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Update :

I have been away for some time, but happy to be back ! missed you all !

hello World,

It's me... Monique, living close to the city of Antwerp, Belgium

In an era of e mail & texting, i still prefer snail mail , and i don't mean ... invoices haha.

I "ve send, and collect postcards since i was young ... and that's quite for a long time now .

As my nickname reveals .. i love retro, vintage and antiques

I love things with a "past"

You can often find me in second hand shops, charity shops, fleamarkets ..

I also have a soft spot for Art Deco and Art Nouveau

I have a collection of

-vintage teapots , teacups and saucers, anything to do with tea serving

but i also have a bit of an obsession with MUGS... started a collection of ROY KIRKHAM mugs..

• vintage tins

• vintage books

favourite holiday destination ….. the UK !

My favourite time of the year is ...

🎄CHRISTMAS🎄 …

cann't get enough from the decorations, the christmas tree , gifts, just the whole atmosphere .. and not to forget the christmas postcards , i decorate my whole living room with them .

christmas postcards in victorian style have my preference

If you are in a Christmas card swap, please send me a card with wishes in your own language, ty.

cann't wait to be christmas again

and to start this new swapbot adventure !

Love and hugs to all of you

POSTCARDS

for HALLOWEEN: i prefer vintage style postcards as

Note : if it is a profile based postcard swap, and if you live OUTSIDE Europe, please send me a single view touristy postcard, showing the beauty of your country, thank you so much !

( can be send naked or in an envelope , your choice .,but i prefer SINGLE VIEW .)

I like unusual and colourful stamps !!

For US swappers, please, if possible, don't use the common green global for ever stamps , thank you .

• i prefer normal sized postcards, 4"x 6' ( 10 x15 cm)

• if you send a touristy postcard, please send one of your OWN country , showing the beauty of your own country … nature, castle, UNESCO WHS

• map postcards

• for US SWAPPERS, if it is a TOURISTY postcard swap, please send me a MAP postcard of your state , or of a state you visited. Missing states: see below, thank you !

• like MAXI cards (postcards that feature an image (a monument, animal, event, etc) along with a stamp of a very similar or related image on the picture side of the card.) too

• from UK , Scotland ,Ireland , ... postcards of pubs, cottages ,famous castles and manors,golf, afternoon tea, highland games, funny seaside cards, vintage cars , colourful doors, Guinness , QUEEN VICTORIA, PHQ cards .... )

-CHRISTMAS POSTCARDS - try to build a nice collection of Christmas postcards , typical for the country it is send from .

love .. guess what ????**CHRISTMAS THEMED STAMPS ** , i collect them, so they are welcome all year round, 🙂 thank you

• victorian/retro style postcards

• vintage postcard ( before 1970 ), can be already send to someone else … just put it in an envelope … thank you

-From USA : American state postcards, still looking for the following AR,DE,MN,MS,MO,ND,RI,SD, UT,VT.

• the American retro'style 'postcards ' greetings from '....

• American postcards of the capital of your state, i have already Denver, Frankfort,Bismarck, Sacramento

• Lantern press postcards

• Children's Book Illustration Postcards ( No Disney )

• Inge Löök , old ladies

• Moomin

-Alice in Wonderland ( original illustrations by John Tenniel are my fevourites )

and last, but not least ,

if you are an artist, i would be very happy to receive a card, made by you and

i would love to receive an ATC made by you , as i am not so crafty myself...

No cat, dogs or other animal postcards , I do love animals but in real !

NO coloured-in postcards

Thank you !

Please, use uncommon , multiple stamps on the postcards , Thank you

OTHER LIKES :

please, send your swaps in

PRETTY DECORATED ENVELOPES , especially now in CHRISTMAS style

• gingerbread men/cookies

• cookies with cinnamon

• fudge

-chocolate, dark, milk , white … no nuts please

• chocolates with a alcohol filling

  -Yankee candles and tealights

  the smell of roses .. and pine

(put Always and everywhere scented tea light candles ..)

peony is my favourite flower

washi tape to decorate anything and everything :

favourite washi : - vintage/ floral/ tea related/ holiday /airmail/ pastel colors/ old rose / Christmas/ animals( dogs, cat, owl..) / Easter /Halloween/autumn..

-stationery

• seasonal stickers ( Christmas, easter, Halloween, spring, summer, autumn, winter …. )

-address labels , and labels' please deliver to '

-'Flow' and 'Daphnes Diary.' magazines

-cartoon Calvin & Hobbes

-fountain pens

-pastel colors, dark blue

-cute, colorful socks ( size 37 / 4-5 )

TEA , you can always make me happy with a teabag as an extra !

favourites :

plain BLACK teas such as

• english breakfast

• english afternoon tea

• Ceylon Orange Pekoe

• Assam

• Darjeeling

• Irish Breakfast….

• (Twinings or other brand) 🎄CHRISTMAS TEA 🎄

• Bigelow seasonal teas

• seasonal/ winter tea of a local brand

I really prefer teabags bought by yourself, typical for your country/area. Thank you

and ,please dont pass me the teas you don't want.

NO green , matcha, herbal, chai, herbal infusions,licorice, chamomile,mint , please

also like

• peach, orange flavoured tea

-Finnish Nordqvist brand tea

• Moomin tea

• earl grey

• lady grey

but always willing to try something new, especially if it is YOUR favourite tea
( but plse NO licorice, chamomile,mint )

i am not a huge coffee drinker, but love Starbucks!

i do like

Caffè mocha Holiday coffee Latte Macchiato chocolate flavoured coffee

and iced coffee

and also hot chocolate !

i once bought Christmas Spiced Ground Coffee at Harrod's in London, with cinnamon, hazelnut and chocolate flavourings …… best coffee ever …!

STAMPS i collect

-🎄CHRISTMAS STAMPS🎄 from all over the world

-stamps from the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, Finland,( and from all european countries ), USA, Japan, Canada & Australia .

UK series :

-Inspector Morse

-Midsomer Murders

-Foyle's War

-Downton Abbey

-Miranda

-Keeping Up Appearances

-BBC Strictly Come Dancing

-Bargain Hunt -(Celebrity) Antiques Road Trip

-All programmes about vintage and antiques

-all Agatha Christie series with Poirot & Miss Marple

-also love all the BOOKS of Agatha Christie, have the whole collection !

all music from the 60s and from the 80's

johnny cash

Country

folk music from ireland

Enya

Loreena McKennitt

glitter and confetti , don't put it in an envelope, please …

don't send me :

• Christmas cards with glitter

-reward / teachers stickers

-hello Kitty,

-small paper cuts

• black envelopes

• scrapbooking & craft supplies.

• sticky notes

• loose tea or expired tea bags ,

Thank you !

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