Pikkis

I´m a woman at the age of forty-two with two children; a daughter (13) and a son (11). I work as a comprehensive school teacher and especially love teaching English and litterature.

I put a lot of effort on my creations and never send anything trashy, so I hope you will do the same :)! I don´t tolerate any kind of flaking! If you don´t receive anything from me, contact me before rating, please!

I love reading and read many kinds of books. Fantasy is one of my favourites; Harry Potters, LOTR, Twilight-saga etc. Also books related to history like the ones from Diana Gabaldon fascinate me. Jane Austen, Joanne Harris are Cornelia Funke are amongst my favourite authors too.

Children´s litterature is my passion. I collect children´s books, especially the classics; H.C.Andersen, the Grimm-brothers, Astrid Lindgren, Roald Dahl, Beatrix Potter, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, Elsa Beskow and many, many others are on the list. Moomin-books in different languages are wanted too. Books with great illustrations attract me the most.

My favourite fairy tales are Little Red Riding-Hood, Alice in Wonderland, Hansel and Gretel, Princess and the Pea, Pussy in Boots, SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarfs and Thumbellina just to name few. But as said above, all the classics make me happy and I´m easy to please.

I try also to read books for young adults, mostly because of my work, but also as I want to.The Hunger Games-series by Suzanne Collins hooked me immediately, but this far have read only the 1st and the 2nd book. David Almond, Cornelia Funke, Eva Ibbotson, Neil Gaiman and Michael Ende are some of my favourites, but there are so many good books and so little time to read them.

I like Tim Burton-movies. Johnny Depp is my favourite actor :)! Fantasy-movies, romantic ones and historical films are my favourites too, not to mention Twilight-saga of course. But team Edward, absolutely!

Especially ATCs and bookmarks are my favourites. I´ve made some decos too and one altered book. They look great, but are really a lot of work and at the moment I don´t seem to have the time for them. Button fairies are cool too.

Rubber stamping, collage and mixed media are my favourite techniques. Recently I´ve found altered playing cards. I can´t draw at all, so don´t expect anything drawn from me! I also don´t like to receive drawn things unless you´re really good at it!

I love dogs and almost all animals. My favourite dog-breed is a German shepherd, a dalmatian comes second. I also collect postcards with dogs at work like guide dogs, rescue dogs etc. If you´re sending me pcs with dogs, I prefer realistic ones, not dogs wearing clothes or driving the car etc.

I enjoy travelling, but haven´t done that very much yet. I hope someday I´ll be rich enough to do that properly (LOL)! My favourite city is London. Also Australia and New Zealand, the USA and Canada are the destinations of my dreams. But what comes to travelling, anything goes. Last summer we visited Spain and I fell in love with that country too. Now I´m learning Spanish :)!

Swapping ATCs is my hobby no.1 right now. But I also collect bookmarks and postcards and I´m a postcrosser/ bookcrosser. Reading is so much fun! If you´re sending me postcards, I prefer them unwritten in an envelope.But of course written and stamped are welcomed too! And learning Spanish is my hobby too!

ATCs/ postcards: - children´s book illustrations/ fairy tales/ Alice in Wonderland especially/ fantasy; fairies, dragons, gnomes, vampires etc./ Twilight; team Edward/ London/ dogs; especially German shepherds, dalmatians, dogs at work( realistic ones, please)/ Johnny Depp/ books and reading people/ Ancient Egypt/ Russian mathryoska dolls

Only ATCs: - anything vintage/ time/ text/ quotes/ musical notes/ cemetary angels/ travelling/ oriental, esp. geishas/ birds, nests, eggs/ ladybirds, dragonflies/ zetti/ altered playing cards/ pin up-girls/ classic film-stars like Marilyn Monroe/ vampires (esp. Twilight, True Blood)/ Spain/ Spanish language/ Mexican loteria-cards

• postcards/ bookmarks (bought or self-made)
• ATCs/ decos
• altered books (just a few pages is fine)
• foreign text and ephemera( especially vintage-looking)
• magazines related to rubber stamping or mixed media (preferably in English)
• children´s books in English (can be used if in good condition)
• Moomin-books in any language
• rubber or clear stamps, especially with quotes in English or other themes mentioned above (notice that I only make ATCs, so nothing big, please)
• all kind of stuff related to children´s books or fairy tales
• button fairies
• black markers with fine point (for writing)
• nice stickers (nothing whimsy or childish)
• dresden scraps in any colour
• punchinella (sequin waste) with round holes
• anything Spain/ Spanish language-related
• nice, decorated envelopes (nothing childish)
• napkins/ tissues with nice images I can use in my crafting
• chocolate from your country

As I´ve already mentioned before, I collect Moomin-books in different languages. Here´s a list of the languages I already have. So if you have one not mentioned on the list, I´d be more than happy to do a private trade with you.

Languages I already have: - English (but a picture book for smaller children would be great, I only have a novel) - Swedish - Estonian - Dutch - Russian - Japanese (big thanks to whiterose) - Lithuanian