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mary17

mary17
Date Joined: September 24, 2020
Last Online: December 19, 2024
Birthday: March 30
Country: Ireland

About Me

Hi, I’m a former postcrosser. I switched to swapbot, as it costs the same to post a postcard as a 100g / 3.5 ounce letter in my country !, so it works out costly sending a single postcard. I also felt limited by the space on a postcard. Swapbot is a better match for me. I love all things stationery related. I'm not very crafty, but I enjoy making my own envelopes and baking. I don’t use social media, my preference is snail mail.

I know sometimes mail fails to be delivered, so please get in touch if you are expecting something from me that does not turn up, and I will resend

I rate the day I receive, so if I have not rated a swap you sent to me, it simply means I have not received swap yet. If a long time has past, I will send you a message to let you know.

I lived in London for 9 years, but returned to Ireland a good few years ago, where the pace of life is more relaxed.

I’m married, and we have a 9 year old son.

I love to travel, I love France, even the simple pleasure of time spent in a French supermarket, as they have the best chocolate aisle 😄. I enjoy researching and planning holidays. I'm a big fan of US National Parks, due to their variety and inspiring landscape.

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I have visited

Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Egypt, Germany, The Netherlands, Portugal, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UAE & Wales

USA - Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Utah & Wyoming

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In the future I would love to visit Japan

Music - 🎵 I like to listen to all sorts of music, really it depends on my mood. My Spotify has plenty of variety, I do not listen to Jazz and rap much 🎶

Movies - 📽️ Some movies I enjoy watching: La La Land, Little Miss Sunshine, Pride & Prejudice, Sweet Home Alabama, Up in the Air, A Good Year, Nomadland & The Way.

I enjoy walks on the beach, going out for dinner. Life is busy, so finishing a book, can take a while.

I have a sweet tooth, I love chocolate, although not white chocolate so much. I love to try chocolate that I cannot get in my country. I like chocolate with flavours too (orange, mint, coconut, coffee, nuts etc) . I’m such a chocolate fan, that if I make porridge/oatmeal I add cocoa powder, flaked almonds and fresh raspberries, so it’s more a dessert than breakfast 😃. Happiness is cake, coffee and a chat with a friend😄.

My favourite saying - "A stranger is a friend you haven't met yet" by W.B. Yeats

Favorite colors - Purple, lilac, blue, teal, pink

Wishlist

Anything French

Dark Chocolate

Coffee candy

Notecards

Purple ink pens

Cotton tote bag

Likes:

A - Address Labels, Architecture, Art Deco

B – Baking, Ballet, Bookmarks, Botanical illustrations / themes, Brush pens

C - Chocolate, Coffee, Coffee candy, cherry blossoms, cookies, caramels, Christmas cards (non religious)

D - Drawstring bags, Degas,

E - Envelopes (love handmade)

F - France, Frank Lloyd Wright, Fall, Flora & Fauna

G - Greeting cards, gift tags, gel pens

H - Highlighters, hot chocolate

I - Illustrations

J - Japan

K - Keyrings

L - Landscapes, Lantern Press, Lighthouses, Letterpress stationery, London

M - Maps, map postcards, memo sheets

N - Notecards, notebooks, Northern Lights

O - Oceans

P - Pens (gel & ballpoint – love pens with purple and colour inks), Postcards (non-touristic if possible), purple, postboxes, peppermint chocolates

R - Reusable shopping bags, Rhodia notebooks, rubber stamps

S - Stationery, Stickers (non-puffy stickers please), sticky tabs, scenic sights, spiral notebooks, shopping list notepads

T - Thank you cards, Tote bags

U - US National Parks, UNESCO sites, USA

W - Writing sets

Y - Yellowstone, Yosemite

Dislikes:

Anime, Manga,

Gum

White chocolate and Hershey's milk chocolate

Reward / kid type stickers

Tea

and anything religious

Ratings

Petaltea rated for MAEI: Christmas on Dec 17, 2024
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Comment: Thank you for the lovely swap Mary! I hope that you too have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year!
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Comment: Thank you for your lovely robin christmas card :) And also for the nice notecards which I'll put to good use. Wishing you and your family and friends a lovely Christmas time and a good start in the new year.
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Comment: Thanks for the France envie & extra postcards Mary! I appreciate you joining my swap :)
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Comment: 💗💗Thank you very much for the Halloween Mail Art arriving in my mailbox! I love the way you protected the postcards so they arrived with pristine corners! Frieda
inventacharm rated for Happy Envie Swap #11 on Oct 29, 2024
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Comment: Happy Envie indeed! What a gorgeous swap! Thank you so much for taking the time to put this beautiful swap together. From the lovely envelope to the booklet/flipbook and selection of goodies, everything was so wonderful. Lastly I LOVE Sinead O'Connor so thank you for the wonderful Sinead stamp. <333
kitsune rated for ESO: Halloween Decorated Envie on Oct 15, 2024
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Comment: HI Mary, Thanks a lot for this cute Envie, I love the decoration :) And I love the postcards and stamps you included <3 Have fun at this Halloween festival and good luck with trick or treating this year :)
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Comment: Mary thank you so much for this fantastic postcard!! I love postcards of castles!! The unique Irish postage stamps are really cool too and I enjoyed reading your note!! Have a beautiful Autumn!!
user950 rated for Blind Envie Swap Fall 4 of 4 on Sep 27, 2024
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Comment: I love travel themes, so thank you for everything you sent!
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Comment: What a wonderful envie with beautiful items! I always admired ballet dancers when I was younger and I wished I had been more skilled. Thanks so much - you've made my day. I loved you letter as well. 🩷🩷🩷
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Comment: Very cool envelope, I like the material you used and the decorations <3 and goodies, thank you so much!
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Comment: Loved it ty!
Lolcw rated for MAEI: April on May 6, 2024
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Comment: Thanks!
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Comment: Hello Mary, Thanks for the great St Pats card and the extras! Thats a very cool dragon on the front of the city council brochure! Have a great year of the dragon! 🐲🐉🐲🐉🐲
Fuchsi rated for MAEI: March GREEN Themed Envie 🌳 on Apr 10, 2024
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Comment: Dear Mary, thank you very much for your wonderful envelope und the cute goodies. The green colour is great! ^-^ And I'm a little bit envious to be honestly, as yes, just like you wrote in your letter: When a holiday coincidentally falls on a weekend: Bad luck, but no extra free day. I would love the Irish system! ^^° Have a great april, Maxi
LaureAndLucky rated for European Letters #12 on Mar 29, 2024
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Comment: Thank you so much for everything, especially the beautiful stamps and postcards ! Your hand writing isn't messy at all ! How funny ! What led you to get involved in this association ? Russian is so hard ! I don't struggle with Cyrillic but with pronunciation and oral comprehension. I can't see how things could get better either, humankind has not learned from it's past mistakes and it won't... Let's hope for better days ! Thanks again :)
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Comment: I loved everything soooo much! Thank you!!! (I'm using the postcards for my Keep One, Send One PC series so that I get them back!)
uuvuttaa rated for EU Happy Mail #3 on Mar 7, 2024
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Comment: thank you - I love everything from the stamps to the envelope and the goodies!
Petaltea rated for MAEI: Febuary Hearts! on Feb 18, 2024
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Comment: Thanks for the great swap! I love the items, oh that cute postcard and those sticker stamps! Let’s go green for the march swap. Great idea. Thanks for joining, take care!!
Colinde rated for EU Christmas Card and a Surprise on Jan 12, 2024
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Comment: Whoah sorry for the super late rating, but the heart is well-deserved <3 Happy 2024!
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Comment: Thank you for your lovely card and goodies. It's great to see different mailboxes out there, either from the government, or from personal choices. Have an enjoyable Christmas!

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Comments

Meisje on Dec 4, 2020:

Just because ♥

Christmas

Christmas

Christmas

bringitb on Oct 24, 2020:

Mary! Oh my goodness, what a wonderful surprise! Thank you for sending me a thank you gift package in response to the Hot Chocolate swap we did! The polar bear sheets are gorgeous!! Those galaxy cards from China are ones I don’t have yet—perfect! Such awesome postcards and stickers, too! What a fun bundle to receive so unexpectedly. Thanks again for your kindness. It really made my day! _B

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