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Happy April & Happy Spring :)

I still just can send very flat mail. Bubblemailers get returned to me or do not arrive at all. I was informed at the Post office that it is better to send as a package... I will do that for a resend, but otherwise I will stay with flat mail until our new-normal life is here. .

My word for 2021: briskness - Frische

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Mail seems still to be slow...You have not been rated by me? Then I have not received your item! I always rate the same day as I receive them!!

We open our p.o. Box at the weekend and then I rate all mail in one go.

are you missing mail from me? Then please send me a message!!

Thank you.

last time rated and received:: April 10th

Somebody asked if I am a smoker, because of this picture. I am a non-smoker :) But I love these Dick Bruna Illustrations from the 60ies and 70ies :)

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All swaps I host are senders choice. All envelopes are prepared, have a date on it and need just to be addressed. This is for the worst case. When I am fresh :) then I do not use this envelopes and make personal ones. I had do learn this the hard way. So please be not upset, when from time to time there is no personal attach to it.

And second: I love to make my envelopes out of magazine pages, catalogues or calendars. This is my happy place. Listening tto Audiobooks and make them. If you do not like these envelopes, then please tell me beforehand, I will use a regular then. This is not about the money. It is about my happy place and my tiny-step-a-day for the environment.

• MailArt. I love it.

• Journaling - colourful and playful :), full of childrensbooks-illustrations, postcards and fun quotes on the left side, on the right side I journal what comes to mind :) (so not vintage, more "oh, there is another dino-page" haha)

• Collage

• Origami

• handmade stickers

• Everything with paper :)

• early mornings

• dinosaurs

• yellow. apple green. blue.

• but to be honest: yellow :)

• Paper bombs a la @stephiedee

• crisp air

• used postage stamps. or mint. (if you cut them yourself from the envelope: please leave at least 1/4inch or 5mm paper around :)

• kindness

• richard scarry

• Dick Bruna

• Shinzi Katoh

• classic Paddington Bear. from darkest Peru :)

• little soft spot for Moonins, Peanuts.

• honeybees and bumblebees

• Flow, MaVie, TheGuardian, Hygge, ..

• learning Dutch

• office stickers: dots, arrows,labels,.

• envelope seals. round stickers. Trader Joe stickers.

• flat stickers

• fun page flags

• ladybugs 🐞 and toadstools 🍄

• hedgehog a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g :)

• umbrella & raindrops.

• Totoro with his umbrella :)

• Belle & Boo

• quentin blake

• Carley Harper

• illustrations (children books, flow,..)

• Mailart. Happy mail.

• Dennisons (-ish) labels

• Avid reader here :)

• Jane Austen. Jasper Fforde. Terry Pratchett. Thomas Bernhard.

• thoughtfulness

• camping (stickers, cards, images, caravan and tents )

• random envelopes. lucky dip (bags).

• BBC 4 extra

• quote: the lemon is in play :)

• all things lemon.

• bicycles

• Peppermint Patty is my spirit person/cartoon/animal. She is a fabulous iceskater, too :)

• whales. otters. beavers.

• You have the perfect vegan recipe?Tuck it in :) :)

• neon

• Comic strips.

• rubber stamps. clear stamps. metal dies.

• mini-zines

• Themed Happy mail (think themes like: old telephones, music tapes, panda bears, yellow, moomins,...)

• And I seem to be the one and lonely person, you can send tiny tiny stickers, notebooks and pencils to :) :) :)

• Currently: I am looking for grid washitape, stickiistickers and Moomin-things. Folding 1000 papercranes with much needed patterned Origamipaper, 7x7 cm (under 3 inches) preferred, but all sizes are welcome!! Green tea with coconut *

Do I have dislikes? Yes, of course I have. Will I list them? No.

I have met wonderful people here at swap-bot. They were carefuI with their swaps and put so much effort in them. I was happy all day long because of their thoughtfulness and kindness, although the swap might not be exactly my taste.

For me swap-bot is about thoughtfulness and inspiration, about humour, kindness and art. I maybe am more into dinosaurs and less into fairies. But if you put a little winged fairy on a dinosaurs' shoulders on your mailart: this fairy would be the most treasured fairy on the planet.

To be honest: there is no chance I would appreciate a swap which is against people (how they look like, whom they love, where they live,..) or animals. But anything put together with respect, care and humour is very much appreciated.

Please send just kidfriendly things. That would be really nice :)

WTA: IFM March20 - not sent yet (India)

LDEM Bonus mail widellia :) & dally & M & widellia :)

CPG rak attack 5.2. G

CPG wishlist April:

MAW March : 30.3 & 31.3.

If you are my swap partner and are a collector of teatags or empty teabags, please let me know. I tuck as many in our swap as I can. or we could do a private swap. I am always open for a swap for other lightweight things like used stamps (preferred) or airmail labels, stickers or your favourite vegan recipe :)