MissThundercat

UPDATE 2010/01/26

Moved house in january. Catching up on things here and hope to be active in more swaps again soon. Miss being creative!! Also I have re-opened my Etsy shop again :)

UPDATE 2009/12/04

I'm currently into carving my own stamps :D I enjoy this activity quite a lot. So if you have access to any good quality flat hard erasers, at any size, please do contact me for a swap for them :)

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MY ETSY SHOP

Kitty Darkness Designs

check it out if you like kawaii felt goodies! Also destashing some kawaii and craft supplies.

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I try to grow and learn from life, whatever it may throw at me. I'm a very spiritual person and respect all religions/beliefs, but I 'belong' to none. I try to treat everyone with respect and kindness, as compassion is mankind greatest gift. Though I have been through a great deal in the past and I look forward to moments in the future, I try to live very much in the now. As it's factually the only time we ever really have. Living life to the fullest without having regrets, from moment to moment and accepting things as they come... Well, ideally anyway ;)

'everything is honoured, but nothing matters' ~ eckhart tolle

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I have been swapping for several years now, on LJ, flickr and other sites. Please note that while I do send my parcels on time (will contact you if I send over deadline) and with airmail, the postal system does sucks and it can take a long time to get to you. Esp. to USA, I suspect because of customs. But rest assured, I ALWAYS send but having a little patience from your side will always be rewarded since I love to send personalized parcels :) The fun of swapping in my eyes is making/sending something that you know your partner will love :)

I love seeing new forms of art, it inspires to create more myself. The process of creating brings me great joy. I love challenges and try to create things with thought and effort.
ATC swaps are just great! I really enjoy making these little artful cards. And it gives me the chance to use up all the art supplies and rubber stamps I have been collecting over the years ;)
Altered Matchboxes are also a passion of mine. It's so much fun to create something themed and see how many fun little things can fit in that box!

Have studied Museology and majored in Education. I love going to museums and galleries. Some of my favourites are; The Louvere and Mussee D'Orsay in Paris, SFMOMA in San Fran, Stedelijk Museum and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. I am a fan of modern art/contemporary I also enjoy sculptures in the style of Rodin. Art postcards are very much enjoyed :)

I love to travel! My dream would be to travel the world! I wish I could and that money wasn't an object! My faves cities I've been to are definitely Paris, London, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Chicago, San Francisco and LA! :) If you send me postcards, I'd love to see views of your city. I love skyskraper postcards too!

foggy empty streets in the early mornings of San Francisco, september 2007

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Colours; Blue tones(esp. ocean blue, but not a fan of teal), burgundy (deep red), moss green, olive green, lavendel (amethist is my birthstone), black & white... No neon colours for me, thanks ;)

Shapes/figures/designes/prints; Polkadots, retro design, Sakura design, vintage floral prints, celtic designs, cherries, strawberries, mushrooms, owls, deer, matryoshka, hedgehogs, trees, leafs, fairytale prints ...

Artists/Designers; Mucha, Klimt, Monet, Renoir, Rodin, Andy Warhol, Tara McPherson, Rangar, Fawn Gehweiller, Yosimoto Nara, Ai Yamaguchi, Nerderella, Tokidoki, ...

Foods;

Please be careful with Chinese milk related candy! See this article about some of them containing traces of melamine So please don't send me any milk related candy from China and be careful with eating those yourself!

I'm allergic to shellfish and shrimp, but besides that I'm willing to try anything as long it's not too weird, lol! I LOVE japanese candy like POCKY and the sweet and sour candies and mushroom cookies! Yum! I love chocolate, but dislike nougat!Oh and American candies and cookies are welcome to! As long as it's not too sweet (not good for your teeth ;) OH! Someone sent me reeses chocolate-peanut buttercups and I LOVE them! Cool-bean points if you send me some :D

Beauty products; I love lipgloss/balm!! If anyone can find me some Victoria Secret Beauty Rush lip gloss (in any flavour) I'd be so very grateful!! I love the bodyshop! They have an amazing coconut line! The shea line is great too as I have dry sensitive skin. Lush, sabon, bath and body products are great too! I don't use much make up, so please don't send me that (I have a sensitive skin ) and no overly sweet smells please.

Animals; I have a huge affection for cats. black and ginger cats in particular. But most feline animals are well loved by me :) I also love seals, turtles, elephants, butterflies, dragonflies, koala's, kangeroos and B.I.R.D.S. of course ;) Lately I have been loving Deer, Owl and Hedgehog and any other woodland critter images on items as well! any pouches, tins, pins, buttons, etc. with an image of a cute deer/doe or and owl would be so appreciated! but please NO Disney Bambi items, thanks!

Music; I have a wide taste, but I esp. love rock bands, alternative, classic rock, grunge, metal, 60-70 soul, jazz, relaxing lounge... I love to discover new music, so mixed CD's with your fave songs are welcome too. But please no (gansta) rap, techno or country, thanks!

Crafts; ATC's, Journalling, Alter-journals, decos, drawing, charcoal drawings, painting, collaging, etching, lithos, rubberstamping... any papercrafts materials are very welcome.

I have a sewing machine now and I love it :D So to help me with this craft I'd love some fat quarters (in the designs/patterns I like :) I also love to make felt critters (see my etsy store) :D So any seing materials are welcome too :)

I can't knit or crochet, but have high admiration for people who can! I'd love to see a handmade amigurumi! Basicly any craft you are good at, please feel free to share it with me :)

Update I used to do kawaii swaps a lot, but I've controlled my collection habit a bit, simply because there's not much room to fit it all. I still love kawaii, but it's not my main "swap addiction" anymore, so I don't do heavy kawaii centered swaps anymore. I do however love to tuck in little cute things in my swaps to people and still love to receive cute little things ;)

I've got a lot of things that I'm letting go here Letting Go Set on Flickr and here Need new homes > some I'm selling and some I can trade. Will only swap with people in good standing (5.0 rating) and no newbies!! If you think we can swap, feel free to PM me :) I'd love to swap for Etsy faves or anything specific profile based :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I love Rilakkuma & Korilakkuma in bunny suit, Tenorikuma, Chococat, Marshmellow Guy, Tissu Chan, Yogurtkun, Kogepan, Tare Panda, Nago Mimakuri, Soap bubble Awawa Chan, Nattochan, Amigurichan, Monotone Panda, Happy Animals, Goat by kamio, ninja panda by kamio, Ice Cube guy, Medical Bunny, Mampepion, Pompompurin, oldschool Little Twin Stars (with pink and blue hair), Alice in wonderland Little Twin stars, black sheep, san-x Kutusita Nyanko black kitty with white socks, any black cat kawaii character, sabo kappa, homekoro, kireizukin, kawaii sweet food characters, tofu characters, sushi characters, Flan/pudding characters, rarer and older characters from kamio/qlia/pool cool/san-x/crux and some sanrio... Japanese brand kawaii mostly!

I also love Domokun, Gloomy bear, AranziAronzo, tokidoki, Artbox and Cram Cream.

Kawaii items I would love to receive; memopads, lettersets, sticker sacks!!, sticker sheets, wide decotape, rubberstamps, plush toys, kawaii dangly pens, pouches/kisslock purse/bags/wallets, cellphone charms, blind box toys (esp. from Giant/Kid Robot) from brands like kamio, crux, pool cool, q-lia, san-x, sanrio... japanese kawaii brands mostly :)

I'd be happy with anything you send of my favourites :) but... Please don't send any kawaii boy/girls, any piggy characters, spottie dottie, Hello Kitty, pochaccio, badtz maru, cinnamoroll, shikansen, minna no tabo, peckle, hangy odon, Pucca, mashimaro, characters with real animals on them (like wan wan wanco), orange story, morning glory, lovely white or knock off kawaii.

I have no use for erasers, regular pencils, little rulers, pencil sharpners, tape holders or kawaii hair accessories.

I don't consider any disney characters (including winnie the pooh), snoopy, diddle, nici characters, tatty teddy, forever friends or paddington as kawaii! so please do not send me them, thanks!

I would ALWAYS love to have:

• Making memories page pebbles circle, square in all sizes
• Interesting brads
• basic grey/k's company sassafrass paperstacks/ paper producs/stickers
• Distress ink and Staz-on ink (refil or pads) - except black, white opaque, olive green, turquoise, autumn brown, sand brown.
• Hard flat brushes
• Collage papers
• ATC protection sleeves
• Fun rubber stamps - mounted/unmounted doesn't matter as long as they are clean and usable
• UHU glue sticks
• Diamond Glaze
• E6000 (preferably small 'test' sized tubes)
• Good Strong Flat Magnets
• Good quality felt (I'm esp. looking for polkadot felt)
• Embroidery floss
• Sewing and embroidery needles
• Gutterman fabric glue
• Fun Fabrics FQ esp. Japaneze Zakka kind
• Zippers any size
• pinback brooches/safety eyes
• Cute fun novelty buttons
• teeny tiny buttons 4-8mm max.
• (Handmade) Plushies,
• Gelpens (esp. sakura ones & black ones)
• black drawing pens in any size
• Cute pouches, tins, bags, tote bags, kisslock purse etc.
• (art)hard cover journals/ moleskin-like soft journals (esp. the ones with brown paper covers)
• art nouveau stuff,
• shabby chique style items,
• lucky star origami/origami papers
• Anything alice in wonderland (lewis carroll, tenniel and McGee)
• anything Little Red Riding Hood esp. Otogicco Decole Items
• anything fairytale themed really ;D
• emily the strange items ( I LOVE the cats!)
• Anything from La Marelle
• handmade items you made with love and heart :) ...

and for the very generous people this is my Etsy wishlist

For specific kawaii characters see kawaii likes and dislikes section.

Miffy (you can find a lot of her in Holland already), Paddington, Diddl, ANYTHING Disney, Snoopy, Forever Friends, Nici characters, incence, incence candles, confetti, glitter (have too much already), clown items, religious items, christmas items (unless i'm specifically in a swap for that) things for kids/babies (kids toys), gnomes, items with skulls on them or anything that's broken/old/dirty or just very used or items that have a heavy scent on them...

I'm taking a sort of break with forum tagging (I only tag in my groups now), but I'm open for private swaps. If you're a swapper in good standing and you think we could have a great swap experience together, feel free to PM me :)

(oh and if you have received something from me, please let me know personally via pm or profile note so I know that it has arrived :) thank you!

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