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Date Joined: June 21, 2020
Last Online: March 29, 2024 Birthday: September 24 Country: United States Etsy Under $10 Marvellous Menagerie on Facebook |
Hello from the beautiful Southern California desert! My name is Carrie Jean, and it's really nice to meet you! :)
I'm 40-something and married (28 years together!), had a loveable, grumpy old man of a cat until a few years ago (He passed 1/15/21), and teach.
I'm here to swap postcards, ephemera, and stickers, primarily. I am a total nerd for ALL paper and stationery products, though, and I love fodder for collaging, especially fussy cuts, pages from children's books, and segments from books (especially dictionaries) in languages other than English!
To give you a just a bit of an idea about me, here are some of my all-time favorite things in life that make me smile:
❤️SURPRISES!!!
❤️mail art, ATCs, altered books, & collage!!!
❤️your original artwork!!! (It would be such an honor to receive it!)
❤️stickers & washi tape!!!
❤️foxes! (especially the beautiful creatures at SaveAFox and the Marvellous Menagerie)
❤️"why would anyone make a card of THAT?" -- boring, mundane, or odd postcards and note cards
❤️pretty stamps, stationery, papers, etc.
❤️cats, especially maneki-neko, Jetoy, & blue cats
❤️tardigrades
❤️owls, flamingos, & cardinals
❤️armadillos, hedgehogs, sloths, & badgers
❤️donkeys, llamas, alpacas, & goats
❤️quokkas, capybaras, & pangolins
❤️butterflies & dragonflies
❤️chipmunks & squirrels
❤️octopus, jellyfish, & seahorses
❤️koi & other beautiful fish
❤️snails, turtles, & tortoises
❤️Joshua trees, chollas, ocotillos, & deserts in bloom
❤️dandelions, poppies, lilacs, lily of the valley, white roses, & lavender
❤️mushrooms
❤️gnomes
❤️rainbows & LGBTQIA+ themes 🏳️🌈
❤️museums, aquariums, libraries, & observatories
❤️folk art, graffiti/street art, strange signs, & found art
❤️recipes, especially for regional dishes you love or make
❤️truly strange or dark/black humor
❤️"kitsch" & "camp" of all kinds
❤️inspiring, non-religious quotations
❤️cartoons, comics, & other illustrations
❤️ads for unique or odd products, especially vintage/reprints
❤️propaganda (of any kind from anywhere)
❤️feminist & progressive messages
❤️Mr. Fred Rogers
❤️Dia de los Muertos & sugar skulls
❤️holiday cards, especially for regional/national holidays
❤️Krampus
❤️pressed coins
❤️lenticular, 3D, sealed glitter, & prismatic stuff
❤️The Big Lebowski
❤️Deadpool
❤️Pulp Fiction
❤️The Shining
❤️They Live
❤️I ❤️ Huckabees
❤️Idiocracy
❤️The Goonies
❤️Parasite
❤️Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
❤️Fargo
❤️Joker
❤️Harold and Maude
❤️Pink Flamingos
❤️Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
❤️Really bad sci-fi/fantasy movies of all kinds
❤️Our Flag Means Death
❤️Rick and Morty
❤️It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
❤️Tim and Eric's Awesome Show, Great Job!
❤️American Horror Story
❤️Moral Orel
❤️American Dad
❤️Nighty Night
❤️Absolutely Fabulous
❤️What We Do in the Shadows
❤️Mad Men
❤️Preacher
❤️Dream Corp LLC
❤️On Cinema At the Cinema (webseries)
❤️Schitt's Creek
❤️Westworld
❤️Cooking shows/competitions of ALL sorts
❤️ANYTHING by Lynda Barry because she is so deeply #1, but right now, especially her newest, “Making Comics” and her classic, "Cruddy"
❤️Most things by Hunter S. Thompson
❤️Most books by David Sedaris :)
❤️“I Like You” by Amy Sedaris
❤️“A Confederacy of Dunces” by John Kennedy Toole
❤️I also collect cookbooks and old children's books.
❤️Collage is my truest artistic love! I adore making postcards and altered art/books from found media, and I love receiving lovingly made artwork of yours!
I'm trying to improve my drawing... in my 40s!
Cross-stitch when I can concentrate :)
Baking
If anything goes wrong with my swap with you, please let me know so that I can make it up to you. I will do my best to do the same for you, and I will always, always reach out before giving a bad rating.
My mail is slow these days, like for so many of us, but if you don't receive something after a few weeks, please don't hesitate to message me. I will absolutely resend. I don't flake.
And if, per chance, I owe you postage for miscalculating the weight/size of a letter or postcard, I am happy to repay you with unused stamps or cash, as you'd prefer. We are all doing our best. :)
Due to a loss in my friend-family, I took a break from swapping for a while, from November 2023 until March 2024. I'm just dipping a toe into swapping again, taking it slowly.
I know some people enjoy exchanging food and drink, but I don't use candy or single tea bags or things like that that have gone through the mail. (I'll just pass them along to someone who might use them if I can.)
I prefer non-religious items, thanks!
I don't have any use for teacher stickers ("Great job!" type); I teach adults.
One last thing: thanks so much for sending me something you spent your time, energy, and money on. You are being so kind and generous to do so. Take care! ❤️
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Comments
aatw november - Brooke said thankyou very much and she cannot wait to share these with her friends down at the school house!!!
Thank you for the Oct #1 RAK for 10 stickers and 10 3 cent stamps!
Thank you so much for the wonderful cards. I also love Luka., ❤️♥️♥️♥️
Sept 2 rak stretchable book covers. Cute fox sticker you included. I think my favorite one is the colorful triangles.
Thank you so much for the used stamps, I keep lots in a book, and doubles I make paper projects, might be used in a junk journal, or into a postcard. (All about the Wishes - August)
RAK USA August #1. Thank you for a great envelope of goodies. I love it all.
Thank you for the great postcards you sent me for the July Vintage WTA! I'm delighted with all of them but particularly like the university one.
Thanks so much for the Aug RAK #1 - such a wonderful envie of washi, stickers, papers, pcs! So generous ♥♥
Thank you so much for the wonderful RAKS Only RAK #2. I had so much fun unpacking your envie. The ostrich popped out first - what a cutie!! And last was the vintage squirrel ledger paper love love love. Thank you for the fun - you always send such thoughtful items ❤️🐿️❤️🐱❤️
Yesterday's mail was brightened by your July RAK #3 ~~ 12+ Big Stickers (RAKS ONLY USA group)! The stickers you share are always so precious, both my daughter and I are in love! Not sure how many I will be allowed to keep (LOL), but enjoyed them all nonetheless! Thank you for the bright spot in my weekend <3