robertaj

I am in Brazil until the beginning of August, when I am going back to England to tie the knot with the most amazing man ever to set foot on Earth! YAY!!! I am so happy that I've been catching myself crying and laughing at the same time! Utterly insane, I know!!! :-D

Now, off to the disclaimer:

The address in the Swap-bot system is from my home in the UK, but I'll be posting from Brazil until I return. Therefore, it will normally take from 2 to 4 weeks for my partners to get their parcels.

Thank you for understanding!

♥ I am Bertie! Nice to meet you! :-D

♥ I am a 26 year-old Journalist and Marketing Specialist who really should've chosen to be a Librarian or a Historian instead! :-D

♥ I am engaged to the most amazing man in the universe!

♥ I am one of those people who like making friends while waiting in lines! :-D

♥ I love listening and talking about anything. So if you feel like chatting or could use some words of encouragement, don't hesitate to send me a message!

♥ I am a proud subscriber to Country Living!

♥ I love Medieval, Elizabethan and Victorian periods the most, but I am very interested in History as a whole! Oh, I love the Celts too!

♥ I really like anything vintage.

♥ I love pleats and lace.

♥ I find Damask prints utterly gorgeous!

♥ New Orleans, Ireland, Tuscany and Provence are my favorite places! :-D

♥ My favorite colors are red, burgundy, green and brown, but pink, especially baby and old tones, has a special place in my heart. I also like the combination of cyan + red and brown + pink!

♥ I think Matrioshkas are very cute!

♥ My fiancé and I collect buttons (for sewing). Now I am using some of mine on my ATCs. I dream of having those see-through jars with tons of buttons sorted by color!

♥ I'd love to get postcards or images of lighthouses so I can make a big mural in my house for my fiancé, who is a lighthouse enthusiast! :-D

♥ I would eat the entire pack and show no remorse: Lu's Le Petit Écolier butter biscuits topped with milk chocolate. Milk chocolate... yummy!

♥ I really enjoy those sour gummy candies that look like worms! LOL! I love their bright colors! :-D

♥ I am always on the look for tasty gluten-free recipes! Kerrin is celiac and I want to make wonderful meals for him! Dessert recipes are also very much welcome! I am a first class sweet tooth!

♥ I'd like a pool of Mini Oreos for my birthday! Thank you! :-D I LOVE Oreos!!!

♥ Please, always think of me when you eat Krispy Kreme's doughnuts. I sure miss them!

♥ I drink milk and coffee, half-half, with four (!) spoons of crystal sugar.

♥ Platypuses are the coolest of animals! Sheep are the cutest of animals! Owls are the wittiest of animals! Oh, oh, I like elephants too! :-D

♥ I spent 6 months at UNC Chapel Hill as an exchange student and really miss Mello Yello... Mountain Dew is very good too! I can't understand why they don't sell either everywhere! Who are their Marketing and Research people?

♥ Q-lia is adorable! All that cute-looking food and huggable animals!

♥ I am really interested in Zakka books!

♥ I really love Amy Butler fabrics, but then again who doesn't?! :-D

♥ I collect Charlie & Lola's stuff!

♥ I've been compulsively buying vintage patterns lately! Oddly enough, a part of me is very confident about my yet unexplored sewing skills!

♥ Felt = Cute!

♥ I am an organization freak and love huge bags! Pouches of all sizes and shapes bring me endless joy! This way I can keep everything sorted and at hand!

♥ More about me at my ♥etsy♥ profile.

I am allergic to silver. I wear bracelets and necklaces, but I avoid bijoux that stay on for longer and have closer contact with the skin, like silver earrings and rings.

I am allergic to fur. I am also not a pet owner, mainly because I could not take having and loving a pet and then seeing it leave this world before me. I am very sensitive to Lost.

I cannot wear lipbalm. :-(

Not an allergy, but it's pretty close: am very, very scared of clowns!

Please, visit my last.fm profile for the list is huge! :-D

BBC's Pride and Prejudice, Chocolat, A Very Long Engagement, Interview with the Vampire, Radio Flyer, Forever Young, all of the Star Wars films, The Matrix, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Harlan County USA, The Lion in Winter, Elizabeth R, The Notebook, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Hitchcock, Kevin Smith and many, many others!

I really love Julie Andrews, Audrey Hepburn, Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench.

Shakespeare, Jane Austen, W. B. Yeats.

I also like Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles and sagas written by Bernard Cornwell.

"Daphnis and Chloe" written by Longus and illustrated by Chagall is one of my dearest possessions.

Marc Chagall.

I've been watching in the UK: Question Time, Time Team, Antiques Roadshow, Around the World in 80 Gardens, Grand Designs, those cool property programs, Dr. Who reruns with Tom Baker, MasterChef, QI and - obviously - any BBC1 Sunday Drama.

I enjoy Changing Rooms, Project Runaway, The Closer, all those baby shows on Discovery Home & Health, Medium, Heroes, House, Law & Order SVU.

I liked Gilmore Girls before the Palladinos dropped out.

I love Charlie & Lola - I am 26, I know...

I used to watch I Love Lucy, Wonder Years, Roswell, Alias, As Time Goes By (British), Kids in the Hall (Canadian), Mirror Mirror (Australian).

Knitting, crocheting, ATC-making! :-D

Sewing is so much fun!!! I wanna learn how to machine sew soon!!