JennyWrenn

I'm a botanist in the PNW (USA). I live between the ocean and the mountains with my partner and our adult son and daughter-in-law. We currently have one cat in the family, a little black cat named Yachiru.

My style has a strong cottage-core vibe - lots of vintage, primarily 1890s-1930s inspired.

Kindness is everything! ♥

Languages

Native English speaker

Basic level French -- can read and understand spoken French better than I can speak or write it, but I'm still learning :)

Things I collect

• Mushrooms
• Gnomes
• Small watercolor or embroidered framed art (like 4-by-4 inches and smaller)
• Vintage pre-1940 cookbooks
• Memorydex cards
• ATCs

Favorite Colors

• Most shades of green, especially those that evoke spring or those that make me think of autumn moss.
• Lighter blues like Robin's egg.
• Sunny yellows that make me think of flowers.

Things I Like to Send and Receive

♥♥♥ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING HANDMADE ♥♥♥

• ATCs
• Postcards
• Vintage paper dolls
• Dried flowers and foliage
• Fabric, ribbon, and yarn scraps
• Quilt squares - fabric, knit, embroidered, anything!
• Zines
• Memorydex
• Swap cards
• Embroidered items
• Bookmarks (handmade only)
• Penfriend letters

Dislikes, please do not send!

• Most religious items (Pagan and Buddhist items are okay)
• Bright pink or overwhelmingly pink items
• Perfumed items
• Horror and gore themed items -- I love old school spooky and vintage Halloween, though!
• Licensed characters (like Disney and Loony Toons)

♥ An ABC of My Favorite Things ♥

A. Anne Of Green Gables, ATCs, altered fashion, Autumn

B. Botany, Buddhism, beaches, books, baking, black work embroidery, Beatrix Potter, beads, bobbin lace, bookmarks

C. Cottage core, cobble beaches, cats, campfires, calico, cozy mysteries, cross stitch, cozy vintage, cooking, cherries, cheese, chickadees, coffee, canning food

D. Dandelions, druidry, dogs, dewdrops, dried flowers, drawing, Downton Abbey, Depression era items, ducks

E. Embroidery, ephemera, Edwardian era, elves

F. Flowers, friendship books, faeries, fire places, floral designs, farms, foliage, fabric, folk music -- punk folk, hippie folk, Irish folk (trad), American folk -- I love it!

G. ♥GNOMES♥, gardening, green, goats, Gilmore Girls

H. Halloween, herblore, holidays, hobbits

I. Ireland, inchies

J. Jam, jokes

K. Kindred spirits ♥, knitting, Killarney, Kerouac

L. LM Montgomery books, lilacs, lavender, lace, lemons, letters, Lenormand, leaves

M. Memorydex, mending clothes, mushrooms, moss

N. Notebooks, Northern Exposure

O. Ocean, owls, oversized sweaters

P. Pen friends, pagan, plants, postcards, paper dolls, Pacific Northwest coast, paper crafting, prairie ascetic, Paola Merrill (Artist), Punk music, Pride 🏳️‍🌈, Phoebe Wahl (Artist)

Q. Quilts, quiet

R. Ribbon, recipe cards

S. Swapping (of course!), snail mail, sewing, spicy food, sashiko, stationary that's pretty, strawberry themed items, summer, spring

T. Thai food, Tasha Tudor, Tarot, trees, tea, tatting

U. Umbel flower heads, unusual stickers

V. Vintage, Victorian, violets

W. Watercolors, winter, windows, wildflowers

X. Xyris (the genus of the flower known as yellow-eyed grass :)

Y. Yellow, yarrow

Z. Zines, Zen buddhism