ChristieTrout

I'm a 48 year old female, happily married to my husband almost 24 years. I could have murdered him when we met, and been out of prison by now. evil grin We have one child, he passed away tragically last year (2019). He will remain forever 28. I'll never get over not having him, and it DOES NOT GET EASIER.

MY GOAL HERE:
To meet penpals with similar interests to swap from our paper stashes.

I love everything kitschy or odd.

I am a mixed media artist, I love painting, collage, journaling, junk journaling, calligraphy/typography, book binding. All things paper.

The Artist's Way, Cool Hand Luke, A Grief Observed, pop-up books, handmade journals, Alice in Wonderland - Through the Looking Glass, all books about artists, my main reading enjoyment comes from Flow magazine. I will add books as I remember them.

War of the Roses, The Big Labowski, Running with Scissors, The Good the Bad & the Ugly, Raising Arizona, 13 going on 30, 3:10 to Yuma, American Beauty, Fight Club, Horror movies of all kinds; especially the 1950's, Two Mules for Sister Sara, Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette, 300, The Garden State, A Guide to knowing Your Saints, Catch me if you can, The Royal Tenenbams, Resivor Dogs, Constantine, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish, The Ref, Away from Her,

I don't watch tv, mostly YouTube, Prime and Netflix.

YOUTUBE: Nik the Booksmith, Johanna Clough, Mark Montano, Thecrafsman,

PRIME:

Netflix shows I enjoy: Better call Saul, Schitt$ Creek, Anne with an E,

Watercolor, acrylic on canvas, calligraphy, mail art envelopes, gelli printing, stenciling, book binding, junk journaling, art journaling, collage, papier-mâché.

Children's books and illustrations: Ruth E. Newton's Cubby Cubs, Edward Gorey's children's books, Milo Winter, Florence Salter. Linen-Like children's books are my favorites. All things Alice in Wonderland. All children's books and images with a rabbit in it, giggle!

Ephemera: labels, handwritten receipts...ledger, vintage paper of any kind...book pages in any language, braille, wallpaper samples, postage stamps, sheet music, old plant/entomology images.

Rubber Stamps: Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers, Graphic 45, all things kitschy.

7 Gypsies everything!

Huge collection of vintage postcards, that I hope to pass along to many new friends in PC swaps.

Black and white photographs: (Found Family Members) I have a photo album of a man's life in the 1940's military.

Old hardback books, or just the covers...for bookbinding.

WASHI TAPE, IM ASHAMED OF THE AMOUNT I HAVE. I WANT TO SHARE‼️ Scrapbook paper pads, post-it notes, paper clips (all shapes & sizes), everything to do with stationary.

Fabric/sewing: samples, salvage edges, scraps, sari, upholstery samples, lace ribbon, threads, yarn, buttons of all sorts.

IMAGES: Trout fish, llamas, strawberries, elephants with trunks up, rabbits/bunnies, bugs/insects, flora, letters/numbers, medical illustrations (anatomy), kitschy,

ARTISTS: Fernando Botero, Klimt,

COLORS: My favorite is black and white with a pop of lime green. But I love all colors! 🎨

If you do not receive something from me, please contact me and I will send again. I want everyone to feel pleased to receive a swap from me.

UPDATE/LESSON LEARNED: 03/02/2020 I sent my first letter out, very excited, I painted the envelope. Walked into the post office to have it metered, to avoid problems. On 03/06/2020, to my horror my letter was returned to me for no postage! 😱 The metered lable must have fallen off, because of the painted/glittery surface. I will leave a blank spot not decorated for postage from now on.

If at anytime (God forbid) there is postage due, I will reimburse you. Just communicate with me please.

I want to make friends and have fun checking the mail, if for any reason you are dissatisfied, please give me a chance to make it right. Message me. I will pass this courtesy on to you if you are having a hard time.

Please let me know, please Don't leave me hanging! 😰😬 I want to participate in some of the happy mail type swaps, I need your honest ratings to move forward. I'm big into decorating mail art, and putting extra bits of this and that in my happy mail‼️ 😜