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Christine6035

Christine6035
Date Joined: May 8, 2017
Last Online: March 13, 2025
Birthday: October 3
Country: United States

About Me

I'm a retired 3rd grade teacher and live with my husband and dog, Uma, in a suburb of Chicago.

I love garage sales, estate sales and thrift stores. Collect sugar and creamers, paper ephemera, and dollhouse miniatures.

I like to travel and have been fortunate to see some wonderful places. We have a second home in Door County, WI.

Favorite Books

Love to listen to books in the car and at home. Some that I really enjoyed are:

My Brillant Friend / Elena Ferrante.

The Woman in White / Wikie Collins

The Forgotten Garden / Kate Morton

The Girl on the Train / Paula Hawkins

The Blood of Flowers / Anita Amirrezvani

The Painted Veil / W. Somerset Maugham

Purple Hibiscus / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Big Little Lies / Liane Moriarty

The Goldfinch / Donna Tartt

The Invention of Wings / Sue Monk Kidd

The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fritzgerald

The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian / Sherman Alexie

White Tiger / Aarivind Adiga

Gone Girl / Gillian Flynn

State of Wonder / Ann Patchett

The Garden of Evening Mists / Tan Twan Eng

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan / Lisa See

Black Swan Green / David Mitchel

I also read non-fiction on art, creativity, and personal development.

Favorite Crafts

drawing

painting - acrylics & watercolor

mixed-media

encaustics

collage

creating mandalas

doodling / coloring

kniting

book arts

upcycle art - like junk journals.

I also have done quilting I have a ridgid-heddle loom.

Favorite Television

The Office

Seinfeld

Frasier

House of Cards

Breaking Bad

Veep

Mad Men

American Crime

Bloodline

The Killing

Succession

Documentaries

I Like:

Ephemera - most everything!

Texts other than English

Vintage - anything!

Tea & Coffee stained paper

Sheet music, book pages, illustrations

Labels, tags, bookmarks

Tissue paper, napkins, wrapping paper

Lace, ribbon, fibers

Stickers

Playing cards

Greeting cards, notecards, stationary, postcards

Washi tape

Found objects

Beads

Floral, paisley, geometric

Boxes

Wizard of Oz

Halloween

Office Supplies

Art Supplies - pencils, markers, paint, ink, stencils, stamps, pastels

Herbal tea

Essential oils

Crystals

Dislike:

Caffine, cigarrette/cigar smoke, fruity or food scented items

I prefer:

Currently, I'm into collecting:

playing cards - any

post cards - any

stickers - no puffy, reward or planner

vintage ephemera - real vintage items, no reproductions

Thank you for reading! Please contact me with any questions or concerns about any of my swaps:)

Ratings

epicgryffindor rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Mar 10, 2025
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Comment: I just got back from a two week cruise myself! I hope your Texas trip was fun!
luv2kraft rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Mar 9, 2025
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Comment: Great postcard. Thanks.
Lyndylou5 rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 1 on Mar 7, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for all the fun cards, and I LOVE the stickers!
Aynora rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Mar 5, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the fun swap.
STUFFellaneous rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Mar 2, 2025
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Comment: I'm always up for a good bookstore postcard! And my husband is from Argentina; so he was pleased to see that the bookstore was from his home country. Although, he's never been to that one as he grew up in Cordoba and Buenos Aires.
OdiRaptor rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Mar 2, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the illustrated Kings Canyon Natl Park postcard! I hope your TX trip was fun. I was supposed to be in Dallas on the 2nd week of February but had flu-like symptoms.
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Comment: Thank you for the fun postcard! I hope you're having a fantastic week!
greenbug728 rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Feb 27, 2025
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Comment: Thanks so much for your postcard! Hope you are enjoying Georgetown! Have a great weekend! :)
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Comment: Thank you for the nice Valentine chunk,
Wanda rated for Chunk-O-Cardboard - February 2025 on Feb 22, 2025
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Comment: I love the super cute chunk you sent me, Christine! You even decorated the back! Thank you! 🩷😊🩷 Enjoy your time in Georgetown! 👍
Lablauri57 rated for PILES OF POSTCARDS Swap #9 on Feb 22, 2025
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Comment: I was just at the redwoods last year. Amazing place. To bad they had those fires…
mkupin7 rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 8 on Feb 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the cards!
mkupin7 rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 10 on Feb 20, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely cards!
Eulegirl rated for Chunk-O-Cardboard - December 2024 on Feb 19, 2025
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Comment: Thank you for the fun cereal cardboard!!
Fullsteampowell rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 13 on Feb 18, 2025
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Comment: Nice selection!
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Comment: Thank you so much for the cute valentines. I loved them!
grannysimpson rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 12 on Feb 16, 2025
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Comment: Thank you
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Comment: Thank you for the cute valentines and stickers!
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Comment: thank you for the valentines and stickers:) I'm going to give the unicorn ones to my niece who loves unicorns:)

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Comments

SFreer on Oct 16, 2023:

Thank you Christine for sending the ephemera train home and adding some extra “padding”! Hope you managed to find some cool bits!

cookies37 on Oct 3, 2023:

Happy Birthday! I hope you are having a spectacular day. I wish you all the best. Take care, Judy.🎂🎈

jukejan on Jul 14, 2018:

Welcome to the OFAP group! Jump right into Morning Coffee or any other thread!

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