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MissThundercat

MissThundercat
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Last Online: November 7, 2009
Birthday: March 14, 1980
Country: The Netherlands
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UPDATE 14/9/2009

Trading off a lot of my KAWAII!! Letting stuff go I've been hanging onto for a while but am clearing out. items are in great condition, some never even used and sealed! I'm updating my Letting Go Set on Flickr regularly. I would swap for items off my etsy faves. Or for other kawaii items I'd really like. See list below and on my flickr profile page :)

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 :)

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MY ETSY SHOP http://www.kittydarknessdesigns.etsy.com

Kitty Darkness Designs check it out if you like kawaii felt goodies! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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!

SF

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

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Favorites

Colours; Blue tones(esp. ocean blue, but not a fan of teal), burgundy (deep red), moss 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 have a bubble-bathtub and any bath sizzlers/oils/salt etc. are welcome (but please no glittery ones, thank you. I came out looking like a fairy once lol) 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 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 :)

Kawaii likes and dislikes

Update I used to do kawaii swaps a lot, but I've controled 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 centred 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 will be going through my collection to set aside things I don't need/want anymore to swap on. When that process is through I'll put a swap notice up in my profile. This is going to be well after my holiday, so somewhere in september but stay tuned if you are looking for some awesome kawaii to add to your collection :)

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I love Rilakkuma & Korilakkuma in bunny suit, My melody, My Melodake, Kuromi, 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, Hannari Tofu, Medical Bunny, Mampepion, Pompompurin, Mamegoma, oldschool Little Twin Stars (with pink and blue hair), Alice in wonderland Little Twin stars, Ruu & Suu, black sheep, san-x Kutusita Nyanko black kitty with white socks, any black cat kawaii character, SABO KAPPA, HOMEKORO, 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 accesories.

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!

When in doubt

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)
  • 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
  • Good Strong Flat Magnets
  • Good quality felt
  • Embroidery floss
  • Sewing and embroidery needles
  • Gutterman fabric glue
  • Fun Fabrics
  • Zippers
  • pinback brooches/safety eyes
  • Cute fun novelty buttons
  • teeny tiny buttons 4-8mm max.
  • (Handmade) Plushies,
  • Gelpens (esp. sakura ones & black ones)
  • Cute pouches, tins, bags, tote bags, kisslock purse etc.
  • (art)hard cover journals/ moleskin-like soft journals,
  • art nouveau stuff,
  • shabby chique style items,
  • lucky star origami/origami papers
  • Anything alice in wonderland (lewis carroll, tenniel and McGee
  • anything fairytale like
  • emily the strange items ( I LOVE the cats!)
  • handmade items you made with love and heart :) ...

and for the very generous people this is my Etsy wishlist

I'm not too fond of

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, things for kids/babies (kids toys), gnomes, anything that's broken/old/dirty or just very used or items that have a heavy scent on them...

Forum/private swaps

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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Ratings

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Comment: I loved everything! Thanks so much. I especially love the ruu & suu memo pad. Thanks so much!
FOOF4E rated for Celestial ATC Swap on Nov 4, 2009
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Comment: Thank you & I am sorry for the delay in rating
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Comment: thank you so much sweetie! I loved everything!! <3
dreamrains rated for Kawaii Matchbox Swap on Oct 23, 2009
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Comment: Haha AMAZING!!!!!!!! Banana Boss! :) Aj and I have a theme song for Banana Boss so we burst into song when I showed him this. Super awesome and love the memos! Thanks :D
Response: theme song? you guys rule! record it and put in on flickr :D glad you love the matchboxes! was fun making them for you :) xoxox
dreamrains rated for Halloween Kawaii Matchbox on Oct 23, 2009
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Comment: Loved the matchbox and the goodies inside! My favorite was the little kawaii ghost sticker - so funny haha!! :) Thanks also for the skeleton memos - I was running out of spooky ones!
Josietai rated for Domokun = Kawaii on Oct 22, 2009
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Comment: Oh! Awesome goodies Tarah! I love everything esp. the Tofu die-cuts :) Thanks for the great swap & do let me know if you need other domo stuffs or such. Hugs Tight!
cleopatra rated for September Senders Choice on Oct 15, 2009
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Comment: So prettttttttttttty !
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Comment: Thank you for all the kawaii goodness and the lovely extras! xoxo
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Comment: Woo-hoo! Happy mail day! Thank you so much, Tarah, for all the wonderful goodies you included. If you ever need some more stuff taken off your hands, well you know who to ask... ^_-
NaughtyElf rated for Celestial ATC Swap on Oct 11, 2009
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Comment: Simple, yet elegant! I love it, it is now one of my faves! Thank you so much!
PansySuz rated for Sharpie Art Atc Swap on Oct 9, 2009
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Comment: Thank you so very much for the wonderful ATC!! I love the design, colors, well.... everything about it!!! The extra papers are great too, thank you :)
susiqz rated for September Senders Choice on Oct 6, 2009
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Comment: Love everything! Thanks for the goodies!
annelibabe rated for favourite colour Lucky Parcel on Oct 6, 2009
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Comment: Thank you sooo much for my pink parcel of fun!! Really enjoyed the stuff you sent esp. the gorgeous cat notebook! thank you!!!!!
BusyB rated for Matchbox Mafia - Radiantly Red on Oct 4, 2009
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Comment: I love my "red hot" MB! The box even has a heart on it which I collect.Thank you for all the extra goodies you sent. Everything is perfect! Hearts to you!
allysukr rated for Private swap Ally & Tarah on Oct 3, 2009
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Comment: thank you. I really love that sticker sack ^^
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Comment: Thank you so much Tarah =^o.o^=! And the labels are perfect, as mine are already used up :-)!
evieroz rated for Matchbox Mafia - Gorgeous Greens on Sep 25, 2009
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Comment: Lovely matchbox. I love the handle. Thank you.
marilavado rated for Mari's and Tarah's Private Swap on Sep 21, 2009
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Comment: Wow, it got there fast! Thanks so much, the pup is absolutelly gorgeous and the extras are super cute! =D
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Comment: Thank you Tarah! I love the sticker sacks soo muchh! <3
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Comment: Thank you so much for swapping with me! I love the stickers. They are so cute. Thanks for the extra HK labels! I think they'll be perfect as gift tags for Christmas because my sister loves HK, too. :)

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Comments

Mello on Nov 4, 2009:

Thank you Tarah for the nice October PIF Parcel wich arrived today - The Chocolate "M" was pittily broken, so I had to eat it right away :o) I just looove this Letterset! That's so cool! Jakob has fun with his stuff and all the Candy and the Lucky Star Paper is fab - never had some before, I did only just cut stripes from coloured paper, and it was always much wider! Thanx for a great box of goodies - just in time to cheer me up after being home sick with the whole family for a week now :o(

nobelli on Nov 4, 2009:

Thanks for granting my wish from HG October Wishing Well. Pens arrived today and I love them :D

orit on Nov 2, 2009:

One birdy October PIF is finally on its way to you :)

emsan on Oct 21, 2009:

Just wanted to say that I have received our private trade... Thanks for the stickers and extras! :o)

tothegoodtimes on Oct 16, 2009:

thank you for all the lovely memos & flakes! it was very sweet of you to send those :)

-chris

emsan on Oct 14, 2009:

Thanks so much for the wonderful package you sent me! The things you picked for the Etsy wta are perfect and the other sweet little gifts are awesome too. Hugs!

suessstoff on Oct 12, 2009:

Thank you soooo much for the beautiful masking tape and the yummy smelling lip balm you sent me for the Etsy WTA!!! You rock!

orit on Oct 5, 2009:

Thank you very much for the birthday wishes and the surprise :D

missanne on Oct 3, 2009:

I love it here so far! I've been trying to join as many newbie friendly swaps as I can just to get my rating up, but in general people are so nice and have been willing to swap- it's so addictive though. I could spend all day on here! xoxo

emsan on Sep 26, 2009:

Hello member of the B.I.R.D.S group! Come check out the new fall swap I'm hosting:

Cozy care package for fall

//Em

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