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Tamawi

Tamawi
Date Joined: January 30, 2012
Last Online: April 16, 2024
Birthday: March 7
Country: United States
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About Me

Don't feel like you must include extras for me. I really enjoy the making and exchanging of swaps. In my mind it's all about the process, learning about new techniques, and the challenge.

Special Note: Please contact me if too much time passes after a deadline and you haven't received my swap. I take pride in what I send and would want the chance to make it right.

Favorite Crafts

When all is said and done, these are the types of crafts I return to over and over:

*ATCs - The ATCs I make are often a paper-piecing art style.
*knitting
*zentangle
*origami
*mail art
*repurposing/upcycling existing items (I stash papers and ribbons away that I can remake into something else. General s-crap)

Favorite Television

The Good Place
Time Period Dramas (Examples: Bomb Girls, Call the Midwife, Miss Fischer's Murder Mysteries)
Twilight Zone
Aggretsuko
Powderpuff Girls
Pokemon

I also watch a lot of documentaries. A recent "pick" was Gather on Netflix. A fantastic film about food sovereignty and the critical place food has in culture.

Colors, themes, and patterns

*Abraham Lincoln
*1920s style/Art Deco motifs
*mathematics themes (such as fractals & golden ratio)
*animals, all sorts: hedgehogs, bugs, reptiles, cats/kittens
*paisley pattern
*nature theme (particularly in the style of Gwen Frostic or Japanese)
*natural wood, stone, beach glass, outer space/stars/planets
*ancient Egyptian-style art/motif
*gnomes
*retro games (Mr. Do!, Centipede, Tetris, Dr. Mario)
*modern games (Pokemon, Sims, Prof. Layton, Mario, Tekken Tag) Also,Togepi is one of my all-time favorite pokemon. Other favs include: Unknown and Magikarp - so useless!
*nautical theme (anchors and such)
*matryoshka dolls (aka Russian nesting dolls)
*Pokemon, Yotsuba!, Keroro Gunsou, Tamagotchi, Gundam, Squid Girl, Princess Jellyfish, Studio Ghibli, Aggretsuko

Books

I've always been an avid reader and lover of books. I participate in a website for swapping used books, Paperbackswap . My nickname is Tamawi if you want to add me as your friend.

I never thought of myself as a book club kind of person, but I joined one. Who am I? Do I even know myself? Ha!

*It’s an Environmental Book Club. We read about beavers, birds, the climate crisis, and so forth.

Knitting

I participate in a social knitting group, which meets at our local coffee/wine bar. We have a good time talking about this-n-that while we knit.

What's on my needles currently?
I'm knitting a seahorse. It's a fancy sea dragon, so I think I'll add some beads to it.

Are you a Raveler? Then you can find me on Ravelry. My user name is Tamawi.

a few of my favorite things

*plants
*stickers (to use on envelopes or in scrapbooking)
*50s or atomic era style (think sputnik)
*I like when postcards are mailed to me without being inside an envelope. (of course unless it's necessary for the swap, such as Pass-N-Paste cards)

Ratings

mcorbus rated for ZZ ~ Tangle & Pass PC 2024 March on Mar 29, 2024
5
rating
Comment: Thanks you, This will be fun to add to.
chimerix rated for PA: Embellish a Quote (1:1) on Mar 26, 2024
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for the beautiful PC you made. I also love the quote! Aloha
Response: Wow, I'm amazed how quickly it made it to you.
Lyndylou5 rated for PA: Paper pieced collage PC on Mar 16, 2024
5
rating
Comment: I LOVE what you created! The watercolor background is a great combination of colors, and the elephant is fabulous. I really like the papers you chose to collage with. They're perfect! Thank you so much.
Response: Thank you, it was such fun to make!
Sonya rated for AMA pass and paste postcard # 112 on Mar 5, 2024
5
rating
Comment: Thanks for sending Sherra's PC. I'll get it home to her. Note: you forgot to sign the back w/ swap info so I cut swap name and your name off of your note and pasted it on the #3 spot. Cheers~
Response: Thanks so much for filling in my blank space on the back. I must have set it aside for the front to dry and forgot.
stamparose rated for HMPC: Paper! on Mar 2, 2024
5
rating
 
mcorbus rated for ZZ ~ Tangle and Pass PC 2024 January on Jan 28, 2024
5
rating
Comment: Thanks, I will add to and send on
Response: Much appreciated! I am online to see if there's a new postcard swap posted.πŸ˜‰
chimerix rated for CPG Wintery ATC - Global on Dec 28, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for the really interesting ATC. Aloha
luv2kraft rated for CPG 2023 Snowman ATC - Global on Dec 26, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for such a clever snoman.
bblue rated for Sticker Bag Swap #2 on Dec 22, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thanks for the sticker bags!
mcorbus rated for AMA ~ Zentangle postcard on Dec 14, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Wonderful pc, thankbyou!
5
rating
Comment: Thanks so much for the card. Can't wait to finish it and send it home.
9O96O rated for AMA Pass and Paste # 109 on Dec 7, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Very interesting. It's like a friendship book in flat format. Thanks for the unique collaborative postcard....P.S. I like that zentangle pattern you used for your section. :)
Response: Thanks, it can be tough knowing where to go with such a unique postcard. I tried to add something that felt personally expressive, even if it's going outside how others before me were inspired.
Itchy rated for AAA - Merry Christmas! on Nov 30, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thank you! :) I love that reindeer!
Response: Merry Christmas! And thank you.
RockyBeach rated for HMPC: Add Stitching - November on Nov 24, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thank you for your cute owl card! The stitching is a great hightlight.
Response: You're welcome! I'm using these as a chance to practice stitching patterns.
DaisyNY rated for ZZ ~ Tangle and Pass PC 2023 #10 on Nov 24, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Very challenging string! I do square tiles when the swap calls for it, but I prefer postcard size - it is small enough to be convenient to work on. I like mail art even if I do use the clear envelope.
Response: I didn't think about the challenging string until I started adding to it. It'll look great when completed though.πŸ˜„
estromberg rated for CPG Nov 2023 SC Postcard - Global on Nov 20, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thanks for the envelope PC!! I have all my postcards in photo and postcard albums. I lost count of how many albums I have now :)
Response: You're welcome! That must be an amazing collection.
Sweetrizzo44 rated for CPG: Sticker Bags #24 - Global on Nov 11, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thanks for the happy mail! I do hope your family is feeling better and that they can visit soon. It would be a bummer if they couldn't visit for the holidays. Take care and keep on swapping...
chelle523 rated for SOHC: sCrap Bomb: US/Can on Nov 10, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thank you so much - I love the goodies you sent and I will put them to good use. Take care :)
Response: Wonderful! You're welcome.
Manonroberts rated for HMPC: Add Stitching - October on Nov 1, 2023
5
rating
Comment: Thank you so much for this beautiful postcard, I love the zentangle pattern too!
Response: Glad it made it to you safely. You never know if the stitching was too lumpy for the postal machines to handle.πŸ™‚
DaisyNY rated for PNS: Pass and Paste Postcard - 42 on Oct 30, 2023
5
rating
Comment: This one reminds me of the Ren and Stimpy song "Happy Happy Joy Joy.
Response: I had forgotten about that until you dusted off that memory. Heehee.

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Comments

wolfeagle on Dec 25, 2023:

MC

9O96O on Jun 25, 2023:

Thank you so much for contributing to my yellow theme postcard. I love it!

OrigamiGrace on Nov 24, 2022:

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SeleneW on Sep 16, 2022:

Thank you so much for the beautiful surprise! I received a AMA HD/HP P&P postcard started in Jan of 2021 by you this month! It is so pretty and I had no idea it was coming it was such a wonderful Happy Mail surprise! Thank you so very much! <3

teejlc on Aug 16, 2022:

It was crazy to find this deco in my mailbox yesterday! You see, earlier that day I was at the store standing in front of a pretty display of fall flower pots. I thought to myself, "I should make a fall flower deco." then I remembered I had made one last year and had a brief moment when I wondered where that little book might be floating around. It was such a strange and wonderful coincidence to then find it in my mailbox!!

Thank you so very much for returning it! It really made my day!

joppagirl on Aug 2, 2022:

I received home a beautiful Strawberry deco that you mad for me. Thanks so much!

pahasiga on May 26, 2022:

I received today back my Pass&Paste PC, for which you created the last section of fall-theme, with pumpkins. Thank you so much!

DaisyNY on Mar 16, 2022:

Thank you for working on my AMA Collaboration PC. I really like your addition.

GirlMomToTwo on Aug 22, 2021:

Thank you SO much for sending home my full sticker bag! That was so nice of you :) I am going on the third week back to teaching. Hope all is going well for your husband if he has started! :) <3 Alysia

MamaD on Jul 13, 2021:

Thank you so very, very much for finishing and returning home my Nursery Rhyme Deco! This is only the 2nd one I've ever had returned to me, so I was very, very excited!!! Thank you again!!

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