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shirleyinCA

shirleyinCA
Date Joined: May 29, 2014
Last Online: October 30, 2024
Birthday: May 5
Country: United States
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ME

SOME NEW INTERESTS

(in case you've been sending to me for years and are tired of my profile)

  • Lou Paper postcards
  • Tinga Tinga art pc's
  • rain/cloud/weather images
  • vinyl or any large stickers
  • dried flowers or flower/leaf stickers
  • Kerstin Frykstrand
  • Strawberry Shortcake
  • Smokey the Bear
  • Belle and Boo
  • Lantern Press
  • the Tour de France

I love to do paper art, scrapbooking and journaling. Jesus loves me & I am eternally grateful. I love being a wife, mom, former Disneyland tour guide & teacher.

Passions for Handel's Messiah, country music, zydeco, CS Lewis, e e cummings, Max Lucado, Gaudi, French Impressionist painters, The West Wing, Amazing Race, NYC, the Tour de France. My favorite travels: France, New Zealand, Switzerland, Barcelona, London & the Cotswolds, Yosemite, Kauai and a Disney cruise anywhere!

I collect old and new Golden Books and pop up books for kids and adults, Disney and Disneyland items (the older the better!) My happy place is the beach/ocean. Sitting on a Disney cruise ship, enjoying the sea, clouds and sunshine is perfect!

One of my favorite things about my job is that I get to assist many precious families visiting Disneyland through the Make a Wish Foundation!

FAVORITE ART THEMES

  • watercolor
  • paper cuts (Scherenschnitte)
  • 1950's & 60's
  • Winnie the Pooh, Mickey Mouse, Beauty & the Beast, Cinderella, Pocahontas & Dumbo
  • vintage Disneyland
  • elegant
  • Paris, Provence & all things French

FAVE THINGS ON MY WISH LIST

Currently crazy about:

  • letterpress
  • paper dolls
  • pop-up cards
  • anything by artist Shinzi Katoh
  • anything by Rifle Paper Company
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • need Little Man of Disneyland Golden Book
  • images of pens & pencils, bicycles & typewriters
  • La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
  • the original Mickey Mouse Club
  • Joan Walsh Anglund
  • Postage stamps/bookmarks/postcards featuring children's literature or Disney

  • Anything Disney, especially older items, pins, Mickey, Dumbo, Mary Poppins, Bambi, Thumper, Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast

  • Anything related to the Original Mickey Mouse Club and Mouseketeers from the 50's ( I got to spend a whole day as Tour Guide with 7 of them at Disneyland for a special event - amazing fun!)
  • Anna Griffin
  • Susan Branch
  • Tim Holtz
  • 7 Gypsies
  • for Kawaii I like owls, Hello Kitty/Sanrio and Disney
  • Eloise Wilkin
  • Alain Gree
  • twill tape (plain or with words)
  • pressed flowers
  • glassine bags
  • quirky little items to add to journal pages
  • view master reels, especially Disney
  • paper dolls
  • anything cruise related

If you have a Sizzix/Cricut type machine (I don't) I love the real intricate designs, any Tim Holtz, damask cartridge, etc.

DO NOT NEED

bug/insect themes, stationery, ribbon, lace, buttons, recipe cards, magnets, post-its, quotes, vintage postcards (unless Disney)

FOR POSTCARD SWAPS

My favorites would be:

  • Maxicards (postcard with matching stamp and cancellation on image side of card)
  • Sanrio pc's (Helllo Kitty, Spottie Dottie, Twin Stars, etc. especially with foreign language on front)
  • postcards of fog, rain, amazing clouds
  • Cavellini cards, especially Paris Christmas Glitter Greetings
  • cards by artists Chihiro Iwasaki, Shinzi Katoh, Mila Marquis or Cathy Delannsay
  • map cards, unusual maps rather than states
  • cards with cut-outs
  • Mithila art
  • watercolor or sketch postcards
  • Kawaii
  • travel poster art cards +Lantern Press cards
    +Anderson Design Group art cards of cities +Anderson Design National Parks
  • nouvelle images cards
  • Gotochi postcards (especially doll, character, food) - previously mailed are fine
  • US National Parks (I need Gates of the Arctic, Guadalupe Mtn, Hawaii Volcanoes, Harpers Ferry, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, North Cascades, Organ Pipe Cactus, Pinnacles, Valley Forge, Virgin Islands, Wrangell St. Elias and any new parks in 2023, 2024)

I'd also love these themes:

  • Coca Cola
  • Joan Walsh Anglund, Richard Scarry
  • classroom/teacher scenes
  • 1950's
  • NYC - prefer artistic, but photo images are fine
  • owls & Siamese cats - prefer art more than photo
  • dancers (any type)
  • National Park and city art cards - like Lantern Press, Andersen Design
  • ocean, surfing, cruise
  • lilacs or lily of the valley
  • Tour de France
  • cards by Rifle Paper Company or Flow magazine
  • Big Letter "Greetings from" state cards (have AK, AR, CO, IN, MN, MT, NH, NJ, NM, TX, VA)
  • quirky, weird, odd, unusual postcards!!

FOR STICKER SWAPS

  • vinyl or large stickers
  • ocean or cruise theme
  • ad stickers
  • Sanrio (especially Spottie Dottie, Kerokerokeroppi, Twin Stars, Hello Kitty)
  • retro/1950's look
  • clocks, typewriters, bicycles, botanicals

NOT INTO: alphabet, unicorns, hearts, rainbows

Ratings

mcall rated for A Dozen Business Cards #2 on Oct 30, 2024
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Comment: Hi Shirley, I love the business cards. You even sent me birds thankyou thankyou thankyou!
MamaMangrove rated for 4 B/W Postcards #8 on Oct 27, 2024
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Comment: Ah, Shirley, I was delighted to join your swap for B&W postcards, then doubly delighted to receive the cards you picked to send me. The wonderful girl and dog singing duo had me howling (sorry, couldn't resist). It's a gem, as is the pensive woman on the Maine rocks. Though the Chock Full of Nuts wagon was before my time, I have fond memories of going to their coffee shop/lunch counter near Penn Station in the early 60's when theirs was the best coffee - or at least the most popular - in town. I think it cost 15 cents a cup! Thanks for the cards, and the memories.
5
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Comment: Thank you.
traceyj rated for CPG - Mystery Supply #3 on Oct 24, 2024
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Comment: Hi Shirley, thanks for this sweet little ATC, I love the combined textures. Happy swapping! 🎃🐹❤️
minniepic rated for PH: Yahtzee With Postcards #8 on Oct 23, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so very much for all the amazing postcards ❤️❤️❤️ Also thank you so much for the private swaps that are always so beautifully put together ❤️❤️❤️
bbpolymath rated for AMA: Sender's Choice - Oct on Oct 23, 2024
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Comment: Lovely. Thanks.
marclively rated for 3-2-1 Your Choice #9 on Oct 17, 2024
5
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Comment: I liked everything - but the business cards were superb , Especially your Disney one. Mutantland was cool ,too.- Thanks - ML
Bavarija rated for 5 Postcards to 2 Partners #268 on Oct 15, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for nice card. I wish you good mood!
Eulegirl rated for PH: Scavenger Hunt for PCs #267 on Oct 13, 2024
5
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Comment: Thank you for the great cards. I especially like the potato one
mcall rated for 3 Different Ad Cards #6 on Oct 11, 2024
5
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Comment: I like the selection you sent me!. Thank you Shirley =^.^=
ScrapHappyGabi rated for SSM: Halloween envelope 24 on Oct 11, 2024
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Comment: Super fun envelope! I LOVE the postage stamps and how you themed it! Love it love it! Thank you for the fun goodies too!I have always wanted some cork paper so this piece will go to GREAT use... I'm thinking an ATC or Ink Box card..... Thank you so much!!!
susieq11 rated for Sticker Sheets #4 on Oct 10, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much! I LOVE all the stickers you sent and a koala/kangaroo pc too! : ) Thanks so much for joining and making me smile!
Lyndylou5 rated for 5 Postcards to 2 Partners #268 on Oct 9, 2024
5
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Comment: Wonderful postcards, especially the handmade one! Thank you so much! I like the way you decorated the envelope too, and the special postage stamp. Thank you!
manders2280 rated for Non-Touristy Postcards #64 on Oct 6, 2024
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Comment: Analog camera - ha! I would have called it a film camera. Thanks for the postcards.
simcoe54 rated for PH: Send 4 Postcards #65 on Oct 5, 2024
5
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Comment: Thanks for the wonderful postcard selection and extra unmarked stamps.
marclively rated for It's Fall Y'all on Oct 3, 2024
5
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Comment: Thanks Shirley!
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Comment: Thank you so much!
riverwatcher rated for 4 PC's of People #5 on Sep 30, 2024
5
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Comment: Thanks for the great postcards + bonus card
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Comment: Thank you! These are beautiful fall colors - Love how you put the collage part together!
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Comment: Thank you for the great selection of cards.

Rating Overview

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Comments

OrigamiGrace on Oct 23, 2024:

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for the nice selections of postcards from CPG Pick 2 tag! Love the beachy ones especially!!

LadyJo on Oct 13, 2024:

Thank you for the this fun altered postcard for my Sept CPG wishes! It is so fun to see what a person does! I love the cow sticker and the fall barn pc.

chimerix on Oct 8, 2024:

Thank you so much for the Halloween goodies and vellum for the CPG Pick 2 tag. I love the paper goods and have a project lined up for some of the vellum. Aloha!

Ikat78 on Sep 30, 2024:

Thank you for the halloween ephemera and foreign book pages for CPG Pick 2 Tag-US only!

Swan on Sep 14, 2024:

Thank youfor the lovely rainy postcard (CPG September wish)! Yeah, I now live South of you and a bit closer :)

dabellaraquella on Sep 14, 2024:

Hi Friend!! Thank you so much for the Tag, it arrived yesterday! I am excited to try them out, especially the burgundy! Thank you again.

susieq11 on Aug 18, 2024:

Thank you for the CPG Happy Mail/Random Envie Tag - Global! I love what you sent and enjoyed your note, thank you! Ooh this is a Starbucks card I don't have, yay and big thanks!! I was just reminiscing about my trip to CA a year ago this past week! xoxo

LauraM540 on Aug 12, 2024:

thank you for the envelope of fun fussy cuts from The who likes? Tag!! They're very cool and I can't wait to use them

OrigamiGrace on Jun 28, 2024:

Thank you so much for the delightful CPG Random Envie/Happy Mail tag - you always sending the nicest things!

chandlerguera on Jun 17, 2024:
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