Lealie

Please be aware that postal services are irregular at the moment. My local mailbox currently gets emptied about once per week

March 2023: I am on holiday at the end of March and will not be able to rate during that time. I'll catch up asap once I'm home.

Languages: English, Deutsch, 한국어

I love love looove playing tabletop rpgs. And board games. And card games. And computer 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. But she's the cutest cat. Like all cats.

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 have a dark blue-green hand-made (not by me) ceramic teacup with a golden border that I use daily to drink my me-time tea. It's my favorite item. Funny thing: my one and only food intolerance is actually coffee. Never bothered me, though, because tea exists.

I'm a feminist, pansexual, and agnostic.

⟨ Some more stuff I like: ⟩

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

➤ Letters & Notes

• I enjoy 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

➤ Tea

• fruits and herbs
• remedial teas for colds
• no added flavors (= aromatics)
• 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 read a lot of scientific journals for work so I need a break from reality in my spare time
• The books I never will forget are the Bitterbynde Trilogy. They were my ultimate gateway drug into fantasy (... and romance) books.
• I don't like bad endings. I need my endings happy. 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

➤ 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.

⟩⟩ Let's be honest here: my decorating style is more on the minimalistic side - I love washi tape and small drawings, but I'm just not that crafty and only sometimes use accent stickers.

I knit 2-3 pairs of socks every winter. And I mend my own clothes (if they're fixable).

If you count cooking as a craft then that's my #1. Mostly vegetarian meals. There are some nostalgia dishes that I cook from time to time which I include meat - but only well-sourced meat. I prefer salty foods over sweet foods most of the time. If you have a recipe that you just love - I'd be happy to give it a try!

I enjoy painting and started making cards and postcards after joining swaps here but my craft level & style is on the more minimalistic side.

The only channel on YouTube of which I watch every video is Bernadette Banner's. I admire her skill. And don't even strive to achieve it.

I check "sent" once I come home after putting the swap into the local mailbox. Please be aware that my mailbox doesn't get emptied daily.

I will rate you as soon as I've received and opened your mail. If there's a problem I'll contact you and try to find a solution before rating a low score.

Please contact me if there is a problem with my swap or you haven't received anything a few weeks after I checked "sent". I'll be happy to send something again if it doesn't arrive or didn't fulfill the requirements.