MrsBottomley

Being a teacher of preschool for 10 years has given me the chance to play around with a lot of arts and crafts. I love paper crafts and scrapbooking. My Cricut machine is my life!!I also dabble with HTV medium and other vinyl for decals and home decor. I also adore snail mail of any kind. Being a Navy wife means I move around a lot so long term friends are hard to come by but pen pals can overcome such obstacles. I have 2 dogs at the moment who are like my furry children. I prefer my postcards naked unless specified otherwise in a swap.

I like to read people's ABC's of interest, so I made one of my own to help inspire you! A-Art, antiques, acorns, Autumn

B-Balloons (hot air), bumble bees, butterflies, baking, beer, Bob’s Burgers, Birthdays

C-Children, cactus, camels, cows, cherries, Cinderella, costumes (traditional), Christmas

D-Dogs, dragonflies, diamonds, desert, daisies, Disney, doors

E-Elephants, Easter Eggs, emu, elves

F-Fairies, foxes, fog, family, fashion furniture, flowers, food, flamingos

G-Gardens, gnomes, Golden Girls, gems, globes, glitter

H-Harry Potter, horses, houses, happiness, hobbit holes, hot chocolate, holidays

I-Ice cream, igloos, Indians, instruments

J-Jam,July, jellyfish, jazz

K-Kingdoms, kites, kisses, kiwis, kangaroos

L-Lord of the Rings, love, llamas, luggage, lemons, limes, leaves

M-Money, monkeys, moose, maple syrup, maps, mail, mermaid, mailboxes, monuments

N-Narwhals, nests, Nike, nail polish, Navy (military), navigation, National Parks

O-Ocean, orchestras, olives, Olympics

P-Pirates, pineapple, penguins, peaches, printed paper, pens, palm trees, paint, postal service, paper

Q-Quilts, The Queen, quotes

R-Rainbows, rain, ribbon, rabbits records (vinyl)

S-Sunshine, sea glass, seahorses, sunglasses, sailing, stamps, snail mail, submarine, signs

T-Transportation, travel, traditions, tigers, teal (color), tea, theatre

U-Umbrellas, unicorns, United Nations, UNESCO

V-Valentine, Victorian, vases, violins, volcano vintage, vinyl

W-Whales, waves, washi tape, watermelon, watercolor, whimsical, windmill, wine

X-X rays

Y-Yo-yo, yellow, yard sales

Z-Zebras, Zeus, zoos, zucchini

I have a severe cat allergy so try to keep items as hair free as possible. On the topic of allergies, I am also allergic to cigarette smoke so being aware of that as well will be extremely helpful. I am not a religious person, so items of that topic would be better suited for someone who will appreciate them. I also dislike anything food scented or vanilla scented. Fruit is ok but nothing like sugar baked cookies, pumpkin spice, pecan pie, etc. I prefer clean and fresh scented candles or air freshener. I REALLY don't like black licorice or orange flavored candy. I just can't do it! Other than that I am pretty open to almost anything.