rhonnifer

Hello! I am Rhonda. I'm on the verge of 30 years old and live with my boyfriend of almost 3 years and our two cats. I work full-time as a freelance writer, with much of my work focusing on arts and crafts. (Subscribe to my arts & crafts column (linked above) to keep up with what I've been doing!) I enjoy a very wide variety of craft disciplines, including crocheting, jewelry making, and paper crafts.

If you ever don't receive something from me, PLEASE let me know! I am a very reliable swapper and always fulfill my obligations!

animals, anime, antiques, art, atc, baking, baskets, beads, berries, biographies, birds, blue, blues, books, bright colors, butterflies, buttons, candy, cartoons, cats, cheetahs, chocolate, coffee, collecting, cooking, crafts, crocheting, daisies, decals, dollar stores, doodling, drawing, ephemera, fabric, faeries, fantasy, flowers, folk rock, frogs, fruit, furniture, goth, green, heavy metal, hiking, hockey, ice cream, incense, jam bands, jazz, jewelry making, lampwork, leather, leopards, lilies, lions, love, magnets, manga, mermaids, movies, music, nature, painting, paper, pencils, pens, photography, postcards, prog rock, purses, reading, recycling, red, repurposing, ribbon, roses, rubber stamps, Sanrio, saturated colors, shoes, stationary, steampunk, stickers, tea, television, tigers, trees, unicorns, upcycling, vampires, vegetables, vintage things, walking, writing, yarn

beer, bugs, cologne, country music, fish, hip-hop music, long lines, mean people, perfume, rap music, small dogs, snakes, spiders, stress

Every day for a year starting March 24, 2010, I have challenged myself to create a piece of art.

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Rhonda's Art 365 Challenge

I taught myself how to crochet out of a library book when I was about 10 years old. I started out making potholders and scarves, worked my way up to blankets and wraps, and most recently have been obsessed with Amigurumi.

I made this little fella for my boyfriend, who keeps it in his car. He calls it The Navigator. It was my very first Amigurumi, and I wasn't really happy with parts of the face, but my boyfriend thinks it is awesome so I guess that's all that matters!

I've been designing jewelry since elementary school. Over the years, it has evolved into a style of found object assemblage, which lends itself nicely to steampunk.

I made this necklace out of a broken watch and other random bits from a box of broken costume jewelry. The key I found laying on a curb when I was walking down the street one day.

I love sending and receiving postcards. I usually go for handmade postcard swaps, but also do a lot of general postcard swaps. I usually prefer my cards mailed naked, but I do also enjoy a good envie full of nifty cards that I can send on to other people as well.

Things I like in postcards:

• Handmade cards
• Ad cards, especially for art gallery showings and cards from other countries
• Interesting scenes
• Photography
• Artwork
• Animals
• The stranger, the better!

• Anything handmade
• Interesting paper ephemera for collage (ads, maps, vintage whatnots)
• Blank postcards, especially non-touristy ones
• Cute fabric
• Kawaii anything
• Oriental-themed items
• ATCs
• Steampunk jewelry and whatnots, or things I can use to make steampunk crafts
• Cute little toys and rings from gumball machines

I've been flaked on by the following users:

• @pygmydoyenne in Grocery Box PC #7
• @ArtsyArty in APC Deck Catch-up: Spades
• @deercnc in APC Deck - Card #13, King of Spades
• @TinkerB74 in Junk Mail ATC Swap
• @VictoriaaLynn in Plastic Bubble Machine Prize Swap #2 (USA & Canada)