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shirleyinCA

shirleyinCA
Date Joined: May 29, 2014
Last Online: March 13, 2025
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
  • letterpress
  • Strawberry Shortcake
  • Smokey the Bear
  • Belle and Boo
  • Lantern Press, especially maps, typography
  • the Tour de France
  • die-cuts: leaves, birds, clocks, gears, crowns, steampunk, lacy, vintage, Tim Holtz.

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, Max Lucado, Gaudi, The West Wing, 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 & typewriters
  • La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona
  • the original Mickey Mouse Club
  • Joan Walsh Anglund
  • Postage stamps & postcards featuring children's literature or Disney
  • Anything Disney, especially older items, pins, Mickey, Dumbo, Mary Poppins, Bambi, Thumper, Cinderella, Beauty & the Beast, Moana

  • Anything related to the Original Mickey Mouse Club and Mouseketeers from the 50's
  • 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
  • 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
  • travel poster art cards +Lantern Press cards, especially maps, typography
    +Anderson Design Group cities & National.Parks
  • nouvelle images cards
  • Gotochi postcards (especially doll, character, food)
  • US National Parks (I need Amache, Guadalupe Mtn, Harpers Ferry, Katmai, Kenai Fjords, Kobuk Valley, New River Gorge, Organ Pipe Cactus, Valley Forge, Virgin Islands and any new parks in 2023-25)
  • Coca Cola
  • Joan Walsh Anglund, Richard Scarry
  • classroom/teacher scenes
  • 1950's
  • dancers (any type)
  • ocean, 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)
  • typography
  • quirky, weird, odd, unusual postcards!!

FOR STICKER SWAPS

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

NOT INTO: alphabet, unicorns, hearts, rainbows

Ratings

MamaMangrove rated for Non-Touristy Postcards #67 on Mar 13, 2025
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Comment: Thank you, Shirley. Love that shot of the Beatles & the way it's colored. The Godard/Woody eyeglasses is a hoot, and I don't think I've ever seen that Frida Kahlo painting before, so that was a coup. Altogether another delightful swap from you!
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Comment: Thanks for the cards! The Underwater one will go right in my Mermaid journal, it will make a cool background!
papercraft70 rated for HMPC: Scraps and Bits PC on Mar 6, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely swap.
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Comment: Thank you for all the wonderful stickers and the cute postcard! Love all the cat stickers! <3<3
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Comment: Thanks, Marc
marclively rated for PH: 4 Postcards in December #2 on Mar 5, 2025
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Comment: Thanks, Marc
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Comment: Thank you for all of the wonderful napkins! You were so generous. I also love the French style one. Aloha!
CHOWEFACE rated for 5 Postcards to 2 Partners #274 on Mar 4, 2025
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Comment: Thanks for the great cards!
Jillemina rated for SMSUSA: Green Scavenger Hunt on Mar 3, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for a great swap!
e2java rated for AMA: Pink and Green Mail Art on Mar 3, 2025
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Comment: Great pink and green collage - love the tone of green, too. Thank you for a beautiful creation.
PaperPassion rated for SMSUSA: Handmade Happiness #1 on Feb 27, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely tags.
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Comment: Thank you!
mamajoy rated for Just Send AD Stuff - #2 on Feb 22, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the cool postcards, and the drink coaster and for the business card from Monaco. Believe it or not, we went to Monte Carlo in the late 80's on a trip sponsored by a bank that I worked for at the time. That's when trips were offered very inexpensively. We had a ball. That's where I learned to like wine. Stories? I have lots!
marclively rated for A Dozen Business Cards #4 on Feb 21, 2025
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Comment: enjoyed the cards - Thanks!
tcornell rated for SSM: Mail art supply envelope #41 on Feb 21, 2025
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Comment: Thank you!
susieq11 rated for 5 Postcards to 2 Partners #273 on Feb 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you and thanks for joining my swap! : )
simcoe54 rated for Non-Touristy Postcards #65 on Feb 12, 2025
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Comment: Thanks for the nice selection of non-touristy pcs as well as the extras and unmarked stamps :)
Poohtat rated for 5 Postcards to 2 Partners #273 on Feb 11, 2025
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Comment: Fun selection, thank you. Happy swapping
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Comment: Thanks for the great postcards and for the unmarked stamp!
LauraM540 rated for CPG: Fussy Cut People - US on Feb 8, 2025
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Comment: Thanks for the fun selection of people! I loved the Envie you put them in too! I will definitely save that! Thanks for joining my swap too!

Rating Overview

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Comments

LadyJo on Feb 13, 2025:

Thank you for the CPG January wishes! I love all the nice things you sent my way! Thanks for thinking of me!

heliogal on Jan 10, 2025:

Your envelope for the CPG Happy mail/ random envie tag was such a joy to receive!! I loved everything you included for me and had so much fun going through all the bits and pieces!! That owl postcard is gorgeous too!! Thank you so much and please stay safe with the fires down there!!

chimerix on Dec 23, 2024:

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

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