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shelleym

shelleym
Date Joined: April 10, 2008
Last Online: February 3, 2012
Birthday: January 2
Country: Canada
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Favorite Music

Top 40 and 80s music. I know.

About Me

I am a 38-year-old married mom of 2. I have a full-time job in the financial services industry, and I spend all my spare time ("ALL", ha) in the craft room because if I don't create something for more than 2-3 days I start to go a little crazy. Also, sending and receiving mail is easily in my top 5 favourite things.

Favorite Books

How do I decide which are my favourites?? I love to read; I have a bootleg library card that I'm not entitled to and I use it like a glutton. I read mostly mysteries and fiction, and some of my favorite authors are John Sandford, Malcolm Gladwell and Robert B. Parker

Favorite Crafts

I make postcards, mail art, and I keep an art journal. I love my prisma pencil crayons and my watercolour pencils more than anything, except maybe for my pelikan watercolours. Mail art has always been a passion of mine, and while most of my friends and relatives are a little amused by what I send them, they're not really into sending anything back. Horrors! That's what I come here for. I've also been working a lot in my art journal, not to mention collecting books about art journals and empty journals and sketchbooks!

Favorite Television

While I don't watch a lot of tv (I'd really rather be in the craft room) I do enjoy stand-up comedy. And I love True Blood and Weeds. Also I never watch the news because it scares the crap out of my kids. And me.

My Favourite Things

  • Making lists
  • Baking
  • Typography
  • Fat mail
  • Office supplies
  • Secret rooms
  • Treehouses
  • Map placemats
  • Stubby pencils
  • Nooks and crannies
  • Fat mail
  • Demolition
  • Doodles
  • Getting mail in re-used envies
  • Stationery/notepads
  • Graffiti
  • Vinyl stickers
  • Tattoo images
  • Daily ephemera - appointment slips, parking stubs, anything that looks neat. New OR vintage!
  • Chinese newspaper bits
  • Braille paper
  • Anything letterpressed

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Comment: What a wonderful Blue Footed Booby! I am honored to receive such a marvelous work of art. You are extremely talented. It will be a delightful addition to my Bizarre Animal collection. Thanks for being a wonderful swap partner. If I could give you more than one heart I would.
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Comment: Wow...I loved reading your responses!!! Definitely entertaining!!!
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Comment: good luck with being productive! great card! did you make it?
Response: I had them done on moo.com. Thanks for the feedback!!
izohgore rated for Mail Art #7 - Open Theme & Empty on Oct 13, 2011
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Comment: Fantastic mail art, I absolutely love the 2 headed cat in the hat inspiration! Love the hand lettering you did, too, gorgeous & flawless work! This is going to be framed & put on the wall, thank you!!
siouxx05 rated for August Artifix Journal on Sep 23, 2011
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Comment: Thank you for the interesting journal.. and good luck with the choice you made..! :)
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Comment: Interesting answers, thank you :)
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Comment: Enjoyed reading your answers
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Comment: I just got this over the weekend. I'm really happy with everything you sent me! I don't know about others, but as far as I'm concerned I'd always rather get a few items that I really like than a ton that are so-so. I haven't read either of the books you sent yet but I'm looking forward to giving them a go. Thanks again! :D
pengrafyx rated for ArtMakers Minizine #5 (July 2011) on Aug 6, 2011
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Comment: Oooooooh! Lovely! A wonderful guide to hand lettering and so well laid out, too - a woman after my own heart. :)
Doreen247 rated for ArtMakers Minizine #5 (July 2011) on Aug 5, 2011
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Comment: Such a wonderful little zine! Thanks you!
pickle rated for ArtMakers Minizine #5 (July 2011) on Aug 3, 2011
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Comment: loved it! how timely for me. i am just starting to get back into doodling and letters befuddle me. my apologies for my zine...arg. i was stuck camping, had few resources, and sent mail out with family. i could have done so much more. yours was amaZINE!!
joellrod rated for 100 QUESTIONS EMAIL SWAP on Jul 29, 2011
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Comment: awesome! it was great reading your 100 answers!
MrsAndrews rated for 100 QUESTIONS EMAIL SWAP on Jul 25, 2011
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blueapplegallery rated for 100 QUESTIONS EMAIL SWAP on Jul 25, 2011
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purple rated for 100 QUESTIONS EMAIL SWAP on Jul 25, 2011
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Comment: I enjoyed your answers. And thanks for letting me know a nice website "superviva.com".^^
swapquest rated for 100 QUESTIONS EMAIL SWAP on Jul 22, 2011
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Brnd rated for 100 QUESTIONS EMAIL SWAP on Jul 21, 2011
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Comments

hollycm6 on Aug 9, 2011:

Package of awesome at my door today!! Off to read a bit before bed, thanks for making my day!! :)

snarkystitches on Mar 16, 2011:

Hooray for a letter in my mailbox! :) Sssshhh, don't tell. My penpal will think I'm cheating on her. I shall write you back from my suburban home, daydreaming of the day I can move to a sh*thole. ;)

hollycm6 on Mar 8, 2011:

You need to make some more friends. Or even enemies. I am nearly the only comment-er!! I got my awesome birthday card and forgot to tell you. It made me smile. I have been sending out some letters of awesomeness (mostly just made of trash... that's what makes them awesome, not the contents)... you'd be proud. I'll have to send you one sometime!

hollycm6 on Feb 19, 2011:

That is really a large hamster ice cream cone. You can delete it if you want to. :)

hollycm6 on Jan 3, 2011:

hollycm6 on Dec 23, 2010:

Oops, I meant to add that in 20 minutes it is my birthday, and I will be reading it then!!

hollycm6 on Dec 23, 2010:

OH!! I got the journal today!!! Haven't read it because my glasses were nowhere to be seen and I was literally in the middle of cooking dinner, but I stopped long enough to rip the package open and flip through, and eat some chocolate!!! I LOVE the pattern being used for tissue!!! I coopy all of your fun ideas, and then I look SO creative!!

hollycm6 on Dec 16, 2010:

Your birthday is coming up! I do have a gift for you... but... it might be late. Well, it isn't mailed yet so it WILL be late. It isn't even DONE yet.

craftgasm on Oct 5, 2010:

Please check out my ephemeral giveaway in the ZMACS forum!

hollycm6 on Sep 6, 2010:

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