jaz1yn

I am a stay at home mom (my son is 12), artist (not professional), and was an occasional movie extra before the pandemic set in. For much of my life I have dealt with anxiety, though when I was younger I didn't know this. Lately I have been trying new skincare and beauty products from various subscription boxes (you can ask me about them if you want), walking for exercise while playing Pokemon GO, gardening, and cleaning/organizing at home. I haven't been that motivated to create art for the past couple months, something that I really need to get back into on a regular basis. If you like you can check out my Instagram (link at top of profile) to see some of my work. The most creative work I've done recently was a small piece of art for a private swap and before that, three hand-sewn face masks. Updated May 22, 2020.

I'll include a quick few sentences on various media since Swap-bot has those listed as drop-down options for section titles. For music lately I've been listening to pop (e.g. Taylor Swift, covers by various artists). . I don't have a favorite movie(s). TV: Jeopardy! and I’ve seen all of Game of Thrones. I don't currently watch anything else really aside from YouTube videos of Seth Meyers A Closer Look with my husband. A few podcasts I like, but do not listen to regularly include NPR's Hidden Brain, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and Ask Me Another. For books please see the section below. Last updated 4/21/2020.

I read mostly fiction, usually fantasy/sci-fi/dystopian. For non-fiction I tend to like art technique books, cooking, gardening, sometimes memoir and self-help. Some of my favorite books are:

• Madeline Miller - Circe
• Madeline Miller - Song of Achilles
• Hugh Howey - Wool
• Blake Crouch - Dark Matter

I wish I was a faster reader. On Goodreads the past few years I've only been setting a goal of 12 books per year; last year I didn't even manage to complete my challenge with only 11 books. So far this year I have read (in chronological order):

1. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
3. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

I am currently reading Mythology by Edith Hamilton.

In addition to books I am a fan of a web comic called Lore Olympus; new “episodes” are posted online each week. Last updated May 8, 2020.

A fair amount of the art I've created falls under collage or mixed media (usually a combination of collage with another medium or media, most of the time acrylic paint). Most of my work is done on wood panels. Sometimes I have works on paper custom framed.

Some other media and techniques I like include: acrylic monoprinting, ATCs (do not collect them though), colored pencil, cyanotype, drawing, embroidery, graphite, mail art (envelopes and postcards), pen, pyrography (wood burning), rubber stamping, sewing by hand, zentangle.

Things I've dabbled in or with (perhaps taken one class or tried a handful of times... still consider myself a beginner): acrylic pouring, Asian ink painting, beading/jewelry making, bookbinding, calligraphy and lettering, charcoal, Copic markers, encaustic painting, gilding, oil painting, pastels, photo transfers, printmaking (linocut), punch needle, resin topcoats, water marbling, watercolor.

Would like to learn: crochet, cross stitch, knitting, macrame, machine sewing, metalworking, weaving. Updated May 24, 2020.

A to Z (just about done now, but may add things as I think of them)

A - acrylic, air mail labels, Allure Beauty Box, anemone (flower), Anthropologie, antique, applique, architecture, art, Asian American, asparagus

B - baking, Birchbox, blue, Boden, bookmarks, books, botanical, brass, bubbles, buttons (sew-on)

C - calligraphy, camping, carrots, cats, caves, citrus, charcoal, cherries, chocolate, classic novels, clementines, collecting, collage, collard greens, colored pencils, colorful, constellations, contemporary art, cookies, cooking, Copic, coral, corn on the cob, crocus, cyanotype

D - daffodils, dancing, dill, doors, dresses, dried flowers, dystopian books

E - Earth, eBay, embroidery, envelopes, environmentally friendly, ephemera

F - Fabfitfun, fabric, fantasy, farmers' markets, fashion, feathers, ferns, fiber art, fiction, floral, folk art, fruits

G - galaxies, gardening, garlic, geometric, gift wrap, gold, granola, grapefruit, graphite

H - hedgehogs, hiking, hippos, houseplants

I - illustrations, images accompanied by non-English text, ink

J - jam, jogging

K -

L - landscapes, learning, leaves, lemons, letter writing, lettering, libraries, limes, lip balm/gloss, lychee

M - magazines, mail, mail art, mailboxes from different countries, manatees, maple syrup, maps, mixed media art, monoprinting, murals, museums, mythology

N - nature, nectarines, notecards

O - okra, onion, oranges, otters, owls

P - painting, paper, paper punches, parks, passion fruit, pastels, pen, peppers, peppermint, photography, pickles, Pittsburgh, planets, playing cards, plums, Pokemon GO, Poshmark, postage stamps, postcards, postmarks, pressed flowers, pretzels, produce, public art, public transit, puzzles

Q - quilts (appreciate but do not create them myself)

R - reading, recipes, retro, reuse, road signs from other countries, rock climbing, rocks and minerals, rose gold, rubber stamps (wood mounted)

S - science fiction, Scilla siberica (blue squill), sculpture, sea shells, secondhand, sedums, seed packets, sewing, singing, skincare, sloths, snacks, snowdrops, Soko Glam, Spotify, spring, stationery, street art, stuffed grape leaves, succulents, summer, sunrise/sunset, Swap-bot

T - tabbouleh, tacos, thrift shopping, traveling, trees, tulips, typography

U - umbrellas, used postage stamps

V - vegetables, vintage

W - waffles, walking, wallpaper, washi tape, water soluble art crayons and pencils, watercolor, windows

X - x-rays

Y - yard sales

Z - zentangle, zines (do not make, but would read), zodiac (Chinese and Western)

Wishlist with specific items:

• All sorts of [true] vintage paper
  • Playing cards, especially ones with floral designs.
  • Postcards, mainly looking for ones with flowers/leaves/plants and ones of Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Gift wrap, wallpaper, maps, empty seed packets, stationery, greeting cards, and just about any other ephemera/paper/cardboard that is vintage.
• Newer paper
  • Original images or illustrations (not copied or printed out) for collage/mixed media art. Vintage would be a plus, but not necessary.
  • Non-scrapbook paper that has a pattern or print.
  • Grocery store circulars or food catalogs from other countries with pictures of fruits/vegetables/food. (Bonus if the pictures are next to text in a language other than English!)
  • Used postage stamps, especially from other countries. I'd also appreciate it if you used an interesting stamp(s) on your swap to me! I prefer newer, colorful ones that do not feature people.
  • Used or new air mail labels, especially vintage ones and from other countries.
  • Circular date stamp cancels from your mail, packages, or old Delivery Confirmation receipts. (Please leave space around it for me to cut it out myself.)
  • bookmarks
• Crafty/swap supplies
  • Wood mounted rubber stamps with a realistic image. (If you send me clear stamps I will probably pass them on to someone else or list them in my album for private trades.)
  • Stamped images (black archival ink preferred) on white cardstock or other white thicker paper. Different colored inks and light colored paper may be interesting as well. I mainly just don't want images on plain white printer paper, thanks.
  • Ranger archival ink pads
  • stencils/templates for making handmade envelopes
  • standard size hole punch
  • labels (mainly to use on envelopes to write addresses if the envelope is a darker color or handmade)
• Books
  • Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
  • Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold by Stephen Fry
  • The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
  • Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
  • The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
  • Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin
  • On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
  • Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
  • How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
  • Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
  • Math with Bad Drawings by Ben Orlin
  • Educated by Tara Westover
  • Dear Girls by Ali Wong
  • newer (published 2010 or later) books on embroidery, Chinese brush/ink/sumi-e painting, macrame, weaving, punch needle, or metalworking
  • vintage illustrated children’s word picture books
  • vintage illustrated children’s nature/science-related books
• Miscellaneous objects, art supplies, and other items
  • vintage and newer decorative tins to cut up for art
  • cyanotype supplies and original cyanotypes
  • Vintage alphabet blocks and Color Cubes blocks. (They're red, white, blue, yellow, maybe also gray... solid color on some sides and some have two colors divided diagonally.)
  • Clean food packaging that has fruits or vegetables on it (e.g. empty bag of fruit candies). Would love to receive these from other countries or ones that have text in a non-English language.
  • metal letter/envelope seal and sealing wax
  • Back pockets from jeans/jeggings (they don’t have to be blue) that you or someone else in your home no longer wants. Please leave about 3/4” of fabric around it.
  • Wooden rulers (all wood no metal straight edge). I'd also take longer pieces of a wooden yardstick if you happen to have a broken one.
  • I recently subscribed to Birchbox and am interested in trying similar subscription box samples (ones that are not more than a few months old). Mainly interested in skincare and lip balm/gloss. Not at all interested in nail polish, perfume/body mist, brow items, blush, lip liner.
  • white pots with drainage holes for houseplants
  • citrus juicer
• Low priority (Items I can use, but already have a stash of so don't really need. If you have something you think I'd really like please go ahead and send it though (especially true for fabric since I want to make some more masks and may start experimenting with applique).)
  • blank notecards with envelopes
  • Washi tape rolls. (I prefer rolls to samples because I've tried using some samples I’ve received on cards and they were hard to unstick/unravel without tearing.)
  • Vintage and newer fabric. Especially prints that are colorful, bold/funky, floral, or feature fruits/vegetables. Also plain white 100% cotton for dyeing and creating cyanotypes.
  • vintage and newer sew-on buttons
  • embroidery floss and wooden or bamboo hoops

If we're doing a private swap I'd be glad to consider anything else you think might interest me... let me know what the item(s) are. If I'm your partner for a public swap and there's something you'd like to send me that you're not sure if I'd like/can use you're more than welcome to message me first before sending. Updated May 26, 2020.

If you send me the following items they will most likely be given/sent to someone else, donated, recycled, or thrown away so please save them for someone who can use them:

• religious, racist, hateful, or political items
• glitter, glittery things
• coffee, tea, drink mixes
• items with a lot of fragrance because I get headaches
• jewelry
• Disney or cartoon items, angels/cherubs, clowns, mushroom motif items, stuff for kids
• ATCs (I occasionally make them, but do not collect them myself.)
• scrapbook embellishments, brads
• scrapbook paper (I realize this may be unavoidable if a swap calls for paper and this is all you have. If so by all means send it.)
• images that are not genuine (photocopies, printed out)

Thank you! Updated May 23, 2020.

If you like shopping for secondhand clothes, shoes, and/or accessories online check out this site called thredUP. I have ordered many times from them; they sell both gently used and new items for women and kids. I also like Poshmark (have been browsing there on the app more often actually) and if you haven't joined yet I'd appreciate it if you use my invite code: PANDOORA.

If you purchase things online and aren't already a member of a cash back rewards site, check out Mr. Rebates! There are a lot of sites listed with varying percentages cash back. Once you have $10 available you can request a check or PayPal. I also use ibotta; it's an app which I think now may have a browser extension as well. I compare the cash back rate between ibotta and Mr. Rebates before making a purchase... my referral code there is pkkhkvp. You have to reach $20 to withdraw your cash, but ibotta also has what are essentially coupons for items that you buy in store in addition to cash back online at a variety of websites.

Note: This section has not been updated in a long time and I don't intend to add to it, but would happily delete anyone after whatever is owed has been taken care of.

Waiting for swaps from:

• @jinxydc (private swap)

Sent and waiting for ratings from:

• @msteacher Your Trash, My Treasure II
• @JessiBessiBEE weekly wrap postcard swap #4 sent June 20
• @mausebabyle for our private swap August 27
• @capi for My playlist in May 2013
• @jinxydc private swap sent June 5

Flakers:

• @weeatcrayons ATC Pay it Back forum tag (July 2008, contacted multiple times, said would send but never did)
• iheartswap for a private swap I sent November 13, 2007
• @Adrienne for paper surprise ball!!!^ private swap (I sent May 7 and send by date was June 15)
• @craftyincanada for Collage Images (International!)
• @Adriotsticklac for Make Me a Collage