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SaraswatiChB

SaraswatiChB
Date Joined: January 24, 2010
Last Online: July 16, 2010
Birthday: July 4, 1983
Country: Germany
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About Me

Due to new job obligations(and my upcoming wedding in July) I might need to take up fewer swaps than the previous months. I hope to be back during the summer holidays.

I am a young teacher from Northern Germany. My subjects are Chemistry and English. I love learning about other cultures and meeting people from all around the world. I used to work at an international school as well. I have been crafty and creative all my life although it didn't have that much time during my studies. Now, however, it is back with a vengeance.

Favorite Crafts

I have many hobbies, sewing, reading, roleplaying (cthulhu, shadowrun, warhammer at the moment) and cooking being the biggest. When I cook and craft I often look to other cultures for inspiration. I have also restarted painting with acrylics and drawing. Occasionally I do art journaling and crafting with paper. My newest addition is embroidery and quilting (not really quilt blocks and such, but more like Denyse Schmidt piecing). I am not too much into the cutesy-cutesy stuff and kitch (with exceptions) but love style and color combinations that work.

Favorite Television

I don't watch television much at all, but if I'd have to name a series, it would definitely be "Firefly". Oh, and "Big Bang Theory" and "Gilmore Girls" (which is surprisingly better in the German dubbed version). When it comes to movies, I like anything Sophia Coppola (Lost in Translation, Dargeeling Limited,...), Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, the Namesake), Lord of the Rings, and many arthouse cinema movies that are not too violent/dark/depressing, my favorites among the comedies: "Garden State", "Little Miss Sunshine", "Juno", "Amelie".

Favorite Music

I like international folk and world music, although not the electric kind. I don't like mainstream pop music, but I frequently listen to soft rock with interesting lyrics, such as "Anna Ternheim".

Favorite Books

Terry Pratchett and English classics (including Shakespeare). And postcolonial literatures. And craft books. And cook books (I've got lots). I also love Astrid Lindgren's children's books (Ronya the Robbers daughter being my absolute favorite).

I like...

  • My Style: I like IKEA furniture, Amy Butler and Gunn fabric, Denyse Schmidt Quilts. Things with intelligent design and things that make you think or are even a bit cheeky or geeky. I love the anthropologie online shop without being able to afford much of it... I have a contemporary style with some eclectic/foreign culture influences
  • Materials and Colors: Living in a city, I love natural materials and colors as well as inspiration from nature (such as all kinds of organic shapes, not country). For wearing I love shades of brown, green and cream. On the other hand I have a little crush on petrol/saphire at the moment, which is not very "natural" at all... For looking at, I usually prefer white, shades of cream and blue, yellow, orange. Actually I think as a painter and fabric addict I love all the colors as long as they are not neon, pink or girly.
  • Patterns and Motives: I like Japanese (although not kawaii) and Indian (as in India) motives and patterns. Apart from that any leaf, floral, ornamental or just simple pattern is perfect. I often go for clean, artsy/design prints.
  • Things: Lampions and lanterns, Japanese masking tape (washi tape), unscented candles, note books, tea (especially Bigelow: I love lemon, my future hubbie's fav), handmade items, things for serving food (like table decorations, fabric napkins, etc), artsy rubber stamps, punches, diamond glaze, fabric and paper in the above mentioned preferences and lots of other things you feel like sending.

Food

I am allergic to coffee and black/green tea, apart from that I love to try all kinds of foodstuff that the world has to offer. When I cook foreign dishes I usually make them as original as possible. I have done Italian, Indian, Thai, Morrocan and Japanese so far. I usually try to cook low-fat and -meat although I'm neither a real vegetarian nor on a diet.

Please don't send me

  • unpackaged food items as they will be stopped by German customs.

  • cosmetics or perfume. I only use a very small selection of my own choice and don't have anybody to gift it to.

  • religious items.

  • anything with cigarette smell on it. I'm really sensitive to that.

That's where I'm at right now.

Just finished a really really really stressfull time (teacher training) and am taking back my life, my health, my hobbies, my friends, my home, but all in new ways. Being there for my beloved. Discovering what I need and what I want in the next period of my life. Learning to regain my strength and recover.

Swap-bot policies

I will always try to rate you as soon as possible (so far I've never been later than two days). If I haven't it means I've forgotten and I don't mind to be kindly reminded. I try to recycle packaging, I hope that's ok for you. I am a noob, but I will always send (or if not, there is a problem and I'll send you a pm). If you don't get anything it is possibly because of the mail system. If that happens, please contact me so we can work something out. PLEASE NOTICE GERMAN DATE FORMATTING - It's different! It is Day, Month, Year, ALWAYS, also on postage stamps, etc. So bear in mind that 5.4.10 or 5/4/10 is the fifth of April (you are not getting parcels from the future :-) )

Ratings

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fii rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 25, 2010
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jackyb61 rated for Altered Composition Book Journal on Apr 18, 2010
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Comment: Thanks so much Loved the Alice Theme :)
Response: It took me a looong time to finish it. I hope it really was what you were thinking of. Commercial themes are sometimes hard to get.
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Comment: Thank you for such an interesting information about your country, I really enjoyed reading it. And special thanks for the link to annotation for The Bremen Town Musicians, as I was a child I liked that book very much. ;)
Response: It is a lovely story, nice to hear that it has travelled far :-)
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Comment: Thank you so much for sharing your culture, i enjoyed all the information and the wonderful ways that you shared.
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Comment: thanks for sharing about your country and for hosting such a great swap!
Response: Thanks, it was a lot of work, but great fun.
miyi rated for Cross-culture Email Connection EDITED on Apr 12, 2010
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Comment: Thank you for teaching me so much about your culture! My parents have visited South Germany, now I gotta tell them they have to visit Germany another time, to the North! :)
Response: Hello Miyi, the North is much more like Britain or the Netherlands, so if they've seen that there is no need to make the long travel. Glad you liked it.
shafarina rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 11, 2010
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Comment: Thanks for the fascinating information about Germany, and for hosting this wonderful swap. It really offered me an opportunity to learn about other countries and cultures.
Response: Thanks a lot, I am glad it worked out well. It is a lot more work than I thought but I enjoy it very much.
CollageCafe04 rated for Inspire me, please! on Apr 8, 2010
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Comment: Charlotte, Vielen Dank fur dieser sonderschon swap! Est freut mich sehr. Ich hoffe du meine Deutsch verstehen kannst. scatter joy! lindy
Response: Dankesehr! I can undestand you very well. Enjoy your envelopes.
candyn rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 7, 2010
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Comment: Thank you for your thoughtful comments on my blog :0)
ElizabethMD rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 6, 2010
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Comment: Thnx for the well wishes. Everything is all said and done for this gypsy :D
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coleenfranks rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 5, 2010
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Comment: THANKS CHARLOTTE
lucyco rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 4, 2010
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Comment: thanks for all the lovely comments.
thebragal rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 4, 2010
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Agnetha rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 3, 2010
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Comment: Thanks for the comments on my blog!!
samash rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 3, 2010
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Comment: Thank you
Jaemac rated for Comments on Craft/Design Blogs on Apr 2, 2010
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Comment: thank you for the follow and your lovely comments

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Comments

studiomnivorous on Mar 31, 2010:

Hey there! Thank you for joining Imagine! (I hope you weren't waiting long >_>; I didn't realize your request was pending!)

Please feel free to give swap ideas on the forum, or write about what you'd like to see! And of course, play "What if" =)

camelsamba on Mar 15, 2010:

Welcome to the Science group - please post an introduction in the group forum. :^)

SaraswatiChB on Mar 10, 2010:

I passed, with honors! I'm soo happy.

SaraswatiChB on Mar 5, 2010:

Last exam of my life in 3 days!!! Can't wait.

biasbabe on Feb 9, 2010:

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