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Hello! I am 31 years old and a children's librarian. When I'm not working I like to make things. I publish a zine and sell things I've made on my website. The last zine I made was all about letter-writing. I'm a sucker for beautiful vintage stuff and I'm guilty of romanticizing the past. I grew up in New York but now live in California with my punk rock husband and cute little dog.

These things make me happy:

Items related to mail and letter writing

air mail envelopes

stamps (I'll save the postage stamps from your packages.)

images of mailboxes

fountain pens

beautiful papers

German Dresden trims

delicate ephemera

stationery

sewing notions and trims

french vintage

zippered pouches

letter stickers

blank labels

vintage office supplies

You can also visit my online store at www.allthisismine.com to get an idea of my aesthetic.

No thanks to any of the following:

Hello Kitty (but I do like other Kawaii stuff)

Disney

Diddl

characters from movies or TV

kitsch

plastic trinkets

small toys

incense

earrings

fairies

teacher stickers

ATCs

religious stuff

bookbinding

zining

mail art

blockprinting

printmaking

gocco printing

sewing

making stationery and notecards

mixed media art

If you live outside the USA, you can make my day by sending me any of the following stuff unique to your country:

postage stamps (any denomination is fine!)

air mail seals and any other postal seals (probably free at your post office)

customs forms and other free forms available at the post office

stationery that has stuff written in your country's language on it (if something other than English)

Project Runway, The Office, Freaks and Geeks, My So-Called Life, Friday Night Lights

Sleater-Kinney, Bob Mould, Sugar, Carbon Silicon, The Clash, Fugazi, Babes in Toyland, Skid Row, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Green Day, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, Lois, Tsunami, Jets to Brazil, Beat Happening, Youth Bridgade, Wire