Marleen1979

Hi there, my name is Marleen, nurse, health scientist, worked and lived in several parts of Africa and Asia, and since 4 years back home in Amsterdam with my boyfriend.

I'm looking forward to meet people here and swap all kinds of postcards, postage stamps, stickers, stationary, rubber stamps and all other craft items.

I love: meeting friends, scuba diving, postcrossing, hunting antiques, traveling, baking, stamp collecting.

I enjoy good mail days and love sending beautiful mail into the world.

There are many themes I adore like:

• teacups, teapots,
• coffee,
• birds (love owls and puffins), birdhouses, birdnests, illustrations are also welcome,
• marine life, fishes,
• Frida Kahlo, women in art,
• children book's illustrations,
• beautiful illustrations by Kaj Stenvall, Beatrix Potter, Mark Ryden, Jetoy, Papaya, the black apple, belle and boo, Hide n Seek

If the swap allows the postcard to be send in an envelope, you may send my card in an envelope. It´s not a must, naked (written and stamped) cards are also very welcome.

I love beautiful postage stamps. I collect stamps of the following themes:

• turtles,
• all other sea creatures, fishes etc,
• birds (love owls and puffins),
• hedgehogs,
• geisha's,
• Beatrix Potter,
• children books illustrations,
• fairy tales,
• fruit and berries,
• roses,
• lighthouses,
• Folklore,
• beach-related like shells or palmtrees,
• Art stamps,
• Christmas stamps,
• map of country stamps,
• JAPAN; International Week of Letter Writing stamps.
• Snoopy
• Hello Kitty stamps (for a friend)

Recently, I have started to create ATCs/ROLOs. I very much enjoy making these little artworks. I haven't been involved in many swaps yet, but I hope to do soon. I would love to receive: - buttons - ribbons - embellishments - baking twine - collage sheets - rubber stamps - stickers - small enveloppes - collage sheets - washi tape - ephemera - wooden scrabble tiles - all kinds of paper, cut-outs from magazines, old maps, all what I can use for mail art or art journaling.

On my flickr account you can see my ATC creations and swaps.

My favourites colors are :

• red
• green
• pink
• blue
• blue/white dotted
• black/white dotted
• red/white dotted
• floral motives/designs
• colorful motives with birds

I enjoy tea. I especially like spiced tea's and green tea's. The green tea may have a fruit flavour. I would love to try eggnog tea. I would rather not receive any fruit tea e.g. orange, strawberry, blueberry (except cranberry tea) and chacomile tea. Please only tea which is in a wrap. No loose tea.

I love to combine scuba diving and traveling. My last diving trip was to Bonaire (dec 11). I also love to go hunting for antiques. I love to visit flea markets, thrift stores, charity shops and car boots in The Netherlands, UK, Belgium, France and Germany. I'm not keeping it all;), I'm also selling during weekends.

*religious items * wiccan items * horror * spiders *

If you haven't received a swap from me, please contact me. As I'm always sending my swaps within sending time.

If you receive my swap, please give me a rating, as I do so too.

Please write the swap name on the cards/package you are sending. I am in a lot of swaps and not only on swapbot.

Thank you very much

Unfortunately, I have been flaked by:

@Myshellmarie in It's Tea Time swap

@janeengland in 100.000 swap; she has recently sent and I have received her swap on 2May2013

I have sent these users a PM, but I have never received a reply:(