Basilika

I'm 30 years old, swedish and shy. I prefer angles to curves, salty to sweet, details to the overall impression. I like all animals, but especially insects and other alien-like little critters such as snails and crabs. I appreciate cuteness of the kawaii and anime-type, but not so much of the teddybears and baby animals in flower baskets-type, and I adore kowai-kawaii and ugly-cute things. If you draw your own comic you could be my new personal hero. I love mail art, both sending and receiving it. I want to see what you made and I want to show you what I made. I collect neat-looking things I find on the street, odd playing cards and ATCs. I don't take the least bit offense to swearing, nudity and other so-called vulgarities, but respect the fact that others might. I'm thoroughly uninterested in sports and religious messages. I try to limit my use of animal products and I'm always interested in things related to veganism. I'm pretty sensitive to smells, especially perfumy kinds, and I can't really use anything with an artificial fragrance. I don't handle cigarette smoke or incense burning very well in person, but usually have no trouble with swaps that carry the smell (even if I do prefer them as smell-free as possible).

If you're sending to me and need more information, or if you're just curious in general, feel free to ask me anything you want. I never rate a 1 or 3 without contacting the sender first, unless they seem to be completely inactive, and I always send my swaps. If what I send you is somehow damaged on the way or it doesn't get there at all please let me know, and I'm always open to constructive criticism about the things I make.

I wrote this as a comment to the Make my day-swap I was in once, and thought it might be relevant to some other swaps I enter in the future:

I make a lot of ATCs, cards, collages etc and also some crazy patchwork, so basically anything that I can glue or stitch to something, or that I can glue or stitch something to, will make me happy. I love patterns, both simple and intricate, and all colours (the more the better) except very pale soft baby-colours and dark yellow. I really like home-made things, vintage things and things that are odd or weird. If you're a crafter of any kind feel free to send me scraps, like spare stickers or a yard of the yarn left over from the last scarf you knitted. I consider things like that to be treasure, not trash. Or if you want to send a simple pattern or description to teach me your craft that would be ace! Don't worry about teaching me something I already know, I usually make things up as I go along and actually know very little. Since I'm in Sweden and you most likely aren't, I would love it if you send me some everyday object that's specific to where you live, like a citymap, cut-out from newspaper/magazine, food label, used train-ticket (I do like used tickets of all kinds) or touristy postcard. I'd rather you didn't send me anything with an artificial fragrance. I don't take baths or put anything on my skin, like lotion or lipgloss. I don't like Disney characters, I don't believe in gods and the only kind of jewelry I can wear are bracelets.

Also, I like to pet bumble bees.

Kimya Dawson. Pansy division. Wendy McNeill. LeTigre. The hidden cameras. Mattias Alkberg BD. Red hot chili peppers. Kaki King. De lyckliga kompisarna. Willy Mason. Randy. Doktor Kosmos. Joanna Newsom. Sleater-Kinney. Regina Spektor. Ramones. Sahara hotnights.

Bagdad Café. Spirited away. The Royal Tennenbaums. Last days of disco. Tsotsi. Hedwig and the angry inch. The breakfast club. Harold and Maud. Aliens. The hours. Muriel's wedding. Thumbsucker. My neighbour Totoro.

Paper crafts. Collages. ATCs. Most things textile; embroidery, (crazy) patchwork, (very basic) knitting and crocheting. Drawing and decorative painting. I like beads but I use them mostly in embroideries and making cards, only rarely do I make jewelry.

I think I need to have one for a swap I'm in. It's the same list I have posted for febuary in the Wishlist group, but there's nothing on it I couldn't use more than one of.

• Any candy with peanut butter. We have plenty of different candies with peanuts in Sweden, but none with peanut butter :(
• A set of jacks
• The rules to jacks, fivestones or any similar game, the way you remember playing it (or maybe you still play)
• Origami papers, any size, any colour or pattern
• Map(s) of the USA, any size
• The ace of spades or anything featuring it
• A mix cd or tape with any kind of music you like
• Interesting or colourful magazine cut-outs to use in collages
• A piece of mailart or craft by you. An ATC, a dotee, homemade postcard, decotared matchbox, what ever you like to make to express your creativety.
• Something featuring or related to magpies, beetles, elephants or unicorns.