Gnoe

My nickname "Gnoe" is Dutch for gnu or wildebeest.

I'm an animal loving museum information specialist adoring her (rescue) cats Kuki and Sumi and our current hospice foster cat Kemiri.

I volunteer at a donkey sanctuary = my happy place!!! :))

About swaps: If possible, I prefer to receive postcards in an envelope so I can reuse the stamps for art :) Love special stamps!

I'm vegan, which means I employ a compassionate & eco-friendly lifestyle using no animal products whatsoever. No meat, fish, dairy, eggs, honey, gelatine, bee's wax etcetera, nor wool, leather, silk, wool-felt or products for either crafts or personal care tested on animals or containing animal ingredients. I find this makes me feel at peace with the world. :)

• mail art and art journalling / (trashy) junk journals / travel journalling
• dabbling in textile arts (visible mending, fabric mail art, crochet and embroidery)
• recycling / upcycling / reusing / repurposing / sustainability
• Asia (Japan and Indonesia)
• donkeys
• peacocks, kingfishers and other brightly multicoloured birds for their iridescent plumage
• cats
• small and fragrant flowers like snowdrops, freesia, sweet pea, purple crocus, lavender and cherry blossom (sakura)
• museums

I'm into cinema, books (literary fiction, J-Lit, mystery/thriller with clever female protagonist), and hiking. I used to make bentos, postcross and geocache but hardly do so these days.

For tea swaps my tea of choice is green, rooibos or herbal. Preferred fruit is citrus.

These are not requests, just a few things that (would) make me happy. I love looking at other people's wish-lists to help me pick something nice, and I hope that's the same for you.

• a letter -- I looooove reading letters!
• anything DONKEY (not Disney though)
• fun scraps of fabric / India fabrics (bits of sari) etc.
• nice (original) clothes buttons
• vintage library cards
• paper cuts (Chinese / silhouet / folklore / ...)
• samples of decorative wallpaper
• glass and metallic beads
• rub-ons
• handmade pincushion
• personal return address labels
• sea glass

I received my first pieces of seaglass from @Marlak2008 and it came all the way from Okuma Beach in Okinawa!!!

I prefer to get postcards in an envelope so I can reuse the stamps in journalling or mail art :D

I also reuse clean packaging and such as much as possible.

I mark items SENT after I've dropped them in the mailbox. Mail is only collected on weekdays here, at 5pm.

• it probably goes without saying but anything containing animal ingredients or animal cruelty
• girly, cutesy, kawaii, Diddle, Care Bears or Disney
• children's stuff or childish (no YA books either)
• poetry
• quotes & "keep calm" stuff (not the desired effect LOL)
• sports (except hiking)
• tourist cards/souvenirs
• scented things
• hibiscus and red / forest fruit flavoured tea
• jewelry and make-up; I hardly ever wear any

Also, I have received so many cute sticky notes that they will last me a lifetime. ;) Right now I'm ONLY looking for the lined or grid kind.

I prefer not to receive edible items unless you are 100% certain it's vegan. Thanks!