Hi! My name is Leah (she/her) and I'm a crafty gal from Maryland. I love to DIY and tinker with things and I'm generally a big ol' nerd. I love to read, craft, and spend time with my spouse, young daughter, and my punk-ass cat.

Please note: I’m trying to stay away from the post office, so all of my swaps for now will be U.S. only and use stamps. I’m trying my best to correctly guess postage costs. If I get it wrong and there’s postage due, please please contact me so I can make things right!

Also - I’m using tape and glue to seal envies. Could you please do the same to send to me? Remember, “please don’t lick, even if you’re not sick!”

August 2020: Well, it’s been a hot minute since I was here, eh? I’m glad to be back swapping, and I’m trying to get my group Weirder Every Day up and at ‘em again. Stay tuned!

I like paper crafts, polymer clay, jewelry-making, and shrink plastic. Sometimes I sew stuff, or make assemblages. I recraft new jewelry from vintage components. Sometimes I make zombie art dolls out of Barbies. Just a little bit of everything, I’m just a filthy casual.

Id love to do private swaps, just PM me!

Heres the kinds of themes and things that I love to see!

• sci-fi and fantasy themes (GOT, Westworld...any Worm/Parahumans fans out there?)
• kitschy and weird crap - bring it on! I LOVE weird stuff. :)
• new, vintage, and repurposed jewelry
• anti-racism and diversity themes. Black Lives Matter!
• things with tiny cute faces (teeny coffee cups with beensy faces! Little smiling avocados! ahh!)
• pin-ups and saucy ladies
• Pagan/Wiccan images
• thrifting and garage sales
• LGBTQA themes - love is love!
• kawaii (I like Chococat, Pusheen, cactus kitties or anything Tokidoki, Hello Kitty, Lisa Frank, and Gudetama. My daughter likes LOL dolls, Monster High, Mermicorno/Unicorno, Num Noms, and shopkins)
• feminists and strong women
• almost anything Halloween, especially if it’s retro or mystical
• Christmas - especially retro designs from the 40s - 70s
• mid-century modern design
• Japanese style florals
• Native American style (modern or historical)
• I love animals -- especially cats, birds, stingrays, giraffes, seahorses, llamas, sloths, pangolins, chipmunks, capybaras, puffins, quails... (except for sharks which scare the bejeezus out of me!).
• pears and pear-flavored things
• chocolate anything, especially super-dark

My favorite color is pale turquoise/aqua. I also love dark red, orange, dark turquoise, neon pink, and black. Generally I love just about any color, neons are great, goth colors are great too, etc.

Heres my favorite craft supplies to swap for:

• hand painted or drawn backgrounds to use in ATCs and mixed media projects

• odd little doodads, especially if they’re flat or flattish.

• anything showing objects with little cute faces

• fibers and lace for mixed media projects

• costume jewelry parts - vintage, Southwestern, punk, sculptural, rhinestone animal pins, Christmas pins and earrings, etc...stained or broken is fine but please not crusty with dirt.

• anything in vintage 60s/70s floral patterns. Give me your fugly florals!

• altered art and art dolls

• personalized address labels and swap tags

• plaid, dark and moody florals, glittery

• paper/stickers/whatever with Hello Kitty, Tokidoki, Monster High/Ever After High, LOL Surprise!

• the sticky sheets you can use to mount stamps

• scrapbook embellishments that are red and black or yellow/gold and blue for my school colors

• Christian-themed things (no offense meant! It's just that Im not Christian)
• anything that smells of tobacco or incense, it just drives my allergies bananas...
• kiddie stuff, unless it hits on my themes above. Send it my way if it’s kitschy, kawaii, or unintentionally creepy!
• most tea except mint or green tea. Otherwise you may want to save it for someone who can enjoy it properly!

Watchmen, Stranger Things, Infinity Train, True Detective, The Boys, What We Do In The Shadows, Teen Titans Go!

My latest fave authors: John Scalzi, Diana Rowland, Mira Grant, Madeline Ashby, Jim Butcher, Terry Pratchett, Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Walter Mosley, Wildbow. Im slowly but happily making my way through the Parahumans series.