rivermaiden

Hello! My name is Trisha. I live on a small produce farm in rural Indiana with my boyfriend. It keeps us busy! I love to spend my spare time making things, reading, thrifting, and swapping.

I'm also an animal lover. We have a beagle/rott mix named Tonto and a black cat named Cleo.

I've made a lengthy interest and wish list ... not because I'm demanding or picky ... but because I think it's easier as a swapper to have lots of things to choose from that you know your partner will enjoy.

Things I have a special interest in:

• elephants
• turtles
• Native American culture
• art and artists
• mandalas
• travelers/nomadic folks
• trees and mushrooms
• gnomes
• paisley patterns
• ephemera
• VW vans
• cranes
• matryoshka dolls
• herbs, vegetables, gardening, farm
• tomatoes and corn (our main crops)
• black cats
• books/libraries
• dragonflies
• hula hooping
• recycling or upcycling
• moons
• Alice in Wonderland (not Disney)
• Aztec prints
• women (faces or full body)
• mythology
• 90s grunge
• fairy tales
• vintage Halloween
• Stationery etc printed with misinterpretations

Wishlist:

• zines
• stencils or masks
• henna stencils (esp. a hand shape)
• stickers (no teacher reward)
• binding rings any size
• decorative brads or eyelets
• embellishments
• acid free pens and markers
• foreign currency
• punchinella
• ATCs
• border punches
• unique buttons
• purple and turquoise buttons
• jewelry charms or pendants
• gemstones
• unique beads
• glass beads
• paper or plastic doilies
• anything that would make a neat stencil for spray inks
• cling stamps
• hand carved stamps
• waxed linen thread
• dollhouse or fairy garden miniatures
• interesting papers/images for art journaling
• fountain pens and inks
• vintage photos
• glue dots
• postcards (see below)
• arrowheads
• handmade dreamcatchers
• sea glass, stones, or pottery
• essential oils
• perfect pearls or powered mica
• vintage trinkets (plastic, metal, etc)
• library pockets
• tiny bottles
• a mala
• blank labels
• anagram magic square word puzzles
• double sided card stocks 3x4 or larger *fabric scraps or charms

Postcards * anything listed above (non tourist preferred) * art cards * greetings from (large letter) * nature/beautiful views * street scenes * handmade * quotes * women

• I love it when you add your favorite quote or tell me about your day, your pets, book/movie/music recommendations, your dreams, secrets, or anything else you want to say!

Things I Upcycle:

• wine corks (real cork only please)
• broken jewelry
• clock hands, gears, old keys, tiny springs (from click pens), etc
• metal things to make windchimes with (old keys, bits of chain, etc)

Colors:

• I love all colors for crafting and paper projects
• I love love love earth tones
• I also love purple and turquoise
• I mostly wear earth tones but feel free to send me wearables in colors. I need to wear colors more!

Food and drinks:

• hot chocolate
• Starburst Jelly Beans
• Altoids
• Jelly Belly Jelly Beans
• I am open to most candy but please dont send me chocolate in the summer months.
• i dislike coconut and marshmallow

Things I have no interest in: I'm pretty open to most things but please dont send me Christian/Catholic items.

I spend my free time making things of all sorts.... tie dyes, art journals, ATCs, wood signs, stamp carving, card making, jewelry making, sewing, papermaking, and crochet goodies just to name a few. My favorite is probably my art journals. I've been obsessed with paper since I was a small child. I also really love reusing discarded things in my work.

I love all sorts of music. Florence and the Machine, Chet Faker, Amy Winehouse, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Indigo Girls, Matt Costa, Jack Johnson, State Radio, the Cranberries. I love oldies. I love belly dancing to Indian music. Currently, I've been stuck on 90s music.

Beautiful Losers, The Sixties Movie, Little Miss Sunshine, Pirate Radio, Empire Records, Almost Famous, haven't watched many new movies

Stranger Things, Glow, Shameless, Breaking Bad, Weeds, Orange is the New Black, Girls, Nurse Jackie, Born This Way, Claws, Preacher, Good Behavior.

The Zookeeper's Wife, One Thousand White Women, Wacky Chicks, The Night Circus, Of Bees and Mist, A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Giver, Stones from the River, The Red Tent, The Great Cosmic Mother, The Glass Castle, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County, Oryx and Crake, The Artists Way, and Wicked. I also love SARKs books and the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald. New favorite: Luke Smitherd