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Lealie

Lealie
Date Joined: October 15, 2022
Last Online: May 2, 2025
Birthday: April 19
Country: Germany

About Me

Languages: English, Deutsch, 한국어

Mail services information: our mailbox doesn't get emptied daily.

I love love looove playing tabletop rpgs. And all kinds of games. And science fiction. And fantasy. And reading. I'm a geek.

I am in my thirties and share my flat with a black cat who is somewhat anti-social - when I got her from the shelter they literally warned me "she hates other animals; and humans".

I am an avid herbal (+fruity) tea drinker (for tea swaps there's more info below). I do not consume caffeine - even as teas.

I'm a feminist, pansexual, and agnostic.

My ratings and the unsent swap

I came back to swap-bot March 2025 after about 1.5 years to deserved "1" ratings. I left very suddenly in 2023 because I had a severe accident and got a life-changing diagnosis soon afterwards - spending almost 2 years trying to recover and a lot of time in hospitals, care, and physical rehab.

I tried my best to make up for all the swaps, also contacting people who hadn't rated or contacted me for swaps because I wanted to send out swaps to everyone who didn't receive what I owed them.

As of 04/2025 I still have 3 "1" ratings from @JanHardt and @lawchick - both have not been online since before I came back to swap-bot. My messages to them are sitting in their inboxes. I sent both of them their swaps to their addresses from 2023 in 04/2025 - I hope they arrive! If they come back and have moved, I'd love to send it to a possible new address, too!

The 4 "3" ratings are for swaps from 2023 which I made up for in full, but very late.

I have 1 swap from 2023 on my dashboard because the recipient has not been online ( @Tynkerbelle ) to read and respond to my message asking for their address to finally send them the swap I owe them. If they ever reply, I'll send it to them asap! (I contacted the hosts of the unresolved "1" rating as well as the unsent one, too.)

Stuff I like

  • Things with a purpose
  • Things with more than one purpose that can fulfill all their purposes well
  • Good Excel sheets
  • Reading
  • Cats
  • Everything ATC related

➤ Letters & Notes

  • I enjoy reading random tidbits of information. The thing that just pops into your head. "Huh"-moments.
  • Recycled stationery (NOT trash - either stationery made of recycled materials or pages which might have had another purpose once but are beautiful to look at, eg: calendar pages, wrapping paper)
  • handmade cards and notes - I will never downrate for receiving handmade even if the swap says store-bought

➤ Tea

  • fruits and herbs
  • no caffeine [green/black/white..]
  • during the warmer months I drink the leaves from plants I grow on my balcony

➤ Reading

  • Science fiction and fantasy (and romance)
  • I don't like bad endings. I need my endings happy or at least satisfactory. Therefore I tend to read the last few sentences before I read a book.
  • My absolute guilty pleasure books are Nalini Singh's Psy/Changeling/Trinity books.
  • I have phases during which I binge webtoons and/or fanfiction (... DM/HP Auror Partners)

➤ Art

  • Landscapes
  • Flora & fauna
  • Fantasy
  • Art nouveau
  • Colorful portraits
  • Rain
  • Joy > melancholy
  • Weather phenomenon
  • Space phenomena

≠ I don't want to put down any dislikes - because if it's important to you or you like it then I'd love to learn about it.

My swaps

I enjoy painting and started making cards and postcards after joining swaps here - and I love it!

I am now apparently addicted to ATCs. Thank you, dear swap-bot community, for bringing this joy into my life! (May 2023 update)

I will not downrate for handcrafted cards / notecards even if the swap specifies store-bought! :)

I give hearts for effort, not extras

Ratings

Bellakrystle rated for 2025 ATC Swap #15 on Apr 30, 2025
5
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Response: Happy all of them arrived and I hope you and your friend are on a good recovery journey!
Bellakrystle rated for Nature awakening ATC on Apr 30, 2025
5
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Comment: Beautiful ATC as always
AnnaL rated for Women ATC on Apr 30, 2025
5
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Comment: Fiona, you had me at the way you decorated the front of my envelope, very bright orange/yellow. Stunning postcard. ATC absolutely 💯 adorable, love it! Many thanks for reading my profile so sweet of you. Anna
Response: My next batch of envelopes was much more boring... I think I'll go back to the colourblocked ones after reading your comment :) They gave me much more joy, too! <3
5
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Comment: :) Too cute! Thanks!
Response: I've continued to send out more like them to friends... such a cute and easy way to make postcards!
Blufox421 rated for Women ATC on Apr 30, 2025
5
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5
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Comment: I received your card today. Very nice thank you so much.
DrearyDreamer rated for Spooky ATC Series #2 - BATS on Apr 30, 2025
5
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Comment: Thank you so much for the cute ATC! I also love your little letter :) Your cat sounds lovely! I had a cat that was like Izzy :)
Response: Aw, thanks! Cats are just the best (biased ;) )!
anotheralek rated for LGBTQIA+ Themed ATC on Apr 29, 2025
5
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Comment: I love your inclusive totoro so much! Thank you for the ATC & all of the extras! <3
Response: I'm happy Totoro is appreciated ;) Have a wonderful week!
happytortoise rated for Bird ATCs on Apr 29, 2025
5
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Comment: Thank you for the gorgeous ATC! I can clearly see that you've put a lot of effort on it (including the handmade paper!) so it's incredibly special. Hope you have a wonderful week!
Response: Thank you! I wish you a wonderful week, too! <3
StitchingWitch rated for Hand-cut shape ATC on Apr 29, 2025
5
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Comment: Great card -- I love your creative cutting.
Response: Thank you :) I shall never to it with huge kitchen scissors, again. My fingers get tangled and twisted just remembering ^^
shreve rated for AMA: Etegami Inspired Mail Art on Apr 29, 2025
5
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Comment: thank you for taking the time to resend when the first one never made it to me. What a lovely piece the kittens are too cute. Thank you.
Response: Aw, it makes me so happy this finally arrived! Thank you for rating and the heart! <3
ccap rated for Free Theme ATC on Apr 29, 2025
5
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Comment: Thank you! It's absolutely lovely.
Response: I just got you in another ATC swap - probably not a flower this time, hihi. Some variety is needed in my table of sent ATC's to you! ^^
Fullsteampowell rated for Spooky ATC #4 - WITCHY on Apr 28, 2025
5
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Comment: Holy FUCK this is magnificent!!! Your watercolor skills are insane. The level of detail you managed to get… I could barely do that in pencil, much less anything liquid. RESPECT.
Response: Thank you for the compliment! I'm learning :) One of the most important lessons I learned the day I drew that ATC is to use a toilet paper (or something else) when the paint is somewhat dry to create wonderful effects with outlines (as seen in the "magic" top left.
5
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Comment: Thank you! Yes, Duckpins is a US thing, but even most Americans have never heard of it. We're all good here, thank you for asking!
Bellakrystle rated for Spooky ATC #1 on Apr 24, 2025
5
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Comment: wonderful atc. I'm kinda partiicle to all cats but I can't have them 1 turns into 6 turns into 20 turns into 31 turns into 48 and then I get called the crazy cat lady lol (true story)
Response: Hihi, if I had a bigger place, I might be tempted to get more cats. But my future goal is to be a crazy cat lady :)
5
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Comment: I received your card today, the same handwriting.Thank you. I also received a postcard from you in the group.WIYM. I have not been in that group for more than a year so I guess I don’t understand how you got me
5
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Comment: Thank you for the cool ATC and the extras - I love the little panda patch! <3
Response: this is a special one to me ~ It's from the first swap I joined ater coming back to swap bot! So happy it arrived ^-^
ViridianMuse rated for Free Theme ATC on Apr 23, 2025
5
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Comment: ❤️ so adorable 😍🥰 I absolutely love this cute kitty! One of my favorites so far since I started back to swapping
Response: I loved it, tpp. I was surprised at how well the colours worked together!
ViridianMuse rated for 2025 ATC Swap #14 on Apr 23, 2025
5
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Comment: Danke für das schöne paket. Ich liebe das paket. So many pretty things. Your spring plant card is lovely.
Response: I'm currently on holiday and the garden of the house has hundreds of that flower, it's so pretty!
juliewasson rated for Private ATC swap on Apr 23, 2025
5
rating
Comment: The geisha is beautiful. Let's trade again sometime.
Response: I'd love to trade again - and I'm glad you like it :) if there's ever something you'd like to receive as an ATC contact me and I'll see if I can create it <3

Rating Overview

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Comments

USAFwife on May 1, 2025:

Thank you so much for the amazing watercolor Doodled PC! What a beautiful piece of mailable art! :) Thanks for sharing with me. Hope you are feeling lots better after your accident!

Cindi

simcoe54 on Apr 11, 2025:

RAK (International) - Adhesive tapes with patterns - Thanks so much for the patterned tapes, stickers and postcards. Love them all!!!!!

papercraft70 on Nov 22, 2023:

Sad to see you have been suspended. I try reach out to you in messages and I think you are still not well to log in. I hope you will get better soon and read all the messages and making up to all the swaps with low rating. Please reply my messages if you are up and about. Take care.

luluvision on Sep 21, 2023:

I'm so sorry to learn that you have been in the hospital! I hope you are ok!!

9O96O on Jun 30, 2023:

Thank you for contributing to my pass & paste postcard. It made it home! :)

luluvision on Jun 29, 2023:

Received the scribble collaboration back and I LOVE what you did! Thank you so much! You did a great job!!

wolfeagle on Jun 3, 2023:

hi

MuggleMom on Feb 8, 2023:

CPG Jan 2023 WTA 2 PCs

감사합니다 so much for the pcs and I love the same one as you do, the Korean Cultural pc. I lived in SK for 2 years and miss so many things about the country. I am sure you do too, thank you for sharing!

xx MuggleMom

LoveCyn on Jan 26, 2023:

Thank you so much for the wonderful envie of randomness! I appreciate your translation of the different tea flavours - I can’t wait to try them all! ❤️

bblue on Jan 2, 2023:

Hello! Thank you very much for the "Cheap Postage Tag" you sent via the forums. I like and will use everything!

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