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Response: I forgot to mention Jonathan Stroud's books! I think you would really like them.
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I made the rooster stamps for a Year of the Rooster hand-carved stamp swap (and I saw you loved chickens) :0)
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Response: It's on the border of Cornwall and Devon. :0)
Response: Wow! High praise indeed! It was a good swap. :0)
Response: Also, if you like your police shows mixed with time travel may I suggest Continuum (Amazon Prime or Netflix, I forget which).:0)
Response: Let me offer you The Expanse (Amazon Prime). It is based on a series of books that I have been reading also. Awesomw space -opera! :0)
Response: Glad you like them! I dug them so much I posted them on my own page, haha! :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! I am working on them! :0)
Response: No worries- I was traveling, myself :0)
I may try and duplicate that beetle for my own use. I will message you also!
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Response: You're welcome! Good Yule to you! :0)
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Response: The hunt was fun, too :0)
Response: You might also like Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins :0)
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Response: Oops! No worries- this is a fun hobby; don't stress :0)
Response: I do not think my gift could have reached you yet- check to see if it is for a different swap! :0)
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Response: Glad you like the wrapping paper for several reasons :0) Can you believe it was last year's wrapping paper from Ikea?
Response: I love a well-filled-out profile :0)
Response: Thanks! I think those carved stamps came out pretty well. :)
Response: Don't knock it till you've tried it, haha!
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Response: Glad it arrived! I guess I went all over the map with the subject matter! :0)
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Response: Thought you'd like that one! Hooray for well-filled-out profiles :0)
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Response: And you as well!
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Response: Fantastic! We don't have fireflies here, but I have seen many in NY
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Response: Oh, Hooray! I love when that happens! :0)
Response: Yay! I hope you enjoyed the pink cup cozy- I made it myself.
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Response: They jumped out at me from your profile, and I had never heard of such a thing! Glad you liked,
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I was surprised the next day when that exact song turned up in a mac and cheese commercial, if you can feature that!
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Response: It was dark in some respects but hopeful, I think. :0)
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Response: Thanks- more as it develops... :0)
Response: It was necessary! I just Konmari'd my daughter's clothes (or should I say, facilitated her Konmari-ing?) :0)
Response: Yay! I made myself one just like it, while I was at it! :0)
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Response: I saw that you were a pen collector which suggested my selection :0)
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Response: I still have more to do on that project for sure, but it's a start :0)
Response: No worries- Always a pleasure! :0)
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Response: Haha! No pig for me, but now I shall turn my attention to carving a new stamp :0)
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I like its chubbiness :0)
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Response: Thanks for hosting this- I learned a new technique :0)
Response: I am glad you liked them. It is a beautiful deck but somehow I never personally connected with it. :0)
Response: Haha! Thanks for taking the time to read it :0)
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Response: Thanks! No worries about late rate- I have been out of wifi range for the last 10 days :0)
Response: I'm glad you enjoyed it- fun to find people with common interests :0)
Response: Thanks! I'm glad you like it, and I am happy to have it to use now and then :0)
Response: Huzzah! I like a bit of fun with my weird :0)
Response: You are quite welcome :0) I do enjoy connecting through swapbotting.
Response: Hooray! I like the way it turned out :0)
Response: Glad you like them! I generally carve erasers and they fir just right on those labels :0)
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Response: So glad you enjoy them! I made one for myself as well. Those glass fish have been awaiting assignment for aeons :0)
Response: I enjoyed selecting the music :0)
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Response: You are welcome. I enjoyed going waaaay back :0)
Response: Plenty of Zombie stuff there! I have actually made their level-up mushroom pizza bites. They came out cute & tasty:0)
Response: You are quite welcome! I have ways of keeping cool :0)
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Response: I am so happy you like it! I had been saving the Rose card for just such an occasion :0)
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Response: Cool! Some are to entire albums. There were loads of "concept albums" in the 70s. :0)
Response: It was interesting for me as well. I guess I was more of a "prog" girl than I had remembered. :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! I love how the dog stamp came out- it looks so excited! :0)
Response: Aside from the one I mentioned, all are my favorite eats right now. Glad you like! :0)
Response: Excellent! Glad you liked them :0)
Response: You are quite welcome. Happy Earth Day :0)
Response: Yay! I may go put it on my own profile... :0)
Response: Yay! I am glad it tickled you :0)
Response: I hope it helps you navigate whatever crops up for you :0)
Response: These are fun swaps:0)
Response: Fun swap! Glad you liked :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! A well-filed-out profile is a pleasure to work with :0)
Response: Oh hurray! Thank you for your well-considered comment :0)
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Response: I hope you will find it intriguing! :0)
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Response: Thanks for putting this challenge together :0)
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Response: It was a fun challenge!
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Response: You're welcome- it was sweet swap :0)
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Response: Better than I had anticipated :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! Good Yule! :0)
Response: WellI hope it suits you! :0)
Response: Glad you liked! There was a recent swap of self-portrait stamped images that I carved it for. :0)
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Response: Oh hooray! I am glad you like it. I may have to make another to hang here :0)
Response: I am so glad :0)
Response: No worries- glad you liked it! :0)
Response: You are welcome. I thought they were evocative and artistic :0)
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Response: Thanks- I'll send you an image of the cards once I empty out my phone's storage a bit! :0)
Response: Yay! Glad you liked :0)
Response: These are made of those long Hebrew National wieners.
Response: Oh Hooray! I was crossing my fingers that the stag's antlers would come through OK. After that I made myself a twin one. :0)
Response: Loved Dangal- I cried when he was stuck in the closet and heard the anthem. Yes, it's a Dracula Book :0) But she does some great descriptive writing about places, too. Gald you liked! :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! Perhaps we should! :0)
Response: Thanks for your understanding- I kept hitting the wrong key!! :0)
Response: Yay! Glad you liked! :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! They smelled delicious and felt soft...:0)
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Response: It was fun! I am going to try one of those new recipes today :0)
Response: Glad you liked them!
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Response: Yay! Thanks :0) I usually don't wear glasses, only when reading and computering and crafting. My hair is white so I had to carve it that way!
Response: I am glad you like them too :0)
Response: Awesome sauza! (that's a feeble joke....) :0)
Response: I believe you will like them! :0)
Response: I'm so happy it got there OK! :0)
Response: I'm glad you like it too! :0)
Response: Gadzooks! Well I'm glad it made it :0)
Response: Glad you like it! I wonder if the ETSY person I bought it from made another? :0)
Response: Yay! I like swaps for the trying-something-new aspect :0)
Response: It was a fun swap resulting in many swell background papers :0)
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Response: Hooray! There is one of my cards I would like to re-do, and then I may try and get them printed :0)
Response: Thought you might enjoy it while waiting to open the stocking stuffer:0)
Response: I think it came out better the second time (I kept the wonky practice gnome!)
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Response: You are quite welcome- The stamp is a hand carved stamp I received in a swap a few years ago. :0)
Response: Oh my gosh! I am so glad it reached you! I have been working on the re-send. The recipes are all ones I make :0)
Response: OK! Hang tough! :0)
Response: Yay! I thought they were fun :0)
Response: Cool (literally!) and I hope the dish towel goes with the decor :0)
Response: Oh my! I am glad I could be of help :0)
Response: Haha! Great! I saw them and knew they were what I was after for you, Hopefully they are a harbinger of keen stocking stuffers to come :0)
Response: Oh Hooray! I thought it might be fun for you to be able to switch them out :0)
Response: So happy you liked! If you like, I can email you a photo of Frisco. He is quite the whistler.
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Response: So glad you enjoyed it- I'll have to find a science march- thanks for reminding me!
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Response: Looking forward to Author "C"!
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Response: Blush! You are quite welcome, as usual!
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Response: Oh yay! Hope you are better now :0)
Response: It's intriguing to find out how he developed as a human :0)
Response: You are quite welcome. It was a title which had intrigued me every time I saw it. Feels good to actually have read it now! :0)
Response: Oh yay! I liked the way it turned out :0)
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Response: Aww! Well these are good swaps, and I enjoy working with my self-made deck :0)
Response: I had been meaning to read Things Fall Apart for decades and finally got around to it for this swap :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! It is difficult to keep from opening these :0)
Response: I believe I learned a lot! Especially "never blame anyone or anything", and work on yourself on that thing that bothers you in others. I'm working on procrastination :0)
Response: I Know!! I will be checking back on it as well. There was a lot of good advice in that card! :0)
Response: I'm so glad! :0)
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Response: It was a fun challenge :0)
Response: Glad you liked. It just had so much emotion in it that when I found it I knew it was The One. :0)
Response: Oh boy! I'm glad you learned about kazoos- they are a blast :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! :0)
Response: Never fear- it won't go bad! :0)
Response: Hooray! I enjoyed putting it together :0)
Response: You are quite welcome- when I saw them at the store I thought "how perfect for solstice and Yule!" :0)
Response: Hooray! I am having fun with this new skill :0)
Response: Glad you liked! :0)
Response: Hooray for electronic mail swaps :0)
Response: It was a fun idea. Can you tell I was an art historian? :0)
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Response: It was a pleasure :0)
Response: Then you will enjoy Latcho Drom, I feel confident!
Response: May we indeed :0)
Response: I'm glad you enjoy the star- it is from my garden and I enjoy cooking with it as well :0)
Response: Fun stuff! I have been enjoying coming up with the graphic ideas for these flags. :0)
Response: Yay! Glad the image got through to you :0)
Response: This is a cool series :0)
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Response: Hooray! I am in this to learn, so I figure others are as well :0)
Response: I'm glad you liked it! I actually did not carve them. The one on the front was hand carved, and I received it in a hand carved stamp swap. :0)
Response: Glad you liked! You know what? We're friends with those people now, but I don't know whether or not they remember meeting us that time...
Response: Blush! (Images to come)
Response: I think it's available on Amazon Prime :0)
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Response: :0) I almost did Olive Oil, though!
Response: :0) I have been enjoying making these flags.
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Response: Wow! I am so glad :0)
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Response: This weekend we did a big cleanup out at Emerald Bay :0) Glad you liked the flag. This has been an intriguing swap series.
Response: Hooray! I love the noble mushrooms as well :0)
Response: Cheers to yourself! :0)
Response: I'm glad you like it- I went y your profile :0) Just glad I didn't have to make it twice!
Response: Yay! Can you believe I got that note paper at Target a few years ago?
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Response: It was sent to me in a swap, and I <3 mushrooms :0)
Response: You are quite welcome- these are fun :0)
Response: It was kind of amazing how close to your query the cards went!
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Response: I had fun with this one :0)
Response: I'm glad! It was fun to make :0)
Response: Thanks! This was fun. :0)
Response: Hooray! I love a well-filled-out profile. Gets me inspired :0)
Response: So glad you liked her- My mom saw it and wants one now, too! :0)
Response: You are quite welcome- it was fun! :0)
Response: Glad you liked! I find well filled out profiles are most helpful :0)
Response: I live in a pretty big metropolitan area, so there are all sorts of restaurants within a pretty short driving distance. :0)
Response: Glad you liked it! I enjoyed making it. :0)
Response: Glad you liked them !
I miss Jerry Garcia...
Response: So sorry the first one broke!
Response: Cool! I like useful items as well :0)
Response: Good idea! I will try that next time. :0)
Response: Oh, Yay! If you like those two let me introduce June Tabor and Feathers Family :0)
Response: Yes- there are 6 books in the Thursday Next series!
I like how that flag turned out :0)
Response: Glad you liked it! I may make one for myself, eventually, now that I've made the pattern. :0)
Response: Yay! I am glad you liked it :0)
Response: Yay! I had fun sifting through quote compilations for them.
Response: I bought the pack years ago at JoAnn Fabric. The mermaid was from a gift tag that came in another swap, then I colored it. :0)
Response: I learned that style when my daughter was in Waldorf/Steiner school. I made a twin one for my little purple tree. Glad you liked it :0)
Response: Glad you liked! I love getting inspired by profiles. :0)
Response: It came from a free onlile tutorial that gives you 3 alternative beard shapes :0)
Response: It's a ring :0)
Response: D'OH!!
Sorry about that! I had fun making it, and telling the jokes to silly techie folk :0)
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Response: Hooray! I had made a slightly larger one as a brooch a few years back and saw you liked sushi :0)
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Response: Why, thank you! I took some inspiration from a postcard from you (a doodled-on image of Pink) from April 2014 :0)
Response: I'm glad! I am going to make some for myself pretty soon. I like the way they turned out. :0)
Response: Hooray! When I looked through book craft ornaments, these appealed to me the most. :0)
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Response: You're welcome- I have signed up for the next one as well. It's a keen idea. Maybe I'll make some jewelry this time. :0)
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Response: Hooray! Your profile indicated that you might :0)
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Response: Glad you liked it! I want to make myself a duplicate of it when I have time.
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I do love Ernie :0)
Response: I toyed with the idea of making her into a barrette or a brooch (the fabric mermaid, that is) but couldn't decide...
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Response: Hooray! Well, the idea came from your profile. I may make myself one, as it came out the way I had pictured. :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! It was meditative to create. :0)
Response: I am glad you enjoyed them! Lovely swap idea :0)
Response: You are quite welcome - I really liked how it turned out :0)
Response: I'm so glad!
I have one in my room and have been remembering my dreams a whole lot more often (as does my husband, who has no idea it's there).
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Response: You are welcome! Hope your travel was enlightening :0)
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Response: Always a pleasure! I like how it turned out so I'm going to make one for myself today. :0)
Response: Glad you liked them! They were gathered from multitudinous Southern California towns.
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Response: I'm happy they were to your taste!
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Response: Fantastic! I had fun putting it together - it was my first ever pocket letter :0)
Response: Clues for finding him: if you watch it on youtube it's in part 10. Also, he is sitting in a chair with a gal on his lap and glowering at the detective. :0) This was a fun swap to do :0)
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Response: Both of those recipes were from the Tassajara Cookbook (which I didn't realize until after I had sent them!)
Response: Keen! I am so glad you appreciated the choice :0)
Happy Swapping!
Response: Perfect! So glad it didn't fall on deaf ears, haha! :0)
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Response: Happy Picard Day to ya!
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Response: You are quite welcome! I made the Little My stamp, but the Moomintroll one was sent to me in a swap, as was the little Totoro sticker.
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Response: Hooray! This is my 3rd year participating in this swap. Fun stuff!
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Response: You are quite welcome- and the Ressikan Flute episode is one of my favorites as well. Plus I am a whistle player :0)
Response: The size was perfect, and it gave the car a silly-innocent gaze
Response: Glad you liked! I thought the quote was pretty cool to go with the wolves.
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Response: Hooray for Weird Al- he sure has fun and it's contagius! :0)
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Glad you enjoyed the ATC. Pencil erasers are good for things like the raindrops and little "x" es to make cross-stitch-looking stuff!
Response: Thanks! And the extra was because I thought you'd like it. I support your rating system
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Response: Such is Randomness! :0)
Response: Oh hooray! Glad she got to you :0)
Response: Tee Hee! I heard that joke back in the 80s when I lived in England. I have a huge soft spot for bizarre English humour :0)
Response: Hooray! Glad you enjoyed it.
Response: Thanks for rating from afar and spotting me a heart! :0)
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Response: You are quite welcome! I was walking around at a marina 2 weeks back and saw a boat that looked like The Minnow and its name was 3 Hour Tour, which cracked me up.
Response: Glad you liked it! There was an online tutorial for drawing the Miami Dolphin that I used. :0)
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Response: I'm so glad you were able to get some inspiration! I'll try the strips and pillow. :0)
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Response: No worries! :0) Fun swap!
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Response: Hooray! The mighty ukulele reigns over fun and happiness :0)
Response: Haha! Tell you how it started: I saw a video of Cesare Cremonini singling "Maggese" when I was on a Lufthansa flight. I fell for him and the song instantly, and when I got home I googled around. That's where I ran into Jovanotti and Max Pezzali, too. :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! :0) As you can see, the Stuck In My Head phenomenon happens to me a lot!
Response: Ah, the noble Trololololol! I am so glad to crack you up with that one :0)
Response: I liked it so much I just made myself a twin one :0) Glad you enjoye it.
Response: Keen! I missed the Nov. one. Wonder when the Dec. one starts up?
Response: Yay! Glad it tickled you!
Some of my favorite Dr Who episodes have Xmas in them.
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I sort of envisioned printing it out, cutting it into strips, and pasting it into a journal at intervals. :0)
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Response: I wish! That's my daughter :0) Meanwhile, I have posted another tidbit for you since those didn't go so well. Look up Kenny Scharf, though. and you'll see some of his Flintstones graffitti :0)
Response: Hooray! It made me happy, too. Once I followed a sea turtle a lit-tle too far out and got scared, and another time I was just snorkling around and came face to face with one out of the murk. Yipes!
Response: Sometimes I play "Mondo" on youtube when I do the dishes. :0)
Response: Yay! So people who collect beer mats are called "tegestologists". Bet you didn't know you were one of those! :0)
Response: Thanks! The wallpaper is a photo I took of a mosaic in an artistic sort of architectural folly on a path by the bay with a great view of downtown San Diego. :0)
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Response: Hooray! Glad it's to your taste. :0)
Response: Keen! I am glad. I go for the woodcut look. :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! Picard's my captain, what can I say :0)
Response: Hooray! :0) These are intriguing swaps, the go-rounds.
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Response: Keen! Thanks for hosting! :0)
Response: What a good idea! :0)
Response: Hooray! I just came up with a plan for my page on the next zine-send this morning!
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Response: So glad you liked! I love the challenge form of swap-bottery. People interpret things in such personal ways.
Response: Cool! They came from one of those page a day calendars. :0)
Response: ...and then Neverwhere :0)
Response: I actually took it down to our local print shop :0) Glad you like! It has got me back on the trail to finishing my deck.
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Response: Hooray! We all deserve a medal for Something! :0)
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Response: Glad you liked! This has been a fun series. :0)
Response: Check out the song on youtube! It's the song of theirs that I think really shows why I love them so.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCgZxrf8nrU&feature=kp
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Response: Glad they tickled you! :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! I may make one for myself :0)
Response: ...and the beer is good, too! :0) Glad you liked it!
Response: I quite agree.
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Response: You are quite welcome! I find that with a format as compact as the ATC the foremost aspect is design. :0)
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Response: I am- Thanks for hosting!
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Response: Cento is a fun process- hope you find it intriguing too!
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Response: Oh Yay! Glad you liked them!
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He was a fun Doctor to watch.
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Response: Keen! I may make myself one if I get the chance. Of course there's always next year's tree...
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I may make myself one like the Trek patch some day!
Response: Hooray! I would love to hear those versions! I wrote it on my D whistle. I had no idea who the theif was going to be until I did the card reading and I just followed it! So glad you liked my package. It's a great group. :0)
Response: Yay! :0) I have had that fabric for quite a while...:0)
Response: I'm glad you liked! I have a necklace just like the one I sent. It just said "heart of the tree" to me.
Response: Yay! :0) Working on the orange now...
Response: Yay! Stamps are fun. I like to try and mix them up.
Response: In my bands it has always been the other person who sings Raglan Road. I get to play the lovely melody on whistle, generally. :0)
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Response: Glad you liked him! I took a picture so maybe I'll post it on the Sparks McGee site. :0)
Response: I hope so, too!
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Response: Yay! Glad you liked it! I am going to make one as well. Message me when you've done yours and we can have them meet virtually :0)
Response: Yay! I like crafts that are useful as well as keen. :0)
Response: I used gesso, acrylic paint and collage (the gold bits were from a chocolate bar wrapper) :0)
Response: Thanks! I love stamps, too, obviously! :0)
Response: Super! I thought that the sailboat one was pretty keen. :0)
Response: I have just picked up the sequel from the library! Glad you liked the card and the written matter!
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Response: I remember the day he went to the Mets from the Dodgers. My husband said, "Sit down, I've got some bad news..." meanwhile across the country his brother came skipping up to his house in transports of delight...
Response: Oh Yay! I was hoping they would be new for people!
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Response: Great! They are truly tasty.:0)
Response: Hooray! Can't wait to meet mine... :0)
Response: Aw, yer makin' me blush!
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Response: Thanks- I left one thing out that I had meant to include: My dad was in an Ed Wood movie...:0)
Response: Here's one I left out: My dad was in an Ed Wood movie!
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Response: Thanks! It was fun to put together.
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Response: There are recipes like Roasted Tribbles! :0)
Response: ...yet best eaten warm!
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Response: I had to photograph them quickly- they were gobbled down in no time!
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Response: Thanks- and yes they are! Limited only by imagination.
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Response: Thanks! I am a long-time tennis maniac (from the wooden racquet years on). The anadiplosis zine was from a swap where we each chose a rhetoric term to make a zine about.
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Response: That's my criteria for a great cover, too. Good covers can be worthwhile as well, such as Alanis Morrissette's cover of The Police's "King of Pain" (which I should have included but spaced out!)
Response: So glad you like them! I thought the background of the stamped one reminded me of summer fireworks. I made the transparency with xerox and packing tape. :0)
Response: Glad you liked! Working on your opus now... :0)
Response: Sweet! We get our growlers filled at Stone. I especially like their smoked porter and their Old Guardian Barleywine!
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Response: Glad you liked! I use tunepal several times a day. Helps keep the set list fresh, too.
Response: It has been pretty useful. I found one several blocks from my house that has become my go-to early dinner. :0)
Response: Great! Glad you liked the packet and the sport. :0)
Response: Cool! Also, feel free to draw a red circle with a slash through it superimposed into the cover image. I spaced it out!
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I realized once I'd shipped them off that I had forgotten to draw on the red circle with slash over the cover image, so feel free to do so on your copy!
Response: Ah! You read the choice of blue paper correctly! Feel free to make a red circle and slash over the cover image as I forgot to!
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PS I forgot to make the red circle and slash over the cover image, so feel free to do so on your copy!
Response: It was fun. :0)
Response: I have faith in you! Just close your eyes and think of what you look forward to in each month.
Enjoy! :0)
Response: You are quite welcome! I thought to myself, "what is it that I have collected that might make a zine?" and tea tags with "words-o-wisdom" got the nod.
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Response: Thanks! The quotes and such that I found were from Yogi, Celestial Seasonings and Good Earth tea bags. The images were from rubber stamps I have!
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Response: If you like Gaiman you might light China Mieville. Kraken is a good one that reminds me of Neverwhere.
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Response: Hooray! I do love gnomes, and this pattern which I found on the web is one I've used a couple of times. I'm glad you liked my package!
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Response: Ha! I seem to use the phone more for photos than for calling people these days,(sadly?)
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Response: Glad you liked them! I have fun with my phone's camera and apps.
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Response: Glad it all suited you!
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Response: Glad you liked it! Yay for purple. :0)
Response: Thanks! I liked him so much I made him a twin!
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Response: Hooray! Thanks for setting up the swap.
Response: And to you also!
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I found the design on line. What a smile, eh?
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Response: Intriguing!
Guess I'd better get working on the next installment!
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Response: Thanks! I've got some swaps pressing at the moment, but we'll see!
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Response: You are quite welcome! I love the challenge-y kinds of swaps.
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Response: Lord of the Flies has become part of the English language as a horrifying image, hasn't it?
Response: Let me know if you discover what it is about!
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Response: Wonderful! Two partners with Mah Jongg memories- plainly it was the right one to send! :0)
Response: Thanks! I like how it turned out, too. I may make one for myself...
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Response: I love the synchronicity of it! I have found some folks to play with here, and we had a field trip to the Skirball center where there was a Mah Jongg In America exhibit.
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Response: Yay! Happy you liked the card. I had fun with the envelope drawing as well. :0)
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Response: Yay! I like how he turned out!
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Response: Gratifying! And thanks for hosting this one.
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Response: especially with the toasted hazelnuts!
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Maybe you could try one when you're all alone sometime!
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I may make one for myself...
Response: Yay! I had fun making the gnome blessing minizine!
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These are fun!
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That roll of lace was a great find at a yard sale. I have been using it for quite some time. Looks like it would make a keen choker, no?
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Response: Yay! I put one like that on my myspace page whenever it was that I decorated up my myspace page (I guess I'd better go check it- it's been like a Year since I did! Must self-curate!)
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I've never successfully completed NaNoWriMo, but I wrote a ton of stuff I really dug (and may yet continue to work on). I do sleep :0) but it never seems like I get enough! Now to clean my house and go get a root canal done...XP
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I think I may attempt a recipe I saw online in March: Guinness-Milk Chocolate Ice Cream!
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Response: Great! I'm glad I gaged it right by your profile. Try The Party by Peter Sellers, too!
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Response: It was quite atmospheric and evocative. Thanks!
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Response: If you ever watch Big Bang Theory you can see the dome of Pasadena City Hall through their apt. window! Mamm. came back in normal range, so yay.
Response: Glad you liked it! The hedgehog suggested itself Immediately and was the first thing I filled in.
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Response: Glad you liked it! I'd like to add that jealousy has its positive side in that when you acknowledge what/who you're jealous of (and why) you can see what you want to add to your life and take positive action. :0)
Response: I know what you mean by the timing thing. Glad you found something to try! Kostova also wrote another book you might want to look up (no Dracula in that one - more about French 19th c. painting).
Response: Yay! Thanks to you for your well-filled-out profile!
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I figured one extra for hosting...
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Response: Glad you liked! I thought it was cute too, and made another for my daughter.
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Response: I learned of Roy Harper when I lived in England many years ago.
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Response: Hooray! I have had a good time making wildly differing hedgehogs with that pattern. :0)
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Response: Hooray! I tried to work with the winter/summer thing as best I could. :0)
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Response: You are quite welcome! I love these wee composition books.
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Response: Thank you for the heart!
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Response: Indeed- I am glad he's had such an amazing year. I have been driving my tennis buddies crazy for 3 years saying,"yeah, but look out for Djokovic- he's going to be great!"
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Response: ...but first read the 5 previous books in the series (it starts with "The Eyre Affair")!
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Response: Fun stuff! Yay for collage!
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Response: Oh, good! Thought the beer (while in a charming green Lucky Buddha shaped bottle) was unremarkable, sigh.....Cool to hear Sarasvati was a good match! My partner sent me Green Tara, and I used to have a large poster of the same image on my dorm room wall ca.1980
Response: No worries- this is a fun hobby! :0) Glad you liked the ATC and book rec.!
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Response: Yes- beeswax crayon rubbings, to be precise. :0)
Response: Yay! I'm glad you liked those in particular. The hedgehog was an early one, carved from a pink eraser, and it makes me smile.
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Response: I was happy to finally up and Do it already!
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Response: I'm on Sea Glass right now!
Response: I'll let you know when I am able to put up the process photos!
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Hopefully I can upload the process photos onto flickr from my phone once I figure out how...
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Response: Ha! I am relieved that you like the moustache and momocle! :0)
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Response: You're welcome - I hope you find something you end up really liking out of that list!
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Response: Oh yay! We do seem to have much in common, it is true!
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Happy Swapping,
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Your colors actually did influence the colors I used, so I'm glad!
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Response: I loved their house-made herbal tonic at the end of the meal. Perfect!
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Well, out of the 2 PCs I got there was only one eye between them. Perhaps these were better sent in envies (or using the paint-on method).
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Don't forget that in the extra I forgot to say "add 1/4c. blue curacao" !!!!
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Response: Yes! All of the Totoros, the trillobites and the winged eyeball are handmade stamps I received in swaps.
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Response: Great! I hope they are your cup-o-tea.
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Response: Either an 8" round cake tin or an 8" x 8" square pan.
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Response: You are quite welcome! Love them trilobites!
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Response: Part of the disguise!
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Response: It was a gift I received in 1981 when I went to a "Debutante you never were" party (wearing a tux) with a guy in a prom dress.
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Response: I haven't had it fresh in 25 years, but I get it in bottles now and then.
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Response: Indeed - it is good stuff!
Cheers!
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Response: Fantastic!I tried to vary the subject matter substantially.
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I may be doing some re-reading soon...
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Response: A.B. is even better fresh!
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Response: Great! (now I want to see Enchanted April again!)
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Glad you liked it.
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Response: My pleasure!
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Response: I'm a DJ at heart (and in the past)!
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Response: Glad to be a blast from the past!
B-b-b=Bird, bird bird....(Bwahaha!)
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Response: I just remembered my grandmother said to chew everything 40 times...
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Thanks for the thoughtful review!
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Response: Glad you enjoyed them!
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Response: These have been fun swaps!
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Response: Did you not get the e-mail? I will try again.
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I found that site as a result of this swap!
Response: Quite silly!
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Response: I'm amazed that both my partners knew Gay Pur-ee! Hooray!
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Response: Good ol' Radiohead!
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Response: Great! Glad you found some new music to enjoy!
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Response: Hooray! I guess I picked a good and prolific band for the project.
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Response: Keen!
Cheers,
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Response: What can I say- years and years of lovin' movies!
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Response: You're welcome! It was a fun swap.
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Response: Thanks! It was fun putting it together.
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Response: Fantastic! It was something I had stuck in my head from youth, and I was lucky enough to find a copy on DVD at the grocery store, of all places!
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Response: Yay! Glad they struck a chord with you, haha!
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Response: Keen!
Glad you liked!
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Response: Nutty stuff, eh?
Cheers!
Response: Glad you like it- Happy New Year!
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Response: Nothing like a cute monster, I say!
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And thanks for turning me onto the eggnog tea!
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Cheers-
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I'll message you.
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Response: Hooray! And it legitimized that bounty of vibrantly-colored trim I picked up at a yard sale last year, too!
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Response: The other thing was an autumn-leaf themed "fascinator" headpiece to wear at Thanksgiving! I'm glad you like the recipes, too!
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Response: Cool!
Made an extra for myself...
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But you have not yet heard the last of me, bwahaha!
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Response: No worries! I usually post at the Montrose PO a matter of blocks away from you!
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Hoped you enjoyed the pun aspect...
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Even in cake form as well, I hope!
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Take care of that neck!
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They were fun to gather.
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Response: Oh, good! At least it wasn't LOST! hyuck hyuck!
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Response: Yay! I used your profile info for inspiration.
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Response: Fun to write!
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Response: Keen! A squeal- just the reaction I was going for!
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Response: Cool! That was one I discovered searching online this morning, so it's new to me, too! That fish/sushi one is indeed super.
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Response: Thanks!
I carved the skeleton key and one of my fellow Hand Carved Stamps members carved the bat!
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Response: I had fun with it!
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(my brother has done the Simpsons storyboards for years and years)
Response: Yay! I had fun making it. The eyes are way '70s, no?
That "3-D" bookmark made me want to see the movie, eventually...
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Response: Super! I've done a couple of ATCs and PCs using the mola method lately, and my daughter just got an assignment to do a mola style papercut in her high school art class yesterday!
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Those ornaments are nice to hang up in the window, as you might imagine.
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Response: On a Fridge?! Awesome!! I am honored.
Sadly it was actually inspired by a newspaper report of the inventor of the Segway meeting his doom by Segway-ing off a cliff Whether or not that was a hoax, I'm now going off to Google it!
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Sneaky little folk, no?
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It seemed like a good way to have my stamp and my other stamp, too.
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Response: You are quite welcome! I had a lot of fun at the brunch bar creating the ultimate oatmeal concoction with add-ons like yogurt, mini chocolate chips, granola, dried cherries, coconut...
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This was a fun ATC idea.
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Response: How well I know...I've tried to erase that song from my mind and it won't go, haha! I was referring to the heated competitions to become the national representative song for France that year.
Cheers!
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I was happy to find a package of those cards at an otherwise mundane store. I'm glad to have like-minded folks to share them with.
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Response: I cut the top one first, lay it over the second one as a guide and cut that, and then the third. Then I lay them over the bottom one.
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Glad you liked it!
Response: Ahh! Glad you liked her. I had some moments of panic when I couldn't find the skirt fabric I'd had in mind, but the stuff I found was even better!
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Response: Interesting! There is a Santa Claus Lane where I grew up.
Response: Thanks! One of the thingsI like best about zines is when the potential subject matter of the content finally occurs to me.
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Response: Oh, good- not TMI, I hope!
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Thanks for hosting this- I learned a lot when I put peoples' tute-lists together.
Response: Keen swap, no? I love learning new stuff.
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The kids at my daughter's school play mah jongg outside the band room this year...
Response: Oh, good! That sock monkey made me want to learn to crochet. :0)
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I think she turned out pretty wild!
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Response: Glad you like them! They came to me as extras in a swap and I thought they were just the thing for this one.
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Response: I saw her on your profile and thought, AHA!
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Response: That one really appealed to me. I will have to make one for myself...
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Response: Yay! The food is great, too! :0)
Response: Excellent!
I was watching the island carefully during the hurricane...eek! Hope your restaurant came through unscathed! :0)
Response: Glad you liked 'em! And your stamp carving prowess is amazing!
Response: All killer, no filler!
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Response: The first book is Finn Family Moomintroll...
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Response: Yay!
This was a fun idea for a swap.
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Response: Hooray for happy toast!
Fun swap idea.
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Response: Glad you enjoyed it!
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Response: Hooray! I thought she was pretty cute, too! They grow many strawberries along the California coast, and there are many examples of anthropomorphized strawberries painted on the roadside stands.
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I will try more padding next go=round.
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Response: Glad you enjoy them! It was based on a piece of graffitti I saw online from either No. England or Belgium (I forget which).
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I think the colours went well.
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Response: Haha! Hope it was relevant!
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...and I just sailed past Seal Beach in a sailboat yesterday!
Response: Cool! Glad it arrived OK.
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Response: Hoho! 2 radically different mermaid ATCs in a row from me!
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Response: Glad you liked the critter!
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I scoured your profile and Hedgehog popped out at me. Being a hedgehog-o-phile from way back ( I made my first hedgie stuffie out of a sock-end in 8th grade) I am glad you enjoy the little blighter!
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Saw you liked kawaii weather so...
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Response: Indeed, I have the book! I picked that image because it seemed to sum up his persona. Glad you liked it!
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Response: I am glad you like them...I went the abstract route!
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Response: Oh, good! He was such a mysterious, cuddly/dangerous character.
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Glad you liked it!
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I think it came out kind of Zetti style...
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Response: That was the idea!
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He's got an identical twin at my house...my daughter loves hers, too.
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Any advice in using stamped images that come from swaps like this?
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Thanks-
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Response: Yee Ha!! Gratifying!
Never having seen a Blythe in real life, I wasn't quite sure how it would sit on her head.
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rooby-rooby-rooooo!!!
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Glad you liked it! I made a brother to it for myself.
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Response: Thanks for introducing me to so many intriguing characters!
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Yeah, I prefer the longer-lasting qualities of the noble eraser as a stamp-carving medium. :0)
Response: Hooray for well-filled-out profiles!
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Glad it all went over well.
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Response: Never too late for Moomins! There's a sense of melancholy there... Tove Jansson also wrote other books for grownups.
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I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great :0)
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IOne of the keen things about swapbot is getting inspiration from other peoples' profiles, so thank You!
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Response: I'm glad it all turned out OK. It ended up being difficult timing, with much travel due to family crises.
Cheers!
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Winter guard is like a Secret Sport because so few people are exposed to it that aren't directly involved. Glad you liked the show!
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I love being inspired by people's profiles!
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Response: Smurfin'-A, Dude! Thanks for the fine review!
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Response: Mr. Hulot will crack you up. If you like that, there's Mon Oncle, too!
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Somewhere in the back of my braaiain I had filed that earthworms had 2 of 'em...
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Response: Yay! Glad you liked them and the mini-zine.
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Response: Keen!
Calcifer is an intriguing character.
Response: I'm glad you like it- I made an extra for myself, truth to tell.
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Response: Keen! It took me a while to figure out a design I liked, so I'm glad you liked it as well.
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Response: I'm glad you like it- There are so many ways to interpret Steampunk aesthetics, and I find that the combination of organic and industrial is what intrigues me.
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I regret not having taken a photo for my mom (the "grandma" in the poem). I'll have to make her one of her own.
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Glad I hit the right notes with it. It was all stuff I liked, too, so it was not a stretch.
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Response: Yay- Gratifying!
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Always a pleasure to swap with you.
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In fact, I thought she looked a little like me, and used a photo of her as my Facebook portrait.
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Response: No problem- glad you enjoyed it- it was fun to have my memory jogged back to the grade-school years.
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Response: I quite agree- how the heck did they think it would ever sell with a name like that? Obviously, "it's-its" are insanely tasty.
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Response: Smufin'-A, dude!
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Response: Yay! Mine, too. As to the technique, it was an experiment I just had to try...
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Response: You are quite welcome. I saw that color and was transported instantly.
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Response: Thanks- I like to use swapbot as a learning experience!
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Happy Library-ing!
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Response: Hope some of them captivate you!
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Response: ...and thank You for running the Moominswaps!
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Response: Thought I'd go the wearable route!
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Response: Yay! They are good ones, I guarantee.
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I am going to make a red twin for it.
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Response: Yay! One was a tale I concocted for my daughter's amusement, and the other I learned newly for the swap. :0)
Response: Haha! I was glad I'd checked your profile before you thinned it down.
Response: Cool! You have come up with some evocative swap subjects, and I have loved the Imagine! group.
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Response: You're welcome...those are 2 of my favorite jokes.
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Response: No problem- glad you liked it!
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Response: I'm so glad you had some fun with them! One of the keen things about the Men Without Hats video is that the link is on a site with other '80s whatnot, if you feel like delving in there.
Cheers!
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Response: Keen!
They've been a hobby of mine for the past, er, 32 years or so!
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Fun stuff!
Response: Hooray! I am delighted!
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Response: Haha! Guess so! I love the spirit of that video.
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Sometimes it's a challenge to find content for these little zines!
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I fell in love with her myself. I shall have to fashion her a sister.
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Response: The Flash has always been a big favorite, along with Thor and The 8 Man.
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I was determined that the medal should be for Undead Disposal, and when I saw the wee hacksaw charm at The Folk Tree...perfect!
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Response: Keen!
The woman's image came from an ad for a tea house, of all things! The Scarlet Tea House...bwahaha!
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Response: You're welcome! I love learning new skills.
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Response: Hey! Glad you liked it all!
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I like the blue-faced guy on the smaller bookmark...
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Sounded from your profile like you might.
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Glad you like them.
Cheers!
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Glad for the outlet!
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Response: Heehee!
I had the "foot" shape and was casting about for something to add to it when I happened upon that wacky image of Prince! Glad you liked it!
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Response: Thanks!
I only have the one Mountain Goats CD. I like dthe Magnetic Fields stuff I heard online.
Cheers!
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Response: Glad you liked it! I may have to make myself one like it...
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Response: Yay!
I'll be roasting the butternut squash tonight...
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Response: Hooray!
This was a fun swap. I have become quite zine-addicted.
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Response: Glad you liked it! It was fun to research.
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Response: And adventurous, apparently!
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Response: Thanks!
Coming up with content is the primary challenge!
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The image is from a carved wooden stamp.
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Response: Hooray!
Content-That's always the challenge in Zines, isn't it?
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Response: Glad you liked it!
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It was fun finding alla that stuff out.
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Response: Yay! This was an intriguing swap.
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Response: I love to recycle things!
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Response: Thanks!
I got my head of white hair early in life.
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Response: Yay!
Glad you liked 'em.
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Response: Hooray!
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I tried to be somewhat eclectic with it.
Response: Glad you liked it- and thanks for hosting this series. FInally finished my personal majors with this card.
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Response: You are welcome!
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Response: Keen! I've found it quite rewarding.
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Response: Hooray!
I learned to do it through a swap-bot swap. There's a Flickr tutorial.
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Response: I learned about them on swap-bot, and a Flickr tutorial. Fun stuff!
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Response: Hope you find stuff on there to love!
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Response: Glad you like!
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Response: You're welcome!
I thought the wind-blown look suited him.
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Response: You are quite welcome...and now I should go read my cards...
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Response: You are quite welcome. They are favorites, and luckily I have an avocado tree for the guacamole!
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Response: Hooray! Most gratifying to my inner DJ!
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Response: Glad you like!
The recipes are faves of mine, and I like using stamps from my hoard thereof.
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Response: Why, thank you! 'Tis a lifelong passion...
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Response: The cats do have a goblin-y appeal, I thought!
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Response: You are quite welcome! Fun idea, no?
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Response: Cool! I'm glad it seemed appropriate.
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Response: You are quite welcome! I love this series.
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Response: Ha! Glad you liked it!
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Response: Cool!
It was a great swap idea.
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Response: You're quite welcome!
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Response: Oh good-
I love dragonflies myself.
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Response: Thanks- It was fun to put together. Now I don't have to explain my obsession, I just fork over the zine!
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Response: Glad you liked them!
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Response: Glad you enjoy it!
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Response: I agree-
and now I'm looking forward to the next Moominswap!
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Response: Wow! You sure got that quickly! Go USPS!
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Response: As have I !
Cheers-
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Response: Yay!
I make it in the winter, typically. I don't know why, but I guess that's when I make desserts.
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Response: Glad you like it!
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Fun swap idea.
Response: Oh, good! I took a long time (down to the wire, actually) deciding what to do.
Yay!
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Response: Fun swap idea!
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Response: Ahh, sherry...a swell invention!
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Response: Bwahaha!
The pear juice one is from a vegetarian restaurant in York from when I lived there in the '80s. I wish I could remember the rest of it...
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I loved the way they came out.
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Response: Cool!
I like the rustic qualities and the instant- gratification-for-cheap aspect. I get the erasers in packages of 5 at the 1.99 store.
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Response: You are quite welcome. Went last night, as a matter of fact! :0) Fun stuff!
Response: That's what I was aiming for!
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Response: Blush!
Last night I made my King of Cups with an image of the Dalai Lama kissing a penguin that I found online...
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Response: Glad you liked it, and thanks for the heart!
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Response: You are quite welcome! I love those "50th anniversary of Take Me Out To The Ballgame" stamps. So nostalgic!
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Response: Yay!
I kinda put the Swap-bot envie logo's face on that strawberry.
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Response: Yay!
I thought the face was cute, too. I've been putting it on other things now.
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Response: You are welcome. Hopefully the enthusiasm I have for my personal obsession comes through!
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I kept with the medieval theme...
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Response: Glad you liked it!
Hooray for spring!
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Response: Hooray!
It was a fun one.
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Response: You should dig them up and give them a tootle!
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Response: You are quite welcome!
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Response: Glad you liked it! It was my first non-single-sheet-of-paper zine.
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Response: Thanks! I do love that Steampunk aesthetic.
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Response: Yay!
That's the challenge of zines...coming up with CONTENT!
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Response: Glad you liked it! Thanks for the well-filled-out profile from which to draw inspiration.
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Response: Keen! Glad it worked for you, too!
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Response: Glad you liked! I hosted a squeezebox music swap in the past and had a lot to draw from on that front.
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Response: I was inspired by some images of grafitti in the UK. I originally designed it for the Devil card of my personal tarot.
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Response: Well-filled-out profiles are great. That's how I knew to send the foreign paper.
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Response: Great! Glad you liked it.
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Response: Hooray!
I do love Calvino, and especially Invisible Cities.
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Response: Thanks for the suggestion- I also love Hedningarna. Glad you were able to find some new gems!
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Response: You are welcome. Fun swap!
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Response: Great!
It's an eclectic mix, so I hope there's something in it for you to find and love.
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Response: Ha! It's buried somewhere within your profile. I was glad you did, because that's the card that came up for you.
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Response: Yes- it was indeed a packing tape transfer. Glad you like the Korean text. It is easily available where I live.
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Response: Why, thank you so much!
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Response: Blush-o-matic!!
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Response: You are welcome!
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Response: Keen! Glad you liked the critter! I ended up making one for my daughter as well.
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Response: Hooray!
I like to add explanations for the images I choose.
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Response: You are quite welcome. Have a nice weekend!
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Response: I had to really curtail myself, too, if you can feature that! (haha "feature"....)
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Response: I know what you mean about the flower candle! I had the same response when I found it. As to the fairy wishes, I made them all up myself. You can always add glitter if you like. :0)
Response: Thanks!
And as to the stamps, I saw it in your profile, so...
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Response: Glad you liked it! I am determined to finish making my deck within 2009. Fingers crossed!
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Response: Great! If you have any questions, or want to find a certain genre drop me a message.
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Response: Yay! Glad you liked it. I'll go check out your majors.
Thanks for swapping,
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Response: Yay!
I was glad for the excuse to get my favorite!
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Response: Thanks- mine, too!
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Response: Yay!
I am pleased with that stamp. They are fun to carve.
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Response: Kiitos!
Glad you liked my packet! Intriguing review of Hershey's- I brought some to a friend in England once who wanted to taste the stuff his mother remembered American G.I.s giving the local children.
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Response: 'Twas a pleasure- and thanks for being in my swap!
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Response: Thanks!
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It was fun to make.
Response: Glad you liked them!
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Response: Glad you enjoyed it- it's my first non-single-page zine. :0)
Response: Glad you enjoyed it!
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Response: Ehhhxcellent!
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Response: That's what a well-filled-out profile helps with, no?
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Response: Ah, what a world!
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Response: Wow! It got there fast!
I love the vast variety of Yogi teas, and am partial to the Egyptian Licorice Mint, myself.
Glad you liked!
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Response: Blush-o-matic!
I guess you can tell that I enjoyed conjuring it up!
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Wabi Sabi is a concept dear to my heart.
Response: Glad you liked!
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Response: You're welcome- I will miss the little blighter!
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Response: Aren't they cool? I get so happy when I find them in good condition.
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Response: Glad you liked it!
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Response: Give it a try- inspiration is all around. For the hedgehog, I used a pink eraser.
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Response: Gathered the magenta and pink from your moniker, haha!
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Response: I'm glad you like it- I went with things from your profile. I love the way it came out, too.
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Response: Glad you liked it!
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Response: They may try to sail to Hawai'i in it!
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Response: Sounds good to me!
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Response: Glad you liked it! Fun to assemble. Archie McPhee inspired.
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Response: Yay!
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I guess it was destined to arrive today no matter what!
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Response: Haha!
You are both welcome.
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Response: You are quite welcome. It was fun to assemble (and do try the Szechwan green beans- they are awesome, and I never use that word!)
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Response: Cool! And I suppose you recognized the crow stamp...
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Response: Hooray! I have one just like it, myself.
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Response: Thanks- I liked the way it turned out.
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Response: Hey, Thanks!
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Response: Hee hee- those were fun! How DID he get to the moon! (With his goose, of course!)
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Response: Glad they all arrived OK to such a distant shore. :0)
Response: Keen!
I love the Steampunk aesthetic, and I'm also doing NaNoWriMo!
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Response: Glad you liked them!
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Response: Zoinks! I am bowled-over! So glad you like the feather piece and wingy pin.Huzzah!
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Response: Yay!
I am a Froud-Faery lover myself.
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Response: Keen!
I like these challenges. They are an excellent excuse to be eclectic.
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Response: Fancy that!
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Response: Cool! Hope it's inspirational.
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Response: You're quite welcome! It was my first zine attempt, and I couldn't decide which approach to take, so I did 2 different ones.
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Response: Glad you liked them!
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Response: Excellent!
It was an intriguing concept with a lot of interpretation available.
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Response: HeeHee!Glad you liked it.
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He's a model in a yoga clothing pamphlet.
Response: Glad you liked it!
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Response: Thanks to You for setting up the swap. I love swaps that get me off my butt and looking around at the world in different ways.
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Response: I was taking a break from the playing to snap the photo!I may go back again this winter.:0)
Response: Yay!
I've been signing up for all of these.
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Response: Sometimes it gets you to eat intriguing new foods!
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Response: I should find out how they are to be used...
Response: Glad you liked it!
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Response: Glad you liked them!
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Response: Cute, No?
I made my daughter one as well.
Cheers!
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Response: Thanks on all counts!
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Response: I'm glad they arrived safely!
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Response: AHAAH are great! They've been living in Eastern Europe lately.
Haven't heard of Alec Redfern and the Eyesores...I am intrigued!
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Response: Oh Yay! I was hoping you'd like it.
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Response: Cool! Glad you were able to root some cashews out of the mixed nuts of the scavenger hunt! One never knows...
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Response: OMG! I didn't even think about it being a kangaroo! What a scream!
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Response: You're welcome!
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Response: Glad you enjoyed it!
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Response: I'm glad it got to you OK!
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Response: Thanks!
It's kind of a zentangle monster-
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Response: Sweet! Glad you like!
The "earrings" represent moons.
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Response: So glad it worked for you- and now I have a new skill!
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Response: Glad you liked it!
I thought Simon made a good Emperor, and put Alexander on there just for good measure. :0)
The background was made from paper towel, painted with metallic acrylics, torn up, and glued down.
Response: You're welcome!
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Response: Bonus!
I was going for Totally Weird.
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Response: ...from having had too much fun, I hope?
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Response: Haha! Wanted to get a shade beyond the most obvious :0)
Glad you liked it.
Response: Yay!
Meditative fun. :0)
Response: Shirley was a fun choice.
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Response: Thankee kindly! They were fun to do, and I had no idea where I was going with them when I started. :0)
Response: Great! You like the "Round peg/ square hole" idea?
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Response: Yay- I liked the design as well and made an extra for myself. :0)
Response: Glad you like it!
Thanks for hosting this series. I feel I've done some of my best work over its course and learned a lot.
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Response: They cracked me up!
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Response: yes- the local stickler is insisting on "PMB" before the box number.
Response: Lady, you just made my day!
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It works, doesn't it?
Response: Thanks- it was pretty trippy. I made one for myself, also.
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Response: Hooray!
They were actually portaits !
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Response: Yay!
The books are quite intriguing.
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Response: I am glad you liked it. It felt serene to me. :0)
Response: You're welcome!
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Response: You are quite welcome!
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Response: Ah, yes... She's an early adoptress of the dreadlock style.
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Response: Thanks!
I have been having a load of fun with this ongoing swap.
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Response: HaHa! I was just reading the description of the Knight of Wands and that's who popped into my brain.
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Response: Glad you liked it. Summer Solstice is my favorite holiday.
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Response: Great!
Those cards were fun to do.
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Response: Glad you liked them.
The underground men were some of my family.
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Response: Hooray!
Those were fun.
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Response: This series has been a fave of mine.
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Response: Huzzah! On to the next...
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Response: Splendid!
My, I must say that the post is moving quickly this week!
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Response: I'm glad you liked it. Those are fun to do.
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Response: Thank you!
I'm glad you appreciated it.
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Response: Gotta sneak the Steampunk imagery in the deck somehow!
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Response: Fingers crossed for you!
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Response: Thank you!I'm glad you liked it.
And thank You for heart #200.
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Response: Hooray! Love them gnomes.
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Response: Hooray!If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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Response: They were quite a find, those cards!I'm happy it was well-received.
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Response: Keen! I like these not-quite-random scavenger-hunt-y challenges.
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Response: I just love that whole image.Glad you like it, too.
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Response: Hooray! I wasn't sure they'd arrive...
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Response: I'm glad they tickled you!
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Response: Hey- you're most welcome. :0)
Response: It's beautiful, as is Kings' Canyon, too.
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Response: Yay! He seems to be going over well...
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Response: Hee Hee!
I bet you'd like my Queen of Pentacles card which portrays Ed Begley, Jr. and recycling/green energy imagery.
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Response: It had a toy-like look to it...
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Response: Glad you like it- I bought it at their gift shop last week.
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Response: You're welcome- architectural history is dear to my heart- especially the stuff concocted with visionary ideals.
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Response: Hey- you're welcome! :0)
Response: Glad you liked 'em!
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Response: I'm with you on that, for sure!
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Response: Cool! Glad it was well-received. :0)
Response: I love Steampunk aesthetics! I like to hear how people make their art, too. Glad you liked them!
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Response: Keen!
Love the scavenger hunts. They make me peruse the collection in a new way.
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Response: Glad you like them!
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Response: Hooray! They were fun and addictive.
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Response: Thanks!
It's a fun aesthetic.
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Response: Phew! I wasn't sure how it would come through the mail. Experimental.
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Response: Yay! They were fun to do. I liked the wee format.
Response: Hooray! I saw it and couldn't leave it there languishing.
That's so funny about the card. :0)
Response: Me,too! Looks kind of steampunk to me, and the fez is the icing on the cake!
Response: Oh, good! Here's hoping you have a Happy Rag Rug Day when it comes around, :0)
Response: Glad you like it!
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Response: Oh, good! Especially coming from you, this means a lot.
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Response: I have no idea! I collected the image a while back but I can't remember where I got it. It steams fairly steampunk to me...
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Response: So glad you liked it!
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Response: Yay! Glad you enjoy it! It's obviously my favorite...
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Response: Newman may have actually painted some of "Blue Poles", or so I read...
Response: Hooray! Glad you enjoy it.
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Response: Hey, thanks!
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Response: Some people's profiles make it easy!
Glad you liked it- it cracked me up.:0)
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Response: Arrgh! Such are the risks of naked mail.
Response: Why, you're quite welcome!
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Response: Why, thank you so much! Earth-wide music is a favorite subject of mine !
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Response: I'm glad you liked it!
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Response: Blush!Glad you liked it!
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Response: Thanks
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It was a fun swap.
Response: Glad you like it!
Response: I like a challenge!
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Response: Thank you.
It's very different from the others. No collage this time.
Response: Just the ssrt of response I was hoping for!
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Response: Thanks-
It was fun to recall.
Response: Thanks!I've really been loving this series. Making a personal deck has been something I'd always wanted to try but hadn't had the impetus to begin.I have been trying to make the cards both personal to me and universally intelligible.
Response: Yay! Happy Year of the Rat!
Response: Thanks!
I may not have reached the 50K mark, but some amazing stuff came out of the whole experience.(NaNoWriMo)
Response: The crown is my favorite part.:0)
Response: On the rocks, with salt!
Response: Glad you like them!
Response: Yay!
I love Hamtaro, what can I say?
Response: Haha! That ws the one that took me the longest, so I guess it paid off! :0)
Thanks
Response: I'm so glad you love it too! I got the beautiful blue spiral fabric in a swap nearly a year ago and I've been using it for all sorts of things.
Response: Thanks!
I was perusing the list of cards that needed doing still and it was just the thing for me personally.
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Response: Hooray! Love them gnomes!
Response: Glad you liked it! Just cried out for a tiara, no?
Response: Yay! Glad you liked my eclectic bundle.
Response: Cool! I love it when that happens!
Response: Thanks! I tried to coin som useful new swears. :0)
Response: This was a fun one! glad you liked 'em, :0)
Response: Cool! I'm glad I added that note!
Response: Yay! I used to eat those muffins at the restaurant I mentioned and they kept me coming back for more...
Response: It's origami paper- I buy it in Little Tokyo. Glad you like them!
Response: Coming from you, that means a Lot!!
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Response: Yeehaw!
(I confess, I made one for myself as well...)
Response: Huzzah! It got through!
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That's what full profiles are for...
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Response: Great idea for a swap!
Response: Haha! Always looking for a way to slip a gnome in there!
Response: I'm glad it came through the mail OK!
Response: Shows what I know, haha!
Response: Glad you liked it!
Response: Yay!Did I give you a list of the artists? If not, let me know and I'll provide it for you.
Response: Gratifying!
Glad you enjoy it!
Response: Gratifying!
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Response: Wow! Got there fast!
Response: Glad you like it- I ended up making its twin for myself afterwards!
Response: I love haiku!
Thanks
Response: My first matchbox shrine! I love learning new techniques and media. Glad you like it, I did, too.
Response: Clearly! I was a jellyfish in a parade once! :0)
Response: Haha! Perfect! My girl is in love with the monkey that came to us from Bev in Australia!
Response: Yay! I remembered you liked Indian stuff from the rainbow detective swap...
Response: The star-shaped cnned salmon dish on the front just killed me- I'm glad you liked it too.
Response: Yay-Gratifying!
Response: You're welcome-There was another factoid I had wanted to share but spaced- There's an all women group in San Francisco who perform Shakespeare.