Chantiemaya

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Hello fellow swappers! My name is Chantal, most people call me Chantie, and I’m from the Netherlands.

I started penpalling when I was 14 or 15 years old - long before we all held the whole world in one hand all day long. I fell into it by accident; I wrote a letter to a teen magazine for their swap request section asking people to swap clippings of our favourite pop groups. Apart from swaps I also received some letters from people who shared my fandom and suggested we be penpals, first nationally, later all over the world. Any old time penpallers might remember the time when FB meant ‘friendshipbook’ ;)

When I moved out on my own and went online, penpalling slowly dwindled down and I joined Facebook and found other places to communicate with fans. I started writing fanfiction, created websites and was active on forums. All of that is now behind me, but I’ve realised a while ago that I just miss paper A LOT. I started a journal to feed my need for writing with an actual pen and as an excuse to use some of the lovely stationery I kept seeing online.

I will probably love anything you send me, i’m not super picky! Follow the swap instructions and you’ll always get a 5 from me. Anything I can’t use or isn’t my taste will be regifted.

Personal: I’m a member of the LGBTQIA+ community and I’m an ally to every letter of that acronym. I’ve determined my sexuality as a bi-romantic asexual. I am an atheist.

Work: I work as a Supply Chain administrative assistant in a wholesale company.

Dance, pop, hardrock, metal, and I will listen to some classic or opera tunes from time to time. Some faves: Roxette, Danny Vera, Jason Isbell, Melissa Etheridge, Therapy?, Céline Dion, Cher, Ray Lamontagne, First Aid Kit, Todrick Hall, Brandi Carlile, Elton John, The Killers, Lenny Kravitz, LP, Marilyn Manson, Limp Bizkit, Rammstein, Green Day, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ludovico Einaudi, Yiruma, Yann Tiersen, 80’s/90’s playlists

I love reading detectives and thrillers, especially Scandinavian writers. My all-time favorite is Henning Mankell, I even visited the area of Sweden he wrote about. Then there’s Patricia Cornwell who I’ve been fangirling over since I was a teen. Other names that come to mind: Michael Robotham, Jo Nesbo, Lars Kepler, Stieg Larson, Liza Marklund.

I love movies and I have a cinema subscription. I try to see a movie at the cinema every week, with my stepdad who is one of my best friends. I will basically watch any genre although I’m not very good with horror and I can’t deal with slapstick humor. I love super heroes (I’m a Marvel girl), animation, thrillers, and action movies.

I love Rupaul’s Drag Race. I started watching it when it came to Netflix in my country and I'm still watching all the seasons that I can see on the WOW presents app.

I LOVE Netflix. Star Trek, the Marvel heroes, crime shows etc etc

I love YouTube, I find it very calming to watch/listen while I’m doing other stuff. I like makeup tutorials even though I don’t wear makeup ;) I love watching art videos, journaling videos etc. I like to listen to podcasts too.

I love crochet!

I have a journal that I glue full of stuff and write down my thoughts when I feel like it. I’ve been making junk journals too, although I'm not very good at filling them. I love to construct them though.

What I’d love to get:
*Postcards: Fiep Westendorp, old Winnie the Pooh (before Disney stole him), vintage anything, old movie stars, city views, nature, cute animals, cartoons, jokes, botanicals
*Vintage paper / cards / tickets / etc. *Hand made paper
*Paint color cards
*Stickers (no journaling text stickers or Disney)
*Washi tape
*Decorated letter paper
*Hand dyed paper
*Book pages/newspapers/magazine pages
*Decorated/color/ interesting envelopes
*Magazine clippings
*Lomo cards (kawaii, landscape, botanical, pets, etc)
*Any paper crafts, hand made, hand written, crafty goodies
*Snail mail themed items (air mail, envelopes, etc)

Please don’t send me:
*Coffee
*Anything religious

If you’re unsure you can always ask! I will not rate down if it’s not my taste. For me, when I rate a 5 it means you’ve met the objective and a heart means you picked items that I really love.