JennyWrenn

A note on my 3 rating:

We can't please all the people all of the time, and my artistic ability and style did not meet the recipient's standards (although I spoke with the host who agreed my effort met the swap requirements, as did my other partner in the swap who awarded a heart). Please remember, words hurt and we all have differing levels of ability.

I'm a writer, botanist, and professional gardener in the PNW (USA). I live between the ocean and the mountains with my partner and our adult son and daughter-in-law. We currently have two cats in the family, a little black cat named Yachiru and a Maine Coon named Rootbeer.

My style has a strong cottage-core vibe with a touch of punk rock -- lots of vintage, primarily 1890s-1930s inspired, and a lot of tearing down the patriarchal establishment at the same time!

Kindness is everything! ♥

Languages

Native English speaker

Basic level French -- can read and understand spoken French better than I can speak or write it, but I'm still learning :)

Things I collect

• Mushrooms
• Gnomes
• Old lace and embroidery
• Small watercolor or embroidered framed art (like 4-by-4 inches and smaller)
• Vintage pre-1940 cookbooks
• Memorydex cards
• ATCs

Favorite Colors

• Most shades of green, especially those that evoke spring or those that make me think of autumn moss.
• Lighter blues like Robin's egg.
• Sunny yellows that make me think of flowers.

Things I Like to Send and Receive

♥♥♥ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING HANDMADE ♥♥♥

• ATCs
• Postcards
• Vintage paper dolls
• Dried flowers and foliage
• Fabric, ribbon, and yarn scraps
• Quilt squares - fabric, knit, embroidered, anything!
• Old lace and ribbons
• Memorydex
• Swap cards
• Embroidered items
• Bookmarks (handmade only)
• Penfriend letters

Dislikes, please do not send!

• Political items
• Obviously Christian religious items
• Perfumed items
• Horror and gore themed items -- I love old school spooky and vintage Halloween, though!
• Licensed characters (like Disney and Loony Toons)

♥ An ABC of My Favorite Things ♥

A. Anne Of Green Gables, ATCs, altered fashion, Autumn

B. Botany, Buddhism, beaches, books, baking, blackwork embroidery, Beatrix Potter, beads, bobbin lace, bookmarks

C. Cottage core, cobble beaches, cats, campfires, calico, cozy mysteries, cross stitch, cozy vintage, cooking, cherries, cheese, chickadees, coffee, canning food

D. Dandelions, druidry, dogs, dewdrops, dried flowers, drawing, Downton Abbey, Depression era items, ducks

E. Embroidery, ephemera, Edwardian era, elves

F. Flowers, friendship books, faeries, fire places, floral designs, farms, foliage, fabric, folk music -- punk folk, hippie folk, Irish folk (trad), American folk -- I love it!

G. ♥GNOMES♥, gardening, green, goats, Gilmore Girls

H. Halloween, herblore, holidays, hobbits

I. Ireland, inchies

J. Jam, jokes, journals

K. Kindred spirits ♥, kittens, knitting, Killarney, Kerouac

L. LM Montgomery books, lilacs, lavender, lace, lemons, letters, Lenormand, leaves

M. Memorydex, mending clothes, mushrooms, moss, Miss Read books

N. Notebooks, Northern Exposure

O. Ocean, owls, oversized sweaters

P. Pen friends, pagan, plants, postcards, paper dolls, Pacific Northwest coast, paper crafting, prairie ascetic, Paola Merrill (Artist), Punk music, Pride 🏳️‍🌈, Phoebe Wahl (Artist)

Q. Quilts, quiet

R. Ribbon, recipe cards

S. Swapping (of course!), snail mail, sewing, spicy food, sashiko, stationary that's pretty, strawberry themed items, summer, spring

T. Thai food, Tasha Tudor, Tarot, trees, tea, tatting

U. Umbel flower heads, Unitarian Universalism, unusual stickers

V. Vintage, Victorian, violets

W. Watercolors, winter, windows, wildflowers

X. Xyris (the genus of the flower known as yellow-eyed grass :)

Y. Yellow, yarrow

Z. Zines, Zen buddhism