IlonaH

I'm a mom to 5 boys, age range 3 to 11 yo. My oldest is living on his own, he's 18. My ears are pierced (once) and my socksize is 37/38 (uk 9-10, US 5/5,5 ; according to a card on socks I got).

I love:

• beautiful pendants
• scarves (the thinner ones, embroidered ones, not the thick warm knitted winter scarves. To decorate myself, not to keep me warm (^_^) )
• digital/hybrid scrapbooking (I'm a designer as well as scrapbooker, see my blog)
• reading
• chocolate
• nature/animals. We have 2 Guinea-pigs.
• sci-fi
• perfume samples
• birds (owls, eagles)
• My fav stone is amethyst.
• I LOVE (hand)bags/purses!
• Kawaii, but don't have much yet.

Lately I'm into making softies, so patterns and fabric are welcome!

My Etsy-list is overflowing with;

• handmade scrapbooking supplies,
• some jewelry-makers (mostly pandora-style)
• bath&body.
• fabric & patterns

• bento

• My favorite perfume is L'eau d'Issey... not too sweet, not too heavy. Fresh and fruity is more my thing.

• Please no angels, skulls, devils or nudity. Or religious pictures. I like Bible-quotes though. Just no pics of God, Jezus, angels or satan.

• MY BOYS:

• 11-yo loves fishing, Lego, computer-games and building (tree-)houses with his friends. He loves drawing and is rather good at it too! (and that's not only mom speaking!). He loves dragons, soldiers, military. He has Ehlers-Danlos syndrom (type 3, hypermobility). Loves all colors of the rainbow.

• My 10-yo loves reading, k'nex, and all kinds of experiments. Likes computer-games and reading too. Has pdd-nos/adhd. Favorite color is yellow.

• He can't have vanilla/vanilline, so that's almost all chocolate and cookies. It's been reading a lot of labels to find out what he can have! Liqorice, peppermint and gum or gummi-candy is ok.
• Pearler-beads are also a favorite at the moment. We have lots of regular ones, so any specials are welcome :)

• Transformers anything... stickers, toys, dvd

• My 4-yo loves:

• Brum
• computer-games
• to wear caps
• cars
• Thomas the Tank-engine
• Diego and Dora
• drawing
• crafting
• playing in the sandbox
• riding on his bike

• playing with friends. Addicted to his Eeyore-blankie, or if he can't find that, to soft burp-clothes. Spares always welcome! Favorite color is green. Except for veggies LOL. He collects key-chains.

• My 3-yo is a real toddler...Terrible twos went over in terrible threes. He's a very sweet little guy, but if it's not going as he wishes, he gets a Tantrum, with capital T. And that's often. Very strong-willed too. Recently diagnosed too with hypermobility. Gotta love genes...

He loves:

• Brum
• Thomas the Tank-engine
• Dora and Diego
• playing in the sandbox
• his brother's bike
• little cars (doesn't care for the big ones, those little matchbox-cars are his fav). Loves reading too.
• His favorite color is blue.
• Crazy about everything Cars (has a fav pillow of McQueen that goes everywhere with him, in the house anyway).
• Also loves building vehicles, like dumptrucks, cranes etc.

They all love their clogs and one can never have enough Jibbitz (shoe-charms)! They all like dinosaurs, currently they are collecting those found in soaps. And of course they all love stickers!

• My 49-yo (aka husband) likes cool computer-gadgets, like usb-sticks and stuff, and beer-glasses (the thinner ones, not the big, thick ones).

• classic
• country
• International
• easy listening

• Sacajawea
• Harry Potter
• all kinds of Fantasy
• detectives/thrillers
• History real and fiction

• Scrapbooking, digital as well as hybrid/paper
• softies
• sewing
• altering items (my strangest thing ever was a hubcap)
• matchboxes
• dotees
• atc/inchies
• VERY basic in knitting
• sculptures (soapstone, albast)
• mini-books (accordion, matchbook, tagbook, etc.)
• hybrid projects (design digitally, print and embellish with real stuff), like boxes, cards/envelopes and covers.

• chocolate (absolutely, unfortunately for my silhouette #1), in all forms, liquid and bars, but not too fond of the combo chocolate/cookie (but you'd make my hubby and kids very happy with a twix!)
• (tuna-)salad
• cupcakes (love to decorate them mostly, kids eat them)
• cookies
• banana-milkshake
• coffee specialties
• diet coke
• apples
• bananas
• Surinaams/Indian/Chinese/Japanese (NO sushi!)
• My 10-yo and 3-yo love to drink tea

• tulip (hey, I'm Dutch!)
• lilac
• gardenia

lime, pink, blue, purple. In that order :). I don't like pastels very much, more the bold side.

• [For the Kids: Cool School Erasers])http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/39553) by @Promised2One (August 09) >> generously angeled by @wygirl

• Bird ATC by @violetmonceur (July 09)

• Harry Potter ATC by @Monklin Contacted him with the request to resend, but he didn't respond. 8 days later I rated 1. He read it and has been online since then.

• [Rainbow colours - KIDS](http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/42475] by @camilacosta I ask you, a KIDS swap! She has several recent bad ratings and is partially suspended now. >>> Angeled by @dorsetdumpling with a GREAT package!

• Birthday card kit by @plaidgiraffe

• Fairy Tale Matchbox by @rainbowdaze

• Novelty Bandaid Swap by @Vols4LyfeFan . User is fully suspended in the meantime.

• Lip Balm Swap by @wrlwind13 Last time she was online was Oct.10, and she never responded to my message. Obviously.

• Felt Brooch swap by @comradnic Didn't respond to my message either. Read, but not respond.

Some others are awaiting to be resent before rating. I hate giving a bad rating before giving a partner a chance, so if you ever happen not to get something from me, please let me know and I'll resend too.

• Felt in all colors of the rainbow (especially skin-colors!)
• pretty fabric,
• Also see Etsy-wishlist, if you have/can do something similar it's great too.
• I'd love to get some badge-holders, as I can't seem to find them here in Holland. Only those laminating-version, and that's not what I'm looking for.
• Gingham and grossgrain ribbons, patterned ribbons
• maple syrup
• rotary cutter! I can't cut straight, really terrible.
• prima (like) flowers,
• rub-ons.
• Boy scrap-stuff. I LOVE the girly stuff, but I have only boys, so more use for that. Blues, greens, browns, yellow, orange... you get it. I can use girly stuff for cards, which I make too every now and then.
• puffy- and gel stickers,
• chipboard. Elements, albums/boxes to alter
• distressing ink,
• charms!
• Oh, and CANDY MELTS, haven't found those either!
• Food-colors,
• colors for chocolate (oil-based),
• I love Bakerella's blog, but can't do half the things that look so adorable there, because I have no idea where to get it here. I mean, pens to write on icing? Never heard of them before I found her blog! I'd love some.
• Bento Stitch or Mickey Mouse egg-mold (I have the fish/car-set and rabbit/bear-set )
• other Bento-accessories like cute sauce-bottles, little cups, grass-dividers, cute boxes...
• Jello! We don't have that here, I'd love some. Please no lemon or lime, any other flavour is perfect!
• (quilt-)ruler with inches
• patterns of softies, bags and baby shoes/boots (see my etsy-favs)
• beautiful beads, and findings that I need to start making jewelry. I love beautiful pendants and bracelets, but can't make them like I want to yet. Instructions are welcome too!
• lino/stamp-carving kit... have seen great stamps from regular erasers. Looks so cool!
• In a candy-swap I got a piece of Hershey's Symphony... now I'm dreaming about it every night! I'd love to try another piece again :)
• bias tape maker
• small round black brads
• lollipop sticks (the round white ones)
• paper strips to make lucky stars. Have some packs in my Etsy-favs, so you can see examples I like there.
• See "About me" for more of my favs.