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ghostcake

ghostcake
Original Member
Last Online: May 25, 2008
Birthday: September 6, 1987
Country: Australia
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About Me

My name is Hannah, a nineteen year old Virgo. I was born in Adelaide, and moved to Boston when I was nine; we moved to Sydney seven years later. I'm a current student of Art History at COFA in Sydney, Australia. I like the clatter of teacups, the smell of raindrops on lush grass or hot pavement, the sweetness of melted chocolate, the warmth of long baths, the beauty of visual art. I love dinosaurs, birds, deer, love hearts, polka dots, stripes, pink, latte brown, olive green. I love vintage themes and child's toys. I love variety. I love to swap!

I'm also super approachable & very easy-going; these profiles always make me feel like I'm really pretentious, but I hope this helps with any info. you're looking for! :)

Top Four

ARTISTS: Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Andy Goldsworthy, Yoshihiro Suda, Matthew Ngui.

MUSIC: Bjork, Joanna Newsom, Piana, Sigur Ros.

MOVIES: Elephant, Team America, Dancer in the Dark, Dude Where's My Car?

TV SHOWS: Scrubs, Psych, Growing Pains, Ugly Betty.

REASONS I LOVE WINTER MOST: Snow, all the shades of white, all the shades of grey, cold fingertips & numb nose.

Favorite Crafts

Jewellery making -- there's three types of things I like to do: Charm bracelets, beads knotted along string, and button earrings.

Knitting & crochet -- I'm at a very basic level, scarves only ;) I want to be able to crochet my own blanket, though. I'm very sensitive to textures,

Embroidery -- I love stitching little scenes and things! Once again, I'm not very good at it, though; I need more practice!

Making stationary -- Envelopes and paper journals, that sort of thing.

Interior decorating -- I love to decorate my spaces, especially cheap ways of decorating my bedroom. Like I have paper umbrellas all over my bookcase and photos strung up on the ceiling -- both of which probably cost me $5 total, but it really transforms the room into my sort of area, very personalised.

Personal Aesthetic

I have pretty eclectic tastes -- I like almost anything, as long as it is well refined and thought out. Whether it's minimalistic, simplistic, bold & clean; or baroque, art nouveau, cluttered & curly, I just don't like raggedy edges that don't belong. Particularly with bright colours: fluoro and the like only work, for me, when it's very, very simple and clean. I dislike anything too (American) cartoony, scribbles and scrawls are not my styles. Teddy bears, unless they're vintage, can please go somewhere else. Pretty much anything is okay, if it's vintage! ;)

I'm working on creating a little scrapbook type things with my favourites and least favourite styles, so hopefully that will help :")

I do like 'kawaii'-style products, once again pretty much of any kind! Some of my favourite characters include nyan-nyan nyanko, wanroom, kogepan, and aranzi aronzo's assorted critters. I particularly like anything a little absurd -- dentistry, for example -- or with images of sweets and foodie things in the mix. I also love memo sheets (not the sticky-backed kind) and stickers from sacks.

I love the Japanese craft style. I actually admire most aspects of contemporary Japanese style (/design). I used to study Japanese language (in high school and for a year at university), the national aesthetic definitely contributed to my fascination for it.

What I like to receive

Long letters, wooden stamps, charms for bracelets, buttons and beads, random swatches of fabrics, stationary.

I'm insatiably curious (/incurably nosy), & love love love to receive anything that screams "of the norm & the mundane" -- things like receipts, bus tickets, scraps of paper with grocery lists and telephone messages. If you have any, wrinkled and used, laying about, toss them in the envelope (instead of the wastebasket) & I will adore it :)

Anything I can pin up on my walls: postcards, random sheets of paper. Anything I can scatter on tabletops: knick knacks, statuettes, anything three dimensional (small or large).

I also love stamps, though I've never started a collection -- so if you have some extra groovy ones that you need to get rid of, feel free to clutter my envelope!

Also, some favourite motifs of mine are: Deer, elephant, whale, octopus, squid, owl, birds & bird wings, apples, pears, moths, maps, ghosts, bones, trex (!!), dinos of any kind, love hearts.

Ratings

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pajamapants rated for Creative Letter #3 (Revived) on Sep 16, 2007
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Comment: wow, great letter! thanks SO much! very poetic. i LOVE that it was written por typewriter. (btw, i also talked about not seeing the sky ^_~) it was great-- i see what you mean, about it being meander-y, but it was a delight to read, and it really captures the process: just reading your little blurb talking about the process of freewriting makes it sound like it was really fun to write, creative, a great way to get your juices flowing... it makes me want to sit down with a pen and just let my mind wander!! and i get what you mean, that it's just as much for you, to let your mind saunter around and explore, as it is for a product. and it really was great to read.. some really interesting ideas in there. just reading it is sparking My creative juices! (ugh, too too often dormant in the mundaneness of the rush of every day life.) and by the by, sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry this thank you is SOOO late. i was just cleaning off the countertop and found your letter buried underneath piles of accumulated daily life. (what a great surprise!!) thanks again ;)
Response: I'm really glad you enjoyed it, & especially that you were inspired! That is the best compliment to receive. xox
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Comment: thank you very much for the great postcard.
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TheLisaBeast rated for Writer's Block #16 on Aug 3, 2007
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Comment: The postcard alone was a delight, but the message... **taps her nose** Understood.
Response: ;)
Starwatcher rated for Art Postcards #2 on Aug 2, 2007
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Comment: Interesting postcard! Thanks!
user8641 rated for Creative Letter #3 (Revived) on Jul 31, 2007
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Comment: Very interesting and creative letter!
Response: glad you enjoyed -- hope you find a use for the foam fish! ;)
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Comment: Thank you for the great postcard!
Response: yr welcome! :)
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Comment: Thanks :)
bundles rated for Just Because I LOVE Postcards Swap! on Jul 28, 2007
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chelle523 rated for an hour of losing/finding yourself on Jul 23, 2007
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Comment: Thanks so much for the letter and the beautiful photos! Peace.
Response: I'm glad you enjoyed, & +++thanks for your lovely emailed reply :) xox
Fizbin rated for Childhood Memory letter swap on Jul 23, 2007
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Comment: Beautiful.
Response: thank you :")
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Comment: I love the circus postcard you sent!
user7612 rated for Just Because I LOVE Postcards Swap! on Jul 18, 2007
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Comment: thanks very much
frankcheez rated for Kawaii Stickers and Envie Swap on Jul 17, 2007
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Comment: Wow! Soooo many stickers! Thank you very very much. <3 ^___^
Jules rated for Deserted Island - Letter Writing on Jul 17, 2007
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Comment: Thank you so much. This was the first swap I received and I wasn't disappointed. I loved reading your letter and I loved the extras you sent me. I can't believe how quickly it came all the way from Oz! A well deserved heart :-)
Response: thanks for the heart, I'm glad you liked it all :) even if it was a bit lengthy :")
rosehueglasses rated for Lomographic Swap on Jul 16, 2007
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Comments

bookczuk on Aug 8, 2007:

Lovely photos! I particularly liked the harbor scene (is that Sydney?) and the kitchen sink one. Nice perspectives. Thanks!

Nakupenda on Jul 18, 2007:

Thank you so much for the wonderful envie of flat goodies that you sent me several weeks ago. Please forgive the delay in thanking you, I've been offline for the past few weeks due to hubby being on leave :D I sincerely appreciate all that you sent me, you really spoilt me :D Thank you ♥

sojourner on Jul 3, 2007:

Thank you for your comments. I enjoyed making the elephants. The felt one was an old pattern I had hoarded for at least 30 years :D

sojourner on Jul 3, 2007:
user8826 on Jun 25, 2007:

Glad you liked the package! Everyone i looked i saw Dinosaurs!

:)

alexifer on Jun 25, 2007:

I am the FIRST??

You are awesome, you know, right? You are also mentioned in my "About Me" section, as being a top girl, as someone on Big Brother might say.

MY... NAME... IS... EARL!

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