Lima

Hi people! I'm Elisa (you can call me Lima though :D ) I love to snail mail and swap, write and read.

I love crafting and making things on my own. I always have lot of ideas.. well, most of the time.. but I often find myself in the middle of 10000 unfinished project.. ARGH! I (used to) play the bass and I have a thing for photography, cinema and japanese fashion magazines: they are inspiring. I try to be as original as I can, but sometimes the laziness takes over me and the fail is unevitable.. I'm trying to improve though!

I'm a music addict, I listen to all kind of music, even if my favorite is rock (J.rock also). I collect t-shirts and mugs from foreign capitals, movies’ posters and my favourite bands’ goods.

I absolutely’d not live without sweet stuff and junk food, it’s a necessity, like crafting, I simply need them!!

I'm very interested in private swaps and trades, so if you want something from Italy or you just feel like doing a swap with me feel free to ask :D

My swap-bot groups ヽ(´∀｀●)人(●´∀｀)ノ:

Check it out --> Italian crafters unite NEW!, JRock_swap and Long term blog-pals

** Hum..drawings (cause I simply CAN'T draw), photos, collages, posters.

** I really like rings, earrings, bracelets and accessories in general (like bags, gloves, belts, ...). Cute socks and hair accessories too :D .

** Cute stationery and fluffy stuff like plushie, charms, key chains (talking about this the only thing I hate is hello kitty but I do love kitties ..hum and monkeys too, and elephants).

** I like original and strange things (like HTF XD ).

** I like san-x characters too and I adore Sentimental circus!!

** Luvs cute monsters/dinosaurs (rawr!) and pirates (yarr!).

** I'm obsessed with geisha since I red "Memoirs of a geisha" and in general I simply love Oriental stuff, from food, to magazines, music, anime and photos.

** I love Stitch, Pascal (from "Tangled") and Tigger (the Disney characters, just them though).

** Crafty items and supplies are looooved! Sew related mostly: buttons, ribbons, embellishments, ..

** I like stamps and magnets too!

** Cute 4''x6'' recipes cards (seems like I can't find them here D: ).

** Cute baking/cooking supplies and bento items.

I've to say that in my city there aren't shops that sell kawaii/japanese-like stuff, but I'll do my best to gather all the cutest thing around for the swaps ^__^b

• COLOURS: I like bright colours! Red and blue are popular in my closet! I like purple too and black. The only good pink is neon pink 8D

• MAKE UP: I don't use make up that much, the only items that I put on are eyepencil, lipbalm and nail polish.

• FOOD: I really like to eat and to cook also sometimes. I also like oriental cooking very much (japanese and chinese most of all and I always have a craving for Ramen). - CANDIES & SWEETS: As I said up there I really like sweet stuff and junk food, so snacks, cakes, cookies, candies, sweets in every shape and filled up with the most improbable things are love for me. I love Skittels, Hershey's stuff (Hershey's kiss are < 3 ) and Reese's cup, marshmallows and gummy candies, but hard sweets are fine too! I like to try new stuff so I'm pretty happy with everything :D

There are very few things that I DON'T like:

• cherry or orange flavoured things, jelly beans

• just plain dark chocolate (I'll eat it if it's on/in a cookie or something)

• I hate coffe T^T

So about crafts. I work a lot with felt and fabric. I like to sew, make reconstructions and revamping. Craft supplies related to sewing are love! Sadly I can' t knit. I make craft with whatever pops into my mind but I definitely need to improve my work with paper (like cards making or collages), I suck at it D:

I used to read a lot of manga, I still do, just there aren't so many that I like nowadays. Anyway my favs are: "Afterschool nightmare", "Fairy cube", "Ludwig", "Blood sucker", "Furuba", "Model" and the one I'm reading now "Zone-00".

• Favourite anime: "Ranma 1/2", "One piece", "Claymore", "GTO", "Yuu Yuu hakusho".

• Favourite dorama: "Perfect girl evolution", "Hana kimi".

I don't watch too much television but I'm a fan of several series :D My favourites are: Supernatural, The big bang theory, Warehouse13, Modern family, Downton abbey, Game of thrones, LOST, Alias, Friends, Fringe, Buffy, Mad man.

Cinema: I'm a Tarantino lover :D

Favourite bands (favourite member for each band): Dir en grey (Kyo, Toshiya and Kaoru), the GazettE (Ruki and Reita), Girugamesh (Satoshi and Ryo), Rentrer en soi, Plastic tree (Ryoutaro), Kaggra,, Sadie, 12012, One ok rock, ScReW (Byou and Kazuki)

Missing SWAPS:

none :D

FLAKES D:< :

• "Long term blog-pals" June 2011, from Aleksis;

• "Button Charms!" Febr. 2011, from karenchristine13;

• "Random Envie Swap #1" Jan. 2011, from msrod1957.