nightrainboww

Note: In July of 2019 I moved from Finland to Sweden. I hope to get back to swapping soon. :)

Profile last updated: Jul 24th, 2019

I am a 27 yo student, I'm originally from Southern Finland, but I have recently moved to Southern Sweden.

Languages I can speak: Finnish and English mostly. I do understand Swedish but I'm not very good at writing or speaking it. I know, I know. I must learn now, haha. I know some basic Japanese and very little Korean. I have also taken beginner classes in Mandarin Chinese and French.

I enjoy snail mail, collecting stamps, knitting, studying languages, meeting new people and reading. I am interested in culture, history, politics, health and travelling.

I like extraordinary, creative, beautiful cards, and cards with such a stunning image that it could be displayed in an exhibition. I don't like boring city views (to me, all city views look boring) or touristy postcards, and in most cases I dislike cards with text on front (does not included vintage advertisement themed).

I prefer my cards sent written in an envelope (unless the swap is for unwritten cards), because I collect stamps, so even if the swap asks for naked postcards, if it doesn't cost you extra money or trouble, I'd like it to be sent in an envelope. :)

I do not collect any kind of touristic cards, even if they feature windmills, trains or other subjects from my wishlist. If you have troubles finding me other than touristy, I prefer single views with no or only a little texts. Please no multiviews!

This list is about my preference in cards, but can be used for other items as well! Not a must to follow, but in case you are wondering what you should send! ;)

I would love:

• My postcrossing favourites
• Coffee and Tea
• Doctor Who
• Jetoy
• Cats
• Owls
• Cameras
• Art and illustrations
• Black & White
• People
• Alice in Wonderland
• Kotovasiya
• Vintage advertisement posters
• Umbrellas
• Desserts
• Mail boxes
• Trains
• Books
• Nature
• Fruits and berries
• Clocks
• Gotochi
• Atelier Nouvelles
• Penguins
• Lighthouses
• Maneki Neko
• Geishas & maikos
• Ships
• Birds
• Windmills

Tea swaps:

I don't like blackcurrant/raspberry/mint flavored tea and I absolutely can't stand hibiscus nor jasmine. Apart from those, I'm open to try any tea!

I can easily buy Nordqvist, Lipton and Twinings, so if you have something else to send me, that would be great!

Some brands I really love are:

• Pickwick
• Taylors
• Kusmi Tea
• Ahmad Tea
• English Tea shop
• Harney & Sons
• Pukka
• Dilmah
• Mighty Leaf
• Numi

If possible, please do not tape the teabags together or on the cards.

Please do not send tea bags without their wrappings - I think it's a bit unhygienic and I will throw them away. Also, please do not send tea bags with damaged/worn wrappings -- those seem like they are very very old and I don't want to drink expired tea. I would never send tea like this to my partner, so I can't even pass on what you sent me.

• bookmarks
• notecards, postcards (please see my postcards section for more info)
• washi tape, other crafting supplies
• stickers
• coffee, tea, hot cocoa
• cats, owls, foxes, pandas, birds, penguins...
• stamps (especially 100 year stamps, art, people, birds, cat, trains. You could check my wanted stamps - link on top!)
• Jetoy

• earrings - I can't wear earrings!
• sparkling things (I love glitter on mail art/ATCs but what I mean here is sparkling pencases and the likes :P)
• big gems/rhinestones, jewelry or supplies for making jewelry
• Disney, Pixar, Hello Kitty, Diddl, Star Wars, Winnie the Pooh, Moomins
• touristy stuff
• religious things
• big yellow smileys, like this - this is probably one of the weirdest ''dislikes'' you have seen... :D