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snailmailrocks
Date Joined: October 11, 2013
Last Online: November 21, 2024
Birthday: March 4
Country: Canada

about me

Hi Everyone,

My name is Tracey, born and raised in Montreal, Quebec and currently living in Toronto. I live in the west end of the city with my hubby, four daughters, my dog Loopy & three cats, Cynthia, Meadow & Dusty.

I love sending & receiving "snail mail". I LOVE MAIL ART! Decorated envelopes and postage stamps are my jam. If you’re able to put more than one postage stamp on your envelope, that’s super awesome and will make my day 😆

I create & collect ZINES. That is all. I love them.

I enjoy and appreciate all types of creative art. Some of my favourite ways to express myself are through:

  • surrealist / mixed media collage
  • zines
  • handmade postcards
  • watercolour
  • flipbooks
  • art journals & glue books
  • acrylics

things I enjoy…

Not a list of demands, just some of my favourites - & surprises are great :-)

  • stamps I’m crazy for stamps - I collect them and use them in my creations. New stamps and/or used stamps on or off paper / cancelled is great. Stamps from your country 1950's - 1980's stamps - AMAZING! (even damaged stamps are wonderful as I use them in my art)

  • mail art - please show me your talents!

  • handmade postcards what a treat to receive a lovely creation made by you 🤗

  • handwritten letters & postcards tell me a little about yourself, your interests, your life, your thoughts, something we have in common

  • decorated envelopes

  • zines any zine is welcome - either one created by you or a random zine made by someone else

  • flipbooks with lots of pockets

  • small items such as paper goods/ stickers / sticker flakes in glassine envies & tiny paper bags

  • vintage / retro card’s & paper goods

  • vintage fabrics embroidery, needlepoint, small squares of patterned fabrics (especially small flowers), pretty handkerchiefs, embroidered patterned ribbon, interesting lace (I’m happy with even small pieces (2”x2”) of any of the above mentioned)

  • interesting buttons, beads & baubles

  • wax seals

  • ephemera whimsy woodland, cottagecore, “vintage”, retro images of children’s book illustrations, forest animals, toadstools, acorns, pine cones, flora & fauna, botanical, birds, forest trees, mythical creatures & faerie lore

  • handmade crocheted, cross-stiched, felted, painted, silkscreened, letter-pressed, collaged, or sewed tiny woodland animal friends & toadstools🍄

  • stickers Stickville, Stickii Club, Scratch & Sniff, Puffy, Vintage, Retro, 1980’s,

  • washi tape postal, woodland forest animals, toadstools, botanical, sprinkles, confetti, tiny polka dots, neons & bright patterns, geometric shapes & patterns, grid, snail mail, moomin

  • rubber stamps anything related to snail mail letterpost, "please deliver to", "handle with care", "happy mail", "snail mail", "airmail" or faux postmark stamps.

  • polaroid pictures from the 1970’s /1980’s (looking for old photos of random people)

  • vintage /retro children's book illustrations I love them all, but especially in colour from the 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s. I like to incorporate them into my art creations. I know they’re difficult to part with, quality copies are great too 🙌🏼

  • any illustration / image of Little Red Riding Hood. I collect them :-)

  • authentic vintage/retro wrapping paper 1950’s - 1990’s - any size

  • vintage black & white photo / postcard old creepy photos of people / pets

  • vintage postcards that have been written on (pre 2000)

THE FOLLOWING IS FOR POSTCARD SPECIFIC SWAPS ONLY

I love decorated postcards! If you like to decorate with washi, stickers, rubber stamps, doodles…don’t hold back 🤣

  • Illustrated - all themes 😍
  • retro children’s book illustrations
  • all vintage
  • postcards from the 1970's / 1980’s
  • ski hills & chairlifts
  • motels
  • cemeteries & graveyards
  • ferris wheels
  • vintage woodland themes & animals
  • fawns
  • fairytales
  • botanical
  • flora & fauna
  • abandoned places
  • ravens
  • mythical creatures
  • victorian gothic
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • Little Red Riding Hood
  • Hansel & Gretel
  • Wes Anderson
  • Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Bauhaus
  • cityscapes & street shots

If I’m lucky enough to receive an awesome handmade postcard from you, please feel free to send it in a clear protective sleeve so it doesn’t get damaged while travelling 💌

no thank you…

  • anything religious
  • candles/incense
  • colouring pages
  • Disney/child
  • teacher reward stickers/stickers with flags of different countries
  • foam cutout things
  • napkins
  • makeup
  • earings
  • anything you wouldn’t want to receive yourself +old dirty items, wrinkled/folded/old random papers, swaps that smell like cigarettes/sloppy thrown together swaps +swaps with no thought put into them (sigh)

just an FYI...

I truly enjoy the art of swapping. I always take the time to read my partners profile and see what I can create for them & what kind of goodies they like. 🙌🏼🥳 I put a lot of time and effort into my swaps. I prefer quality & thoughtfulness over quantity 🙌🏼 thanks in advance :-)

This swapper is "flake-free" - I always send my swaps out before the due date has passed and always make a trip to the post office to make sure that the correct postage is being applied to the envelope/ parcel. That being said, if you haven't received my swap way past the date, something has gone wrong in the post. Please contact me personally and let me know before leaving a poor rating

rate

I always try and rate as soon as I receive your mail :-)

thankyou

Ratings

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Comment: This is the coolest chunk ever! From the stamps to your decoration, all amazing :) I love looking for cool packaging that can be turned into postcards. It makes you look at everything a different way and so nice to be able to reuse stuff and turn it into something fun.
user950 rated for Used Stamp Chain Card Round 55 on Nov 13, 2024
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Comment: You did it right! Sometimes there are multiple used stamp chain cards in rotation and we just happened to get randomly assigned. I do an mis-mash of junk journaling/memory keeping/ smashbooking. Your envelope was great to receive (both the inside and outside). I love the rubber stamp you used, I have the one with a bird on it from the same artist!
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Comment: This is one thoroughly bombed postcard! lol Thank you so much for the cool vintagey pc, the awesomely decorated back, and the amazing Lady in White postage stamp you used! That may be my favorite stamp ever.
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Comment: What a stunning mail from the outside and inside. Thank you so much for all the effort you spend in decorating and puuting together the goodies. Such kind of mail are exactly my kind of tast and reason for doing swaps 🧡
Response: Hi Melissa, thank you for the lovely compliments. I'm so glad you liked it. After reading your profile, I could tell that we had similar tastes in snailmail decor :-) Hope to see you in another swap.
Eclectonote rated for Mr.Zip ~ Postal-Themed Envie + on Nov 8, 2024
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Comment: Wow you've outdone yourself with this fantastic Mr. Zip mail art. So much fun to receive, and I'll bet it brightened the day of everyone who came across it in the CA and US postal services. Double thanks for all the extras, from the vintage ephemera to the air mail stickers and envelopes. Thanks again for a Great Mail Day!
Response: Hi Amy, I'm so glad you enjoyed what I sent, it was a lot of fun to put together :-) I'm sure we'll cross paths agin in another swap soon. Take care
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Comment: 💕💕 Awesome mail art in my Mailbox—I had to study the outside first! I love the postcards you sent! Thank you very much for the stamp-filled artistic swap pcs and profile stickers!
Response: Hi Frieda, You're welcome, so glad you liked the mail art & goodies :-)
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Comment: What a fun envelope to open! Love how you decorated it and the stamps you used - I hadn't seen those Canadian stamps before! Also adore the postcard you used to write your note on. Happy postcrossing!
Response: Hello Heidi, I'm so glad you enjoyed my snail mail -yay! I'm a true postage stamp nerd and have some from the 80's & 90"s :-) Hope to see you in another swap soon.
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Comment: I just LOVE everything about this PC:) Thank-you for the chunk, stamps, and the nice note! I have considered a third cat but then we’d be outnumbered lol:D ps. Where did you get your address stamp made?!
Response: Hi Sarah, glad you liked it :-) My return address stamp is from Etsy! Understood about the third cat - lol 😂
simcoe54 rated for PH: List 5 Series - Mini Series on Oct 12, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the lovely postcard and for sharing your list. I plan on checking them out!
Eulegirl rated for PH: Christmas Package & PCs #3 on May 6, 2023
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Comment: I am so sorry for the late rating--I had opened this swap at my parents' house over the holidays. and I decided to check the rating when I found it in a bag with some recipes and stuff my mom had given me. Apparently, I hadn't put the rating. Thanks for the great swap!
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Comment: (And I agree with your username!) Thank you for the cool postcard! Where you shooting the commercial as an actor or as a tech?
Rainydancer rated for SSM: QSCP #56 on Apr 22, 2023
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Comment: Thanks- you made me smile! I love all your ink stamps, especially your address one
addieixmarie rated for Badly Drawn Pet Portraits on Mar 31, 2023
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Comment: Tracey, oh my goodness! I am just in LOVE with everything that you sent me!! I LOVE that you dressed your kids up as the sisters from the Shining!! That is AMAZING!! I wish I had someone to dress up as them with for Halloween! I also love love love everything that you wrote about. It is so awesome to meet another Stephen King fan! The old school horror movies are great, I love Sleepaway Camp! That is such a classic, lol. Before I even got to the other side of your note, I immediately thought of the movie Martyrs when you mentioned French Horror movies... I have heard so much about it but I haven't watch it yet! Maybe I shouldn't... LOL! You have also seen so many cool bands in concert!! I have also seen Motley Crue and Alice Cooper:) Then after reading your letter, I got to the painting of my birds and OMG!! I am seriously IN LOVE with it!! They are so cute :,) This truly means so much to me, I have tears of joy in my eyes! I am going to hang it up right now on my wall!! It is seriously perfect, I can't even put into words how grateful I am for this beautiful painting and for everything else that you sent. I love every single thing!!! I truly wish I could give you a billion hearts! Thank you so much for everything, this was truly so special and dear to my heart<3 P.S. I also LOVE the stamps that you used to mail this swap
aprilivy rated for Quick Tourist Postcard #1 on Mar 30, 2023
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Comment: Thank you so much for the lovely postcard :)
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Comment: OMG I absolutely LOVE that mermaid, wish I could give you more hearts! Thank you ♥♪♫*¨*•.¸¸❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
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Comment: Thank you for the postcard, Tracey! Sounds like you had a nice break with your girls. Yours is a lot earlier than ours, it's Spring Break here this week, I absolutely love Toronto. I was last there in 2018 with one of my friends and I'm hoping to go again this year with my mom. We plan to take my two nephews! The younger one is a Raptors fan, so we want him to be able to see a live game. I do enjoy some winter activities (skiing, snowshoeing and skating), but only if I have friends to go with.
nanadiana rated for PTG: Landscape Postcard on Mar 25, 2023
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Comment: Thank you for the Toronto pc. It sounds like a beautiful city. I've been to Vancouver and Victoria but would love to visit more of Canada. Thank you for making my day brighter!
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Comment: you have the nicest handwriting! ha. that was my first reaction. anyway - thanks for the niagara falls postcard. i've been there twice but always great to see it again!
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Comment: Thank you for the wonderful postcard. I hope you skiing goes well.
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Comment: Thanks for the Canada map card, you can never have too many stickers according to Olivia, my daughter. Best regards, Rich
Response: And Olivia is absolutely correct…🤣 thanks for the heart Rich!

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Comments

simcoe54 on Mar 4, 2023:

Hope you have a Happy Birthday!

mymerakidesk on Nov 28, 2022:

Welcome to Wax Seals & Dried Flowers Enthusiasts group! 🎊

yvonne401 on Nov 24, 2022:

Welcome to Cold Hands Warm Hearts! It's great to have you here!

Blessings,

Yvonne

Rainydancer on Nov 2, 2022:

Welcome to Sunshine Swaps!

devilspigeonhole on Dec 11, 2014:

Conniegirl on Dec 17, 2013:

Hi Tracey, you know what else we have in common? My sister's name is Tracy too! :) And that horror movie thing..I think it happens once we become mothers. lol. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Years.

ladydy5 on Dec 12, 2013:

What a great profile. Welcome to Thriftstore Find group. Enjoy receiving and sending!

cutesygirlynai on Dec 8, 2013:

hey girl! you're featured in the first SWL member focused swap, it's a postcard one. go and check it out :) http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/164574 thanks for joining xxxxx

Bee1981 on Nov 29, 2013:

Heyho :-) A letter will be on the way to you on Monday :-) Have a wonderful weekend! :-)

Bee1981 on Nov 8, 2013:

My letter is on the way to you, so watch your mailbox :-) Have a lovely weekend!

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