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laubee

laubee
Date Joined: July 24, 2013
Last Online: May 3, 2020
Birthday: December 14
Country: United States

About Me

It's been a while since I've done SB swaps and I'm excited to get back into it!

I love to make collages including postcards and ATCs, and I'm interested in small container art, like miniature dioramas and matchbox shrines. I would also like to explore more zines, stamping, and woodblock printing.

I enjoy spending time in nature, and living in Oregon gives us access to cities large and small, the beach, the high desert, mountains and forests.

I like puzzles, mysteries, labyrinths and ghost stories.

A Little More...

I'm hoping to use Swap Bot as a way to learn more about the people who are creating all of this wonderful art: I want to know peoples' stories, about their home towns, their favorite things, and how that is expressed thoughtfully through their work. I hope to bring some of that beauty into my own home, with work or objects I can wear or display.

Favorite Books

I read a lot! Everything from Italo Calvino and Haruki Murakami, to Ursula K. LeGuin and William Gibson, to Charles Dickens and H. G. Wells.

The one book I can read again and again is Jane Eyre.

I recently read and loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, and The Night Circus.

I've also been revisiting the lush and mysterious books I read as a kid, that I think deeply influenced me: The Westing Game, The Eleventh Hour, etc.

Favorite Movies

I watch a lot of films too!

Some of my favorites include Brazil, Amelie, City of Lost Children, Pan's Labyrinth, District 9, Lost in Translation, and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.

I like horror movies that are suspenseful, but not gory--less Hostel, more Hitchcock.

Likes

I'm interested in supplies I can use to make art for future swapping, like origami or textured paper, washi tape, little canvases or picture frames, cool stamps with old-fashioned engraved style... (Not so much for buttons, pre-cut shapes, confetti, or scrapbook elements.) I would love to get some empty matchboxes or tins.

I'm not religious, so I won't be able to make good use of religion-themed materials.

I also like scented candles (florals including rose and jasmine, or citrus).

My favorite colors are muted or jewel tones, but I also like to be surprised by bright things, as long as they're pretty.

I love bees!

But: I tend to not like cartoony stuff, unless it's beautiful (like watercolors, or some anime) or super cute/sweet/kawaii, like Capybara-san.

My favorite aesthetic is eclectic. I dig Victorian, Art Nouveau, 1920s/30s, Anthropologie, phantasmagorical...

Halloween is my favorite holiday. I like most Halloween imagery, but I'm partial to the vintage stuff and cute modern design.

I'd love to know more about your home town or country, be it a note, a postcard, a magnet, a smashed penny or your favorite local candy. We also drink a lot of tea and I'd love to try your favorite!

I'm very interested in folklore and mythology, and love regional creatures like the chupacabra and Bigfoot. Tell me about yours?

If you have any questions or want to know more about my likes/dislikes, please feel free to email me: [email protected].

Ratings

BTim rated for Dark ATC Swap on Sep 5, 2018
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Comment: Wow: a card with one of my favorite poems on it! Nicely done!
CookieChops rated for HI. My name is... PC swap on Aug 19, 2018
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Comment: Hi Laura, thanks for the facts and the cute postcard. Good luck with your book 😊
Chaz rated for Night Vale ATC - Glow Cloud on Dec 17, 2013
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Comment: I love the card and thank you for the tea and journal. As part of a class, I saw a graphic design lecture by the guy who created the Field Journals. He was very much an individual spirit! Thanks again.
tastelikeapples rated for Night Vale Craft swap on Oct 24, 2013
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Comment: OMG, you made me a diorama of the dog park! With the obelisk and the hooded figures! I love it to little bits and pieces, I really do. It is absolutely perfect Thank you so much, it is amazing and wonderfully creative and very, very Night Vale.
tigermousecat rated for Woodland Themed ATC Swap on Oct 24, 2013
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Comment: Thank you so much for a lovely ATC! Also, thank you for taking time to read my profile. It is much appreciated!
wyrdfae rated for Postcard from Night Vale on Oct 23, 2013
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Comment: Oh. I thought this was for the craft swap! Wow. If I add a whispering forest or something I will send you pictures
Amane rated for Zombie Apocalypse Survival Diary on Sep 19, 2013
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Comment: I loved your story! Very interesting, and the crafty way you made your journal...You were really artsy about it. :3
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Comment: Thank you so much for the creative ATC!! I love the colors and composition that you used to create it! Very very cool! Thank you so so much!!! :D <3
wyrdfae rated for Night Vale postcard - USA on Sep 8, 2013
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Comment: Wonderful package! Thank you so much. I especially like the design and layout for the glow cloud one.
barbie1950 rated for Map it ATC on Aug 30, 2013
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Comment: Wonderful PDX Atc. Definitely a Portland card.. Love it.
Response: Thank you for the kind words! I was very glad to be able to use that new stamp set.
BevT rated for Moon Face ATC on Aug 27, 2013
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Comment: Thank you for the awesome "Moon Face" ATC. Very nice!!
Response: Thank you! I got to try some cool paper-tearing techniques with that one. Lots of fun.
efjellro rated for Simple Tea Swap on Aug 22, 2013
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Comment: Thank you very much for all the teas.
Response: Thanks! I'm glad they made it to you safely.
TeeB rated for Fall themed ATC on Aug 17, 2013
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Comment: Really cute ATC! Thanks a bunch!
Response: Thanks :) I'm glad you liked it!
DesertFurwheat rated for Simple Tea Swap on Aug 16, 2013
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Comment: Thank you so much Laura for beautiful, delicious smelling teas! I love the Tazo wild sweet orange--one of my faves :) And I can't wait to try the Dry Desert Lime--think I'll have it cold, and the rose infused black tea. You've been an awesome partner & i hope we get to swap again :)
Response: Thank you so much! Me too. :)
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Comment: OOOOHHHH I can't wait to start reading this book. It sounds really good from reading the back cover. I will definitely let you know what I thought and thank you so much. Loved the drawings on the box you mailed it in, too :-)
Response: Haha, thank you! I'd love to hear what you think of it, it's one of my favorite books!
pebbyjane rated for DIGITAL PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT #2 on Aug 14, 2013
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Comment: When I first rated your swap it would not allow me to put in a comment or give a star. Just wanted you to know that I enjoyed your swap a lot. I really liked your something green to eat photo. I am glad I am finally able to post a comment to you.
Response: Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!
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Response: Thanks for the rating! I'm glad you liked the envelope and little things I put in it.
tizzicat rated for DIGITAL PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT #2 on Aug 6, 2013
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Comment: Very fast! Love the pictures.
Response: Thanks, glad you liked it.
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Response: Thanks for the rating!
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Response: Thanks for the rating!

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Comments

wyrdfae on Aug 23, 2013:

Thank you for joining my swap. wtnv

anrtist on Aug 17, 2013:

THANX for being part of the LLL Group!

libertylithium on Aug 1, 2013:

Welcome to swap bot :)

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