Amyjayar

Hi from Nova Scotia, Canada!

I love sending and receiving things in the mail, learning about other people and places, and getting inspiration and creativity flowing!

I live in a very small town in Nova Scotia with my spouse and teenager. We have a dog and three cats. Our house is surrounded by trees, I feel very lucky for that! I love being outdoors, making things, and traveling.

I spend my time hiking, biking, trail running, reading, embroidering. I love movies and series. I’m always up for an adventure, but also love cozy days with a cup of tea. Oh yeah, and I love to eat!

I love things that are simple, minimalist, and natural… or over-the-top, neon, ridiculous. And things that are in between- lush, jewel tones, rich fabrics. Things that are cute, funny, thought-provoking, or strange. Really, I feel like I am a curious and positive person, so I will be happy with pretty much anything!

FAVOURITE THINGS (no order really, I love most things, these are just off the top of my head!)

• pen and ink drawings, line drawing, illustration;
• Oddities/curiosities, anything uncommon or just plain weird;
• Art Nouveau, Art Deco;
• Punk, New Wave, vintage, 1920s-1990s, Gen X era pop culture;
• anything from your heritage/culture;
• cute, kawaii, sweet;
• treats, baked goods, chocolate, candy;
• anything with animals;
• anything herbs, plants, fruits, veggies, gardens
• natural fibres, printmaking, etching, fibre art, surface design, beeswax;
• anything wilderness/nature (forests, landscapes, leaves, seeds, sand, pebbles, favourite things where you live);
• strange things you’ve found on a walk;
• vintage fabrics, fashions, old labels, vintage graphic design, old sewing notions;

*** Most of all: something that catches your eye or is meaningful to you; something that gives you a feeling of awe or wonder; something you find funny or weird; something you are grateful for, makes you amazed, makes you feel happy and alive :)

Looking forward to connecting and swapping!

ABC of me (in progress!)

A- Animals, Art/artists, acorns, amusement parks, art nouveau, art deco, Laurie Anderson, autumn

B- birds, bicycles, beaches, books, baking, b&w photography, bears, Aubrey Beardsley, David Bowie

C- clouds, camping, chocolate, collage, cottagecore, cats, cakes, cookies, crocuses, culture, cliffs, cute things :), cold water dips

D- dogs, deer, Bob Dylan

E- embroidery, eighties, earth tones, etchings

F- forests, ferns, flowers, fruit, folklore, fables, funny things, foxes, fjords

G- Gibli, gardens, graphic design, Goldwork embroidery

H- hiking, hygge, hellebores, hamsters,

I- ice cream, insects, illustrations,

J- jewel tones, Miranda July, Jack-In-the-pulpits

K- kingfishers, kawaii, Kamio stickers, kitschy,

L- Line drawing, Lithuanian culture/heritage, "la dolce vida" stationery, linocut, Lhasa (musician), lichens

M- mountains, manatees, moomin, meditation

N- neon, nests,

O- outdoors, ocean,

P- pastries, puffins, postcrossing, penpals, printmaking, papercut

Q- quail, quince,

R- rocks, rabbits,

S- stationery, sunsets, sixties, spring bulbs/flowers, Scandinavian design, Patti Smith, saunas, Paul Simon, straw gardens (himmeli)

T- tea, travel, trail running, tulips, tapirs, Ted Lasso, Anna Torma (artist)

U-

V- vintage, veggies,

W- woodland theme, walrus, watermelon, winter, whales, wilderness, wildflowers, wool, Richard Wagamese (author)

X- Gen X nostalgia,

Y- yarn,

Z- Zoolander