Drachenfrau

After my last swaps are done, I'll take a break from swapping and only take part in very few swaps. I'm leaving most of the groups, so please don't take it personal. I can only concentrate on a few. Thanks for your understanding! :-)

updated September 6th 2009

Mother earth gave me life! The minimum I can do when my time comes is, give it back to her.

Drachenfrau
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Heya, my name is Monika and I'm from Cologne in Germany and live there, since I was born. I love this city and its people, but I love to travel too. The only problem is: I hate airplanes!!! So I do all travelling by train. I only once made an exception and travelled to Israel by plane. So far I was in the Netherlands, Spain, France, Portugal and Israel. But I want to see much more of the world! :-) As I'm not able to, I travel through mail! :-)

Love to do things, that I like and I don’t give a f~~~ if it doesn’t fit in common thinking and liking of the society. I don’t harm anyone though, I’m a pacifist and I think that animals “speak” more truth than humans. I hate pigeonhole thinking! Best example, I hear Metal, but I love some songs of Boybands too. Or I am a girly, but I don’t have a thing for fashion. I’m pretty open to everything, as long as no one gets hurt. I’m the type who tries first and then decides if I like it or not, most of the time. I try to have no prejudices, but it’s hard sometimes. So I’m a human with strengths and weaknesses like everyone. :-) Everyone should be free to live how he/she likes to live as long as nobody gets hurt!

Oh and I'm swapping here since July 2006. :-)

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Communication is the key!!!

• I spread the word about people not being able to read!!!

• If you can't send your swap in time, please tell me! I have no problem with it, as we all have lifes outside swapbot. But it's not fair, if you don't communicate! And that means before the deadline ends!!!

• If you're unhappy with my swap, or if you want something, please tell me! Also I would be happy to get an answer, when I write you something here on swapbot. May it in the comment-section of a swap, private message, in your profile or in the forums. It's really making me sad, if I write something and getting ignored. Thanks a lot! :-)

• I recycle envies. Means, if they are not torn I use them again to protect the environment. You can do this too when you send to me. :-)

• I also don't wrap the swaps I send, in nice papers. They may look nice, but I think, this is not necessary. Another way to protect the environment. So you don't have to do that too in the swaps you send me! That means not, that I don't wrap them up carefully if necessary!

• If you don't like/or can't use something I've sent, you can reswap it. I too will give things away, that I can't use or don't need.

• I don't expect extras in a swap! I mean, it's nice, but it don't guarantees a heart! I'll give a heart, when I see that a swap was made or sent with love! I don't send extras either with every swap. If I do, then because of something I have, that I know my partner will love or can use. I don't expect a heart for it, I expect a happy partner (with or without extras)! :-)

• I'll angel all of my swaps I host myself.

PS:

Swaps that I host are not to aim for hearts!

Do your best and send what you would like to recieve!

That's all that matters! Besides having fun while you create! :-)

groups:

there are many wonderful groups and I like the idea of a slightly better and safer way to swap a lot. :-)

However, I will not stay permanent in groups, if there is no activity. And with that said, I mean not the group-forums, but the group-swaps. Or if I discover that the theme is not my kind of theme.

I don't force people to chat regularly or participating in swaps and games in my groups. It's ok, when other groups have this as a rule, but it's not my cup of tea! Everyone can decide how active they want to be in my groups!

I don't want to get involved in drama and the lot, so I stay away from the mainforum mostly.It's ugly enough to read these things there.

Thanks for reading! :-)

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♥ Things I love: ♥

A = animals (crabs, dragons, wolves, elefants, sloths, snails, frogs, bats, snakes, owls, foxes), asian stuff (I adore the art they make and the stuff, you don't get in Europe), artists (Frida Kahlo, Jose Guadalupe Posada, Gustav Klimt, Ellen Auerbach, Alfons Maria Mucha, Joolz Denby, Dana Bennewitz and my girlfriend @DarthD )

B = B.I.R.D.S., black tea (no Earl Grey!!!), books (especially old books, I love the smell of time), ballpoint pens (cute and crazy with danglings, etc.), beads (in all shapes and forms), brads, Body-art, Buddha, bracelets, bamboo, birds, little birdcages, birdhouses

C = Caipirinha, colours (green, hot pink, petrol, rainbow), crabs, charms, cheese, Calaveras, crafting!

D = Dia de los Muertos, Dragons, Dogs (would love to have a dog in my life, but sweetie and I work and we only have a flat, so he would be alone inside most of the day), Dinosaurs, @DarthD (we share the same address, as we live together)

E = Erotica (the human body is beautiful), etsy-shopping, Elephants, embellishment, Espresso, earrings (colourful, dangly, kitschy, you get the idea?), England

F = flickr-browsing, fortune cookies, fridge-magnets (from all around the world. Means from cities and countries. Here's my collection so far), Ford (especially the Ford Capri and Escort), Frogs, food with faces, Feng Shui, freedom, family and friends, Francis of Assisi, food (love to try new things from all around the world), Flower Power-era, freecycle

G = Gaia, Gin Tonic, Glitter, gerbera, Ganesh

H = handmade things (you can feel the love in them), Haikus (reading&writing), homemade things (like marmalade and such, they taste better than storebought!) Halloween (not the movie), Hannari Tofu, Hammy (from the movie "Over the hedge"), Hello Kitty (the only cat I love besides @MissThundercat , Hong Kong-movies (fav. actor Andy Lau), Hawaii, Hibiscus, humour

I = individuality, italian food (since my sweetie's father is italian, we eat lots of italian stuff)

J = Janis Joplin, Jack Sparrow (one hot guy!), Josietai (she's not only an awesome swapper, but a great friend too!)

K = kawaii (I only collect Hello Kitty, but love food with faces and Hannari Tofu too), kaleidoscopes

L = love, Lotus flowers, Lourdes, love of my life, Lime (the fruit and the colour), lists, lighthouses, London

M = Marvel Comics, Moon, Mojito, Mermaids, Monty Python (favourite Python: Michael Palin), matchbox shrines, movies (in German and in English, see extra section below), music ♫ (see extra section below), monster, mussel shells, museums, Mary Poppins

N = Nervousness, Nightmare before Christmas, New York

O = old things (they have the smell of individuality), odd and interesting findings of all kinds, ocean, owls

P = peppermint, plushies, Paddington Bear, papers (for using in my crafting), Paris, peace, Pin ups (Vintage), purses, bags, etc. in patchworkfabric-style.

R = rivers (they run wild), Remus Lupin (character from the Harry Potter books and movies), rubber duckies, rubber stamps, reading (German and English to improve my English, see extra section below), robots, roses, rainbows, rain, rosaries, Reese's peanut butter candy, resin jewelry (pendants, etc.)

S = sea, spring and its smells, Sirius Black and Severus Snape (character from the Harry Potter books and movies), Sushi, Sloths, shrines of all kinds, Scotland, Science Fiction (grew up with it. First books I read in my life were Star Trek-Novells from the classic TV-show), Spirituality (My faith is a mix of Buddhism, Taoism, believe in the Goddess and nature, my roots are christian. For me it’s a one great spirit which each religion gives an other packaging), snails, swapbot (obviously), Spiderman, Star Trek, Skelekitty, snow, snowmen, Star Wars (the old movies), snowflakes, stuffed toys/plushies, sakura flowers, San Francisco, Sesame, Sherlock Holmes

T = Travel Guides, Tattoos, trying new food, tolerance, trees, teapots and teapot-images, Twilight-Saga by Stephenie Meyer

U = Underwater world

V = Victorian-era, Vampires, Virgin Mary

W = walk barefoot where ever I can, wind, Wolverine, Wolves, Werewolves, Wind chimes

X = X-Men

Y = Yin Yang, yellow ducks

Z = zoos

1920's - 1980's,

funny things:

• did you know that the english word "gift" has the meaning "poison" in the german language?

• I have a lot of relatives in East-Germany. As I was a kid I once invited one of my uncles to visit us in Germany. Because of the difference I always thought of East-Germany as a foreign country.

• my first pet was a slug I've found in a lettuce

• I used to be movie- and TV-addicted, until I've got Internet.

Skid Row, Testament, Linkin Park, Kiss, Die Ärzte, Disturbed, Paradise Lost, Janis Joplin, Queen, My Chemical Romance, New Model Army, T. Rex, Iron Maiden, Billy Joel, Bad Religion, Gene Kelly, Gwen Stefani, Blind Guardian, Marlene Dietrich, Within Temptation, Sam Cooke, Comedian Harmonists, Depeche Mode and lots of 70's and 80's. Flower Power and Swing in general.

Frida, Amelie, The big Lebowski, Running out of time, Needing You, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Bin Jip, Becoming Jane; Sense and Sensibility, Naked, HP and the prisoner of Azkaban, Seven years in Tibet, Pirates of the Caribbean, Immortal beloved, The Odd Couple

X-Files, Star Trek, Mash, Starsky&Hutch, The Professionals, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Ally McBeal, Firefly, American Gothic, Emergency (one), MacGyver, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers

selftaught paper-crafter

My mom has been a crafter for my whole life, however I've inherited nothing of her talent for needlecrafts. I am pretty handy with a gluestick though.

quote, slightly changed, from lolacat and it describes perfectly me! :)

love to make shrines, ATCs, pages in decos.

I'm not a painter, but I love to work with watercolours and acrylic.

I recently discovered my love for making beaded jewelry again.

Diddl, Snoopy, Pimboli, Clowns, Pocky, Disney, letter-sets, cats, blue and yellow as only/main colour, gold (I'm the silver type!), erasers, decotape, Monokuro Boo, Pucca

If you send me something of these, I won't bite you, but I'll surely reswap it. . :-)

Joolz Denby, Jane Austen, Paul Auster, John Irving, John R.R. Tolkien, Sophie Kinsella, J.K. Rowling

I love to read biographies and autobiographies!

David Thewlis, Steve Buscemi, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Andy Lau, Marlene Dietrich, Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Dudley Moore, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Jonathan Brandis, Gabriel Byrne, Jackie Chan, Gary Oldman, Charly Chaplin, Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Audrey Tautou, Martin Short

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