo @captkristi for surprising me with two beautifully HD/HP ATCs of Harmony Bear & a Sea Turtle! I admire them often & each one makes me smile inside and out!

B: Bears (Polar, Grizzly, Black, & Giant Panda) 🐼,💙 Blue (esp cobalt & navy), & Bald 🦅 Eagles

C: Celtic Heritage, Clogging, Cinnamon Tea/Toothpicks, Chewbacca & Classic Mickey (esp Steam Boat Willie)

D: Daffodils, Dancing, Drum Circles, Drum Lines🥁, & Daiso Stationery (don’t have any stores here)

E: Earth 🌎, Elvis Presley, Eeyore, & Emerald Green💚

F: Friesian Horses, Fern Fronds, Fleur-de-lis ⚜️ Fantastic Beasts, & Frangipani (plumeria flowers)

G: Groot, Guitar Picks, The Goonies & GryffinPuffs (I’m a Hogwart House Hybrid!) 😉

H: 🐾Huskies 🐾, Hula (esp Kahiko), 💕Heart-shapes (esp in nature), Hibiscus, & Harmony Bear (purple Care Bear w/FLOWER belly badge)

I: Ireland, Icebergs, & Incredible Hulk

J: Juke Boxes, Jade Green Stone💚, 🏀Jordan #23, & ⚾️Jeter NYY #2

K: Koi Fish, Kiwi 🥝 Fruit, & Koru Loops (like this one)

L: Leaf Rubbings, Lucille Ball, LEGO’s, & Levi’s

M: Marilyn Monroe, Millennium Falcon, Music Notes, Mulan, Moana, Merida, Monarch Butterflies 🦋 (my family and I released these at our wedding - it was magical!), & Maple syrup/leaves 🍁

N: Norman Rockwell Art, Narnia Chronicles, & Notes w/my Name on them 😉

O: Orcas, 🦦 Otters, & Optimus Prime

P: Ponyo, Paddington Bear, Punky Brewster, Princess Bride, & 💜Purple Pansies

Q: Quail (above) & Quotes ( I collect positiveness to refer to when I need a morale boost!)

R: 🌈 ROYGBIV (spectrums-in-nature), Renaissance Art, Return of the Jedi & Redwood Trees

S: ☘️ Shamrocks, Smokey the Bear, Solfège, Sheet Music🎼, Spinning Poi Ball, & Sea Turtles

T: Tigger, Totoro, Tie-dye, Textiles, Tartan, & Tribal Tattoos

U: Ukulele,☂Umbrellas (esp oil-paper wagasa) , & Uniformed Personnel

V: VW buses/bugs, Valkyrie, & Vintageitis!

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W: Wolves, Wicket the Ewok, & Wyland Art (below)

X: Xylophones, X-rays, X-men (esp Jean & Logan), Xeruses 🐿 & “X” marks the spot (a pirate’s life for me!) ☠️

Y: ☯️ Yin-Yang Symbols (they remind me to balance), Yoda & The Child

Z: Zebras 🦓, Zines & Zentangle

Thank YOU for thinking of me!

• Pin-Up Ladies (my FAVES are tasteful photography of clothing-challenged or racy brunettes. Bunny Yeager photography especially! However, I like the WW2 model & airplane fuselage illustrations as well)
• Post Office Buildings
• Mailboxes
• Giant TREES 🌲
• Large-Letter
• VW Buses
• License Plate, Graffiti/Street Art
• WonderGround Gallery (DisneyArt)
• In-N-Out Burger
• Studio Ghibli: Ponyo & My Neighbor Totoro

• B&W Photography! Especially of:

  • People Dancing
  • Close-ups of Hands, Feet, or Paws
  • Vintage Hats, Boots, or Instruments
  • Abandoned Trains, Trucks, or Cars
  • Old Books, Typewriters, or Globes
  • Saturday Evening Post, LIFE or TIME
  • Pacific Island & Polynesian Culture

• Handmade postcards are always VERY welcome too. I heart ART! So, please feel free to share your drawing, graphic design, coloring, photography, painting, or collage. I also don't mind receiving “print on-demand” (like Zazzle, Red Bubble, Cafe Press, etc). If it’s something that you think I will enjoy (even if the swap says "NO"), please share it with me! I promise that I’ll NEVER RATE DOWN for thoughtful intentions like that!

• Some swappers enjoy having a list of ideas to “shop” from, while others feel creatively squelched by too many ideas. For this reason, I have tried to create “harmony” in my profile by briefly listing SOME of the things I like. This is not an extensive listing 😉

• I’ve been asked to identify my strong dislikes, as this is often easier for swap partners to work with. So, these are a few things I DO NOT like:

  🚫 claymation

  🚫 sock-puppets

  🚫 zombies

  🚫 snakes

  🚫 cosmetics (nothing scented either, please)

• I will unashamedly regift, recycle, and dispose of what I cannot use.

• Thank you for understanding, and I appreciate every kind and careful effort with 💖-felt gratitude!

• Q's regarding my swap inserts and postcard labels? I use our Admin's image of Ernie the Envie by @racheljohnson to create them on Zazzle:

  https://refer.zazzlereferral.com/lokahi1900

🚧 Page always UNDER CONSTRUCTION 🚧