Pen Pals:

I have been pen palling since the 5th grade. I got hooked on it by a teacher who introduced it to the class. I of course got so hooked on it that I hunted down pen pals from teen magazines, from other pen pals and any other place I could find them along the way. I am not bragging but I thought you would like to know I had 368 pen pals which means I have a total of 1,708 letters (a photo album with a total 127 photos) between 1989 to 2001. I find a pen pal who wants to write to me then write for awhile. Then the person looses interest or forgets to write, and I find a another person to write to or someone finds me. The cycle continues as the years go on. I have kept every letter I have received from the people I have communicated with. When I went off to college I slowly lost interest in writing by snail mail and switched to email. I keep in touch with people more by snail mail then e-mail. The problem with email is that it is not as personal as snail mail. The many reasons why I like postal pen pals is that when I get a letter it is like a mini gift to me that I enjoy opening, people can trade things back and forth, it can be more creative, informative, entertaining, can send presents, cards, I can keep better track of who is writing to me and you can save the letter with the envelope. I have never met any of the people I have written to I wish I could in the future. There is tons more reasons but I do not want to bore you.

I trade through the mail while pen paling. I trade/collect postcards, Fb's, Deco's, Slams,and newsletters/magazines devoted to pen palling. I am looking for friendship/pen pal/newsletters/magazines pertaining to the hobby or have pen pal lists. The magazines/newsletters can be new or old doesn't matter from around the world that are in English and in good shape. I will pay for the postage of the newsletters that are sent to me.

What postcards I collect now:

Items I will trade for those items I am looking for.

Please look in my Google Picasa album at some of the items I have in my collection. I do not have my whole collection here. These are not for trade.

Collection Album - Click Here


Some of the items I am searching for to help my postcard collection:

• feathers (used in weddings, runway models, decorating, almost anything just not nudity or occult)
• M&M candy
• castles, mansions, cathedrals, colorful inside and out, large gardens, aerial view, light up
• state or country map with or without facts, flag, bird,
• costume dress from different cultures
• 1920's postcards with women with feathers in their hats, feathers, weddings, romantic/love, mother and children, letter writing/mail
• 80's cartoons & TV Shows & movies
• Dukes of Hazzard TV Show
• fairies
• reniassance, medieval
• Jesus Christ: not on the cross or bloody, with children, happy,
• Free Rack postcards - movies and TV Shows
• Mail/writing letters/sending out mail at the mailbox
• people painting or drawing
• Recipes
• fact card of states, countries, rivers, etc
• Thomas Kincade art
• festivals and holiday events
• Pre-Raphealite Era- Art
• Red hair women in art

What bookmarks I collect now:
Some items I am searching for to help my bookmark collection:

• Thomas Kincade art
• Pat Brady Rose is Rose comics
• Peanuts Comics
• Calvin and Hobbes comics
• others just ask or tell me what you have
• Pre-Raphealite Era- Art
• Red hair women in art

What Foreign Money I collect now: all kinds




What Business Card I collect now:

• Foreign Culture (positive, nothing negative, in English) - Cultural food, recipes - Cultural dress, jewelry, etc - Cultural weddings and dress - Cultural toys, gifts, - Cultural dance (ie: belly dancing, etc) - Cultural worship buildings, tourist attractions
  
  
• Arts & Crafts (can find them at craft shows, vendor shows and in other places)
  - all media: egg shells, drawing, painting, photography, pottery, paper,
  metal, mosaics, beads, glass, scrapbooking, card making, etc.
  - as long as it shows the artists work
  - artist studios, galleries, museums and festivals
  - anything unique and different and creative
  
  
• Unique & odd things
  - tourist locations examples: buildings shaped like ducks or baskets
  - underground worlds
  - tree houses, hotels with wacky themes
  - colorful and wacky shaped
  
  
• Food related
  -Gluten free foods
  -Soy free foods
  -clean eating
  -vegan/vegetarian
  - hugemongous foods
  - festivals
  
  
• Festivals, carnivals, trade shows, circus
  
  
• Weddings
  - Creative cakes
  - performers
  - untraditional and out of the ordinary