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My name is Nicole, and I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and I have lived here my entire life. I am a mother, and I have amazing twin boys. They are fraternal twins (not identical). I have an amazing fiancé, and a dog named Bella and Bailey!

THINGS ABOUT ME-

I love creative journaling, junk journals, glue books, collage art, art journals, quote journals, mixed media, swaps, ATCs, collage fodder, mail art, travelers notebooks, Hobinichi techo, composition books, gelli printing, postcards etc!

Some of my favorite supplies that I love to use are Washi tape, postcards, art prints, digitals, fabric, lace, embellishments, die cuts, vintage book pages, vintage children’s book pages, botanical book pages, and book pages in other languages etc. I love ledger paper and antique papers, vintage magazines, vintage sewing patterns, retro book pages or ads, ephemera, receipts, checks etc!

I absolutely LOVE beautiful handmade items. I love receiving a piece of someone’s art in the mail or a decorated envie😀

Some other things I would love to receive are handmade tags, postcards, ATC cards, shaker cards, die cuts, gelli prints, vintage ephemera, embellishments, altered paper clips, stuffed pockets, flip books, embellishment books, tuck ins, tassels, and ephemera/ledger papers, washi tape samples. I would love anything handmade that I could put in my creative journal or junk journal! I love stickers too and washi tape - kawaii, cute, vintage theme, etc!

I love when I receive a swap with a decorated envelope. That’s always exciting almost as exciting as the swap:) Also, I don’t mind if you send in an envelope you’ve made or recycled from a past swap or a magazine, book page, calendar etc....as long as its made well so it won’t break open and it isn’t dirty😂 I enjoy recycling magazines or scrapbook papers and being able to use them again.

I love paint swatches, rubber or wooden stamps, greeting cards, notecards, stationary, postcards, distress ink or distress oxide spray or pads any colors, colored ink, gilding wax, stencils, embossing powder, wax seals/wax stamps, letter stationary sets, postcards, charms, pretty beads , dangles, etc ! Lastly, I love die cuts that I can use in other creative projects.

As far as postcards go I am ok with zazzle, red bubble, store purchased, Etsy, tourist postcards , and any handmade postcards! I would love to see your art 😀

I like all postcards non tourist cards, blue cats postcards, vibrant postcards, vintage postcards, bold color postcards, folklore postcards, Lou Paper, tourist cards, illustrated, artist, whimsical, gnomes, inspirational women, Frida, Disney, Red riding hood, Alice, spooky, Halloween postcards, Christmas or any holidays, all cute postcards😀 I love all of them 😀 Well except add free…..

P.S. I live in Lancaster County AKA Amish county ! Therefore, if anyone is interested in the Amish I have plenty of Amish postcards 😀 If you would like to do a private post card swap message or email me😀

LIKES/Hobbies

I like Frida Kahlo

Learning to create Junk Journals (especially Vintage)

Book binding

Mini albums and scrapbooking

Learning new fun facts or trivia, puns, good quotes

Anything retro or vintage, simple stories, Maggie Holmes, crate paper, scrapbooking.com, Dyan Reavely, Tim Holtz, Ideaology, Dina Wakely

Stickers- Any stickers (no kiddie stickers though) I like every theme of stickers.....holiday, flowers, cute, quotes or sentimental, happy planner, whimsical , colorful , cute, people stickers, girls stickers, foods, botanical , kawaii, etc. I like flakes, sheets, and individual stickers.

Ephemera/ Embellishments

Gelli prints - Cool gelli prints I can use for backgrounds in my art journal or mixed media projects, collage

Beads and charms to make dangles for my journal or tassels- Cool beads from hobby lobby or wherever (cute girly beads)

I like neutral colors such as beiges, browns, creams. Also, I like pink, and I love black and white themed- bright bold vibrant colors, and I really love teal/turquoise . Who am I kidding I love every single color lol 😀

Video games-Fortnite, Splatoon, Rocket League, Mario Kart, Super Smash Brothers, 51 games, Trivia Pursuit, backgammon, mancala, etc

TV Shows- Crime and suspense shows- I enjoy law and order SVU, Chicago pd, WEEDS, and the blacklist. I like Jersey Shore, Keeping up with Kardashians, Ex On Beach, etc reality TV

• If you have any shows or movies that you would recommend please let me know*

Books- I enjoy suspense/crime/mysteries. My favorite author would have to be Mary Higgins Clark. Also, enjoy romance, non fiction, fiction, or any drama novels. Also, biographies or historical books, kings and queens, royalty etc.

Holidays- Halloween is my favorite holiday

I love Pinterest/YouTube/Etsy/Flickr/IG

Spring/Fall are my favorite seasons

Writing- Pen Paling and writing letters. I love cursive writing and enjoy seeing other people’s cursive writing. I have always wanted to learn Calligraphy

Mail art

THINGS I WANT TO LEARN......

I would like to learn more about astrology and reading charts etc

I am curious about TAROT cards

I would like to learn calligraphy

I would like to learn other languages. I can speak English and some Spanish currently

I would love to learn more about other countries and their way of living. Also, would love to gather recipes, and hear more about their customs and holidays.

I would like to learn how to sew a quilt, and also learn more about quilling . I would like to create a pocket letter , and this is something I haven’t made before.

I have always wanted to grow a garden, and I’m hoping to this year.

DISLIKES: PLEASE DONT SEND ME anything that stinks or is dirty

PLEASE NOTE- If I sign up for a swap I will 100% commit to sending it and will not flake! Therefore, if I’m your partner and you don’t receive something from me then please send me a message so I can resend it to you. I know that when people work hard taking their time to send something to their partner, and they are flaked on it’s rather disappointing. Therefore, I’m even willing to angel a swap if any of the hosts need😀

Lastly, if you would like to see some of my swapbot swaps that I received or have sent out in swaps then you can check out my YouTube channel I posted under ky website. Also, I would LOVE if you would subscribe to my youtube channel and help support me on ky creative journey. I just started about a year ago and I enjoy having a place I can document and share my swaps I sent, received, as well as junk journal shares, and Etsy hauls etc!

m grateful and thankful to participate in such a fun platform, and I am so happy I found this site. I really enjoy swapping and it has become a weekly hobby! Thank you to everyone who has allowed me to participate in their swaps, and thanks to all the wonderful amazing people that have sent me swaps!!!!!