JackieMello

Hi! My name is Jackie. I'm a mixed media artist, jewelry designer and all-round crafty woman. I love bright colors, cupcakes, Jack Russell Terriers, reading, polymer clay, and anything from the 1970's. I'm a librarian in Long Island, NY and I'm in graduate school working on my Master's in Library Science. Check out my links to see some of my creations. I've joined swap-bot with the intention of swapping ATC's in particular. When I design an ATC I put a LOT of thought into its color, composition, texture, etc. I don't slap them together in a matter of minutes. As a fellow ATC swapper, I truly hope you don't either.

TO HEART OR NOT TO HEART? Update 9/6/09: Thus far I have been giving hearts to swappers who have thrown in extras with their ATC's. Because I was a newbie, I thought this was correct practice. But after some consideration, I don't think I've been doing the right thing. From now on, I am giving hearts only to swappers whose ATC's show true workmanship and effort (extras or not). Please know, I'm not expecting anyone to be a fine artist! I would just like to see some effort into the ATC's I receive, because I put a lot of love and work into the ones I send out. Hope this makes sense.

The Time Traveler's Wife, The Thirteenth Tale, The Art of Racing in the Rain, Company of Liars, Cider House Rules, The Crimson Petal and the White, Fall on Your Knees, The Handmaid's Tale, The Gift of Rain, The Harry Potter series, The Historian, The House at Riverton, I Know this Much is True, She's Come Undone, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Memoirs of a Geisha, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, Middlesex, Mistress of the Art of Death, My Little Red Book, The Nature of Monsters, Oryx and Crake, The Other Boleyn Girl, People of the Book, The Poisonwood Bible, The Red Tent, Prozac Nation, The Road, The Shadow of the Wind, Slammerkin, Small Island, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Stand, Stardust, Stones from the River, The Stranger, Tipping the Velvet, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Uglies Trilogy, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, The Virgin Suicides

Magnolia, Raising Arizona, Donnie Darko, A Clockwork Orange, Gran Torino, Taxi Driver, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gone With the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, Halloween, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Thelma and Louise, True Romance, Schindler's List, The Shining, Knocked Up, Superbad, Drugstore Cowboy, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Spirited Away, Delicatessen,The Hangover, Iron Man, Nightmare on Elm Street, Psycho, Fargo, The Dark Knight, The Birds, Pulp Fiction, Cool Hand Luke, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, Babel, Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Goodfellas, Chocolat, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Labyrinth, It's a Wonderful Life, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Little Shop of Horrors, Trainspotting, Ghostbusters, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Poltergeist, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Titanic, Heathers, Star Wars, Pans Labyrinth, The Orphanage, E.T., Amelie, Beetlejuice, Rosemary's Baby, Girl Interrupted, West Side Story, Babe, Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Crumb, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Se7en, Forrest Gump, Run Lola Run, Edward Scissorhands, In the Name of the Father, Dances with Wolves, Natural Born Killers

Jewelry Making, Paper Crafts, Polymer Clay, Sewing, Decoupage

Bright bold colors! Anything from 1970's or 80's pop culture. Old things. Asian-influenced themes. Polymer Clay. Fibers. Florals (especially vintage florals). Ephemera (old letters, postcards, stamps, etc). Birds. Books - especially old ones. Anything French. Secrets. Counter-culture. Rock-n-roll. Mexican-influenced themes. Jack Russell Terriers (mine is still planning total world dominance).

Generally, I'm not really into super-cutesy stuff (Disney, kittens, teddy bears, ducks with bonnets, etc.) but otherwise anything goes! I'm all for freedom of expression. If you're making an ATC for me, I'd rather you express yourself than try to make something you think I'd like. : )

Would you like to see my ATC's? Come visit my ATC photostream on Flickr here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73947713@N00/sets/72157622046981830/