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I'm a craft lover! ♥♪

• Crochet & amigurumis • Sewing • Embroidery (traditional, silk ribbons, beads, paper) • Cross stitch • Carving rubber stamps • Gluten-free pastry-making • Felt mascots (sewing sheets of felt) • Appliqués • Wired jewelry

And so on... ... I like to try new things like clay, needle felting, quilling and so on! ♫

I love paper crafts and supplies for it, but I'm not in scrapbooking & ATCs

• Cotton & linen fabrics (nice flowers, cute, kawaii, Japanese lovely animals & characters, plain, nice/cute prints, dots, fruits, and so on)

• "Catania" by "Schachenmayr nomotta" cotton yarn (one of my fav for crochet)

• All kinds of yarn (especially cotton ones but nice acrylic & wool or blend are alright, too!)

• Felt

• Carving blocks (rubber)

• Ink pads, especially the ones for fabric like "VersaCraft", the "Staz'on" & the cat's eyes "ColorBox" ones

• Thread (sewing thread in any colour for my sewing machine for example, metallics, novelties, ...)

• Wool to felt or any supplies to felt wool

• punches for paper/leather/plastic/felt, ...

• embossing paper supplies (stencils, ...)

• Letraset Promarkers, any color

• Mix of craft & sewing supplies (buttons, zippers, trims, embellishments, sequins, and so on)

• Charms (silver colored or antique bronze/brass ones, mother of pearl, ...)

• Rubber or clear stamps

• Safety eyes

• Original or funny craft tools, supplies, findings

• adhesive paper, cardboard or fabric

• Porcelain, cloisonné, gemstone (my favorite is Aquamarine), mother of shell or cute beads

and so on... These are only a few examples! ;) I love having a lot of various things at disposal! ☼

• CRAFTS : crochet, embroidery, sewing, card making, carving rubber stamps and so on: I want to try everything!!!
• gluten-free pastry baking
• cute/nice hedgehogs, fawns, swallows, hamsters, bunnies, squirrels, cats, owls, dogs: whatever cute/nice/kawaii animals stuff/prints! ♥
• matryoshka, little red riding hood, dwarves, botanical prints, herbal, old children books illustrations, Russian traditional designs, Victorian, Edwardian, pixelized images, mushrooms, cupcakes, cherry, anchors, bows, Liberty, kawaii milk, kawaii rabbits & others kawaii animals ... prints/stuff (no childish stuff: only real pics, vintage style or kawaii)
• Vintage/romantic/gothic/beginning of the 20th century style accessories & stuff (romantic doesn't mean "excessively girly", but stuff with lace, floral prints, botanical illustrations, ...)
• San-x & Sanrio, Kamio, Crux, ..., kawaii (no brand is totally OK!) bunnies, Rilakkuma, Homekoro, Kutsushita Nyanko, Kireizukin, Liwaken, ...
• Holga 120 traditional cameras & others Lomography cameras
• clouds
• bags
• Kitchen prints and supplies
• Fairy tales
• nougat, nuts, caramel, honey, peanut-butter & almond M&M's, flavored microwave popcorn, ...
• melon, coconut, watermelon, strawberry, cherry flavor & sent
• Agatha Christie
• Candy & Georgie Japanese animations
• Murder she wrote
• Neo Folk, Dark Folk, 70' Hard Rock (Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep and so on: I collect their LP's), metal
• Cats: I have 3 cats! ♥
• Mafalda, Uncle Scrooge, vintage Nintendo
• zakka-style
• useful stuff
• anything really nice or cute
• elegant things/supplies/accessories
• surprises, humor, black humor, originality, weird/quirky stuff

• I love when swappers add a note or a letter in my package!
• I love personalized packages
• condensation on a fresh bottle of (sparkling) water in summer
• swappers that put efforts in their sending
• a cup of espresso, with a fresh bottle of water
• people who add a comment when rating (or send a feed-back e-mail)

I love cats! (have 3) and I love cute or kawaii animals too! ♪

• stuff for real children, prints for children (except kawaii)
• Banana & grapefruit flavor or scent
• Vampires, Dragons, Clowns, Circus
• Candles, incense
• Peace signs, skulls, smileys
• loose stuff (loose stickers, letter/memo sheets), unless you made a special mix in a nice box for me
• patchouli, carnation
• too hot & spicy food
• Bugs, spiders, snakes, ladybugs, worms, butterflies, insects even if they're cute or kawaii
• Disney stuff except Uncle Scrooge, Snow White, Aristocats & Alice in wonderland characters
• Tex Avery, western cartoons & co stuff, Spongebob, Diddle, Doraemon
• princess stuff, excessively girly stuff
• excessively "bling-bling" or cheap-looking jewelery (but plastic or resin is OK!)
• too many hearts
• Rings
• Quotes out of their context
• Inches
• scrapbook paper/cardboard embellishments, die cuts
• recipe cards
• Lollipops, chewing gums & hard candies
• Baby/child prints/stuff
• lipstick / gloss
• Superstitions

• The Beatles

• CD

• un-original/burnt/pirate DVD
• Broken, dirty, unusable stuff
• Disrespect, vulgarity & selfishness ☼
• ...

• all kind of craft supplies (see above)

• nice craft books (you can check my Amazon wishlist to get some ideas)

• sewing thread

• crochet cotton thread

• fabric (no satin, tulle & organza please - all colors, solid, motif or prints) - plain solid white cotton fabric is great (or any other color)!

• ribbons (satin, organza, gros-grain, velours, silk, ... plain colors or patterns -dots, gingham, ... - are my favourite)

• quilling strips

• supplies to felt wool & wool to felt

• VersaCraft, Staz'on ink pads or similar

• cat's eyes Color Box ink pads or similar

• rubber carving block (the pink Speedball one for example) ♥♥♥

• lace

• sewing stuff (buttons, zippers, trims, bias, ribbons,...)

• adhesive cardstock stack

• 7 Gypsies, Bazzil, Hero Arts, and so on stuff

• Band-Aids/ bandages (any brand, regular or even better: with cool/cute/kawaii prints - but not too childish prints) ♥

• Fabric pinking shears (any design)

• cotton or linen yarn, nice acrylic yarn for amigurumis (which can be machine-washed), or bulky wool yarn (examples: Catania coton yarn, Anchor crochet cotton yarn, Sugar 'n Cream cotton yarn, ...) ♥♥

• Kitchen kawaii or cute/nice stuff & supplies (tablecloths, spatulas, ...)

• Amigurumis supplies (safety eyes, noses,...)

• bags (especially big bags and bags with straps long enough to put them on my shoulder, or where I can put my knitting supllies) ♥♥

• metal charms ; cute plastic or acrylic charms

• Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma & Kiiroitori, Homekoro, Liwaken, Kutsushita Nyanko, Kireizukin, Hamtaro, Arpakasso stuff ♥♥

• knee high & over-knees socks (shoe size: EU:38, US:7.5, UK:5.5) ♥♥ or any nice/cute socks

• Japanese craft books or craft magazines - second-hand ones are welcome! ♥♥♥

• brooches, necklace, earrings ♥

• hair accessories, especially elastics & hair clips like the one on the pic at the end of this section

• elegant accessories

• kawaii computer/geek accessories

• Other kawaii stuff

• wrapping bags (cello, paper, glycine) and supplies (deco & masking tape, ribbons, ..)

• cotton, linen, hemp or wool yarn

• mechanical pencil

• good glue for crafting/jewellery

• Sweets from your country

• Food/snacks from your country (with no wheat if possible)

• Clear stamps

• Lino carving supplies

• Cupcake paper molds & cupcakes sugar or marzipan embellishments

• apron (bought or hand-made - it can be great if I can make some embroidery on it!)

• sealed paper napkins (only sealed ones!) ♥♥♥

• masking tape, deco tape

• Toys, catnip for my cats (have 3!)

• Almond & peanut butter M&M's (they don't sell them in my country!); microwave popcorn (flavored one, not just with salt)

• 120mm films for traditional cameras (examples) - out of date ones are welcome!

• any paint

• air-drying clay & clay supplies

• Nice, cute, original stuff and surprises

• Nice handmade stuff that YOU made ♥♥♥

• bags, pouches

• Embossing powders (hot or cold) & stencils

• Beads (small ones), little square/cubic beads & micro tube beads

• Punch papers, any kind; would love any edge/corner ones

• Glitters

• nice paper/cardboard stack (plain colours/textured are my fav, or very nice motifs)

• Good quality face moisturizing cream and cleaner, cosmetics (especially the ones I don't find in my country; good quality doesn't mean expensive ones! store brands can be great) - travel/handbag/sample sized items are welcome! have a dry-combination skin

• Nice & new soaps/shower gel/bubble bath/... especially some original ones

• eye shadow for sensible eyes

• good quality nail polish (doesn't need to be a great brand, but not the cheapest unusable ones), any color

• nice stuff bought in an Anthropology, Accessorize or Paperchase store (we don't have them in my country) ♥

• Old/vintage video games for Commodore 64, Amiga, Nintendo (NES - Famicom), Super Nintendo, Gameboy, etc ♥

• silver-color, brass or gun metal jump rings & jewelry findings

Special wishlist of the moment!

• "Catania" by "Schachenmayr nomotta" cotton yarn (any colour)
• white, off-white, cream, pink, black, tan, grey, beige or any other colour ricrac
• Letraset Promarkers, any color
• adhesive paper/cardboard/fabric
• paper/cardboard stack
• any kind of ribbons
• any kind of thread, form the most basic one to the most original one!
• vintage embroidery iron-on transfer (Vogart, Aunt Martha)
• motif/embroidery iron on/transfer/illustrations book
• little square/cubic beads & micro tube beads
• very small safety eyes
• gift bags (paper or glycine)
• buttons of 2cm/inches max- especially with shapes (stars, ducks, hearts, fruits, train ...) or with old-stlye patterns (heraldic, arabesques, paisley)
• embossing powders (hot & cold)
• satin/cotton cords/string/rat-tail

I'm open-minded, I like surprises and a thoughtful swap made with joy, goodwill & sincerity will always make me happy! :)

• I don't mind receiving second-hand tools/stuff, but please, only if they're in good condition, like new (food, drinks, cosmetics have to be new!)

• If you send me a drink mix or something to drink, I have a preference for sugar-free ones (or with sweetener)

• I like receiving a mix of embellishments/buttons/... but please, send only nice items that I can use & that yourself would be happy to receive! (I can do nothing with 3 or 4 seed beads for example)

• If you send me food/drinks (something edible), be sure it is sealed and check that the expiration date is printed on it (expiration date is not needed on sealed tea bags)

• I prefer less & better quality stuff than a lot of poor quality stuff

• I like magazines about any craft (except scrapbooking & card-making ones)

• You will probably have to fill a customs form (generally a green etiquette that you can get in any post office) when sending your package (if you don't fill one, customs will probably open the package and the delivery will be longer); mark the package as a "gift"

For people in the US: you can check how much will approximatively be the shipping costs to Switzerland here

I like swapping several times with a same person, to know her better and - why not - become "swap friends"; I make most of my swaps freely, not on Swap-bot, with trusted Flickr Friends; you can look at my swaps here.

Crafting is the activity in my life with I can be naive, innocent, ingenuous. I forget all my worries and put negativity aside. They're pure moments of happiness. They're moments of generosity. By swapping, I want to give a little piece of this softness & serenity, to give a little ray of sunlight in the day of my swap partner, to make him/her smile and maybe being surprised!

But I love dark nice things, too... ;)

I like international swaps, to discover new things, new stuff, new people from others countries.

If you share this point of view, if you are someone I can rely on, I would be happy to swap with you!

I'm from Switzerland (French-speaking part - but I can speak a bit of German, too). If you like milk chocolate, I would be a great partner for you, as it is one of our specialties! Lindt, Cailler, Toblerone, tell me what you like, I'll do my best! :) We have great black & white chocolate, too. If you don't like it, tell me and I will find other things! Don't hesitate to ask for something special.

I'm gluten-intolerant (can't eat wheat or similar), but if you are mistaken and send me some gluten-food, I won't mind (I always check) and my Sweetheart will be happy to eat it! :)

I love reading my swap partners profile many times & I would be happy if you give me some more indications, for example telling me which craft I make you like the most or something like that! I love giving fun! So I don't want to make too many swaps at the same time as I like to put a lot of effort in making them.

Problem? Disappointed? Tell me, I'll sort it out.

☺ ♪ ☼ Hope it will be a success!

PS: my profile is regularly edited!

• 2011-06 Flaked by ruthyruth on the Wishlist surprise swap. The coordinator promised to angel me, but had no news from her and she has been partially suspended. I've been angeled for this swap on August by Terry ♥♥♥