I love to update my profile. A lot.

I'm 32 and born and raised here in Argentina.

I'm a work-at-home-mom with an irrational love for tiny pieces of paper and fabric. It means I make collages and little thingies whenever I get some free time.

I'm a Web content developer. It means I surf the Web, find nice things, write about it and get paid for it.

I'm an wannabe illustrator. It means I'm trying to get better.

I'm a Web programmer. It means I make the pretty things created by Graphic Designers work as efficiently as possible.

I'm an writer apprentice. It means I read read read and love it and then write write write and hate it.

I'm an spiritual person, but not religious. It means I believe there is "something else" but I don't think I need someone from a big brick building to tell me how to keep in contact with it and with humanity. I play by the Golden rule ("Do Unto Others...") and I like the idea of Karma.

Because of some changes in my life I became a bit of a procrastinator and have had a memory as a sieve for a few weeks. I must confess I'm sending stuff last minute or get dates confused. But don't worry: I'll send it, and if I get late I'll let you know.

Anything by Tolkien. Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Stephen King, The Dark Tower series being the ones I like the best. Liliana Bodoc's sagas (she's a local writer; if you read Spanish and like fantasy, try and get her books).

Anything by Roald Dahl and Michael Ende. Good children's literature in general.

Very very short stories.

Argentina's snail mail is even "snailer" than the usual, so keep in mind that this is not Third World but we're close, LOL. I'll use the safest option I can afford in every swap, but it's not always the faster.

A good idea to be sure things reach me is to put a nice "Printed Paper - Papel Impreso" or "Material para uso cultural/educativo" ("For educative/cultural purposes") on the envelope if it's too big to look like a regular letter.

If it's a box, a "Gift" sign could be too enticing for the poorly paid postal employees, so you could use a "Samples - No monetary value" instead if it's available.

Never Arrived here ——————

I put this list here because I'm not telling I've been flaked on. I guess the mail monster ate them.

This are from swaps I waited so much until I accepted they were not coming that when I checked my sending partners they were not on Swap-bot any more.

"Aquarium ATC Swap" by @casswell "Newbies first swap - profile surprise" by @Hadarling "Steampunk ATC" by @maddisonhaylie "Inchies: Beginner or Not" by @swtbrandy (I guess this one IS a flake, LOL) "Inchies: Beginner or Not" by @LexyAnn515

Never rated me. ——————

Thing I've sent and never got rated for. Again, these is people that seems not to be swapping here any more.

"ATC: This is your country - I think." by @Biffface

As an Argentina native, English is not my primary language. The last lesson I took was around five years ago, so please forgive me if my spelling and grammar are a bit of a disaster or if I misuse your idioms. I'd like to get corrected, if you have the time and will.

I like so many things! And some are so different you wouldn't believe someone can like both. From Black Sabbath to Goldfrapp, from Manowar to The Polyphonic Spree, from Metallica to Jairo (local singer), from Joan Manuel Serrat (a songwriter from Spain) to The Chieftains.

I like to sew small things and create small collages. I like to make miniatures with wire an clay and animate them with stop-motion techniques. I love anything small. I also like to make baby toys and other items for my toddler. You can see anything small is in my loved stuff list.

Not exactly a craft, but related to them: I love colour swatches and Pantone-like guides. A lot. I could stay hours and hours just reading the names of the colours and comparing those little chips of colour. I love paint-shops, LOL.

I love J. R. R. Tolkien work. I'm even a member of the local Tolkien Society. I love cosplaying as generic people of the Middle Earth or not so known characters like Queen Berúthiel or Crisofilax the dragon.

As I said in the "About" section, I'm not religious. But I don't dislike religious items from any religion, as much as it's a form of art and not propaganda.

My mom is a very devote Catholic, specially devoted of the Virgin Mary. Any images/versions of her will be a great gift for my mom.

I have a strong allergy to many green vegetables, including common tea (Camellia sinensis). So I'd rather get herbal tea ;)

But I don't care if you include some common tea in a swap, because I will serve it as a treat to my tea-loving friends.

I don't like lemon on my candy, and I completely hate the taste of grapefruit.

I don't like gum. I had braces all over my teenage days and I just can't get used to it, LOL.

I don't like garlic.

I dislike reggaeton a lot and I don't like most of its related kinds of music.

I'm not really into neon colors, but some accents of them are OK.

I don't have my ears pierced, so common earrings are a bit useless. I do like clip-ons, and ear-huggers and all those kinds of unusual earrings for weird people like me without any piercing, LOL.

I love handmade things! Well, I'm here, isn't it? When I had a more earning job and had fewer expenses, I spent a lot of time and money on craft fairs, indie book stores, artie clothes markets, artisan booths at parks and the like.

If you want to have an idea about what I could like... just visit a geeky stuff shop like ThinkGeek or similar sites. I'm not telling you that I want something from those shops, I'm giving it as a reference so you can craft your way through geekyness on profile-related swaps, LOL.

I keep adding stuff because I read other people's profiles and think mine is so unspecific for profile surprises or profile based ATCs and Inchies! Sometimes it makes me feel that I should keep myself out of those swaps even when they're the ones I like the most.

But that's pretty much all by now.

I have a very fast-moving 23-months-old son. He says MAMA!!! I'm so happy! He doesn't speak much more than that, but he understands quite everything. Well, I must confess he doesn't seem to understand neither why the kitty's food bowl is not a toy, nor the reason it's not OK to quickly turn on and off my computer's speaker or the TV. His current "love" is Pocoyo, yesterday it was LittlePeople but, you know, it changes every day, LOL.

I'm living with my parents because I recently broke off with my little boy's dad. Not sure what's coming next.

I had to left my lady cat at my ex's house. She had her territory there and my parents have a crazy little black cat called Bruma and two dogs that wouldn't be nice to her. I miss her.

My mom is a gardener by nature. She has the wildest garden you can imagine, and she's able to take a seemingly dead plant and make it bloom in no time. She also collects outdoor orchids! She buys them when they look like ugly grass and patiently grows them until they show what they are. Some have such a small flowers you need a magnifying glass to find them!

As a natural as is my mom to gardening, it is to handy-crafty-techie stuff my dad. He can fix almost ANYTHING. Really! His car, my brothers', any home appliance, a radio set, whatever. And if he can't fix it, he knows exactly what is wrong, so he can't be fooled by experts.

My little brother is 25. He still lives with my parents because he's saving for a home of his own. He's a gamer, a bit less of a geek than I am, but he's one anyway. He's in College after a degree on System Analysis. His fiancee is a Lawyer and they often are here watching old House, M.D. or Lost episodes or playing Wii.

My older brother is 34 and crazy about river fishes (he even swaps eggs by mail!) and vintage Volkwagen cars and trucks. He and his wife are both Computer Engineers. They have a son who's two months younger than my little boy, and a lovely newborn girl!

My sister is 22 and an artist. A good one (follow her link on top of my profile). She's got married! A very un-traditional wedding, all green and purple. She's moving soon to Brazil (next door country) with her husband.