choke

choke's current status

2021/Sep/15 - Wow....13 years on here. I have a perfect rating but am far from it. I've gotten behind on swaps a couple times during those years and once again most recently. I am finally all caught up on swaps again though :-D Still navigating (albeit poorly) my way through the grief process. Thank you for all the wonderful support I've received in this community, I treasure you so much.

I found the most adorable miniature rolodex holder and cards, the cards are like 2"x3". If you're willing to make a decorated rolo for me (I'll send you the blank) please message me. In return I can make ATCs, twinchies, notecards, rolos, or some other small craft. Thanks!!

If you haven't received a swap from me please contact me before rating a 1. I always send out my swaps so if it hasn't reached you I'm happy to resend.

Please don't include extras in your swaps to me, I am overloaded so I end up tossing them in the recycling bin to avoid the clutter. I hate doing that but I never use the majority of "extras" I get.

• I am a mother, wife, and an engineer who is owned by 2 rescue pups.

• I tend to be very long winded in my writing :-)

• My son is the best thing that ever happened to me. He is my savior in life. 21 years ago I was a totally different person and may not have made it had I not gotten pregnant. He spent most of the pandemic in San Francisco attending classes but is home now for his final year so I'm one happy momma!

I am primarily a papercrafter but also dabble in sewing and upcycling. I enjoy making handmade cards, ATCs, altered rolos, twinchies, art journal pages, slams and decos.

I had been having a lot of fun watching and learning from Tim Holtz but lately his stuff bores me. I do love his color palette and original grungy style, but lately it seems it's all about assemblage of the same mass produced shit...so meh. I have completed the Creative Chemistry classes and am going to start them again since I took such a long break from crafting.

I am co-founder of a new group called Exploring Tim Holtz Products so if you're a fan be sure to check it out!

I'm not really swapping postcards on here much these days but these are my interests:

• Regular touristy storebought postcards
• Not fond of zazzle/vistaprint/freebie/ads
• Handmade cards based on a profile like are always welcome :)
• At the top of my profile you can find a link to my entire PC collection which is sorted by my favorite collection topics.
• I'd really appreciate it if you'd check my collection, which is very large, to avoid sending a duplicate.

My absolute favorite type of postcards are maps!! You can find my entire collection here. I'd love if you could find one that I don't have :)

If you'd like to do a private trade for postcards, you can find my offers here which I try to keep updated but have slacked off in the past couple of years. Some of the more expensive or particular themed cards I will only trade for similar cards, but feel free to send me a message if you see something you like!

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Numbers π. 7 Gypsies.
A autumn. atc. atcoins. alcohol inks. animal prints (faux).
B black. burlap.
C creepy & cute. circuits. clovers.
D diecuts. dark chocolate. decos. dotes. dogs.
E engineering. expletives. emily the strange. einstein. embossing (heat or folders).
F fairies. fine tips pens.
G gnomes. green (just regular grass green). gelli prints. gelly roll pens. geekery.
H happy bunny. hoodies. heavy metal girl stuff. halloween. handmade cards.
I iridescense. i.
J jack off jill.
K kawaii.
L large stencils. long letters.
M monkeys doing funny things that make people freak out. map postcards. math. mowed lawn (distress ink color). mark ryden. magic mesh.
N noodles.
O owls. oxide sprays. office supplies (preferred geeky/engineering related).
P perfect pearls. postcards. pinball.
Q quiet alone time. quirky.
R rustic. rub-ons. rolos. rock/riot grrl stuff. robots.
S snow. south park. snark. slams. skulls. silver. sentimental circus. stars.
T tim holtz. textures. twinchies. tesla.
U unthemed.
V very dark coffee. vellum.
W word games. winter. washi. wood.
X xkcd.com
Y
Z zentangles. zines.

• Gold.
• Puffy Stickers.
• Lime Green.
• Friendship Books.
• Girly frou-frou crap.
• Spring/Summer themes.
• Flowers.
• Big or chunky crafts or craft objects a.k.a. "bling".
• Jewelry (I hardly wear it and am pretty picky.)
• I get really aggravated when I RAK something to somebody and they don't even have the decency to say "Thanks!".