pollywog

Hello! My name is Polly and I am a married mother of 2 living in Southern California. I'm an artist and art teacher. I love watercolor and printmaking. I love art history and ancient cultures especially Greek, Roman and Egyptian motifs. I love impressionism, romanticism and Fairy tale illustrations. I love muted, earthy colors. I love crafting, DIY and decorating for all occasions. My favorite holidays are Halloween and Christmas but really I'll use any holiday as an excuse to decorate or be a little "extra". My favorite swaps are usually themed and/or have a bit of a craft element to them and I love receiving quality handmade items in return!

I have been participating annually, for the past 5 years, in a Halloween swap hosted on Instagram by a favorite artist so I was so excited when my sister informed me of swap-bot! I can't wait to start sending and receiving!

-brown paper packages tied up with strings (happy mail)

-frogs

-flowers

-fruit motifs, especially strawberries, peaches and citrus

-mushrooms

-rainbows

-woven baskets

-geese

-houseplants

-gardening

-floral arrangements

-the zoo, animals

-museums

-mythology

-ancient civilizations

-dinosaurs

-books

-recipes

-baking

-stickers

-board games

-card games

-home décor

-lavender

-fall and spring

-cute Halloween

-vintage

-thrifting

-cottage core and academia aesthetic

-beach combing, nautical things

-foraging

-1st gen Pokémon

-Kermit the Frog

-Frog and Toad

-herbal tea, fruity tea; I do not drink anything caffeinated

-Fantasy

-Fairy tales

-Japanese Paper

-Origami

-classic Disney, esp. Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Peter Pan, Alice in wonderland and Bambi

-arts and crafts

I'm always adding to my gallery wall at home. I love art, am an artist myself, and I have been collecting prints and postcard prints of artworks I love. Some favorite artists include Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, Arthur Rackham, Alan Lee, Brian Froud, John William Waterhouse, Albrecht Durer, Johannes Vermeer, Alphonse Mucha, JMW Turner, John Singer Sargent, Norman Rockwell, and so many more!

I love art history so much but I love discovering new artists and any original art you want to send my way is always appreciated as well!

I love all sorts of crafts but have recently taken up embroidery and needle felting. I also finished my first quilt this year with tons of help from my mom and sister. I also love jewelry making, paper crafts, pressing flowers, drawing and painting

-The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale

-The Witch of Blackbird Pond

-The Screwtape Letters

-Bloody Jack: Being An Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship's Boy

-The Phantom Tollbooth

-Frog and Toad

Any fairytales or retellings and so many more!

-Tuck Everlasting

-Howl's Moving Castle

-Ever After

-Penelope

-The Princess Bride

-The Last Unicorn

-Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose

-Jurassic Park

-The Labyrinth

-The Dark Crystal

-The Sound of Music is my favorite movie when I'm feeling down or sick

-Old classics and anything with Audrey Hepburn

-Avatar the Last Airbender -White Collar -The Office -Schitt"s Creek

Crafting and painting supplies, supplies and sprinkles for cake/cookie decorating, enamel pins, postcards from my travels, books, lucky frogs and tiny frog sculptures, frog and mushroom tree ornaments (my Christmas tree is forest themed so anything like acorns, pinecones or forest animals), Halloween decorations and bakeware