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dreamlily

dreamlily
Date Joined: September 17, 2008
Last Online: March 3, 2022
Birthday: February 7
Country: Australia
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About Me

I''m a married 30 something year old Aussie, and have two cats and two dogs. My husband is a sucker for bringing home stray animals so I wouldn't be surprised if a pony or donkey ended up in the back yard one day!

Proud member of Postal Society

I COLLECT teatowels with cakes or cupcakes on them.

My favourite things to do are

reading (my main passion),

writing,

cooking,

writing letters,

journalling,

smash booking,

postcrossing and

crafting.

I am a postcrosser (postcard swaps) and I SO love getting them in the mail.

Love anything vintage and old. Like yellow, red, white, purple and pink.

I love love love owls and peacocks.

I also like birds, dragonflies...anything with wings.

Giraffes make me smile.

I love little japanese kimono characters, and anime characters

Gothic Fairytale pictures are awesome.

Love Asian things.

I'm interested in the 1600s - particulary the era of the Boleyns, spirituality (all forms) and japanese animation - such as Studio Ghibli (Totoro, Spirited Away and Howls Moving Castle are my favourites) and japanese art. I would love to study art therapy one day because I believe that when you can't talk, sometimes drawing or crafting can be a good outlet. I would also love to study Criminal and Child Psychology.

At the moment I'm collecting postcards through postcrossing and love getting vintage or old fashioned/retro cards.

Things I like to do on Swapbot are;

♦ATC swaps

♦Bookmark makes and swaps

♦Sticker swaps

♦Card swaps

♦book swaps

♦SMASH book items

♦stationery swaps

♦drawing/painting/whatever

You can see what I'm interested in, and I just love to be creative. I always put a lot of thought into things I give people, because if it's not something they will like then what's the point?

I have never not sent a swap because I believe if you commit to something then you should go through with it. You've made a promise to someone and I wouldn't like to be disappointed and so I try not to disappoint others.

I usually blog about happymail I get, so keep an eye on my blog to see if anything you send to me pops up!

Favorite Books

My fave genre would be psychological thrillers, supernatural thrillers and historical fiction. NOT a fan of love stories and I rarely read chic lit. True stories are always so interesting to me, and I love to read about other peoples experiences. Dystopian (break down of society) type books are love! The Maze Runner and justin Cronin's The Passage series are just amazing. I love Philippa Gregory. She writes the most amazing books from the perspective of females - all based on historic facts. All based around the 16, 17th,18th and 19th centuries. My favourite lot of her books would be the Boleyn Girls books.

Other favourites include;

The Secrets of Jin Shei,

Embers of Heaven,

The Other Boleyn Girl,

The Boleyn Inheritance,

The Dark Mirror Trilogy,

The Liveship Trilogy,

Robin Hobb,

Juliet Marillier ,

Snowflower and the Secret Fan,

Pig Island,

The Maze Runner,

The Furnace Series,

Justin Cronin,

A Thousand Splendid Suns,

The Kite Runner (amongst many!)

Favorite Music

I'm a pop princess at heart. Although i have quite a large taste. I love classical music, as I'm classically trained in piano having learnt from an early age, moving on to be instructed by a concert pianist then going to uni to study music performance. I quite like ambient and dance music too. Anything with a beat gets me motivated to do housework!

Favorite Television

This changes all the time. Presently I like;

♦ Downton Abbey

♦Game Of Thrones

♦The Tudors

♦ Anime Series

Although the main thing I love to watch is documentaries. Not a fan of watching sport unless it's the Olympics or some kind of games.

Favorite Crafts

♦Letter writing and mail art

♦SMASH book

♦Junk Journals

♦Trading stickers

♦Trading note papers (japanese/korean etc)

♦Trading stationery

♦Scrapbooking

♦Drawing (although I'm not good at all, expect something VERY obscure)

♦Painting

Favorite Movies

Pixar movies

Stepbrothers

Pitch Black

Spirited Away

Howls Moving Castle

Ponyo

Princess Mononoke

Totoro

The Hangover

Riddick chronicals

Memoirs of a Geisha

Predators

District 9

The Dish

Gladiator

Jurassic Park

Coraline

Dislikes

OLIVES! EWWWW!!

Wasabi!

Crappy half done craft

Fake people

Favourite Scents

☺Laundromat

☺Tinsel (yes, tinsel DOES have a smell!)

☺Raspberry

Things I like to get in the Ma

Chocolate and sweeties

Strange and odd things

Kawaii Stationery

Dark Fairytale drawings or pictures

Postcards

Old Fashioned/Vintage things

Interesting postage stamps

SMASH stuff

Photos

Candy

Drawings and doodles

Letters and poems

Books

Pens

Deco Tape

Tags for journalling

Notebooks

Anime stuff

Anything unusual

Thrift shop photos of unknown people

Anything that is unique or crazy or funny or different. I'm happy with anything.

Ratings

Gaelan rated for lettersheet swap on Aug 29, 2013
5
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Comment: What a great bunch of paper and envelopes! Thank you so much! Happy Swapping!
aldy rated for Aerogramme Letter Swap on Aug 29, 2013
5
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Comment: Thanks for the lovely letter - I will send you one back in the next few weeks! I'll answer your questions you posed in the letter! Cheers from Canada. Aldy (Sylvie)
Response: Thanks! I guess it's a bit hard to get a heart for this swap since we couldn't put any extras inside. I hope u liked the letter!! Look forward to getting one from you!
cutesygirlynai rated for A Week Of Letters - AUGUST on Aug 20, 2013
5
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Comment: thank you for your card :) are you replying to my package soon? :] x
nanc6124 rated for A Week Of Letters - AUGUST on Aug 17, 2013
5
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Comment: Loved your letter. Could you send me your address so I can write you back?
Nightenbelle rated for A Week Of Letters - AUGUST on Aug 17, 2013
5
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Comment: That was a fun letter to receive and more fun to read. Thank you, I loved it!
tingtinga2602 rated for A Week Of Letters - AUGUST on Aug 16, 2013
5
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Comment: thank you for the lovely postcards with pretty stamps.. love it.. :D
Response: You're welcome! Keep an eye out for my reply letter to you also. 😄
Pandorapsych rated for Letter Writing Paper Swap on Aug 11, 2013
5
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Comment: Thanks for the lovely paper!
Response: You're welcome!
kiivi rated for A Week of Letters - JUNE on Jul 3, 2013
5
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Comment: Thank you !! <3 (Sorry I put this lame comment for you by accident, it was ment for another partner! so I fixed it down here!) BUT! I loved your letter!!!! All those fancy things you sent me with letter was awesome <3 It really made my day, thank you xo
Response: Thankyou!
Willowee rated for A Week of Letters - JUNE on Jun 27, 2013
5
rating
Comment: Loved your letter, it was so cute!! :)
Response: Glad u liked it!
rhemashawls rated for A Week of Letters - JUNE on Jun 26, 2013
5
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Comment: Thank you so much \\||//
Pixiewillow rated for A Week of Letters - JUNE on Jun 22, 2013
5
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Comment: Thanks for the letter, I loved it and the extra bits. If you pm me your address I will send reply!
Response: Aw didn't I put my address sticker on the back?.
lunadelmar rated for A Week of Letters - JUNE on Jun 21, 2013
5
rating
Comment: Love everything thank you so much!! Will write this weekend! =D
Response: Awesome!
GeoFaerie rated for Intro Postcard Swap on Jun 21, 2013
5
rating
 
av0 rated for Trinket Treasure Hunt on Jun 18, 2013
5
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Comment: Thank you for all of the wonderful (and beautifully wrapped) goodies! I had a wonderful time with the swap, thank you for hosting. :)
Response: You're so welcome! Glad you enjoyed the goodies!
A rated for Postcards! on Jun 4, 2013
5
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Comment: Thank you! The postcard was so beautiful, my boyfriend Googled Mt Martha to try and find out how to rent those colorful little houses on the beach. We have always wanted to travel to Australia!
Response: So happy you loved it! Those little houses are actually bathing boxes. They are one small room and incredibly expensive to buy. They are used to change and store beach things in,
crmc rated for Postcards! on Jun 3, 2013
5
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Comment: Beautiful card!
puffin902 rated for Send a CUTE postcard on Jun 1, 2013
5
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Comment: Nice to exchange PC with someone who understands!
Response: Absolutely. :)
rhemashawls rated for A Week Of Letters - MAY on May 30, 2013
5
rating
Comment: Thank you so much for the note and extra's.
Response: You're welcome :)
Hawwa rated for Intro Postcard Swap on May 30, 2013
5
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Comment: Thank you very much for your postcard! I love it. You have a beautiful handwriting.
Response: Oh really? Thankyou :) I always look at other peoples handwriting and wish mine was nicer :)
lostinavalon rated for A Week Of Letters - MAY on May 25, 2013
5
rating
Comment: Thanks so much for the excellent letter and sweet extras! I'll write back soon!
Response: Oh awesome, I was hoping you would want to write back!

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Comments

cutesygirlynai on Dec 7, 2013:

i hope you're ok and wonder where you are? :(

Lizard on Jul 26, 2013:

Hello fellow Aussie. ^.^

tingtinga2602 on Jul 16, 2013:

for the pretty letters.. I will write back.. :D

cutesygirlynai on Jul 1, 2013:

i got your letter and it was BEAUTIFUL!! i hope you get mine soon! it always takes so long to reach australia :[ it's in a packaged airmail bag, hand decorated so look out for it! x

marge on Jun 11, 2013:

Cheeerrrsss! :) Such a Happy mail from you!!! :) Many thanks for a thoughtful mail today.... Envie full of awesome goodies.... :) :) :) It sure came as a very pleasant surprise. :) Will post back! haha :)

Kepiblanc on Jun 4, 2013:

Thank-you for angeling the trinket pen pal swap (my assigned partner had been fully suspended.) But you came to the rescue ! What a lovely package full of awesome goodies !!! I love the little hedgehog clipping too. Every little thing is just perfect. Above and beyond, here's wishing you 1000 hearts <3 ! Love your hand made envies too, extra special ! Thank-you again for the smiles today and making swap-bot a fun place. Kepiblanc

sugaraddict on May 27, 2013:

Hi Hi!! I'm hosting a Foodie Pen Pal Swap which I thought might interest you :) Do swing by and check it out yea.. We would love to have you swap with us! :) Thanks!!

marge on May 22, 2013:

HAPPY MAIL DAY....because of YOU!!! Thanks thanks for the package you sent...so thoughtful and sooooo many! :) :) :) i don't get spoiled that much till now! :) :) :) My smash book and journaling will be very happy because of your thoughtfulness and generosity! :) :) :) stay safe and blessed! :)

mizvicky on Oct 17, 2012:

Hey lady :)

Check the group out for info on how to join the Flickr group.

Smashbook/GlueBook addicts Smiles

anrtist on Sep 3, 2012:

Thanx for being such a Great Part of SB & LLL!!! Please take the time to check in the LLL~Location, Location, Location Group and see who is SWAPBOTTING in your area! ;-) Its open to all SwapBotters so feel free to invite anyone to check it out! Have a GREAT DAY ;-) & Happy Swapping! Blessings, cc

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