Solstice3

April 2017 Hi it's been a while! I'm back from my break feeling refreshed and ready to send some mail again. Look forward to seeing you in the mail, so to speak ;)

Spoiler Alert - I put pictures of what I am sending out on my Flickr and Instagram accounts so it's best to avoid those if we are in a swap together and you like surprises :)

A little about me. I'm married with 2 young children, Son born October 2011 and Daughter born Dec 2013. We also have a cat, sadly our other cat recently passed.

I'm a member of Postcrossing. I love written and stamped postcards and long chatty letters, I like talking to people with similar interests.

I love pretty stamps and I keep them all. If it's possible please use a commemorative/pictoral stamp ^_^

I've been using a bullet journal system for over a year now and I'm loving it. I use it for general to do lists but I also use it as a daily journal and take part in the #iggledailyjournal challenge which is great fun and very inspirational.

I hope to visit Japan one day and learn the language.

I love my postcards to be written, nice and chatty, as the written side is just as important as the picture. Receiving postcards with just Happy Swapping written on them makes me a little sad.

If you are including a postcard as part of a swap, and it doesn't specify it to be blank, a written postcard would make my day :)

*Cards with Cherry Blossom
*Greetings From by Postal Love, written only please (I have Russia, Hong Kong, China, Ukraine, France, Finland, Aland Islands, Iceland, Canada, Norway and the Netherlands)
*Anime/Manga Cards
*Dr Who (No weeping angels please)/Sherlock/Supernatural Cards
*Lord of the Rings/Hobbit/Harry Potter Cards
*Jetoy
*Le Chats Enchantes
*Magic by L. Gnedkova
*Moomins
*Peter E Pracownik
*Inga Paltser
*Cards with images of nature especially forests, rivers and the Moon.
*Cards with pictures of wild animals, especially big cats and wolves.
*Cards with Owls, Ravens and Butterflies

Note - please do not send me touchnote cards or other third company cards, I do not like my address being given to these companies. Thank you

I currently trying to learn mixed media techniques, I can't draw but I love messing around with paints. I also like making ATCs, envelopes/mail art, journaling and smashbooks. I occasionally make cards, usually for birthdays and christmas.

Hot Drinks
My favourite teas are black teas, flavoured or unflavoured.

I've recently discovered Chai tea, I especially like the pumpkin spice one and the ones with vanilla, caramel and carob flavours. I'm not so keen on the spicy chai flavours.

I would prefer not to receive Green Teas, Herbal Teas (like Chamomile) and Rooibos if possible. Thank you :)

Sweets
I like chocolate, all kinds.
I like soft chewy sweets, my favourite is Haribo.
I like coffee flavoured sweets.
I like chocolate liqueurs.

*I love animals especially cats and wolves.
*I love birds especially ravens, owls and eagles.
*I love the Autumn and Winter, dark frosty nights, the Moon, the sea, forests and rivers, cherry blossom and nature in general
*I like Pokemon (games and cartoons).
*I love anime/manga (Bleach, Naruto, Deathnote, Kamigami no Asobi, Durarara and Fruits Basket).

Halloween
I like witches, and black cats, pumpkins and bats, ghosts, skulls and birds (ravens, crows and owls). I love the colours purple, green, orange and black. I also like Day of the Dead and sugar skulls.

Christmas
I love snowmen, Father Christmas and reindeer, holly, ivy and robins. I love the colours red, green and gold - think traditional, bringing in the green.

My favourite colours are purple, teal and burgundy

Wishlist

*Anything to do with the TV show Supernatural
*Pretty pens/pencils
*Letter paper
*Stickers
*Washi Tape especially skinny
*Pretty paper clips
*Anything Kawaii
*Anything Santoro, Gorjuss
*Lush - soap and shower stuff.
*Letters and written postcards.
*Shabby Chic.
*Feathers (not the brightly coloured dyed ones) natural looking ones, die cut ones.
*Delicate, pretty things.
*Tea (Black/Chai), Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Mocha
*Chocolate (dark, milk or white)
*Sweets (all except hard boiled unless they are "Winter Mixture")
*Socks (size 5-6)
*Pocket letters
*ATCs

Most of all I love surprises, anything to do with my interests/hobbies/likes listed in the about me

I'm not keen on green tea, rooibos, or herbal tea like chamomile. I'm also not keen on chewing gum, hard boiled sweets or anything with a watermelon or banana flavour so please do not send me these, thank you :)

Please nothing religious, no erotic/nude, no images/pictures of bugs/insects, no images/pictures of caged or otherwise bad taste animals - animal lover here :)

I'm not really into Disney (Minnie Mouse/Tinkerbell etc).

No kawaii poo please.

No notebooks please, I have a fair collection and don't need anymore ;)

No cosmetics or scents I don't wear make up and I only buy stuff not tested on animals.

I don't like big floral prints, neon colours.

I'm not a fan of clowns, they're kinda creepy!

Music
*AC/DC *Skillet *Thunder *Five Finger Death Punch *Bullet for my Valentine *Slipknot *Linkin Park *30 Seconds to Mars *Paramore *Avenged Sevenfold

Authors
*Kelley Armstrong *Kim Harrison *Yasmin Galenorn *Anne Rice *Terry Pratchett *David and Leigh Eddings *Trudi Canavan *Maria V Snyder *Phil Rickman

Movies
*Lost Boys *The Crow (Original Version) *Practical Magic *LotR Trilogy *Hobbit Trilogy *Harry Potter *Marvel films - Avengers, Thor etc

TV
I don't watch much tv nowadays but I love to watch The Big Bang Theory, Sherlock and Dr Who (David Tenant/Matt Smith). I am also obsessed with Supernatural.