MommaBaxter

Hello!

My name is Michelle. I live in (mostly) sunny California with my husband and my twin toddlers. I enjoy handicrafts, travel, reading, and MAIL! I have my degree in History of Art and Visual Culture from UC Santa Cruz (GO BANANA SLUGS!), but love working with children. Currently a stay-at-home mom.

I am an avid Postcrosser, LWA member and pen pal. :-)

I love mice, hedgehogs, bumblebees, mermaids, sea horses, otters, maps, stickers, washi tape, and glitter. I'm inspired by a lot of artists from my college studies, especially Klimt, Camille Rose Garcia, Frida Kahlo, Kandinsky, and children's book illustrators.

UPDATE: Our vacation to the Pacific Northwest was great! Thanks to everyone who gave travel recommendations! 😊

I just started working on the weekends at Paper Source again (YAY CRAFTS!), but my time at work will cut down on my crafts and letter-writing at home, so I won’t be signing up for quite as many swaps. This also means I might not check on the status of my sent swaps, so if you have not yet received a swap that I have sent you, please contact me.

Thanks!

Harry Potter series, The Night Circus, Pride and Prejudice, Where'd You Go Bernadette, Bossypants, Percy Jackson series, The Diary of Mattie Spenser, Anne of Green Gables series, Outlander series, The Phantom Tollbooth, The Hunger Games, Wesley the Owl, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Master of None, Game of Thrones, Archer, Bob's Burgers, Grace and Frankie, Parks and Recreation, Mozart in the Jungle, The Crown, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Real Housewives of OC/BH/NY, cooking shows

Crochet, Knitting, Collage, Rubber Stamping, Heat Embossing, Making Paper, Sewing, and anything with Washi Tape

Amelie, Pride and Prejudice (1995 miniseries), Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2, The Princess Bride, Kingsman, Big Fish, Guardians of the Galaxy, Superbad, Star Wars, Zoolander, Anchorman, Mean Girls, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, 10 Things I Hate About You

Ratatat, Santigold, Phoenix, Justice, Ingrid Michaelson, NERD, Sufjan Stevens, MSTRKRFT, She & Him, Beyoncé, No Doubt, and movie soundtracks.

With my kids I like Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, and Caspar Babypants.

I am very new to ATC's and flipbooks. If you like making them and I have signed up for an open-ended swap I would love to build my collection of them and get more inspiration on what to make for my own.

If you are wondering what to send me in a swap, I am fairly easy to please. Just show that you put a little effort into sending me something that you yourself would like to receive. I always like hearing why you sent me what you did, something that we may have in common, a strange fact or secret about you, or what you had for breakfast.

I don't have many dislikes, and anything you send if it is something you enjoy will be welcomed. BUT I don't prefer Disney items (unless it's Tim Burton), super feminine or masculine items, or any politics regarding #45.

Always open to direct swaps, just send me a message!