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MelissaLB

MelissaLB
Date Joined: September 26, 2017
Last Online: October 29, 2024
Birthday: March 20
Country: United States
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About Me

I'm dedicated to Swap-Bot and send all my swaps on time. If you haven't received your swap, please let me know. I'll make it right and resend.

Thank you!

Aug 26, 2024 - I'm concerned that I'm not using enough postage on my swaps. I know there are new USPS rules. If you receive one of my swaps postage due, please let me know ASAP. I will make it right by reimbursing you or sending the equivalent in First Class Forever postage stamps.

Thank you!

In a world where you can be anything....be kind.

April 24, 2023 - I hit 500 swaps! I love Swap-Bot. I've met some awesome people and really enjoy snail mail.

I practice yoga, reiki, meditation and energy healing. I've recently discovered forest therapy. I'm hoping to start with a program this fall to receive a certificate in this interesting healing modality.

I love to garden. When I was a kid, I would help my little Italian Grandma with her garden every summer. We would plant tomatoes, zucchini, all kinds of peppers, watermelon, green beans and potatoes. I've scaled my garden way back as an adult. I mostly plant a large variety of tomatoes, peppers and herbs.

My favorite herbs are basil, rosemary and lavender. These are also some of my favorite scents. As for other smelly stuff, I like berry, lemon, cinnamon, patchouli and nag champa. Not a big fan of strong flowers, apple, watermelon or jasmine.

I love honey! I use it for medicine, sweetening my tea and baking.

I work full-time as a paralegal in-house for a government contractor. We build military trucks.

I am an energy healer. Energy Healing is a pleasant and powerful therapy that helps you connect to your inner source of vibrancy and life force, making it available to shift physical, emotional, and mental dysfunction to health and well-being.

https://sites.google.com/view/melissa-energy-healing/home

I consider myself spiritual. I don’t care for the dogma connected with organized religion. I love to visit sacred spaces and buildings of all types. I practice pagan traditions and holidays. I enjoy exploring the sacred feminine in many different traditions.

I'm an avid tarot/oracle card reader. I collect decks of both. I'm also interested in trading decks if anyone would like to do a private swap.

I was raised Catholic. What it gave me was a love for the Mother and a belief in miracles. I've always believed nature is sacred. I believe in the natural cycle of birth, growth and death and the sacredness around the cycle. I don't like labels, but identify with Pagan, Witch and Goddess. I love the idea of a kitchen witch. I enjoy nature spells and creating magic feeding others.

I love to celebrate the festivals and holidays of the Wheel of the Year.

My favorite "regular" holidays: Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I also don't mind receiving holiday items all year.

For Easter, I love bunnies, pastel flowers & ribbon, colored eggs, carrots and Victorian looking Easter baskets.

Favorite Halloween icons: witches, ouija boards, skulls, pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, haunted houses, scary trees and cemeteries; not really into black cats or monsters or anything gory.

For Thanksgiving, I like traditional themes - turkeys, pumpkins, fall leaves and woodland animals. I love vintage Thanksgiving images. They are so bizzare!

Favorite Christmas themes: traditional red & green, angels, snowman, snowflakes, holly, silver – anything sparkly. Lots of glitter and sequins. Not into country or rustic themed decorations like burlap and plaid.

I have a serious love for all things Starbucks; both the beverages and merchandise. I also love all types of Starbucks inspired stickers, stationary and washi tape.

I am addicted to washi tape. I love it! 💜

Some of my favorite Washi boutiques: Simply Gilded, Paper Geek Co. and Fox and Cactus.

One of my favorite washi shops on Etsy is GoatGirlMH.

My favorite washi themes: bees, purple flowers, dragonfly, coffee, whales, Star Wars and people.

I'm a fan of the Cavallini stationery, journals, stickers, papers, puzzles...all of it is so intriguing.

I LOVE Star Wars! I've been a fan of Star Wars since I was 8 years old and the FIRST movie was released. (Yep! I'm old. Hahaha) It's been a life long obsession. I read all the books and watch everything - the whole Star Wars universe is amazing. Thank goodness for Disney+

I like zodiac inspired art, stickers and washi. I'm a Pisces and I collect things with Pisces symbols and imagery.

I joined the local "senior" group when I turned 55. It's called the Owls Club and I love it! They have a whole calendar of activities. My favorites are yoga, nature walks and book club. I've also started collecting owl things - stickers, washi tape, postcards etc.

I LOVE:

• Nature – trees, flowers, birds, bugs

• Oceans and beaches

• Coffee

• Road trips

• Books

• Study of meridians and chakras

• Volunteering

• Used and independent bookstores

• Baking

• Tarot & Oracle cards

• Gardening - herbs, vegetables and flowers

• Painting pottery

• Candle making

• Journals - love to journal daily

• Chocolate

• Peanut butter

• Chocolate & peanut butter 😉

• Wine

• Favorite color – Purple

• Dragonflies

• Bumble bees

• Images and art of the Blessed Mother

• Shells from the ocean, Lake Michigan and local rivers

• Crystals and stones

• Sun & moon images

My favorite vacation spots: Sedona AZ, Northern California (the Redwoods!), Gulf Shores, Alabama, Northern Michigan and Lake Michigan, New Orleans, Lake Tahoe, Taos, NM and San Francisco.

I'm a big fan of art museums - especially enjoy Monet, Frida Kahlo, Picasso, Degas, Matisse and Gauguin. I also love Chihuly glass.

I'm a huge IndyCar fan. I've been attending the Indy 500 since I was a kid. I also lived in Indianapolis for 20 years. I love watching the races all season.

I can't explain it, but I have a fascination with Bigfoot. I collect postcards, playing cards, stickers,etc. of Bigfoot.

I collect all things peanut butter & jelly. The cuter the better.

About Me

THINGS I DO NOT LOVE

I do not eat beef or pork

• Kiddie stickers/Dollar Tree Items • Color your own anything • Chocolate covered fruit • Flower flavored tea • Scraps of paper • Not a big fan of St. Patrick's Day. I lived in South Bend -home to the University of Notre Dame- for 18 years, so it's everything Irish all year long.

I’m not a fan of bath bombs or anything bath related.

Extras are not necessary. I will not withhold a heart if you don't send extras

BOOKS

I love books! I love reading, collecting and sharing all types of books. I'm a big fan of used-book stores, small independent stores and Paperbackswap.

I like to collect old cookbooks, spiritual books (everything from Catholic saints to yoga), books of art and books on the Wheel of the Year.

I read a lot of fiction. I especially like books in a series. It's a fun way to spend more time with the characters.

I looked up book genres on Goodreads, so here's my list of favorite genres:

Fiction

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Mystery

Historical Fiction

Romance

Women's Fiction

Contemporary Fiction

Literary Fiction

Magical Realism

YA

Non Fiction

Memoir & Autobiography

Biography

Food & Drink

History

Travel

Religion & Spirituality

Favorite Crafts

I enjoy paper crafts, journaling, baking, making prayer beads and rosaries, painting on all types of mediums, washi crafts, candle making, painting pottery, baking/decorating sugar cookies in holiday shapes, and drawing yantras and mandalas.

Favorite Music

Music is a big part of my life and brings me great joy. I feel really blessed to live in a time when all my music fits in the palm of my hand (i.e. iPhone). Streaming services are a true blessing!

Some of my favorite genres:

Pop - some current top 40's, but always will love the 80's best! I love Duran Duran, Prince and Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, too many to name.

Classic Rock - Everything from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Motley Crue

Classical - Mozart, Beethoven and Baroque

World - Kirtan and Liquid Mind

Oldies - I love Elvis and music from the 50's and 60's

Postcards

I enjoy all postcards, here are some of my favorites:

Star Wars

Coffeehouses, coffee mugs, people drinking coffee

Libraries, bookstores, people reading

Alice in Wonderland

Beaches

Favorite animals - bears, rhinoceros, whales, birds, tortoise, owls and rabbits

Mother nature: mountains, rivers, lakes, oceans, forests, meadows

City scenes

Trees

Flowers, fields of flowers

State map cards

Postcards of artwork, such as those bought in a museum

Touristy postcards from your town, city. state or country

Musicians from the 80's - Duran Duran, David Bowie, Prince, Michael Jackson etc.

Elvis

Recipes cards (but not recipes with meat if it is a picture of the dead carcass)

Alcoholic beverages

Pagan images

Frida Kahlo

Playing Cards

Ive been collecting playing cards for a few years and we have made many Frankendecks. I mostly collect them now because I like the designs and art.

My favorite themes:
• Flowers/Trees/Nature • Ocean/Fish/Sharks/Shells
• Butterfly/Dragonfly
• Birds
• Places: landmarks, city, state, countries
• U.S. States; Favorites Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New Mexico, California

• Space/Moon/Sun/Planet
• Alcohol, beer, wine, liqueur
• Star Wars
• Coffee/Tea
• Elvis
Alice in Wonderland

Owls

I also collect random tarot and oracle cards for crafting and other interesting projects.

Temperance is my card for 2024 Balance, harmony, self-control, moderation

Favorite Movies

Favorite movies in no particular order:

*Top Gun * ALL Star Wars *Avatar movies *Tangled *Julie & Julia *all Hangover movies *A Star is Born *Elf *Field of Dreams *The Sound of Music *The Thomas Crown Affair *Dune *A Few Good Men *The Abyss *Bull Durham *Failure to Launch *Christmas with the Cranks

Private Swaps

I have various items to exchange in private swaps if anyone reads this far in my profile (LOL). The swaps don't need to be for like items.

I would be interested in swapping for items I like listed in my profile, your original art, tarot/oracle card readings sent by email, books, long-distance energy healing or anything you would like to offer.

I have the following items to swap:

• 25-30 postcards that don’t fit into my collection or I haven’t seemed to find the right swap

• 100s of playing cards in a variety of backgrounds (many duplicate backgrounds obviously. I keep buying decks cheap online or find them at the flea market)

• Tarot and Oracle decks that don’t work for me – I would love to swap these out.

I also have a lot of tea bags. I'm in a monthly tea swap, but I don't really drink tea every day. I'd be happy to send some out. I don't keep any beyond their expiration date

Thank you!

Ratings

cynthiawhatever rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #20 on Oct 26, 2024
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Markybay rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #19 on Oct 17, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the The Moon card and the stickers! I love your cute little envelope as well <3
kromo rated for MissBrenda's Halloween Card Swap #5 on Oct 13, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the Halloween card and stickers. Happy Halloween 🎃
SamanthaJane rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #16 on Oct 13, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the Devil Tarot cards. The mushroom card is super cool. Cool note card too! 🙂
SamanthaJane rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #8 on Oct 13, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the Chariot Tarot cards. I think sending the two swaps in one envelope was a great idea. Postage is crazy! 🙂
SamanthaJane rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #5 on Oct 13, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the Emperor Tarot cards. I love the shiny card! 🙂
SunTradeToo rated for World Postcard Day 2024 on Oct 12, 2024
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Comment: Thank you ♥♪♫*¨*• 📬 🎃
inoracam rated for Playing Card Swap: Round 8 on Oct 10, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for the 8s you sent me. I hope you get some fall weather soon so you can enjoy your sweaters :) Have a great weekend.
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Comment: Thank you for the cookies Halloween card and stickers!
Mystyne rated for WIYM: PC from a Neighboring State on Oct 7, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the great postcard. It looks like an interesting place to visit.
majewsju rated for WIYM: NAKED AUTUMN POSTCARD #1 on Oct 7, 2024
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Comment: I'm excited for the cooler weather also! I feel like I've been melting all summer! Thank you for the postcard! So excited to eat all the donuts and cider!
majewsju rated for World Postcard Day 2024 on Oct 7, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for your world postcard day card!
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Comment: Thank you for your lovely mail 😊
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Comment: Thank you so very much for all the wonderful postcards ❤️❤️❤️ Loved them all ❤️💕
Mem306 rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #17 on Oct 4, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for swapping!
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Comment: Thanks for the nice items. I really enjoy food themed swaps. Hope you have an amazing weekend.
MonkeyMom23 rated for Frankendeck Tarot Swap #18 on Oct 4, 2024
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Comment: Thanks so much! I always love hearing from you. I am glad you and your nieces love the idea! It has been a fun swap series.
andee73 rated for WSS: Halloween Washi Swap 2024 on Oct 2, 2024
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Comment: Thank you!
Vickyen rated for TGIF Weekend Notecard #412 on Sep 28, 2024
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Comment: Hi Melissa! Thank you for the fun share and the leaf stickers! It has been awhile since we were partners, so it was great catching up with you! I agree that when it is warm it doesn't feel like our normal fall activities! It has cooled down some here, for which I am very thankful! You are so sweet to spend time with your folks, I am sure they enjoy it! All the best and hope you are enjoying this weekend as well! Hugs and Happy Swapping! ;)

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Comments

HausOfImps on Oct 22, 2024:

I love the tarot cards so much! Thank you for swapping with me, hopefully you get yours soon!

katjl on Oct 8, 2024:

Hi Melissa, Thank you so much for the AUG 2024 -simply gilded deco sticker sheets. They are so lovely! Appreciate your kindness. 😀 Happy Autumn! -Kat

Poohtat on Aug 30, 2024:

Thank you for the RAKs August Cat Zodiac cards. They are adorable!

chimerix on Aug 28, 2024:

Thank you for the lovely Simply Gilded Sticker Sheets! They are so fun, I can't wait to use them on my mailings and crafts. Aloha

RAKs Only - August

Gamanana0022 on Jul 18, 2024:

I received the animal pcs today for thr forum global tag. I love them….and the color me owl card is awesome!!! Thankyou so much!!!!

anicka22 on Jul 4, 2024:

Thank you for the amazing simply gilded stickersheets! LOVE them 💕🙏❤️

MuggleMom on Mar 20, 2024:

I hope your birthday is PURPLICIOUS!

xx

MuggleMom

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