uscshameless

Hi! My name is Amanda, and I'm a 32 year old mother of 2 originally from Texas. I recently relocated to Arkansas after having lived in South Carolina for 25 years. I love gardening, cats, and traveling.

I love world travel but haven't gotten to do it enough, and hope that I can live vicariously through the Postcrossing community! I've traveled to the UK, France, Sweden, and Mexico, and was finally able to visit Canada last year! I look forward to traveling some more in the future and exposing my kids to the cultures outside of the US.

My favorite destination has been and will probably always be Scotland. I've got a passion for Scottish heritage and history, and even had a Scottish themed wedding (my husband can trace his Scottish heritage back on both sides of his family). I attended the University of Dundee in Dundee, Scotland, as an exchange student, and have returned once since.

I'm a huge fan of other cultures; I love to see how other people just like me live their lives based on the country they live in. I'd love any type of postcard, in the native language would be cool as well, especially with non-Latin based alphabets (with translations, of course!). I'm particularly interested in the stamps. Postcards have such a wide array of stamps, and I would love to see how they vary from country to country.

I don't mind homemade cards at all... I know some of you out there are quite artistic! I actually collect artwork done by my friends!

WISH LIST:
Escorial Monastery, Madrid, Spain
Cats (I didn't mention cats?!?!)
Anything Scotland/Scottish
Stonehenge
Paisley (the design and the Scottish Town!)
Cards that are primarily one color (especially blue)
Asian cards with red(pink)/white/black coloring
Bridges
Alphonse Mucha
Edward Gorey
Satoru Tsuda
Edward Monkton
Art (Picasso, Klimt, Dali, or similar)
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Nouvelles Images
Bunny Suicides
Greece (Santorini)
Sweden
Swedish Lighthouses
Vassily-the-Blessed / St. Basil's Cathedral - Moscow (please see my favorites on Flickr!)
Cathedral of the Resurrection - St. Petersburg
Map Cards - The ones I have received are at my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uscshameless/collections/72157622476664384/
Recipe Cards from all over the world!
Flags - States/Countries as long as the entire card is the flag! My received cards are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uscshameless/collections/72157622476664384/
Castles
Snow Scenes
B. Kliban cats
Single Tea Cups/Tea Related

Thanks so much to those of you who have taken the time to send me something from my favorites/wishlist!