heathka81

August 20, 2026, Update
As of right now, I'm not participating in swaps due to a separation with my husband and needing to focus on myself and my kids, any swaps should be up to date. However, please let me know if something never made it and I will resend. I should also be up-to-date on ratings.... if I've not rated you, please let me know, I'll recheck my stash and get things updated. Thank you for your patience with me.

Hello, am a married mama to two pretty fun kiddos.

We live on 5 1/3 acres woodland paradise, so we have a lot of visitors that come through, or share the property with...including (but not limited to) deer, rabbits, squirrels, all kinds of birds (my favorites are hummingbirds and owls), snakes, mice, ground hogs, chipmunks, coyotes, fox, raccoons, opossums, skunks...

I've tried gardening the past few years. I've enjoyed the weeding and such, and have extended my raised beds a bit this year. Love growing herbs, tomatoes, sunflowers, marigolds, spinach, watermelon, and gourds. We'll see what I come up with for 2026.

I tend towards spending free time crocheting, pen paling, junk journaling, and trying to new to me recipes. I just hate clean up!!!

Dislikes... most girly things, as I just don’t use things like makeup, glittery jewelry, Disney anything, etc. If I receive anything I’m not fond of, I will pass it along to another swapper or to a pen pal who would use it (if the 12 year old doesn't get it first). No politics or religious anything, please. I tend toward pagan beliefs and do not force it onto others.

Allergies... I am allergic to most bath items, so please refrain from sending those items, unless it’s all naturally made from sustainable resources. I do make my own face wash and body scrubs from time to time, and would love to share those “recipes” if you’d be interested in sharing them.

Thanks in advance!

"The Earth laughs in flowers." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is hard. After all, it kills you." -Katharine Hepburn

Funko POP figurines- my favorites I have are Doby, Coralline and the Other Mother, Annabelle, Jack Sparrow, Darrell from the Walking Dead

Journals and stationary

Crystals (especially amethyst, tiger's eye, and sapphires)

Quotes of any kind...

Decanters (especially foreign antique ones)

Old, antique cameras and photos

Skeleton Keys

Pens

Jack Skelington anything (I was gifted a traveling Yahtzee game of his head, and I love it!)

Decorative boxes (especially with maps on them)

Creepy Japanese/Chinese/Oriental dolls

I’d love to start up a bumper sticker collection again... I miss the ones I had on my Escape!

Philadelphia Story

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (the movie is waaaaaaaay better than the book)

Jungle Cruise

Rio Bravo

Coraline (I like the movie better, but am glad I read the book)

Nightmare Before Christmas

Sleepy Hallow

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Last of the Dogmen

I love dragonflies, gnomes, fox, red tailed hawks, raccoons, skunks, and anything ancestral related. I decorate a lot with found acorns, walnuts, pine cones, and other items found in our woodland paradise. And, yes, I'll clean bones found and use them in art projects, especially for wind-chimes or a random crochet piece...I'm one of those weirdos who live on the hedge and can be easily misunderstood, and that's okay. I've recently crocheted a pair of hands that I'll be attaching to a tree...we're tree huggers, to a point. It's mostly to make people smile at the randomness.

Amethyst, ATCs, animals, art...

Blue, Bosch (artist), balance...

Coffee, Charles (the hubby), coffee, campfires, cats, coffee, camping, crocheting...

Dogs, dragons, dragonflies, drive-in movies...

Empathy, Edwin McCain, earth smell...

Fireflies, ferrets, fox...

Geocacheing, gardening...

Houseplants, horses...

Incense...

Junk journals, journals, journeys...

Koala bears, my Kids...

Lemonade, letters...

Mail, mushrooms...

Opossum, opals...

Pens, purple, pickles, pitbulls, pressed flowers, peace...

Quiet...

Raccoons, rain...

Smiles, stationary, snails...

Trees, thunderstorms...

Umbrellas...

Worms...

Yarn...

Zoos...

I respect most religions...I just don't respect the person who forces their beliefs onto me. I'm always working on home protection and keeping the kids safe. Always walking barefoot whenever feasible living in Indiana and our ever changing crazy weather systems we get sometimes. I have an art space that also is occupied by my pagan books...I tend toward Celtic and Germanic beliefs and practices with being German/Irish decent, but constantly trying to learn and read from both and meshing the two together... Probably why Samhain is my favorite holiday and the original Grimm Brothers fairytales are my favorites... iykyk Pan is a favorite of mine in working with...which at times is hard since I have a hard time with lots of noise/music...so it's been an interesting journey with him. Otherwise I don't work with any deities.

ATCs

Altered Playing cards

Junk Journals

Crocheted things (table runners, dresser scarves, F-bombs, etc.)

3D Collage type things

Zines - newest obsession, and getting my folds right... 🥰

Since I'm pretty limited on space, storage and workspace; please refrain from sending extras beyond requirements of the swap. I appreciate that you're trying to share the wealth of what you have, but unless you absolutely KNOW it'll be just so awesome to pass along, then I'm not going to fault you for that. I also don't necessarily give hearts for extras...as I tend to give hearts for the effort and thoughtfulness put into the swap. Yes, I'll pass along extras, as long as it fits and seems like it'd be appreciated at its new home. Thank you.