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Drachenfrau

Drachenfrau
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Last Online: November 7, 2009
Birthday: July 6, 1976
Country: Germany
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About Me

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. :-)

reuse

  • 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.

kawaii

Favorite Music

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.

Favorite Movies

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

Favorite Television

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

Favorite Crafts

swappersbadge

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.

Don't keen on:

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. . :-)

Favourite writer

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

I love to read biographies and autobiographies!

Favourite actors

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

my wishlist

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The deadliest crab

Ratings

MissThundercat rated for favourite colour Lucky Parcel on Oct 31, 2009
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Comment: thank you for the fun package dear! i esp. love the dimsum pouch! so cute :) the frame is gorgeous and i can't wait ti try the kit kat peanut butter :D thanks my friend! *hugs*
Response: I'm really relieved, that you liked the things Tarah. Big hugs to you!!!
Josietai rated for Non-stop Swap! on Oct 28, 2009
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Comment: Thank youuuuuuuuuuu sooooooo much for the magnificent pic of Kunnie & Gillian in your decorated framed!!!! This is one of the best & most thoughtful surprise ever! Its sitting on my working desk now! I also love the great Berlin souvenir, stamps & wonderful decorating diamond studs :) You top me on this mei mei for spoiling me rotten! *Giant Huggels*
Response: I'm so glad you like my frame. I'm not very good with taking good shots, but I like this very much. :-) *giant huggels back*
Josietai rated for Sweet Swap! on Oct 28, 2009
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Comment: Yayyy!! Aweosme Milka Chocs mei mei! I can't wait to try them =) Thanks for sending 3 flavours for me! You're a superb mei mei :) *Huggels tight* Jie jie
Response: will take a look for more flavours to try for you jie jie. :-)
Josietai rated for HK junkies on Oct 15, 2009
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Comment: Thanks for tons of HK goodies! I've finished the HK strawberry lollipop! The HK lunch box is awesome! I wish I can make beautiful lunch like Ingrid but it would just be plain bread ;P Also thank you in helping me with my stars & I've reached 30 stars already! Giant huggels, jie jie
Response: I'm always happy to share my goodies with you jie jie. :-) Oh believe me, I have sandwiches in there too. Hehe.
Josietai rated for Heading Home with Sweet Memories! on Oct 15, 2009
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Comment: Danke mei mei for bring home Kunnie! He had a tremendous fun adventure & missing you already! I bet he is planning for more traveling plans to Germany to visit mei mei, your sweetie, your papa & Lu! Now, I must tame him down before sending him to Nadi =) Huggels tight!
Response: I'm glad he arrived ok!!! I totally forgot to wrap something around him. And I'm really happy, if Kunnie will visit again. Maybe together with you? :-) *big huggels* mei mei
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Comment: thank you so much for all the gorgeous items you picked for me from my etsy faves! Hide and seek package came today! i love that print and the pocket mirror so much :D and the buttons & ribbon from little red cottage is very useful :) thank you so much my friend!! *hugs*
Response: I'm so glad I've picked some good items from your faves. :-) Thanks for our supercool swap!!! *big hugs*
cayce rated for Quick! Snap the birdie! on Oct 6, 2009
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Comment: Moooooonika! Danke für das tolle Stöffchen, ich freu mich sehr, sehr. Der fühlt sich auch ganz toll an und sieht noch hübscher aus als auf den Fotos. *knuddels*
Response: Boah, das ging aber schnell. :-) Klasse! Bin schon gespannt, was du daraus zauberst. *reknuddels*
synchronixe rated for We love it pink and kitschy on Sep 22, 2009
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Comment: Vielen lieben Dank für dieses tolle swap package, es hat richtig viel Spaß gemacht alles auszupacken! Meine favorites sind der steamed bun phonestrap und die chopsticks, aber mir gefällt eigentlich alles supertoll! Hab mein Päckchen heute auch rausgeschickt, es sollte also bald bei dir ankommen! :)
Response: Aaaah, jetzt bin ich erleichtert. Hat ganz schön lange gedauert, bis es bei dir angekommen ist. Klasse, daß dir die Sachen gefallen. :-) Freue mich immer mit dir zu swappen und bin schon sehr gespannt.
Josietai rated for seeds for the sweeties on Sep 17, 2009
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Comment: Madness!! I was shocked when I opened up the box! Everything is awesome! I love the magnets (sep. the traffic lights icons), ferrero kisses, bracelets (cool!), HK stuffs & ofcourse the seeds =) Danke Schwester! Ai nie mei mei! Huggels, jie jie
Response: Hehe. Love to shock you jie jie!!! :) Will send you more seeds soon. *big fat huggels back* mei mei
whatsherface rated for Kitty bracelet for Amigurumi on Sep 17, 2009
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Comment: This is soooo cuuute! Thanks so much!
Response: She makes the cutest cupcakes. :-) I love them too.
Caitlin rated for Cologne Hawaii fun on Sep 17, 2009
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Comment: Moni, thank you so SO much for everything! What a great package! Milka is so yummy! My dad says thank you, too! Love the Kinder eggs, the lollipops, and the marshmallow HK! The bandana is really large, so I'm going to use it as a pareau for the beach! It looks so cute! I received the postcards before the package, one after another- it was so neat. Thank you for everything! We should do another private swap sometime because this was such fun! :)
Response: So glad you liked it Caitlin. :-) Would love to swap with you again in the future!
NaughtyElf rated for Twilight-ATCs on Sep 11, 2009
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Comment: Moni, I love Twilight, it is my guilty pleasure and now I have to put this amazing ATC right next to my collector's edition Twilight DVD on my shelf! OMG it's gorgeous and I love the use of colour and 3D element. You rock!!! Blessings, Sher.
Response: Aaaaw, thanks Sher. I'm happy that you like it. :-)
Josietai rated for lots of love on Sep 10, 2009
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Comment: Absolutely Amazing!!! Mei mei has once again managed to spoil me rotten with so many awesome goodies :) Also thanks for sending Orit's souvenirs over! I really like the Domokun earrings too =) Great choice as usual! {{Giant Huggels}}
Response: aaaw, glad I could make you happy jie jie. There's another surprise coming. :-) *big fat huggels*
EmTabby rated for Hello Kitty fun on Sep 9, 2009
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Comment: Thank you for a lovely package of hello kitty goodies :o)
Response: Glad you like it. :-)
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Comment: gracias :) i liked your answers!
Response: :-)
Jenzeestyle rated for crabs and profile surprises on Aug 26, 2009
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Comment: woooo wow moni thanks for all the lovely goodies that were on my door step today, the totebags and everything was just so perfect, the gummy bears were a little heatstroked and squishy but I am still about to put them into my tummy haha. Im waiting on one more thing of yours to arrive and then i will have it shipped out, im excited for you to recieve it. <3
Response: Oh, I'm so glad you liked my package hun! :-) I'm so curious! Thanks for our swap!
jankensan rated for Private Book Swap with Drachenfrau on Aug 25, 2009
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Comment: Wow! Another great swap, thank you :-) There were so many goodies hiding in the pages, it's great. It's cool that you have a personal connection to the author too.
Response: I'm really curious how you'll like it. Please give me feedback, when you're done with it. :-)
sparklebluefaery rated for My life according to... on Aug 21, 2009
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Josietai rated for plushie power on Aug 19, 2009
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Comment: Gillian has brightened my day since her arrival! Hugging her seems like a daily routine now ;) Thanks for sending her over even for a short span of time =) It would be hard to send her back to you...but soon since she misses you! *Sign....lol! This is the most enjoyable swap I ever had! Thanks for such a brilliant idea mei mei :) Huggels, jie jie.
Response: I'm so happy, that you have so much fun like me. I know what you mean, it's the same with Kunnie here. :-) big huggels, mei mei
pinkqueen rated for My life according to... on Aug 18, 2009
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Comment: Thanks for your answers
Response: :-)

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newrule on Oct 28, 2009:

Dear Moni,

As always you know what to send me that can make me smile!! Thanks for the cool magnet for the Souvenir Lovers WTA #5. I loved it!!!

Take care!

Josietai on Oct 12, 2009:

Did you light up the lantern? Glad you got the package so soon =)

Huggels,

jie jie

Jenzeestyle on Oct 8, 2009:

how long normally does it take for usa stuff to get to you??! I hope the crabbies didnt get lost, I worked so hard on it. maybe itll be there soon <3

Josietai on Oct 7, 2009:

LooooooooooL! Always my pleasure to send goodies to my mei mei! =)

Huggels,

jie jie

Josietai on Oct 6, 2009:

Hugs & Kisses to Gillian & mei mei ofcourse! Does Gillain arrives first or the Penang postcard?

Huggels,

jie jie

orit on Oct 4, 2009:

International film festival, restaurant, live music concert, coffee shop... and a holiday! The best day ever :) If only every week could have a birthday..

orit on Oct 4, 2009:

Thank you dear :) I'm having the best birthday ever!

orit on Oct 2, 2009:

Thank you so much for the sweetest Nut and Bee birthday gifts!! Made my day :)

emsan on Sep 26, 2009:

Hello member of the B.I.R.D.S group! Come check out the new fall swap I'm hosting:

Cozy care package for fall

//Em

Josietai on Sep 17, 2009:

~♥~♥~♥~Ai Nie too mei mei~♥~♥~♥~

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