LadyBathory

Hey everybody
I'm back, but still taking it slow and only joining noncafting or light cafting swaps :)

My name is Mia, I live with my husband near Copenhagen in Denmark. I don't have any kids, but I do have a cat :D His name is Misling, he is old, large and grumpy and I love him very much.

I am a kitchen/hedge/nature witch and work with nature, mother earth, plants, amulets, rituals, spells, meditation, myths, dreams, tarot, candlemagic, herbs, flowermagic, incense, Sabbaths, esbats, folklore, food magic and much more

I'm also af medieval re-enactor, so I love anything medieval.... food, music, art, history, fashion, crafts, folklore and so on

I listen to a lot of music, mostly black metal, gothic metal/rock and medieval music. But also doom-, death-, viking-, epic-, folk-, trash-metal and Scandinavian folk music.

To name some bands: Emperor, The Cult, Sisters of Mercy, Type O Negative, Mörk Gryning, Otyg, Borknagar, Fields of the nephilim, Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon, Virelai, In Extremo, Corvus Corax, Martin Best medieval ensemble, Ranarim, Garmarna, Gjallarhorn, Sortenmuld, Saturnus, Danzig, Orphaned Land, Moonspell, Loreena Mckennitt, Blackmores Night, Tristania, In the woods, london after midnight, Siebenbürgen, Morgul, Vintersorg, My dying Bride, Satarial, Abney Park

I tend to read old gothic horror like Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert L. Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle and so on.

But I must admit that I do have this thing for Alice Hoffman :)

And when it comes to non-fiction I read books about herbs, pagan stuff, history, medieval things, legends, myths...

I like films by Tim Burton, M. Night Shyamalan and Vincent Price.

My favourite movies of all time: Legend, The Lost Boys, The pit and the pendulum, The labyrinth, Ginger snaps, Frostbiten, vidouq, The fearless vampire killers, Död Sne.

I love art and have many favourites :)

Otto Frello, John Bauer, Robert Ingpen, Brian Froud, Allan Lee, Linda and Roger Garland, Erik Hjort-Nielsen, Hieronimus Bosch, Cicely Mary Barker, Alfons Mucha, Amy Brown, Stephen Mackey, Jeppe Eisner, Monica Ljungbjerg-Örhn, Josephine Wall.

Drawing, painting, sewing, designing, redesigning, customizing, woodcarving, candle making, soap making, jewellery making, medieval crafts, upcycling and much much more

And I would really like to work more with goddess dolls, paper dolls, matchboxes, nalebinding, tablet weaving, felting, shrines and maybe some wood working :)

Animals: Cats!!!!!!!!!!, owls, foxes, squirrels, dolphins, ravens, crows, mice, dragonflies. (actually I love all animals (but monkeys scare me), some people have the opinion that I seem to value the life of an animal higher then life of a human and sometimes that's true... as twisted as it might be)

Colours: Blue!!!! I LOVE anything blue! I also like purple, green and black. But that does not mean that I dislike every other colour ;) But jewel tones are preferred.

Materials: Old vintage stuff, lace, feathers, leather, paper, silks, bones, glass, things found in nature,wool, metal findings, brass.

Styles: Art nouveau, gothic, steampunk, whimsical, egyptian, celtic, viking, greek, magical, celestial, victorian, fairytale like things, art and crafts movement, medieval.

Other stuff I like: The moon, nature, ponds, bonfires, the sun, Halloween, stars, curiosa, the sea, mermaids, fairies, elfs, jack the ripper, absinthe, graveyards, the forest, the night, autumn, candle light, pumpkins, sabbath decorations, bells, brass, belly dance, gypsies, fairy tales, things that tend to be a bit macabre, chocolate, pretty ribbons, bindies, coinbelts, zombies, skulls, almonds, specimen jars, celestial patterns, feathers, big gypsy-ish earrings, amulets, strange jewellery (I have more then once in my lifetime been called a Magpie, I love anything that shines), herb tea, knee socks, hair jewellery, brass chains, eyes, bloomers, crinolines, lace, goggles, top hats, waist coats, pocket watches, spats, cuffs, Egyptian mint tea.

My pagan related info:

Favorite goddess: Isis
Favorite god: Anubis and Bacchus
Favorite incense: Sandalwood, Frankincense, musk.
Favorite symbols: Ankh, pentacle, triple moon, crescent moon.
Element: Water
Favorite beings: Merfolk, fairies, trolls.
Star sign: Scorpio
Spirit animal: Seagull (have had: cow, penguin, deer)
Favorite mythology: Egyptian
Favorite herbs: Lavender, mint, datura
Favorite tarot card: The Moon
Favorite crystal/stone: Lapis Lazuli, Amethyst.

Please don't see the wish list as a "shopping list" but more as an insight to the things I like and enjoy. I have put it on my profile, because I like it when people I swap with have it, it gives me a great idea of what kind of things they like. Thank you :)

• Old clock parts
• Vintage buttons
• Pagan stuff
• Witchy stuff
• Halloween things
• Sabbath decorations
• Hand made or special candles
• Spell kits
• Old wooden boxes
• Old broken jewellery
• Steampunk stuff
• Gothic stuff
• Handmade BOS pages
• Bones
• Feathers from Ravens, eagles, hawks... well any birds actually and if you know what kind the feather is from... even better :D
• glass beads
• Celestial fabric
• Anything with moons on it or in shape of moons
• Embroidery thread
• Pretty ribbons
• Cute skull things
• Sugar/candy skulls
• Día de los Muertos stuff
• Whimsy jars
• Pretty blue things (yarns, fibres, buttons, pendants, fabric, glass beads)
• Wool yarn in natural colours (for medieval crafts)
• Chocolate with almonds
• Cookie cutters in cool shapes
• Cookie stamps
• Bindies
• Medieval things
• Bells
• Costume and historical sewing patterns
• Medieval recipes
• Cool hair accessories, I have quite a lot of hair!
• Big gypsy dangle earrings
• Stripy knee socks, I love socks :)
• Recipes on low calorie food
• Nail polish in strange colours
• Anything Dr Who
• Mint teas
• Inchies in pagan and sabbat themes, so I can glue them in journals

• Overly cute things
• manga
• anime
• political things
• pop music
• R&B
• hip hop
• techno
• trance
• floral incense
• Rabbit fur (allergy)
• melon flavoured things (allergy)
• monkeys and apes (they scare me ô_Ô)
• Chocolate with cinnamon, with chilli and white chocolate.
• Well I'm not really an ATC kinda person :-/ Sorry
• Not to fond of coffee
• Scented candles
• Plastic beads

• I don't mind reused packaging and reuse sometimes myself.
• I don't mind second-hand items.
• You do not have to send me extras to get a heart, just put your own heart into it ;) (well not the real bloody one...)
• I try not to get carried away, so I try to join a minimum of swaps.

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This is just for my own convenience

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