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Date Joined: August 29, 2016
Last Online: February 22, 2019 Birthday: July 7, 1968 Country: Costa Rica My Etsy shop My Etsy Favs My Amazon Wishlist |
WINTER BLUES
January 2019: Our Unions are back on the streets with a new strike!. So, please; bear with me, whether if I am your sender or your receiver!!
VERY IMPORTANT: DO NOT send me anything edible, PLEASE. This has became prohibited in Costa Rica and whatever food category I might get, Customs will impose on the package importation process that takes several days to be resolved including a quarantine (even for a bag of tea as crazy as it sounds). They are entitled to do this and more! It wasn't as bad as this before and it would really depends of package getting caught by Customs but with the strike, the Government has taken measures and policies destined to push citizens and pay more and more to make them believe the Bill for taxes is the best thing to do. So, the odds to get packages sent to pay taxes has increased considerably (have gone there 5 times already, this month) and more than paying taxes the problem arises when it's related with food coming into the country in any form it's made because nothing is giving to me that is in a box until I clear up the food part. Have learned this the hard way today so really stick to this please :-(.
PLEASE write me if you have not received from me. I promise I will do my best to make it right. PLEASE do not rate me down without even giving me the chance to talk and act.
Maria Gallardo
Po Box 1891-2050
San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose 11501
Costa Rica
My :
mgallardo68@gmail.com
I am Maria, 50 years old. Mom of three grown children and grannie of 5 beautiful grandbabies and one more on the way (can't wait to see if girl or boy) :-). I have a beloved sister and a niece and nephew that are like my own children and we live all together (we are 10 at home, a very organized one). I also have 1 DIL and 1 SIL that treat me as their mom and I love them dearly (even if we fight jajaja).
I love my family above all, also love art, reading, traveling, Internet, movies, classic and indie music, talking, philosophy, philology, history, anthropology, even politics.... I am atheist but I love anything/everything related with religious icons, symbols, ethereal spirits, angels, pagan and so on and I have no problem receiving any of this (only do NOT indoctrinate me please).
I am a sharing person, I do not like hoarding (really minimalist in my possessions). I love to send extras and try to make my best to send your way a good package but by no means, I expect extras back. Though, I do appreciate the love you put in your swaps. This is more important to me.
I quilt, sew, do mixed media, altering, recycling, up-cycling and more. Love cotton fabrics (QSQ only), ethnic textiles and batiks, fibers of all kinds, buttons, papers, pretty stuff, VINTAGE stuff, doing collage, painting, using watercolors, the stars, the cosmos, the humans, the leaves and trees, the ocean, the planets, ribbons & laces. SNOW!!
If you send postcards, I would like them in an envelope and blank, even if the swap calls for a written one (I won't rate you down, I promise it). However, I love used postcards (note cards, greeting cards, etc) for my collage. I also love used postage stamps of any kind. Your leftovers and de-stash too.
I do love handmade items that show your soul, envelopes 4''x6'' and bigger (colorful and handmade are the best), happy mail into decorated envelopes, painted papers, jelly papers, unique things. I love lighthouses, cherry blossoms, stars, the cosmos, supplies I can use to produce, roses, Christmas and Fall, the snow (oh the snow)... Did I say snow?
I do not like:
I am an honest person, passionate, intense and straightforward (this gives me problems all the time) ...
Comments
Thank you SO much for all the postcards you sent me from the PTG - WTA September!!! I actually forgot about this and when I went to my local post office today to check if I have something new, they told me they've kept this envelope since January. I'm so glad it arrived and I've never gotten anything from Costa Rica! The picture postcards are amazing and I really appreciate the Star Wars comic cover postcard as I started collecting them ^^ Thank you very much <3
Thank you, thank you and thank you Maria! My friend and I received our GF Costa Rica cards! No worries, the scribblings was bearable!! Hahaha... Thanks again for your help and I really appreciate it! Take care!!
I've received your Amazon gift card, Maria - you've gone above and beyond what you needed to do, my friend.
Thank you so much Maria for the granted wish! I am so thankful that you thought of me!
Happy New Year!
I received your postcard from a Slavic country I believe! It is wishing me Merry Christmas I think. Thank you! Thanks also for the vintage postcards from Etsy. Sorry about being slow to thank you!
Make A Wish - Pick 2 Tag -- Thanks for resending this swap. I absolutely love everything enclosed!!!!!
Just leaving a friendly reminder on all participant profiles that, if you haven't already done so, please don't forget to update your rating for the FS flat stocking stuffer swap now that you have opened your gifts :)
I've been kind of popping in a bit more and was thinking of you. I hope all is well with you on your side of the world!
Thanks so much for the replacements for the Make A Wish - July & August Wishes. I love all of them. Happy New Year to you and your family!!!!
Thank you very, very much for the lovely suprises as a RAK. Love the cute tin, with the scissor and the sticky notes. They are adorable, just like you are adorable!