laura99

Hi, I'm Laura!

I live in sunny Spain! I'm an INFP, an illustrator who loves Taylor Swift, cats (i have 2, a 5 years old pastel-calico persa named Mimi and a 2 year old dark grey British Shorthair named Stormi), baking, sewing, drawing, watching and playing football and rugby. I also LOVE seals (the animals!), seals, bunnies and cats are my favourite animals.

I have always had a deep love for the Alps, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and England. I’m a History student in Uni, my biggest interest is the 16th century and I adore quick random facts about history, so if your city has anything like that I’d love to know! I would love to eventually have a doctor's degree in early modern history, but first I will be a High School History Teacher.

Favourite crafts:

I love sewing with the sewing machine, I like penpaling, I have a tattoo gun and I tattoo on fake skin! I am also really into scrapbooking and journaling. Any craft there is to try I most likely have tried at least once (not crochet! I have to get on that one) I'm definitely a crafts lover hehe.

IF ANYTHING FROM ME DOESN'T ARRIVE PLEASE CONTACT ME FIRST! I always take pictures and I have no problem sending again.

Nature: Spring, Autumn, flowers but specially hydrangea, mountains but specially the Alps, cats, seals (specially the harp seals and the baikal seals), snow, the salt air in summer, butterflies.

Architecture: Old town houses, castles, fachwerk.

Special days: Birthday (I'm the one who tells you two months in advance everyday!), Halloween, Christmas (I'm not religious but my family is, and I love the spirit, specially the German Christmas) and New Year's Eve.

Stationery: Washi Tape, Stickers, ... If possible not too much glitter

Sports: I play and watch: Football (Soccer for americans) and Rugby. I also do Pilates and Yoga.

Activities: Cooking, Baking, Having a Picnic, watching films laying on my bed, writing and reading letters, journaling, spending hours on Google Maps

Food: Carrot, but specially carrot cakes, white chocolate, orange juice, fries, fresh bakery goodies, the taste, crispiness and scent of freshly baked bread!

History: The 16th Century is my favourite, but I also like anything Royal History and War History no matter the century, and for sure anything Roman related, instilled in me by my boyfriend who is a specialist in the greco-latin world.

English language:

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, One Direction, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Arctic Monkeys, Oasis, Blink-182...

German language:

Kraftklub, JORIS(Buchholz, not Voorn. I love him so much), Mark Forster, CRO, Max Giesinger, Die Toten Hosen...

Italian language:

Francesco Gabbani, Ermal Meta, Fabrizio Moro, Fedez, Francesca Michielin, Coez, Ultimo...

Spanish language:

Rosalía

Anything Mike Flanagan directed, anything Kate Siegel, Dany Boon or Elizabeth Olsen starred ;)

I love horror, but I specifically love 'survival' films, where the main protagonist has to use their brains to survive! This includes shark films, zombies, apocalypse because of natural phenomenons or alien invasions, films like saw, like A Quiet Place... but my favourite topic is, BY FAR... INTRUDERS!!

My favourite film, then, is Hush :) Starred by Kate Siegel and directed by Mike Flanagan

My favourite Star Wars triology is the newest one and I am a hardcore Reylo shipper!

For TV, Avatar The Last Airbender (zutara shipper here), Modern Family, Grey's Anatomy, The Simpsons, American Dad and Family Guy!

And I also have a special love for anything that is firefighting related like 911, 911 lone star, station 19...

Any mix of blue and lilac like periwinkle or cornflower are by far my favourite colours!

I also love blue (there's not one shade of blue that I think isn't pretty!)

Lilac (but not purple)

Pink,

Green (mint, emerald, 'irish-green' as I call it, meadow, grass... any green going towards the blue or dark I like it, however when they go towards yellow I don't like it as much)

Gold, rose gold, silver, and white! I also like black.

Hateful speech, religious stuff (applies for Christmas things that may be 'explicitly' Christian), kid/reward stickers, teas and coffees. Harry Potter.

Meat, please don't send me anything that has pictures of dead animals. Fish and seafood for food illustrations is okay but please no 'land' animals

Resin stuff, smoking and the scent, coconut scent, Hello Kitty, and any Disney Princesses (exception: Moana, Rapunzel, Tiana), necklaces, dark chocolate or any chocolate with anything other than just chocolate (like cookies, mint, orange...)

This may sound weird but:

-anything red that doesn't need to be red (for example, a phone case can be blue, pen ink can be black, you won't ever catch me purchasing a red notebook!) but I like the 'natural' red like strawberries, flowers, Christmas decor...

-pictures in black and white that are new. I love black and white when people didn't have new colour cameras but I don't like the filters nowadays!

-featuring natural beauty -mountains -the Alps (extra points for spring!) -snow -landscapes -edition Tausendschön -lakes -city views -sea -traditional dresses -traditional houses -town houses with flowers (they remind me of my late and beloved grandmother) -hydrangeas -landmarks -tourist postcards -The Berlin Wall -Tudor -Princess Diana -Elizabeth II -Any woman in history (if so please tell me why she’s important to you) -any maps like for example the metro -the monarchy/president/whatever of your country (please skip the ones in Spain as I can get those easily) -cows in mountains -cats -seals -corgis -birthday postcards in october

Unless the swap calls for it, I prefer the postcards to not be handmade! If you can, please tell me about your animals and some very specific history fact about your town/city, this is very important for me!

Thankies :)

Please note, I mean this for when the swap is 'happy mail' where the prompt is sending stationery like this! You don't need to send these to me as an extra, extras will always be welcome but never expected!

Washi Tape Samples (i can´t stress it enough!) Anything you think I may enjoy for scrapbooking Postcards Stamps - used or unused Adhesive wax seals Stickers - specially those that come in a sheet and you have to cut them, I love them! Anything you think I may like! :)