angeliclizard

Last Update 12/02/18

It has been almost 2 years since I did any swapping! I do miss it, just don't have the spoons right now. Maybe after the holidays I will do some simple swaps and RAK's

NOTICE If you EVER do not receive a swap from , please let me know. Postage has been slow for me, even within the USA. Please allow at least one week for anything to arrive within the USA and 2-4 weeks for outside the US.

I mark things sent the day they go out but I often drop them in a post box and if it is late they may not move until the next day.

PRIVATE SWAP FRIENDLY: If you are a newbie needing some ratings under your belt, someone like me looking to boost a damaged rating, or someone who likes one on one swaps, PM ME! You can see the kinds of crafts I normally make and the things I am into below!

Unfortunately due to high international postage I am currently only doing Postcards or Flatmail swaps outside of the USA.

I PLEDGE TO RATE! If I do not rate for a swap, please let me know. I try to rate same day I receive a swap.

About my 1's and 3's: They are all from the end of 2011. Please read my comments on the ratings with updates on my efforts to contact my swap partners.

I went through some personal life issues in late 2011, my depression got the best of me and I was really not functioning. I stopped doing crafts and art very abruptly. I have a better handle on things now and am carefully managing any swaps that I join or host to make sure that every partner gets the attention they deserve. If you feel the need to discuss my ratings further, please PM me in a respectful manner and I would be happy to discuss it further.

My 3's: All but one are late sends from 2011. Two of them were previously 1's but I was allowed to make them up in Feb/March of 2016.

I had one disappointed partner from 2011. I have offered to make the swap up to them upon my return in January of 2016. Should they return to swap-bot I will gladly offer to remake the swap but they have been absent since 12/13/15.

My 1's: Both are from late 2011. Both users are no longer active on swap-bot. If they ever return, I will gladly make these swaps up to them.

I have made mistakes in the past but since my return in January 2016 I have been very dedicated in making sure not to disappoint any of my partners.

If you check my recent ratings I have already completed and been rated '5' for 87 separate swaps (as of 10/22/16) most of them are type 2/3 swaps and several of them having more then one partner. Many of my new swap partners have also left me hearts. I hope that shows that I am putting extra love and attention into all of the swaps that I do.

I keep/ a log of every swap to make sure that I send on time, send appropriately, and rate my partner when I receive my swap. If it is a 'senders choice' I often have the swap completed before the deadline. If you are considering banning me from a swap, I may already have completed it and can provide photos if that is the case.

I know how important trust is to this community. I made mistakes and I hope you can see how committed I am to making amends.

I am on the look out for swaps that I feel like I can angel (feel free to ask) and plan to put together some RAK's whenever I can. I am not saying this to show off/brag, I am saying this because I really am sorry for what I have done and want to show this community that I have learned from my mistakes.

A little about me!

I am 29 years old from Baltimore, Md. I have lived here my entire life and am not sure if I can call another area home! I work as an operator at an answering service. I have been here for over two years. I have worked in customer service since I was 16.

I have been with the love of my life Lucy for 10 years. I hope for us to be married one day and have some furry ( and scaly and feathery) children.

We work together to run a small art business called Blue Wolf Studios (see my Etsy link). She is an illustrator and caricature artist, I made handmade jewelry and accessories.

In our spare time we are both Girl Scout leaders to 4th-5th graders. I am currently in my 25th year as a scout, it has been a part of my life almost as long as I can remember.

I LOVE posting to Instagram, I try to post whatever I am working on (warning, spoilers).

Since I was a child I have had a passion for reading all sorts of books but my favorites are fantasy, sci-fi, dystopian, and YA.

Shortly after I gained a love of writing, mostly fantasy, sci-fi, horror (geared towards teen or older) but I do sometimes write for older children (9-12), and poetry. I am currently working on a personal story and a fantasy novel geared at older children/young teens.

I love crafting of all kind. I am always looking to try new things, swap-bot has gotten me to try MANY new things. I am not a 'master' of any craft but I am able to do a lot of different things proficiently. I have not been able to crochet/knit as I am yarn craft impaired. ;-) I come from a family of craft hoarders so I have a little bit of a lot of different things in my house.

I love camping. I usually go with scouts, but if I had the money I would be camping every other weekend. Maybe I need a better job so I can just live in the woods or near the mountains.

I also love watching movies (Netflix and hulu FTW! My other interests include playing games of all kinds. I love board games (my favorite is Life) tabletop games (waiting for my next pathfinder game to start, and video games(I am bad at them but I love them).

I am a pretty laid back person but I can get really excited and talk, a lot, especially if it is something I am really passionate about.

I collect Ball Jointed Dolls and miniatures to go with them. I currently have 12 dolls in total made of resin and 3d printed plastic. My smallest is about 1-1 1/2 inches and my largest is about 18". I have minatures in 1/12, 1/6, and 1/4.

My other collections include frogs( I collect almost anything but I am out of room for stuffed frogs), tiny bottles (the tinier the better, filled and decorate or not), inchies, ATC's, and books. My new current obsession is flip-books.

I always want to believe the best in people. I am a fan of second chances and would rather feel disappointed then not allow someone a chance. I have wonderful family and friends who support me through all my rough times and they believe in me even when I make mistakes and do not believe in myself.

FEEL FREE TO WRITE ME BACK Unless you specifically say you want to be pen-pals or it is part of the swap, I will probably not right back because I don't want to bug you. But I am more then happy to have regular pen pals outside of swaps.

8/16/16 It with an heavy heart I update my profile with this. My beloved cat Doodles who had been with me since birth in 2009 vanished back in March. I have not been able to bring myself to change that on my profile until now. I have loved and lost many cats but not knowing where my sweet baby went has been killing me. Anyone who reads this and has pets, give them a little extra love from me.

Saving this link for later http://oi67.tinypic.com/2wrokci.jpg

• Evanescence
• Within Temptation
• Apocalyptica
• Epica
• Pink
• Skillet
• Imagine Dragons
• Three Days Grace
• Linkin Park
• Sirenia
• Nightwish
• Daughtry
• Eminem
• Firefight
• Lacuna Coil
• Fall Out Boy
• Imagine Dragons
• Linkin Park

There are so many more but I am terrible with names!

• The Giver
• The HP Series
• The Hunger Game Series
• Divergent Trilogy
• A Wrinkle in Time

These are just a few! I could never name all the books I have read and love, these are just ones that come to mind

And Because I am a big kid (and my mom collects children's books)

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, no good, very bad day
• Chadwick the crab
• The Bernstein Bears
• Matilda
• Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Favorite Authors

• Tamora Pierce
• Cassandra Clare
• R.A. Salvadore

And so many, many more

I am a big fan of Fantasy and SciFi. I shamelessly enjoy YA books that are not focused solely on romance and I love dystopia fics.

• Agents of Sheild
• Doctor Who
• One Piece
• Shadow Hunters
• Game of Thrones
• Nailed it
• Stranger Things!

I don't get to watch live TV very often. I watch a lot of Hulu and some Netflix for the most part. I am only actually caught up on two of these ^^

• Harry Potter
• Anything Muppets
• Marvel Avengers (Series)
• The Hunger Games
• Divergent
• The DaVinci Code
• HTTYD
• Pan's Labyrinth

• Resin Jewelry/Accessories
• Tiny Paintings
• Inchies
• Cross Stitching
• ATC's
• Flip-books
• Miniatures

I make a lot of resin jewelry and accessories or all sorts. I adore doing tiny paintings and inchies. Basically anything small is in!

I occasionally cross stitch and do pocket letters, flip books, or other paper crafts.

I LOVE trying new crafts. So far I have tried ATC's, inchies, making envelopes, weaving, and flip-books because of swap bot.

I have never been successful and crochet or knitting.

~Holiday Items/Cards** I prefer non religious cards/items. Winter/snow/nature cards are my favorite.

This is just a list of random things that I can think of that I enjoy. :)

Bold items are super favorites.

• A: Animals, Anime, ATCs (pre-cut ATC backs or papers are always appreciated), Art, Agents of Shield, Avengers, Address Labels
• B: Bats, Blue, BJD's/Ball Jointed Dolls, Books, Baking, Blank Notecards, Blank Swap Cards, board games, Bioshock, Bath Bombs
• C: Camping, Cats, Colored Pens, Cooking, Card Games, Craft Supplies, Clay, candles, coffee, crystals
• D: DIY, Dragons, Doctor Who, Divergent, D&D, Deco Tape, Dragon Age, Dice
• E: Edibles
• F: Foxes, Frogs, Fantasy, Folklore, Fairytales, Fandoms, Firefly, Flip-books, Flamingos, Fall, Fairy Tail
• G: Games, Green, Gray, Glitter, Gardening, Game of Thrones, Girl Scouts
• H: Halloween, Hunger Games, Harry Potter, HTTYD, Hell Girl
• I: Inchies, International anything, interesting stories/goodies
• J: Jewelry making supplies, Jellyfish
• K: Kites, Kawaii Stationary, Kermit, Kitsunes
• L: Lotion, lakes
• M: Mythology, Miniatures, Making Art, Muppets, Marvel, Music, Mail, Mushrooms, molds (silicone)
• N: Nice People
• O: Octopodes, One Piece, ocean
• P: Photography, Pie Irons, Pride (Demi/Ace), Polymer Clay, planner stickers, pennies (smashed/smushed/pressed), Pathfinder, Princess Jellyfish, Petshop of Horrors, Pathfinder
• Q:
• R: Reptiles, RPG's, Resin, Roronoa Zoro
• S: Silver, Stickers, Sci-Fi, Snacks, Science, Surprises, Sentimental Circus (Kawaii), Stamps (New/Unused Only), Stamps (for using with ink), Sugar Scrubs (I can make my own but sometimes it is nice to pamper yourself), Sadness (from Inside Out)
• T:Travel, Tabletop RPG's, Tiny Bottles, Trafalgar Law, Tea (I prefer fruit flavors or anything unique to where you live but any tea is fine)
• U:
• V: Video Games
• W: Weird/Haunted/Abandoned Places, Writing, Washi Tape
• X:
• Y: YA Literature
• Z: Zero Drama!

Special Wishes! These are things in particular that I really want right now. Some might be weird or hard to find.

• Anything related to Stranger Things!
• Anything related to BJD's including a BJD pen-pal or BJD RP pen-pal.
• Inchies! I cannot seem to find very many inchie swaps.
• Anything related to fall/Halloween
• Anything sentimental Circus (except plushies)
• Tiny crystals
• Anything Miniatures

I am generally not very picky when it comes to swaps as long as there was effort put into it. There are a few things I will ask you not to send. Many of my 'no thank and am trying to keep them under control.

If a swap is senders choice and you send me something on this list I would NEVER down rate for that

• Cinnamon Scents (Migraines)
• Walnuts (Migraines)
• Flashing/blinking Anything (Migraines)
• Anything with a cigarette odor (migraines)
• Wax melts (don't use)
• Anything for kids/babies unless it is for Girl Scouts
• Anything for pets unless it is a cat
• Plushies unless they are SMALL (under 3"/10cm
• Shower gel (I have dry skin so I am using specific kinds of body wash to help with that)

I wanted to do a shout out to some of the awesome people here on swap bot. There are a lot of amazing swappers and great coordinators, but these are people that have done something extra special!

• @Keebzler helps run the Making it right group which has been so supportive and helpful.
• @PurpleButterfly helps Run the 3's and 1's group which is not only super friendly and supportive, but it is my most active group.
• @PurpleKionna helps Run the 3's and 1's group which is not only super friendly and supportive, but it is my most active group.
• @Debmitch Helps to run the 'Making it Right' and the '3's and 1's' group. She is very friendly and supportive. She also holds fun forum games.
• @DeadlyHausfrau for reaching out to me and saying some kind and supportive after reading my profile.
• @kiddomerriweather Angeled the 'I collect' Tag for me and sent a lovely surprise!
• @Artsynerdgirl For being very kind and supportive of my efforts to make amends on swap-bot.

Unfortunately in my time returning to Swap-Bot there have been some people who have unfortunately produced a disappointing side to the swapping experience. Everyone was contacted prior to giving poor ratings and listing here on my profile. None of these have been angeled unless noted.

SWAPS!

• Sorting Hat @salex They have not been on since 9/27/11. Apparently they have returned with 2 other profiles in 2012 and 2014 but could not bother to make up the 11 1's the collected.
• Tiny Halloween Swap @leilapop I messaged them on 10/14/2011. They have not been on since 11/2/2011. They never responded or sent/resent.
• Inchies Red Theme @rubysparkls Was due 2/8/16. They told me they were sending late due to a death in the family but they never did.
• Swap Card Swap #8 @stitchyfingers Due 2/19/16. Did not respond to any of my messages.
• Ratings Booster #16 @SparklingSkies Marked as sent, never received. They never responded to my messages saying that it was not received.
• Swap Card Swap #9 @Sweettea Nothing arrived, I gave them a chance to resend. Was promised a resend between May 9-13th, 2016. Nothing was ever received the second time.
• June Birthday Card and Package @Littleheartsx3 flaked on @theaterfan23 (I was the host). They have not been on since May 10th. Send date was May 17th. Did not respond to PM's or emails. Angeled by @angeliclizard
• Shadowhunters ATC Swap @SlytherinSavior I never received anything. I was told they were resending on 5/2/16 and again on 5/27/16. I never received anything.
• Anamalia #2-B AND Anamalia #3 - C @susand622 Unfortunately this user was my partner for BOTH of these swaps. The first swap was marked sent on 5/16/16 and the 2nd swap was due 5/27/16 and is still marked unsent as of 6/18/16.
• 3's and 1's: Mail Flip-Book Swap!~ @Moonbrat Messaged me on 5/31/16 saying they needed to mail a day late and would send it out the next day. Messaged me again 6/7/16 and said they had not sent it out due to a family emergency and would send it out ASAP. They were last online 6/15/16. As of 6/21/16 the swap is unsent, I have not received anything or any further communication.
• Doctor Who ATC
  @LilithFaye 8/18/16 I received a message saying that had forgotten to send the ATC on time and would drop it off that day. 9/15/16 I messaged them to say I never received the ATC. 10/09/16 They have not been on since 8/27/16 and the message is still unread.

TAGS

• I collect Tag: I was tagged on 3/18/16 by @CrolaneyL and never received anything as of 5/15/16 -angeled by @kiddomerriweather
• Grabbie Tag @Harrisfamily2003 I tagged them for the Grabbie Tag on 4/12/16 and have never received a response.