Toni Hanner -- tonipoet's Page

Toni, thank you for a beautiful postcard.

Yes I do like postage stamps and did some collages including stamps too. It was fun.You have reminded me and I shall do some more.

Thank you so much for the little card pieces!  Very nice!  I'll send something to you soon. - Gail Anderson

Thank you for the great collage card and the extra things you sent me! Just received them yesterday. - Gail Anderson

Just received your awesome purple collage card and the postcard of the dairy from Soviet-era Russia in today's mail.  Thank you so much!  And I am glad that you liked the mail art that I sent you awhile back as well.  Hope that you are having a nice Spring! - Gail Anderson

Toni, I'll send you old envelopes. Don't forget to include your address.

Coincidence!
Got your great collage card today, thank you! Immediately I recognized the little girl that I once used in a mail art. Now I cannot remember where I got her, even don't know who she is/was. Do you? 

Just wanted to let you know that I received your "Oh! Happy Day! card today and love it!  As for my maiden name of Coots, I have been researching some family history on Ancestry.com.  Through their family tree feature, I traced that part of our family back to Scotland.  Originally, the name was Coutts.  Then there was a huge family fight, and some of the members of the Coutts family came to the United States and the name was changed to Coots.  I remember my Dad telling me about this years ago, but it didn't seem real to me until I saw it for myself in the family tree.

All of our immediate family has taken the DNA test from Ancestry.  Earlier this year, my husband was contacted by a half brother named Michael.  We had heard rumors about the existence of a kid outside of the family fathered by my husband's Dad, but until the DNA tests were taken, we didn't have any proof.  Michael has met my father-in-law and hopes to meet our family this summer.  Our family is talking about going out to California on vacation, but we haven't made any definite plans just yet.  My father-in-law and his wife live in Goleta, California, which is right outside Santa Barbara.  Michael and his family live in Madera, California, which is about 4 hours away from Goleta.

My husband will be home soon, so I better sign off.  Sorry that I haven't made any ATCs for the Facebook group, but work has been busier than usual.  However, I do enjoy looking at the ATCs that other people in the group have done. Talk to you later. - Gail Anderson

Want to finish my part of the trio you sent. Need to now if Background is SE Asian or ?. For selection of collage elements.