neea1989

If you're sending me anything larger than a thin, light weight letter from OUTSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION, please use a customs form to declare the contents and value of your shipment! If you don't do this, I will have to fill out a bunch of forms myself, and then pay 2,90€ before I receive your package! It costs you nothing to fill out a form before sending your stuff, but it will end up costing me a ridiculous amount of money in bullshit fees if you neglect to follow the rules and regulations of international shipping. Please think of my wallet. :-(

💌 𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒘𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔 💌

⇢ I only host swaps for which I'm willing to angel for a swapper, should someone flake on their partner.

⇢ Not all my swaps allow newbies with no ratings to join them. If you're a total newbie, or an established swapper with a wrinkle in your rating, and therefore don't meet the rating requirement of the swap, feel free to message me! I'll gladly do the same swap privately with you. :) This is currently on hold due to the ongoing apocalypse.

⇢ Speaking of rating requirements: no matter how much you beg and plead, the rating requirements in my swaps will not budge. At all. Ever.

⇢ I always send my swaps on time, and I mark them as "Sent" on the day I've put stamps on them and left them in the outgoing mail box across the street, from which it will be collected around 4pm from Monday to Friday. However, it being the outgoing mailbox instead of the post office, the stamps on anything I send will usually NOT be canceled until a few days later, if at all, especially now that the pandemic is making a mess out of things. Naturally this is 100% out of my control, so please don't be a petty dingus about it.

⇢ Similarly, giving me a 1 with no prior communication and/or when I haven't had the chance to offer to resend the swap says more about you than it says about me.

Hiya! I'm Neea. I'm a Finnish les🐝an in her 30s, a Sagittarius, single as heck and about to catladify myself. The only thing I'm missing are the cats.

Through my profile I might come across a bit... hm. Snarky, or rude, but I promise I'm nice. 🥺 I've had people (both in real life and online) tell me that I gave them a very intimidating first impression, but that later they realised that I'm just... a socially challenged marshmallow. 😳

I'm currently an artisan student with a focus on textiles and all things yarny. Feel free to send me your leftover fabric, yarn and thread. 👀 I like to sew, crochet and weaving all sorts of things like tapestries, rugs, blankets, scarves... and I hecking love embroidery, both "old school" granny style cross stitch stuff, and the modern kind that the crafty side of instagram does.

Besides textile and fiber related things, my hobbies include painting, drawing, paper crafts, reading, writing, snail mailing, enjoying nature, traveling, roadtrips and learning about different cultures and languages. When I have the time and patience, I digitally draw things on my drawing tablet. ⭐

I read mostly non-fiction of all sorts, memoirs and biografies, gay romance, historical fiction and a rather worrisome amount of fanfiction. 😂 I also tend to re-read my favourites from my teenage years again and again and again... even if they've aged like eggs and milk rather than fine wine.

I also like poetry! Do share your favourites with me. I'm hesitant to call myself a poet yet, but I do write some myself. My secret dream is to publish a whole book of them! Maybe one day...

I love learning foreign languages! I'm currently learning Korean while trying not to forget my Latvian and everything else. 🇫🇮🇬🇧🇸🇪🇱🇻🇪🇪🇰🇷🇯🇵🇩🇪🇪🇸🇫🇷

CRAFTS:

I LOVE YARN. Please send me all kinds of fun yarn. Pastel colours are great. If it sparkles somehow, I guarantee I will love it. I prefer cotton, wool of all kinds, linen, bamboo and other natural fibers - no acrylic or polyester, please!

Embroidery thread, quilt kits and fabric scraps are awesome. Feel free to dump all your leftovers in my mailbox.

Snail mail supplies: letter sets, letter paper, envelopes, postcards, address labels, stickers, washi tape...

Gel and glitter pens in fun colours!

Glanzbilder or kiiltokuvat or whatever those are in English. These are not the same as whatever people call "die cuts" though. I think googling "Victorian scrapbooking" or "German scraps" will give you the right idea.

Patterned craft paper, origami paper, book pages and pretty much anything I can use in paper crafts. Even things like newspapers in different languages! 📰

Rubber stamps, clear stamps, stamped pieces of paper.

In general, I like making things I can use. I've made a ton of wooden spoons and spatulas and other kitchen tools in a women's woodworking class, and a couple of ceramic pots in a pottery class a couple of years ago. I always love to try new things, even if I don't end up loving it.

ART:

Surrealism, symbolism and impressionism are some of my favourite art styles. Also female portraits in any style.

Indigenous art, textiles and photography!

The art of Tove Jansson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frida Kahlo, Artemisia Gentileschi, Janis Rozentāls, John Singer Sargent, John William Waterhouse, Gustav Klimt, Alphonse Mucha, Claude Monet, Rudolf Koivu, Akseli Gallen-Kallela...

Kids' art! I've received some kids' drawings in swaps where a drawing or a sketch is required, and I love it. Especially if it's something weird or random.

FAVOURITE COLOURS & COLOUR COMBINATIONS

• jewel tones
• dark berry colours
• gold details
• brass
• texture wise, I really like velvet and silk

• pastel colours
• violet, lavender
• soft pinks
• mint, turquoise, aquamarine, baby blue

• forest colours

• autumn colours

FAVOURITE ANIMALS:

• Foxes
• Raccoons
• Bunnies
• Mice and other cute little rodents
• Capybaras are kind of hilarious
• Cats
• Lynx
• Dog breeds that have the kind of face that wolves or foxes do (so yes to shelties and shibas, no to pugs and frenchies)
• Wolves and the rest of the Canidae family
• BEARS. I fricking love bears.
• Deer and other antler-y creatures
• Hedgehogs
• Squirrels
• Crows, ravens, kestrels...
• I like all kinds of cute and furry things! I prefer animals of the Northern Hemisphere though. Think Nordic, Alpine, Canadian or Arctic wildlife! ❄️

FAVOURITE FLOWERS

• Twinflower (linnaea borealis)
• Lily of the valley (convallaria majalis)
• Harebell (campanula rotundifolia)
• Spreading bellflower (campanula patula)
• True forget-me-not (myosotis scorpioides)
• Strict forget-me-not (myosotis stricta)
• Lingonberry (vaccinium vitis-idaea)
• Wood anemone (anemonoides nemorosa)
• Arctic starflower (lysimachia europaea)
• Common hepatica (anemone hepatica)
• Wild rosemary (rhododendron tomentosum)
• Buttercup anemone (anemonoides ranunculoides)

RANDOM STUFF I LIKE:

• folklore and mythology
• goddess and angel imagery
• feminist art and yonic imagery
• rainbows 🌈🌈🌈
• lesbian stuff
• labrys
• the venus symbol ♀
• Sappho the OG lesbian, Emily Dickinson, Virginia Woolf, Tove Jansson, Oscar Wilde...
• basically any gay stuff, like Keith Haring's art or life sized cardboard cutouts of Freddie Mercury (please get me one)
• constellations, aurora borealis, planets and other space stuff
• witchcraft, occult, all things magical
• actresses Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, Rita Hayworth...
• vintage pin up portraits (Gil Elvgren etc)
• 80s and 90s aesthetic
• touristy fridge magnets (not ceramic!)
• feminist art, zines and literature (please see my "things I don't like" for this bit though!)
• zines in general: tiny ones, big ones, black and white, full colour, photocopied, fancy printed ones...

MANGA & ANIME:

• 70s, 80s and 90s shoujo in general is pretty neat
• Akatsuki no Yona
• Akira
• Cowboy Bebop
• Doraemon
• Emma
• Fruits Basket
• Fullmetal Alchemist
• Ghibli movies
• Hana Yori Dango
• Love Stage!!
• Maple Town, Bannertail and other old and cute children's anime series!
• My Love Story
• Nana
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Otoyomegatari
• Peach Girl
• Ranma ½
• Rose of Versailles
• Sailor Moon
• Shoujo Kakumei Utena
• Yotsuba&!

CARTOONS & COMICS:

• Alfred J. Kwak
• Babar
• Bannertail
• Barbapapa
• Care Bears
• Cheburashka
• Ducktales
• Garfield
• Jem and other 80s and 90s "girly" cartoons
• Krtek
• Maisy Mouse
• Miffy/Nijntje
• Moomins
• My Little Pony (the 1980's series, not MLPFIM)
• Peanuts
• Peppa Pig
• Peter Rabbit
• Rilakkuma, Hello Kitty, Cinnamoroll, Kumamon and other Japanese kawaii characters
• W.I.T.C.H.

MUSIC:

Mostly female fronted rock bands from pop-rock to heavy metal, female singer-songwriters, female pop singers and folk musicians. Artists such as Alanis Morissette, BEHM, Britney Spears, Céline Dion, Dolly Parton, Donna Summer, Erja Lyytinen, Florence + The Machine, Halestorm, Halsey, Heart, Hedningarna, Jenni Vartiainen, Kikka, Mariah Carey, Reba McEntire, Roxette, Sade, Shania Twain, Sia, Sinéad O'Connor, Skunk Anansie, The Cranberries, Tori Amos, Värttinä, Wagakki Band, Warlock and Whitney Houston.

Feel free to recommend me music you think I might like!

KPOP:

• BTS (Yoongi & Jimin are my faves ♡♡♡)
• KARD
• Hyuna
• Sunmi
• Wonder Girls
• 4Minute
• Blackpink
• Monsta X
• Wonho
• B.A.P
• Shinee
• DBSK
• BoA
• Mamamoo
• Jessi
• Hyolyn
• Chungha
• Everglow
• H.O.T
• Shinhwa

I listen to a lot of different genres of kpop, but I only really keep up with what BTS is doing. If you ask me how many members EXO has left or who's who in LOONA, I would have to google it, lmao.

ALLERGIES & DISLIKES

Too much dairy will make my insides explode. A little bit won't hurt, and I will probably still try whatever treats you send me (and let my will-eat-anything roomie have the rest), but dairy free things are very much appreciated!

I've been a vegetarian for nearly 20 years, half of it dairy free, so consuming too much animal products does not... end well. I do eat sea creatures a few times a year if I really crave some sushi or smoked salmon. So, shrimp flavoured crackers: yes. Beef jerky: no.

I really, really don't like sour candies.

Hate is a strong word, but it's still not strong enough to accurately describe how much I flipping hate passion fruit.

TEA & COFFEE

Yes please: I drink mostly black tea, I like most flavours I've come across. Chai, cinnamon, spicy teas, peach, strawberry, orange, mango, honey, herbs, Christmas-y flavour combinations, vanilla, caramel, hazelnut, breakfast teas, Earl Grey... pretty much anything goes. Rooibos is also nice. Recently I've got into those flavoured instant coffee portion bags - I'll drink anything with hazelnut, vanilla, caramel and other delicious things!

Tea brands I like: TAZO, Pickwick, Bigelow, Pukka, Twinings... I'll try anything I can't get in Finland!

No thank you: green tea, hibiscus, chamomile, rosehip, passion fruit, decaf, detox/diet teas, Nordqvist, Lipton, non-compostable bags

EDIBLE THINGS:

I looove chocolate with bits in it. Doesn't matter what it is, nuts or berries, gooey caramel or something else entirely. Rum or punch? Bits of peppermint candy or liquorice? Sea salt and caramel? Heck yes. If you can get me a shipping container's worth of those coconut Ferrero Rochers, I will love you five-ever.

Crackers and cookies? Yes please. I love things I can dunk in coffee or drown in hummus and guacamole.

I love nuts and dried berries and other healthier snack options. Even if/especially when they're covered in chocolate, hahaha. I also like seaweed snacks!

I LOVE LIQUORICE. Any colour, sweet or salty (but I do prefer the salty kind).

I don't eat a lot of gummy candies, but I love Haribo's peach candies. Those are sooo good.

Favourite candy and chocolate brands: Brunberg, Panda, Laima, Kalev, Ferrero, Vego, J. D. Gross, whatever brand makes those round Mozart things.

Items related to Thanksgiving, Halloween, 4th of July and other American holidays.

People who misspell my name, or people who straight up give me a new name because they've never seen it before so clearly it can't be a real name. ಠ_ಠ No, my name is not Neena, Neera, Negra, Neaa, Nea, Nena, Nene, or Naea. If you're literate enough to navigate this website, I expect you to be able to write four letters in the order they're supposed to be written in.

MINIONS. Get those yellow demons away from me. 👹

Most geeky stuff, such as video games, superheroes, Marvel, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Stranger Things, Steven Universe, Adventure Time and so on. I'm, like, super not into it. Anything related to these will just be regifted to my roomie. 😂

Cosmetic products. I don't mind sheet face masks or chapsticks, but all sorts of wrinkle cream or lotion samples are just wasted on me.

Faux progressive politics. Don't be so open minded that you let your brain fall out.

...speaking of which: I'm a feminist but I have no use for embarrassing "Smash the patriarchy!! [picture of a fist with manicured nails]" or "Feminism is for everyone!" or "Feminists are cool!" or "Blarhgf blahrgrg the radical notion that women blahblaghfhgd" stickers and such. Miss me with that free-the-nipple nonsense. 🙄 I'm a hairy, unladylike lesbian who has no patience for fun, watered-down and non-threatening "hobby feminism" that requires no critical thinking whatsoever and includes, coddles and/or makes excuses for men, and my activism reflects that.

Homophobes can also heck right off. 🖕🏻

If you call me q---r I will consider it hate speech and report you. Don't send me stuff with that word in/on it. The same goes for b----, c---, f----- and any other nasty word that a nasty person might use to describe me. I have not "reclaimed" any of them.