MissiveMaven

About Ilona...

I live in Newport, Rhode Island in the Northeastern USA.

I am a voracious mail enthusiast. You can see a lot of my letters and postcards at my snail mail blog: http://www.missivemaven.com/

I lavish excessive affection on my two cats.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - WRITE THE DATE ON YOUR POSTCARDS! Postmarks are often illegible or absent!

If you're reading my profile to determine what kind of postcards I like best, thanks so much! I would most especially enjoy postcards that feature:

Bats (the flying mammals)
Cats
Goats
The Muppets (or anything Jim Henson)
Mail or postal themes (mailbox, postbox, letter writing, etc)
Images of books, libraries, reading, or writing
Fountain pens and journals
Mythical creatures (unicorns, dragons, fairies, mermaids, gnomes)
Unicorns! I love unicorns!
Anything magical (wizards, Harry Potter, etc) / fantasy artwork
Vintage/antique postcards or images
Reptiles & amphibians
Wild animals
Pugs
Elephants
Hedgehogs
Michael Sowa
Inkognito
Novelles images
Te Neues
Mid-century modern style or illustration
Offbeat or weird
Kitsch
Humor

DISLIKES/please do NOT send:
Religious items
Photos/images of children or babies

I am not fond of general "touristy" postcards, but I understand that's what some folks are into, so I'm resigned to receiving some.

I am Jewish. I do not celebrate Easter or Christmas. I'd prefer to avoid religious sentiments altogether in my Postcrossing endeavors, and I thank you in advance for respecting that.

ilona / MissiveMaven
270 Bellevue Ave #265
Newport, RI 02840-3516
USA

Expired postcards:
US-1568847 to FruitJuly in Belarus, sent 1 Mar 2012
US-1563202 to doro23 in Germany, sent 27 Feb 2012
US-1487506 to ina2 in the Netherlands, sent 13 Jan 2012
US-1419946 to Levisia in Finland, sent 29 Nov 2011
US-1385342 to Kecal in Ukraine, sent 4 Nov 2011
US-1342382 to Tinekemb in Australia, sent 7 Oct 2011
US-1309382 to christha in the Netherlands, sent 16 Sep 2011
US-1147433 to elessea in Russia, sent 1 Jun 2011
US-1128661 to blueica in South Korea, sent 18 May 2011
US-1104298 to topiksmom in Belarus, sent 30 Apr 2011
US-1069687 to kumocloud in China, sent 3 Apr 2011
US-984774 to Trampapusic in Belarus, sent 28 Jan 2011
US-937290 to nopink in Poland, sent 13 Dec 2010
US-918329 to smilegiraffe in China, sent 25 Nov 2010
US-914442 to ronnia_928 in China, sent 22 Nov 2010
US-900492 to ivus in Finland, sent 10 Nov 2010
US-893197 to a43tor in Bulgaria, sent 4 Nov 2010
US-867367 to Valnari in Germany, sent 13 Oct 2010
US-790398 to tasha_ja in Belarus, sent 12 Aug 2010
US-747042 to pearhawthorne in the USA, sent 5 July 2010
US-709499 to lijy in China, sent 30 May 2010
US-652161 to aqua117 in China, sent 29 Mar 2010
US-619279 to middimam in South Africa, sent 19 Feb 2010
US-573803 to Virpsukka in Finland, sent 15 Dec 2009
US-490033 to jaorellana in Ecuador, sent 27 Aug 2009
US-485373 to STARRED in Portugal, sent 22 Aug 2009
US-480236 to Google in China, sent 16 Aug 2009