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Hi! I'm Jan Post from near St. Louis, Missouri. Next year I will have been married for 50 years. We have two adult children and three teenage grandchildren and 5 cats. If I were to pick words to describe myself they would be: Christian, Creative, Compassionate, Thrifty, Organized, Resourceful, and Pioneering. My hairdresser called me a pioneer woman because I've never been afraid to take on something hard or new.

I home educated my two girls over 11.5 years starting back in the mid 80's way before it was popular! As a young adult I started a sewing business, made and sold crafts for 25+ years, sold Creative Memories and Stampin Up, managed a craft consignment mall, ran a food pantry, and worked with homeless families. I now have a successful Etsy shop where I sell retro and mid century items along with vintage ephemera.

Thrifting is a big part of my life! Paper collecting is my addiction!

Being a Christian has shaped my worldview. I have respect for other's beliefs as I hope others are respectful of mine. Our differences do not let that get in the way of making art, or being kind. I like Christian ephemera especially old Sunday School cards, game cards, and postcards with Bible Verses. Our world could use more civility! Being kind and noticing the good in other people is a good place to start.

Contemporary Christian especially Sara Groves.

Harry Chapin, Blind Faith & Eric Claption, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills, & Nash (and Neil Young), The Beatles, Old Folk Music including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Joni Mitchell. (I still have a record player and a large collection of vinyl that I still play!) Irish music, Classical music - Beethoven, Mozart, and Vivaldi, Oldies from the Mid 60s to the Mid 70s I don't like Swing, Jazz, Rap, Hip Hop or Heavy Metal.

The Princess Bride, Bruce Willis in Red and Red 2 Any movie with Tom Hanks The Hundred Foot Journey Anything Jane Austin The Three Amigos Young Frankenstein

I don't watch much TV! When I do, it's NCIS, Bull,The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, or Forensic Files

Art Journaling, Rubber Stamping, Altered Books, Junk Journals Sewing Collecting STUFF for the above addictions

Please don’t send these things Anything cute like Hello Kitty, Kawaii, cartoon, Disney, Nudes, Witchcraft, Dark Themes or Celebrities.

Recipes to try.

Any kind of stickers. I have plenty of them that I don’t use already.

Memo Sheets

Glitter has been banned from my house for more than 25 years.

Perfumes or strong scents and cigarette smoke; both give me headaches.

I don't use candles, drink tea or coffee, or need any make up!

My preference for everything is mid century or older.

Here’s an alphabetical list of things I like:

Small Alphabet letters - Scrabble Size or just a little larger up to 1 1/4 inch tall.

Artistic handwriting

Aprons

Advertising from old magazines (especially 1920s - 1950s, especially bright colored food and kitchen ads.

Albert Einstein (my hero) pics and quotes

Abe Lincoln (my other hero) pics and quotes

Buttons, especially on cards, colored and unusual buttons make me quite happy.

Bible verses or pages - your favorite or any cut from a damaged Bible

Business cards in foreign languages

Book pages that relate to anything I collect

Bird or butterfly ephemera

Christian ephemera

Calligraphy

Cats - we have 4, all rescued or adopted

Christmas - Victorian, postcards, old world Santa

Cigar Boxes

Cookbook related ephemera (booklets, recipe cards, vintage kitchen ads for appliances.) please do not send recipes to try out,

Decorated envelopes

Decos

Doodling pens like black Pilot sharp point, Micron, or one that's your favorite

Excellent grammar! I collect misplaced modifiers, dangling participles, and poor punctuation in pictures or sayings like this from a gas station: "Eat Here and Get Gas"

Edgar Allen Poe

Embroidery thread

Fabric in small prints

Fairy pictures, small fairy wings

Fleur de lys

Fragrances: jasmine and vanilla (combined) - citrus, and fresh outdoor scents,I get headaches from perfumes, but I do like citrus scented lotions from Bath and Body Works.

Fussy cut pictures

Foreign language pages in French, Russian, and from European countries and Africa

Financial documents

Game pieces from around the world

Gardening Ephemera

Greeting card or card fronts from vintage cards

Glue Dots

Ink Joy pens

Inspirational sayings

Jewel tone colors

Kindness - quotes

Ledger pages with hand written entries

Linens with embroidery or crocheted lace

Little Golden books old or new in good condition

Labels - from vintage cans, cigar boxes, crates, mailing labels, canning labels, etc.

Mother Teresa (my heroine) quotes, pictures, sayings, cards

Photographs in Black and White 1950s or before, the older the better, especially ones from 1940s and before.

Postage stamps especially ones from Asia, African countries and from South America

Patriotic illustrations

Playing cards especially with flowers, birds or cats

Old postcards especially from the early 1900s with pretty illustrations or scripture verses. Having writing on the back is fine. I'm not a serious postcard collector.

Quilt blocks, any size or any amount

Rubber stamped images of any items on my things I like list

Scrabble letters - older ones please that have some patina!

Scripture cards

Skeleton Keys

Stazon Ink Pad and/or refill in black

Seed packages in good condition, empty or with seeds.

Table cloths or kitchen towels from the 40's and 50's (can come with stains and holes too!)

Tobacco or Coffee tins

Ticket stubs from theater, bus, subway, carnivals, etc.

UHU glue sticks

Valentine cards 1960s or before

Vintage papers from banking like cancelled checks, bank transactions, bills, etc. Mid century preferred

Wooden Rulers especially those with familiar or very old advertising like Pepsi, Wonder Bread, etc

Wooden thread spools with or without thread

YES glue

Z Zennia Seeds

Sending Food really ups the postage on packages. I like a lot of candies, but the only one that's hard for me to find here is a good dark chocolate with raspberries. I do like these: Chocolate covered caramels, Chocolate Turtles, Hot Tamales, Peanut Butter Cups, Payday, Mounds, JuJy Fruits, Burnt Peanuts or Boston Baked Beans, Peanuts, Pecans, Macadamia nuts

I have crafted since I was old enough to hold a pair of scissors and made doll clothes from my mom’s sewing scraps. For a few years I hosted an online group that made collaborative books. I enjoy making and sharing Artistic Decos and have been a member of several deco groups but have taken a rest from group participation for a while. I've been on SwapBot for years, but have taken breaks from time to time. My favorite toy is a large Accucut die cut machine with lots and lots of dies. I'm a paper hoarder and a die junkie. I can use Accucut, Ellison, and Sizzix Bigz Dies. I don't use thin dies.

Right now I'm collecting items for a Mother Goose Journal. I found an old Mother Goose book for 35 cents and thought I'd use the pictures in it until I saw it was a 1896 edition worth $540. I did not cut it up nor did I sell it!

It would be my great pleasure to exchange mail with you, surprise you, or send you the perfect gift! Going to the mailbox should be a happy experience! If you don't receive a swap from me, please message me first and I will re-send. I'm grateful for what you choose to send in a swap. If it's not my style, I may pass it along to someone who would. I always rate my swaps, but maybe not on the first day!