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Panda1122

Panda1122
Date Joined: February 25, 2021
Last Online: December 23, 2024

Country: United States
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About Me

Hello (◍•ᴗ•◍) to all who may read this!!

As you may guess from my SB name... I ❤ love pandas 🐼 and I used to collect anything stationary/craft related to pandas. My IG account is even panda related ... see link above. The panda interest all started when I chose "Panda" as my camp counselor name from Girl Scouts a few years ago and it has stuck.

I am 50 years old. I'm married and have a daughter who is a young adult is now attending college. I work full time in the public schools as a therapist for children with special needs. My husband is an over the road truck driver.

SWAPPING📌 Where will I swap -- Is Antarctica too far?? Yes, I am willing to swap internationally.

INCOMING SWAPS-- I try to rate within 24 hours of receiving swaps. If I haven't rated and you have sent... please send me a message and I will double check my log. I am a patient swapper and realize things get returned, lost and otherwise stuck in the various postal service systems of the world. Also, I realize life happens and delays happen from time to time. Just send me a message and all will be well. I will always contact others before rating anything other than a 5, but thankfully that has been a rare occurrence. 💙 Anything sent with effort and friendship in mind is appreciated. (◍•ᴗ•◍) 💙

OUTGOING SWAPS-- PLEASE send me a message if you don't receive a swap from me. I'm happy to resend if something goes amiss. I do mark sent on the day the item goes into my mailbox. May be picked up by the post office the next day or two days later if there's a holiday. I do try to send out my swaps to the recipients as the partners are posted if they are non-profile based and days before the mail out deadline is they are profile based. If you receive something that isn't your taste and it's a non-profile based swap... kindly just pass on to the next person.

PRIVATE SWAPS 📌 Are you interested in swapping something I have on my ABC likes list? Are you new to Swapbot and need to build up your ratings and want to do a simple swap? Just message me and maybe we can agree on a snail mail swap and I can set up the private swap. (I'm not interested in email, bling your profile type swaps at the moment).

CRAFTING HISTORY 📌 I've put together personal scrapbooks for the last 20 years... and used to have many many snail mail pen pals. I make, write in and decorate my own handmade journals now. I have a love of stationary and stickers that spans my life since grade school. I also am a novice crocheter and I love most crafts that require paper... flip books, junk journals. ephemera etc.

HOT TOPICS 📌 I am an open minded, but not easily swayed individual. I am a straight, Christian (spiritual but not religious. Raised Catholic), politically unconservative woman that is also Asian-American and that lives in the USA/Mexico border. I am proud to be a LGBTQIA2S+ Ally. Nice is nice and I truly believe that variety makes the world an interesting place. 👍🏼♥️ Love is love. 🌈 Be kind to ALL.

I am strong in my beliefs but enjoy other points of view and respectful debate. If your interests, age group, culture, race and/or lifestyle are different then mine that's a BONUS to me. I have many close friends that live different than I do and I love learning about new people, their cultures and differing points of view.

Zero tolerance for racism, misogynic, hate or other views that limit entire groups of people from society. Our differences are our strength. There really is room for ALL at the table.

Likes: 💗See ABC likes list below

Dislikes: 👎🏼Themes as follows: Mushrooms (but most nature/woodland is great); cats; snakes; tarot, witches, magic, clown or political items. 👎🏼I'm not a fan of yellow... especially neon/bright yellows. Touches of yellow are fine. 👎🏼Items that smell of smoke. 👎🏼Please don't send loose glitter or sequins. It gets all over my area/crafts and my fluffy pets.

Favorite Music

I like upbeat and thought provoking music from just about any genre/language. Favorites are country, rock, pop, music from musicals (Hamilton, The Greatest Showman, Guys and Dolls; Mama Mia, Moana) and Christian music.

I love ❤❤❤ to swap playlists as listening to new music can be great fun. I'm currently really into Fall Out Boy, Andy Grammer (going to see him in March 2025!), Teddy Swims and fellow Filipino American Olivia Rodrigo!

Favorite Books

I listen to audio books when I doing chores or exercising. Recommendations are appreciated. Recent favorite books include: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klume and Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus.

I collect and use cookbooks: Skinnytaste Air Fryer, Hungry Girl Simply 6; Pioneer Woman, 5 Ingredient Semi-Homemade and The Hell's Kitchen Cookbook are my favorites.

Favorite Television

Reality shows (Survivor; Amazing Race; Top Chef; Love Island USA/UK/Australia; 90 Day Fiancé, Traitors, Love is Blind), dramas related to medicine (Grey's Anatomy, Station 19, New Amsterdam, The Good Doctor) and other types of series (Downton Abbey; Call the Midwife; Virgin River, Bridgerton).

Does YouTube count as television? I love listening/watching others craft while I'm crafting. I enjoy following along with the tutorials... But also to just have the videos on in the background. My crafting favorites include: megsjournals, Sevenplaza, Camelia Crafts Designs, 49dragonflies, Luise Heinzl, Amity Bloom, ShanoukiArt, Treasure Books and Ceri the Crafter.

ABC likes

A: Art, acrylic painting, animals, Alaska, atlas book pages

B: Bible, blue 🔵, black ⚫, botanicals, butterflies, bees, birds, beaches, burlap, boba tea, babies, boating, Broadway musicals, books

C: creativity, crochet, cooking, coffee, cappuccino, campers/camping, children, cards, cruises, clouded snow leopards, Chicago Bears/Cubs, chocolate, camping

D: dogs, dragonflies, die cuts, desserts, doilies

E: elephants, home made/craft store bought envelopes, embellishments, exercise, echo park, espresso, embroidery

F: flip books, flowers, friendship, flamingos, football, fellowship, foreign languages (book pages, brochures etc.), fabric with small images.

G: gorjuss girls, grey, geology, graphic45, globes, gesso, glamourous items, gudetama

H: Hobonichi planners, hiking, Heidi Swapp, Holy Trinity, healthy lifestyle

I: stamping ink, international mail, Instagram

J: Jesus, junk journals, journals,

K: koalas, kindness, kings, Kung Fu panda, kids, kitchens (retro), keys

L: lavender, lace, light houses, layers, Las Vegas, libraries

M: maps, sheet music, music, mixed media, movies, musicals, markers, Mulan, Tombow markers, magazine images for glue book, Mary Engelbreit

N: nutrition, navy blue, national parks (USA), nature, noncaff tea, napkins for decoupauge, New Mexico, NMSU

O: optimism, otters, oceans, Olympics

P: pandas, Philippines, purple 🟣, painting, pocket letters, planners, pink 🩷, plants, play lists, pens, pink fresh studio, Peloton, prayers, postcards, purses, phones

Q: quotes, queens

R: rickrack, roses, ribbons, RVs, road trips, retro, rabbits, Rocky Mtn NP, rubber stamps, rain, rainbows

S: sewing on paper, stickers, stationary for letter writing, scrapbooking, snail mail, cling rubber stamps, shabby, sparkle, Sanrio (hello kitty may be the only cat I like), soccer, sparkle, swap sheets, stamped quotes, sentiments, sari silk, sunsets

T: trees, travel, turtles, typewriters, tags, tea, theatre, travel brochures/books, Tim Holtz

U: umbrellas, USA

V: vintage looking items, authentic vintage items, vellum, vans, vegetarian/vegan recipes, VR games

W: watercolor paints/markers, washi tape/stickers, whales, weather (rain, snow, clouds), white ⚪, wax seals, wooden stamps, words

X: xeriscape landscaping (I do live in a desert)

Y: YouTube tutorials/recommendations, yummy treats (no food allergies here), yarns samples with texture, Yellowstone NP

Z: zoo animals, zen, zebras, Zion NP

Favorite Places I've Been

I grew up in Illinois. Went to college in Iowa. Lived in New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Arizona after graduation prior to moving to Texas.

When I have breaks from my job in the schools I love 💟 to travel. We own a small motorhome and love to get out on the open road whenever we have a chance. While we have a loose agenda, I love it that we rarely make reservations and usually just go where we want to on the spur of the moment. I dream of doing the same when we retire. (fingers crossed I'll retire in 2036). Our class B RV has solar and we "boondock" most days so we rarely need campground reservations and it's small enough that I do share in the driving.

I've been all over the United States including Alaska. Some of my favorite US destinations include: Seattle (we eloped there!) Las Vegas, San Francisco, Yellowstone National Park, Big Sur California, Chicago and New Orleans.

Internationally I've visited: Barcelona, Spain; London, England; Mexico, Canada, Jamaica and the Philippines. I dream of visiting Japan, Australia, the Galapagos Islands and Italy.

Other interests

💟 I do eat meat, but eat vegetarian many days a week and try to eat primarily plant based as well.

💟 I believe the more active I am... the longer I will stay active as I age. I love to hike as well as I enjoy VR Cardio games (Supernatural) and I'm active on StepBet.

Ratings

Meeshywii rated for Just Randomness- Oct 2024 on Dec 22, 2024
5
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Csomma827 rated for YTPC: 1-Sheet+ Wonder Folio US on Dec 5, 2024
5
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Comment: Absolutely lovely folio. I really like the vintage theme and your sewing is superb. 💕💕
Response: Thanks for rating, the kind words and the heart ! ❤️❤️❤️
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Comment: Thank you for a very lovely swap.
Response: You are welcome. Thanks for rating and the heart ❤️❤️❤️
Sequoia183 rated for YTPC: Junk Journal Flips US ONLY on Nov 24, 2024
5
rating
Comment: This was such an interesting swap, thank you!
Response: You are welcome. Thanks for rating and the heart ❤️❤️❤️
grammypammy rated for RAKS ~ November 2024 on Nov 23, 2024
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Comment: I have received all 3 of the RAKs and let me just say, you were an awesome partner! I so appreciated everything! The project life cards will be used in my paper crafts, the 52 week Bible study book will be used for my 2025 year and the adorable handmade Christmas Tags are just too cute to use or giveaway, I'll probably hang on to them as a keepsake from you! Thank you for all the goodies and thanks for being such a great group member and swapper! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
Response: I'm so glad you liked everything I sent you. I had to spoil you a bit since you put so much effort and time into my favorite group on SB! Take care and thank you for the kind words ❤️❤️❤️
5
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Comment: Thank you for the card and stencil/stickers! Thanks for joining this swap!
Response: You are welcome. Thanks for rating and the heart ❤️❤️❤️
riverwatcher rated for SI ~ Alphabet Swap ~ Letter A on Nov 12, 2024
5
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Comment: Thanks for the nice swap. I particularly like the angels and cute holder.
Response: You are welcome. Thanks for rating and the heart ❤️❤️❤️
riverwatcher rated for RAKS ~ October 2024 on Nov 7, 2024
5
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Comment: Thank you for everything!
Response: You are welcome :) Thanks for rating and the heart 🐼🩷🐼
5
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Comment: Thank you! I loved getting the German postcard. I have friends in Bavaria... and I should really go back to learning German, even if I don't use it very often.
Response: You are welcome. I am so pleased you like what I sent. German seems like a difficult language to learn... But if you have friends in Bavaria maybe then can help ;) Take care, Barbara
Winter02 rated for 20 UGLY STICKERS #7 on Oct 29, 2024
5
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Comment: Thank you!
Response: You are welcome. Thanks for rating :)
Ikat78 rated for IFM: Postcard With a Quote on Oct 28, 2024
5
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Comment: What a cool pc! Nathaniel Hawthorne…I love the quotes you chose. Especially, “Be a voice, not an echo.” Albert Einstein Thank you!
Response: I'm so glad that you like the postcard I chose for you. It's been waiting in my stash for just the right person. Thanks for rating and the heart!
ÇisnerosV rated for YTPC: 6x6 Pocket Book US on Oct 25, 2024
5
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Comment: Just wanted you to know I received this swap. I love it thank you for the lovely book. It's so cute.
Response: You are welcome. I'm so glad that you like it. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼
fourgnomesinatrenchcoat rated for Quick Folio on Oct 24, 2024
5
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Comment: Thanks so much! I love it SO much! The papers and the tags absolutely beautiful!
Response: You are welcome. I'm so glad that you like it. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼
5
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Comment: Thank you.
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼
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Comment: Thanks Barbara! love the papers and fun you sent me.
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating and I am so happy you like what I sent! 🐼🩷🐼
5
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Comment: I love the postcards, thank you! :)
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼
5
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Comment: Thanks for the very nice card selection. Greetings from Upstate NY. Health and Happiness be yours. Dave
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating 🐼
Karinasilva rated for 3 Things In An Envelope #20 on Sep 27, 2024
5
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Comment: Thank you so much for the awesome and lovely goodies! I loved the stickers and the notecard! Have a good day!!
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼
5
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Comment: Thanks for the postcard! I will try Greenlights. I recently listend to All My Knotted Up Life by Beth Moore. I just recently started listening to audiobooks. Take care, Robyn
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼
notapanda rated for 3 Things In An Envelope #20 on Sep 24, 2024
5
rating
Comment: thank you, everything came safely!
Response: You are welcome. Thank you for rating and the heart!! 🐼🩷🐼

Rating Overview

Overall Hearts Stars Hosted
5.0000 463 8 8
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278 534 0 0
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Uncategorized
2 96 180 0
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Comments

Mimi7 on Dec 23, 2024:

RAK's ONLY Received the wonderful rubber stamps today. Thanks so much!! Happy Holidays!!

bpl76 on Dec 11, 2024:

Thank you for my AATW wish Waiting for my birthday to open again thank you!!

Zefaniya on Dec 6, 2024:

Thank you for the November AATW for vintage playing cards!

JuneRosebud on Nov 30, 2024:

Barbara, Thank you for the Nov RAK#2 Floral ephemera destash. Winner to be called on 11/22. I love flowers & these items will be put to good use. RAKS ONLY USA

Mystyne on Nov 26, 2024:

Thank you for the Nov RAK. The animal notecards will go to good use.

monsbrick on Nov 23, 2024:

Thank you for my Snailed It: RAK Tag. I love them all the holiday fussy cut tags and even the mini shopping bag is so soft it feels sueded!

armadillogal on Nov 20, 2024:

Thanks for my wish-those stickers are gorgeous! Love the kitty pc.

Poohtat on Nov 14, 2024:

Thank you for the Nov AATW wishes. I am sorry for the loss of your Mother. It is hard. Thank you for the goodies along with your note. Happy swapping

theshyone on Nov 5, 2024:

Just got your Oct RAK #2 (mushroom washi stickers) and just love them!!! Thank you for your generosity! Included were more Kawaii notes, in case I did not get your Sept RAK, which was so, so, so sweet! Obviously, I received them 2 days after you sent this one (for which I feel bad, talk about terrible timing!) But of course, you are just too sweet! Thank you ~ hugs ᡣ𐭩ᡣ𐭩ᡣ𐭩

JuneRosebud on Oct 31, 2024:

Barbara, Thank you for the vintage math flash cards on RAKS ONLY USA. These are great; funny, I don't remember ever seeing anything like these when I went to school. October RAK#3 Vintage Math 9”x3” flashcards . Winners called 10/22....

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