evakko

I live in Northern Finland. I love animals and would love to be able to have sheep, pigs and chicken someday, but I'll probably have to settle for a dog or two :D.

I've studied photogragphy and culinary arts before, but I'm currently unemployed.

I'm a weirdo who makes her own viili and gets a babysitter for her bread preferment for long trips.

I love traditional slavic and scandinavian stuff.

If your granny likes it, I'll probably like it too!

I knit all the time everywhere.

I also do embroidery and have tried many traditional Finnish techniques. I'd love to become better in working birch bark, but it's hard to collect bark without owning woods.

I always recycle and re-use materials when making things. I try to avoid buying anything from craft stores, except the bare necessities, like glue.

My favorite author is hands down Tove Jansson. I've also loved her illustrations and art since I was little.

Other favorites are Banana Yoshimoto and Hanna Hauru.

I also love to read fantasy lit and manga(mostly josei and seinen). My favorite manga all time is Gokinjo Monogatari by Ai Yamazaki.

You can find me as evakko in postcrossing and postcrossing forum :).

I prefer cards WITHOUT text on the picture side. Written and stamped, please! :) Yellowed and old cards are fine.

I collect Year of the Dog postcards

As a Moomin lover I love to receive Moomin postcards with Tove Janssons illustrations.

Barbie postcards from the 90's or earlier.

I'm also looking for Marcus Goldsons Budapest cards. I only have the WC Venus. :D Let me know if you have them or are going to visit Hungary!

Also looking for Polkka Jam, Rudolf Koivu, Pekka Töpöhäntä, Pupu Tupuna and Ilmari Kianto. (suomalaiset huomio :D)

-Paper dolls. Especially mermaids, fairy tale characters and conjoined twins. Most of my dolls are new and i cut them, but I also have some old uncut ones. I'm interested in Barbie paper dolls!

-Rangefinder and other film cameras and photography/developing equipment. I shoot film, so especially ones that are in working condition or can be fixed. I develop my own film and scan the negatives :).

-Barbie stuff from the 90's or earlier. Magazines, VHS-tapes, casettes, adds or basically anything :).

*knitting stitch markers (even very plain ones. I keep losing them! :D)

*permanent pens, brush pens etc.anything useful for calligraphy

*sheet masks or other facial masks

*35mm film. (especially expired film!)

*Star Trek and Twin Peaks stuff

*90's or earlier Barbie and Disney princesses stuff

I love Star Trek. TNG is my favorite along with Voyager. I haven't seen the new movies yet!

I watch lots of series when I'm knitting some of my favorites are:

*Dark

*Grace and Frankie

*Pushing Daisies

*6 feet under

*Battlestar Galactica

*Twin Peaks

*the X-files