TerryONB

Several years ago we moved from Oregon to be near our son and grandchildren in Florida. We live on the beautiful Gulf of Mexico, or the Emerald Coast as it is called here.

Besides many kinds of art, I like spending time with family, genealogy, reading, and container gardening. It is much too hot in the summer for me to garden outdoors so I like caring for my indoor plants in the living room bay window. I also enjoy sending and receiving postcards through Postcrossing.

My art journey began when I started scrapbooking over ten years ago. That quickly morphed into mixed media art. The first thing I started making and swapping many years ago was ATCs. ATCs and postcards are now my favorite thing to make. I have taken some art classes and used to love attending Art & Soul when in Oregon. Living in a smaller town now, I occasionally take an online class. I enjoy learning new techniques and skills but my favorite is collage. Besides ATCs and postcards, I like making inchies, ATcoins, gelli plate prints, and more. My favorite supplies are acrylic paints, oil pastels, and vintage ephemera.

My goal is to learn more about making abstract art, as well as handmade books and journals.

My husband and I are animal lovers, especially cats and dogs. We lost our sweet lab Sophie, a rescue, in early 2024. Then we adopted another lab, Zoey, who is a lovable cuddler. We like to adopt older dogs no one else wants, then give them the best life we can.

Although I appreciate the thought, I don't need extras. I don't give ratings based on them. I have gobs of papers and, honestly, just don't need more.

To borrow the alphabetized format of a friend whose profile style I admire, these are some of the things I like. (This list is a work in progress.)

A. ATCs, ATcoins, altered books, abstract art, add and pass booklets/postcards, art dolls.

B. Beaches, birds, books (vintage), botanical prints, blue.

C. Collage, collaborations, chickens, cave art (ancient), castles, cats, cemeteries (the older the better), camels, cows, citrus green, circles.

D. Deer, dogs, donkeys, decos.

E. Elephants; ephemera (vintage); envelopes (vintage).

F. Fish, flowers, foreign postage stamps.

G. Game pieces (vintage), giraffes, goats.

H. Hand-carved stamps, house-shaped art.

I. Inchies, inks, ink pads.

J. Jewelry (vintage).

K. Keys.

L. Lace, letters (vintage), ledgers (vintage).

M. Mail art, mixed media, maps.

N. Napkins, numbers, neurographic art.

O. Oregon, ocean, outer space.

P. Papers: painted, Gelli plate prints. Postcards (vintage): state, floral, birds, nature, motels/cabins. Photos (old) of people. Pink flamingos. Postage stamps and postal ephemera (vintage). Pink.

Q. Quotes.

R. Roosters, rust, rabbits.

S. Sea animal illustrations (vintage), Spanish folk art, sheep, sailing ships (old).

T. Trees, turtles, turquoise, tea bags (used).

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V.

W. Washi Tape.

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Y.

Z. Zines, Zebras, Zentangles.

Colors: My favorites are pink, turquoise, midnight blue, citrus greens, pyrole orange.

Things I’m not crazy about: Stickers (especially on art), Disney, patriotic, political, superheroes, cutesy things.