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grlegal

grlegal
Date Joined: January 12, 2009
Last Online: November 6, 2009
Birthday: March 24
Country: USA

About Me

I am a full-time legal secretary (I love my job!), as well as the mother of four grown sons, and the grandmother of their seven beautiful children. For fun and relaxation, I like to kayak. For sanity and therapy, I do crafts. My main creative outlets are cake decorating and making greeting cards (mostly stamping). I used to sew, but pretty much have set that aside, other than to occasionally make flannel "rag quilts" for babies. I have a wonderful DIL in New Zealand who is a excellent cook and seamstress (and crafter), who motivates me to try new things.

Other than kayaking, I really enjoy going to movies and plays. Favorite movie has to be Schindler's List (although I don't feel the need to ever see it again). I also think that Slumdog Millionaire deserves every award it received! My favorite plays are Les Miz, RENT, and Phantom (of course). The Eagles, Coldplay, and Jimmy Buffet music are among my favorites. If you have a chance to see Jimmy Buffett in concert, definitely DO! SO much fun!

I have a great space for crafting ... lots of room, workspace, privacy, and good lighting. My son painted it for me recently ... beautiful shades of lime and turquoise, with bright white trim. It's wonderful (and so is he)! I love summer (and we do have beautiful summers in West Michigan), and I love to spend as much time as possible in my pool, typically with my 6-yr. old grandson, who also loves summer and water!

I actually enjoy our beautiful winters too (although not as much as summer!) I'm more of a winter spectator, rather than participant.

Let's see ... as far as color, I love bright ones ... green (lime, sage), yellow and orange, but I also like white and various shades of brown. I'm rather conservative by nature; not into dark or goth. My jewelry is pretty conservative. I like plants, flowers, water (rivers, lakes, etc.), kayaking, babies, children, and nature.

I like chocolate in moderation, I don't drink coffee (I do drink hot chocolate though). I love to cook and bake, and I love and am impressed by home-made crafts.

I don't like cutesy things or stickers. I love paper, ink, and embellishments!

I'm very new at swapping, and I'm just learning the culture and terminology. I hope this profile is helpful ... and thanks so much, in advance, for the effort and joy that you give.

Ratings

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Comment: I love the use of the tree stamp! They all turned out GREAT!!! it was worth the wait - thanks for the extras! Extra heart if I could!
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Comment: Thank you so much for the cards and all the little extras! You are so sweet! I do like the yellow cards, but I am afraid that purple is still my favorite color! :) Thanks again!!!
Response: I like purple better too! I find it kind of challenging (not in a good way) to work with yellow as anything more than just an accent color. Thanks for the nice rating and the heart!
Loraloo rated for SLIGHTLY USED RUBBER STAMPS #2 on Sep 15, 2009
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figct rated for pretty in pink on Sep 14, 2009
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Comment: Thanks for the package.
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Syn1226 rated for Handmade card swap on Sep 9, 2009
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Comment: The cards are so beautiful! Thank you! And thank you for the extras as well. Great swapper! Ü
Response: I'm glad you like the cards! Thanks for the good rating and the nice comment!
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Comment: WOW, you got me again. Getting to know each other a little better. I still get nervous when I see the attorney at law envy. Ha ha!! Nice choice on your cards. Thanks for all the extras. Can not wait to play with the paper. The dog card will work since my dog is black and white. I also like the sunny skies card. Thanks! :)
Response: I can't picture the sunny skies card, but I'm really glad you liked what I sent! Thanks for another great rating! I appreciate it.
lltip rated for pretty in pink on Sep 8, 2009
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Comment: I love it all. You did great for having so many lived with so many boys. Wow, I'm from a family with all girls so I kinda know how you feel. Thanks so much for a great swap!!!!!
Response: So glad you liked what I sent! This was a fun swap. Thanks for the five and the heart!
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Comment: Thanks for the huge collection of images!
Response: You're welcome. It was fun to pull out a lot of my stamps. Motivated me to use them!!
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Comment: Thank you Donna for the assortment of stamped images.
Response: If you'd like me to re-send, I'd be happy to. I used to stamp almost everything on white paper, but I recently have been using colored paper and like the appearance. (thanks for the nice rating and the heart)
namesarefun rated for I Thought Of You Today on Aug 24, 2009
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Comment: Oh my gosh! I just kept pulling more and more goodies out of the envie, I thought maybe it is was endless for a moment! I LOVED LOVED everything! I have never tried a pigment pen before, how fun! And I use mechanical pencils at work, but none that pretty! And all those papers and embellishments were wonderful!! But I think my fav was the purple rooster cards!!! Thanks so much! Wish I could give 10 hearts! HUGS!! Lois
Response: I'm so glad you liked your package! I saw in your profile that you like purple ... and roosters, so I knew I had the perfect stamp to make a couple cards for you! Thanks for the nice rating and the heart!
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Comment: Hi Donna, thanks for all my goodies. Yes, I can use some of what you sent. I sent you an email via your AOL account. I did not see the 2nd paper stating which swap this was for so I was confused, but it is ok now. Check your email, reply, and I will email you again to answer your questions. :)
Response: I didn't get your email to my aol account. Thanks for the good rating and the heart though.
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Comment: WOW!!!! What can I say? I LIKE EVERYTHING!!!! You made my day happy =D I want to THANK YOU for the recipes, I'll try the Chicken Tetrazzini today =P it sounds delicious. I will use everything else in my cards. You have great images. To bad I can't give you more than one heart, but you get LOTS in my book. Thank you again for everything. Hugs, ~Noemi~
Response: Hi Noemi - Your enthusiasm made my day too! I love it when people like what I send! Thanks for the good rating and the heart!
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Comment: Thank you for everything. The only duplicate was the high heel shoe. I love the Ls and the bookmark and Chai Tea is my favorite. Awesome:-)
Response: So glad you like what I sent! Thanks for the nice rating and the heart!
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Comment: Wow--what a generous package... and I love the recipes! Mint brownies sound divine. Thank you for spoiling me! :)
Response: You'll love the mint brownies! I sure do!! Glad you liked the things I sent. I so enjoy stamping. Glad you felt spoiled! Thanks for the five and the heart!
skturbokitty rated for Art with Nature on Aug 18, 2009
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Comment: The cards are sooooo beautiful. I love your layered techniques and am blown away by the handmade envelopes. Thank you for participating in the swap.
Response: The second part of your package should arrive maybe tomorrow. Let me know if you like it. d.
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Comment: Love it all!! Was freaked out when I say the Lawyers off envelope though......that can never be good...haha
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Response: thanks for the heart!
san100 rated for Scrapbooking 50 Papers & Cardstock on Aug 13, 2009
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Comment: thanks for all the prettys......i was afraid i was in trouble when i saw the envelope from the lawyer!
Response: haha ... that does throw people sometimes! Sorry about that! Thanks for the five and the heart! Much appreciated!

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Comments

ChimpieArtist on Aug 16, 2009:

Hi! I just missed the last one, so I started a new swap Sharing Stamped Images-Quick & Easy! It's a quick swap with only two partners, but should be alot of fun! - Julia :)

whinendine on Jun 30, 2009:

Donna, Even though I rated you for the swap of Rubber Image Swap #3, I wanted to leave a comment for you. Thank you so much for your generosity and kindness. I loved all you sent and your kindness really touched my heart. Thanks again.

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