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Date Joined: February 21, 2008
Last Online: April 15, 2025 Birthday: October 5 Country: United States Instagram (Spoilers Beware!) |
About Me
Updated April 2024
Please note that I mark sent when my swaps are out of my hands, so it might be postmarked a different date than when I marked it sent.
I will always make good on my swaps. Please let me know if you have any problems with my swaps before rating and I will do the same for you. :)
My user name comes from one of my favorite songs:
Hides himself / Invents a charm / That makes him invisible / Hides in the air -From Bjork's song Hidden Place
She/Her. I'm always obsessed with one thing or another. these things include:
- Mail art
- Collage
- Zines
- Audrey Hepburn
- Fairy tales (Grimm)
- Moomin
- Miffy
- Ballet
- Moths
- Postcards
- Marie Antoinette
- Cats
- Swans
- Joan of Arc
- Hearts (anatomical and otherwise)
- Vintage/vintage inspired crafts/children's books
- Deer
- Alice in Wonderland
- Red Riding Hood imagery
- Old movies
- Anything vintage/vintage inspired
- Stitching/embroidery
- Handmade things that are made with love and care
Favorite Music
Weyes Blood, Bjork, Ethel Cain, Magdalena Bay, Beach House, Jeff Buckley, The Stills, Florence and the Machine, My Bloody Valentine, M83, Explosions in the Sky, Broken Social Scene, Radiohead, Cibo Matto, Lykke Li, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bat for Lashes, Interpol, Arcade Fire, My Morning Jacket, also shoegazy bands/music, among others...
Favorite Books
I love anything historical. My favorite book of all time is "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. I also like stuff by Haruki Murakami, Tracy Chevalier, and the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. Currently trying to get back into reading again.
Favorite Movies
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Total movie freak... my absolute favorites are Breakfast at Tiffany's, Marie Antoinette and The Royal Tennenbaums. I also love anything by Michel Gondry, Sofia Coppola, Hayao Miyazaki, Wong Kar Wai, Tim Burton and Wes Anderson. Other favorites include: Inception, Black Swan, Tron: Legacy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(David Fincher's version), Belle de Jour, Badlands, Breathless, Rosemary's Baby, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, The Wizard of Oz, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep, 2046, KiKi's Delivery Service, Eyes Without a Face, House of Flying Daggers, Cat people/Curse of the Cat People(B&W version), Alice in Wonderland and many many more...
Favorite Television
The Borgias, Pushing Daisies, Dark (German Netlix show), Fleabag, The Bear, Babylon Berlin (German Netflix show)..will update later
Favorite Crafts
Scrapbooking, sewing, doll making, embroidery, collage, drawing & painting.
Postcards
I like anything with (but I'm not picky, anything you send me I'll apprciate!):
- Alice in Wonderland
- Pre Raphaelite images
- Vintage movies
- Vintage fashion
- Audrey Hepburn
- Vintage anything
- Fairies
- Artists (especially the impressionists and pre-Raphaelites)
- The Little Prince
- A24
Dislikes
- Religious items
- Anything with lack of effort
- Anything with gore
- Blurry printed out pictures (I don't mind getting printed out images/ephemera, just as long as the picture is sharp and clear)
- Kawaii (except My melody and little twin stars, I quite like those!)
- Anything with cigarette smell ....
Wishlist
- Anything fairy tale themed (especially Little Red Riding hood stuff)
- anything Alice in Wonderland (especially the John Tenniel illustrations)
- Handmade zines
- Postcards
- Pierrot/French clowns
- Clear stickers
- Artwork
- Anything you think i might like
- Address labels with my address (I've received a few in some swaps and I loved them!)
- Swap cards/swap inserts (love!)
- Pretty decorated envelopes in swaps
- Washi samples
- Vintage/Old book or music pages
- Anything botanical/flower themed
- Fruity teas
Favorite Mail Themes
- Vintage Botanical
- Victorian/Edwardian
- Gothic
- Old Fairy Tales
- Dark Academia
- Cottagecore
- William Morris/Arts & Crafts Style
- Medieval/Lady knights/Joan of Arc
- Marie Antoinette/Rococo
- Art Nouveau
- 1950s aesthetic/Old Hollywood
Ratings
Rating Overview
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| 5.0000 | 1104 | 0 | 1 |
| Completed | Fives | Threes | Ones |
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| Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 | Uncategorized |
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| 3 | 507 | 188 | 28 |
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Comments
So glad to see you in my new swap! I'll be posting a few more soon :)
Happy Holidays!
Thank you so much for the awesome Gudetama socks for the Christmas 2023 Stocking Stuffers #1!!
i'm finishing up tonight and mailing it out tomorrow afternoon :) I can't wait for you package
I started crafting away ;) This is going to be the best swap! I can't wait. Have a good week.
Hey there, i'm in the Wes Anderson lovers group with you. I really like your idea for a mini painting swap where we send each other a painting of our a character in the royal tennenbaums. Or something you would see in there house. Would you like to do a private swap with me? I don't think anyone from the group wants to. let me know...Have a good day:)
Come and join our first Street/Lowbrow art Appreciation Society group swap! Its just a simple little postcard swap. click here
Hope we see you there!
hi dalia--i just sent the wes anderson swap your way today--let me know when you get it, ok? it's the largest swap i've sent so far and i've got to be honest--i'm a little nervous and protective (and untrusting of USPS.):D -steph
Hello! I just wanted to thank you for joining my Mixed-Media 'Blue For You' ATC swap. I hope you enjoy making the cards & receive some cool ones in return.
If you have any questions just let me know