ViolaOdorata

I'm in a very bad period of life right now because of losing my job, now working in a new very shitty one and also splitting up with my BF after being together for 6 Years. For now I'm on medication because of an depression. I'm in need of a new place to live and also need a better (paying) job.

• 28 years old
• living in Breda the Netherlands
• I'm a very calm person
• web store owner, handmade bags, wallets and stuff
• tattooed, long hair, pierced ears (1x 0.8 mm 1x 4 mm each ear)
• having a black, lazy, fat cat called Brutus
• My future house I would like to be filled with Victorian style stuff mixed with some goth
• I wear socks / shoes size 40 Europe / 6,5 UK / 9 US, most clothes size XL, for girly shirts a L size will fit most of the time, for corsets I wear a 30 inch.

FOR THE DUTCH SWAPPERS: voor mijn toekomstige huisje ga ik nogal wat nodig hebben qua nuttige basis dingen als servies, huishoud textiel en dat soort spul meer (maar wel allemaal in mijn stijl, wil fris opnieuw beginnen). Dit zou dus zeer welkom zijn voor een swap. Ik probeer voor mijn inrichting een combinatie te maken tussen brocante maar dan zonder de zoete kleurtjes, victoriaans en een vleugje van het donkere van het gothic (maar niet te). De meubelen die ik heb zijn bijna allemaal donker eiken en ik wil mijn aankleding in warme donker rood/roze/paars tinten aangevuld met grijs (donker en licht) en taupe. Voor een indruk van mijn stijl kan je ook op mijn wists profiel kijken. Ik hou niet van wit-beige-geel tinten in huis

There's a lot I like, I'm a classic / Victorian goth like girl (who wears regular basics to work) but I do like colored things for accessories and socks (not so much for clothes, I wear black and some dark colors). I prefer to be alone or in a small group is stead of going to to a big party. I love Tuesdays, it's just me and my cat spending our day in my craftroom. I love being in my own world without to much interference from the big bad outside.

I like the small part of nature I find in the city, flowers, leaves, pretty bugs, small birds. I do pick up fall leaves (and dry them), chestnuts etc

Vintage, strange things, lace, purple, pink, Bordeaux red, black, silver, cats, bats, flowers, old books, my computer, polka dots, flowers (especially violets), cute things, cherry's, anything DIY, corsets, antiques, Victorian fashion, 40's fashion, art nouveau, Cupcakes, apple pie, the smell and taste of cinnamon, 50's fashion, pinup, burlesque, cupcakes, animals, history, dark romance, historical places, old dolls (before the 1950's), Victorian mourning culture, fairytales (I like the original ones over the Disney version), Myths, steampunk

textiles in all ways, sewing, knitting, felt, leather, etc.

polymer clay, jewelery making, silver clay, bobbin lace, soap making, miniature collaging (most of the time inside buttons and spoon pendants)

I like to try new things!

MUSIC: dark wave, new wave, neofolk, alternative, classical music, 80's, EBM, (dark) electro, some (folk/viking) metal, death rock.....

Some bandnames: Der Blutharsch, Laibach, VNV Nation, Bauhaus, Wolfsheim, Rosa Crux, Die Verbannten Kinder Eva's, Das ich, Skyforger, Eisregen, Jack off Jill, Sopor Aeternus, The Cure, Qntal, Otyg, Storm, Suicide Commando, Autumn Tears, Welle:Erdball, Deine Lakaien, Tanzwut, Schelmisch, Stille Volk, Fyrdung, Mortiis, Volksweerbaarheid, Hagalaz' Runedance, Lacrimosa, Depeche Mode, Joy Division

BOOKS: craft books, fashion (history) books. other books i read in dutch and are therefore not that interesting here

MOVIES: historic drama, arthouse, Scandinavian children's movies, fantasy and fairytale movies

I don't like violent and horror movies, not because the scary part but because the gore and violence.

I'm destashing a lot of my craft supplies as I probably have to give up my craft room after I've moved (and craft in my living room or bedroom) so please only send stuff to me that I can use.

For my new home I want to make myself a nice nature themed vintage / zakka like patchwork blanket in purple, red and pink. I need 20x20 (8x8 inch) squares of cotton fabric to make it.

I'm doing a project with nature themed post stamps so if you can use those for sending your swaps to me you make me very happy!

At the moment I'm working on a project with glitter, stickers (small and bright), fun candy wrappers, sprinkles and other cake decoration, lots of plastic junk (toy parts) and other kind of weird findings. Everything in weird, tiny and bright colored is welcome, so if you have something laying around...

• All kind of strange small findings (mainly to use in my spoon pendants)
• Porcelain doll parts, those most people find scary. They can be damaged, I still love them.
• Old doily's to craft with.
• An adult size Bento and sauce bottles
• Victorian style die cut scrap images (poezieplaatjes in Dutch)
• I need stamp pads to stamp on fabric in white/black/purple/pink
• those super cute long pins with hearts on top like you sometimes see in sewing tutorials from the US (can't get them here)
• Steampunk items
• (vintage) Halloween anything, even after October.
• 'Viola Odorata' textile labels (hand made is great!)
• molds for raisin (no heart / star)
• Letraset markers
• vintage (medical, fashion, biology, etc) books with a lot of pictures or just the pictures out of it
• a book about antique doll fashion (I want to make a new dress for my doll out of my grandmothers wedding dress. the doll is from between 1900 and 1925)
• fabric, I love nature / animal / flower print, vintage or with a vintage look, Japanese zakka fabrics, etc I LOVE YOU IF YOU SENT ME VIOLET / PANSY PRINTED FABRIC!
• Old pictures, I love the stranger ones and post mortem ones.
• Ribbon, trim and lace. I love printed and embroidered ribbon.
• Buttons, especially the ones for children and historic (looking) ones (no gold please)
• Craft supplies
• Strange things like old medical supplies etc.
• candy (I do eat liquorice), snacks, flavored hot chocolate, tea
• Baking supplies like cupcake cups and sprinkles.
• food things in general but I do have some allergies (see dislikes)
• Jewelery, I prefer the metal parts to be silver.
• charms and beads
• I didn't listed ribbon, buttons, trim, lace and fabric did I ;-) :-D
• rubber stamp with my webshop name (Viola Odorata), I love you if you make me a hand carved one
• other rubber stamps
• anything (sweet) violet or pansy related
• anything related to my favorite animals: cats, bats, butterfly's, dragonfly's, bugs (the pretty ones, not the scary ones), owls
• hat making supplies, patterns and decorations (like pretty feathers ans millinery flowers)
• bag, wallet and purse making supplies, patters and books
• craft and sewing magazines, any language will be fine (I can read them in Dutch, English and German and sort of read them in Swedish and Norwegian)
• Fairytale (the original, no Disney), myths ans saga related things
• Gifts for my cat
• Ear spirals, tunnels and plugs 4 mm (gauge 6 or 8) made out of glass, bone, horn, stone, mother of pearl, wood, silver or acrylic
• Handmade gift made by you!!!!!!!!!!! .

You can see what kind of things I like at my whist profile (link on top of this profile).

I LIKE THINGS TO BE VINTAGE, TRIFTED AND HANDMADE! Used items don't have to be in perfect condition, I love them to tell a story

about anything Dutch, for example: dutch candy (drop (liquorice), stroopwafels (caramel waffles)), dutch fabrics, dutch tourist things, dutch (crafty) magazines, tea, European chocolate

home made bags (see my website: www.viola-odorata.nl I do swap for them), craft supplies, (stenzo) fabrics, I own a button machine so if you have any requests

and a lot more of course.

Because of allergies please no heavy synthetic sensed anything, beauty products, no not silver (metal) earrings(horn, bone, acrylic is also wearable) and no food flavored with paprika and red peppers.

Candy and food is only allowed in commercial wrapping so no home made :-( From inside the EU homemade is fine.

I'm not into scrapbooking and cardmaking, religious stuff, gold colored jewelery (although I do like brass and copper), colors that hurt your eyes (like neon), yellow orange and bright green, most Disney characters (I do like Alice in wonderland, aristo cats and Bambie), Diddle, clowns, Dora, teddy bears, Pokemon, Sponge Bob, Barbie, Christmas items (I don't celebrate it), I don't drink coffee (I do like coffee candy and drinks like Tia Maria), I'm not fond of sweet pastel colors (I like grayish an jewel tones the best)

Don't send me stuff you wouldn't like to receive yourself!

If you want a private swap with me, just ask me!

I prefer using stamps over barcode stickers, sending and receiving.I don't collect them myself but i think it makes a package more fun! I also use them in crafts sometimes. If you are my partner and a stamp collector let me know, I'll try to use a lot of different ones.

I'll try to reuse the envelopes and boxes if possible.

Sending (priority) to the USA takes about 7 days, to Russia even 12 days (when not held down by customs, if so it will take several weeks extra :-( 6 weeks happened before)

Hearts are for swaps send with love, they don't have to necessarily have extras in it. I rate you as soon as possible so you know I received the swap and I won't rate you a 1 or 3 before sending you a message so you can explain. Please do the same for me. DON'T FORGET TO RATE YOUR SWAP HOST!!!!

KARMA IS STRONGER THAN ANY RATING!!!!