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skinny52

skinny52
Date Joined: February 26, 2015
Last Online: March 10, 2025

Country: United States
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About Me

  • I love the beach...and anything that brings to mind!
  • I am retired (2-14-2014) after 40 years of working...the last 34 years with the same company.
  • I love ephemera!!! I like postage stamps...new and used... and postcards. I also like old greeting cards and wrapping paper.
  • I love miniatures and recently bought a secondhand dollhouse to play with in retirement.
  • I sew; mostly quilts and smaller crafts. I'm the one in the family that everyone brings their mending to!
  • My favorite meal is anything with cheese! I like chocolate, but not white. Sea salted caramel anything is my current favorite!! I am grain free 😁

CHRISTMAS...about the only holiday I decorate for and I lean towards Christmas trees...any size and style πŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„ I put them in every room of my house πŸŽ„πŸŽ„πŸŽ„

Postcards

VINTAGE!!! Even if a swap says new postcards only...if you have a vintage card (especially linen!!) that meets all other qualifications I will be happy to receive it with no complaints!!!

My favorite postcards are anything coastal...sea creatures...boats...lighthouses...beaches...seafood recipes...you get the idea!

I also love vintage linen postcards with any theme

Japanese woodblock art...Asian architecture

Books, book themes, libraries, and literary characters

I like views of rooftops

Dolls, dollhouses, and miniatures

Foggy scenes

Clocks and compasses

You can send me good quality ad cards if they fit the theme of a swap

Books

I love to read!

I get completely obsessed when I find a new mystery series. I must read them in order! I'm currently reading Jonathan Kellerman, Timothy Hallinan and Robert Crais. I also love fantasy...Twilight, Harry Potter, Repairman Jack , Game of Thrones...just to name a few! A few more...Elly Griffiths, John Sandford, and Fred Vargas

I love to alter books for journals and I have no qualms about ripping out pictures and print pages to use in other paper-craft projects!

Ephemera

I love ephemera!

I enjoy going to thrift stores and yard sales...I cannot pass up old cards and wrapping paper and vintage advertising! I use them in junk journals and albums and atcs...LOVE those old crinkle edge photos from the 60's

Fabric-Ribbons

I love vintage fabric! Doilies, embroidery, needlepoint, handkerchiefs...all good!

I prefer embroidered patterned ribbons, especially vintage!

Another reason to go thrifting! I make pillows and altered clothing and I use old and fancy fabrics and buttons in my albums and journals too!

Really like

Wish list:

  • Vintage paper or cards
  • Blank or used postcards from anywhere
  • Washi tape
  • Library cards
  • Beach glass...tell me where you found it!
  • Cancelled stamps
  • Lighthouse anything
  • Foreign language ephemera
  • Nautical labels, paper, ephemera
  • Vintage handkerchiefs
  • Old buttons
  • Bark cloth
  • Embroidered ribbon
  • Doilies
  • Vintage linen kitchen towels
  • Old photos
  • Nautical anything
  • glimmer mist
  • used postage stamps
  • decorative book end paper
  • stickles
  • mod-podge
  • colored sharpies
  • sparkling H2o's
  • roll-on adhesive
  • 18mm rotary blades
  • ink pads
  • glue sticks
  • gutterman brand thread

Really don't like

Dislikes:

THINGS! I'd so much rather have items that I can craft with...paper or fabric...books or cards...labels or funky paper. Not just something that sits on a shelf

  • NOTHING SCENTED, I'm sensitive πŸ™„
  • NO stickers
  • NO address labels
  • nothing racy
  • nothing religious
  • NO friendship sheets.
  • NO DIE CUTS

NOT A FLAKER

Yikes!!! I just got my first ONE rating and I'm devastated. (June 2015) I was not contacted first so that I could attempt to make things right!!!! It was an international swap and my assumption is that it was never delivered. (This was successfully resolved by resending) I'm ALWAYS WILLING TO RESEND!!!!! Please, please, please message me if you think that you should have received a swap from me and I will resend. Thanks!!!!

Playing Cards

Vintage, well played with by many hands are my favorite. My next favorite are the type with designs on both sides. I use them for crafting, not playing!

Postage Stamps

I'm very intrigued by postage stamps...I always look at the stamps on my mail no matter where it comes from! I especially like the postal art of Asian countries...also I really (really!) like any and all beach-nautical-marine animal-seabirds-shells, anything along that theme line...Thanks

Ratings

adudle00 rated for PS: Scavenger Hunt Postcards #31 on Mar 8, 2025
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Comment: I also love finding as many cards as I can during the scavenger hunts! I think it's more fun that way. I've only once had one in every category. Thank you for being so generous!
Response: I knew I couldn't be the only one! I'm glad that you enjoyed the swap! Thanks for the heart rating ❣❣❣
minniepic rated for WIYM: POSTCARD SCAVENGER X-8 on Mar 5, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely postcards:)
Response: You're welcome 😊 And thank you for the heart rating ❣
5
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Comment: Thanks, Marc
Response: You're welcome! Thanks for the heart rating!
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Comment: Wow, Mar, I like the way you count! What a fun and generous batch of cards you sent. Whenever I go to NYC I walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, so that one was nostalgia-inducing, as was the Victorian Houses In San Francisco. I lived in a similar one on Stanyan Street in the late 60's..Love the maxi butterfly card and the Venetian gondolas too. Thank you very much for such a great assortment of cards.
Response: I'm so glad that some of the pc's struck a nice chord for you! Thanks for the lovely response and the heart rating ❣❣❣
susieq11 rated for BOOK Postcards on Feb 26, 2025
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Comment: Thanks so much for this great assortment! I love them all, especially the library! I have been reading a lot so far this year and I hope to keep it up! Thank you for joining my swap!
Response: You're welcome, I enjoyed the theme!!! Thanks for the heart rating ❣
Tricia22 rated for PH: Scavenger Hunt for PCs #292 on Feb 25, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the great selection of pc’s. Have a great day
Response: You're most welcome! Thanks for the heart rating ❣
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Comment: Thank you for all the goodies!
Response: You're welcome! Thanks for the heart rating!
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Comment: Hi Martha! Thank you for an awesome swap! I appreciate you sharing some of your treasures with me and you bet I will enjoy using every single piece. These are perfect for what I love to create with! I hope you are doing well. Hope to send a swap to you sometime. ❀️
Response: I'm so happy to hear that! Thank you and also thanks for the heart rating ❣❣❣
simcoe54 rated for 3 Linen Postcards #5 on Feb 15, 2025
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Comment: Thanks for the linen postcards and extras. Love them!
Response: You're welcome ❣ Thanks for the heart rating ❣❣❣
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Comment: Thank you β™₯β™ͺβ™«*Β¨*β€’.ΒΈΒΈ πŸ“­ I love the stamps you used and the postcard!
Response: Awwww, such a lovely response 😊 Thank you for that and for the heart rating ❣❣❣
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Comment: Thank you for all the cards you sent.
Response: You're welcome πŸŽ„πŸŽπŸŽ„ Thanks for the heart rating ❣
peanutlion rated for PS: Scavenger Hunt Postcards #27 on Jan 26, 2025
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Comment: What an absolutely epic package, thank you! The cards are fabulous. I was especially pleased with the Ostia card for, while they aren't mailboxes, we have just booked to go visit Ostia in the Spring so it was very apt :) Thank you so so so much. x
Response: What a lovely coincidence, enjoy Ostia! Thanks for the great response and the heart rating❣
marclively rated for PH: Christmas Scavenger Hunt #8 on Jan 24, 2025
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Comment: thanks Mar!
Response: You're welcome! Thanks for the heart rating!
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Comment: Thank you for the Venice PC. I spent time there in my early 20's, but haven't been for a long time.Safe from fires, so far, but a new weather event and more sparking up.
Response: Sending you my best wishes that you continue to stay safe!
Poohtat rated for I SPY - Postcard Swap - SNOW on Jan 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the resend. We got nine inches of snow overnight last night! Happy swapping
Response: You're welcome! We only got about 4" but it's still lovely! Thanks for the heart rating ❣
Aseret25 rated for Christmas PC_Dec._US on Jan 18, 2025
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Comment: Thanks for the postcard - we did not have a white Christmas, but we are having a white January! β˜ƒοΈ
Response: We are too! Thanks for the heart rating ❣❣❣
noone7212 rated for Christmas PC_Jan. on Jan 17, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the card! So sorry to hear you've had to deal with Goshen - I hope you didn't have to experience the bigots!
Response: Not that I recall πŸ˜‰ Thanks for the heart rating!
noone7212 rated for Christmas PC_Jan._US on Jan 16, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the card! I love your Christmas stamps!
Response: You're welcome! Thanks for the heart rating!
kssunlover1947 rated for A Christmas Post Card on Jan 14, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the great Christmas PC and your nice note.
Response: You're welcome! Thank you for the heart rating!
reinerose rated for 4 Holiday Postcards #2 (USA) on Jan 11, 2025
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Response: Thanks for the heart rating ❣❣❣

Rating Overview

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Comments

MisplacedfromPA on Dec 27, 2024:

I am so pleasantly surprised by 3 packages of padded mailing enveloped you found for me for TF May '24 Stocking Stuffer. They will come in so very handy. You did GREAT. Thank you, thank you. Hoping your Christmas went well and may 2025 bring much peace and happiness your way.

MisplacedfromPA on Dec 11, 2024:

I am tickled pink with the tea cup and saucer you gave me for the TF March '24 Stocking Stuffer. I put it on display already. Thank yo so very much.

MisplacedfromPA on Dec 3, 2024:

Today, I opened your present for TF Sept '24 Stocking Stuffer. Thank you so so much for these beautiful petite long candle tapers. It is perfect for my log cabin feel of a home here in the mountains. I have exactly the wrought iron wall candle holders I will use them in. Such a perfect present for Advent. Thank you again. Have a joyous Christmas---Michelle in Clarington, PA

kizzlets on Dec 27, 2021:

Mar--thank you for the bonus happy mail for the "Happy ALL Month Long" swap, you didn't have too, but I really appreciate the cool Japanese stationeries you recently sent me, they are amazing! :) ~kizzlets

Jjean on Dec 25, 2021:

Thank you - Thank you.....Wow, what a wonderful gift......... Merry Christmas..... will use all & so many, many colors!!!

MisplacedfromPA on Dec 20, 2021:

Now how did you know exactly what I wanted this year? Thank you Mar for my 3 Christmas CD's..One of which is Exactly what I have looked hard for and could never find any... A handbell Choir with Christmas songs. I grew up where our church had a handbell choir so is so very special with fond memories. This is for the TF March Stocking Stuffer. I open a present each day of Advent.. Thank you again~~Michelle Merry Christmas

Artistic on Dec 14, 2021:

So happy you're enjoying the envelope countdown! Did you DIY the box? :)

circularlogic on Dec 13, 2021:

I am over the moon with RAKs #3 and #4! I adore the darling vintage books about dogs and butterflies! And I will keep the seashell journal in my purse for writing down my 2022 musings! Thank you so much!

circularlogic on Dec 9, 2021:

Your RAKS arrived today! I opened #2 and am so thankful fir your thoughtfulness! Can’t wait to paint! May also use a couple to make Christmas presents with my nieces!

circularlogic on Dec 6, 2021:

Mar,
I am over the moon with RAK #1! What a wonderful surprise! I am so happy to have this advent calendar, and I don't mind playing catch up at all! :D :D

All the best,
Jessie

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