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SINCE I STARTED ( FINALLY ) TO RUN MY OWN SHOP I WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN MANY SWAPS OR VISIT THE FORUMS AS MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO. SORRY IF I TAKE A WHILE TO ANSWER A MESSAGE. I'LL SEND ALL THE SWAPS ON TIME, THOUGH. THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

My name is Silvia. I'm from Manresa, just a 30 min. drive from Barcelona. I'm married to a great man called Miguel Angel and we have a daughter called Alba who's two years old. She's the prettiest, smartest and sweetest thing! Right now I work part time to be with my daughter and do some crafting. So many ideas that have to be made! We live in a big flat which we have reformed and decorated in a practical but original style. We also have to yorkie toys named "Yumi" and "Ginger" so we are a big family. If you are interested in a private swap just pm me. There’s a list of the things I make below.

I make all sort of crafts but my favourite is making fantasy stuff, like fairies, pixies, elves, wizards, unicorns, dragons, mermaids… and all kinds of things made of polymer clay. I try to use natural materials in my creations: wood, stones and fabric in different colors to give a certain type of energy. Other crafts I make: dollhouse miniatures ( specially food and holidays stuff ), roomboxes, shadowboxes, shrines and scenes, pom pom creatures, japanese crafts ( kawaii things and stuffies ), felt dolls, needle felt animals, fabric painting, holiday crafts ( Christmas and Halloween are my favourite ), paper crafts, stationary and little things like hair clips, paper clips, notebooks, boxes, pillboxes, pins, badges and brooches, mobile charms, magnets, children and kawaii jewelry, bookmarks, incense and candle holders, photo frames…

I really enjoyed all the Harry Potter books which I started reading to see what all this fuss was about and then I got really hooked on them, because of the rich witchy world. I also like "The secret", "The power of now", "The lord of the rings", all the Paulo Coelho books ( but my favourite is "The Alchemist" ). I like other authors as Christian Jack, Roald Dahl, Anne Rice, Eckhart Tolle, J.J. Benítez... I love reading about fantasy, mistery, history, spiritual and the supernatural. My husband also loves books ( fantasy type ) so our house is like a library. We love reading!

I like pop music from the 80's, Madonna, French and Spanish hip-hop, disco, chill-out, soundtracks, specially all the Danny Elfman ones and from movies I like ( Gladiator, Blade runner, TLOTR, Harry Potter, Ghost in the shell... ) but right now I’m more into the Baby Einstein thing… LOL!

We love watching films and we have a great collection in our living room. I like Alfred Hitchcock , Billy Wilder, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Tim Burton ( I just love his rich and creative world ), Pedro Almodovar, Night Shyamalan,Hayao Miyazaki ... I enjoy fantasy, sci-fi, good comedies, adventures and horror( not the boody type ), manga and animated.Favourie films: "Rebecca", "Star Wars" ( the old ones ), "TLOTR", "Chocolat"... so many! I also like musicals: "Chicago", "Singin' in the rain" ( I just love the main song ), "Moulin Rouge", "Grease", “Victor or Victoria”, "The producers"... there are also so many!

I basically like TV series: "Lost", "Desperate women", "Prison Break", "House", "Sex and the city", "Ugly Betty", "Kyle xy", "Heroes", "Medium", "Life on Mars", "Afterlife", "Supernatural", "Ghost whisperer", "Dexter"; “X-files”, “Sherlock Holmes”, “Shin Chan”, “A Haunting”, “John Doe”, The Simpsons”, “Futurama”, “Family guy”, “Allo allo”, “Black Adder”, “Teresines S.A.”...

Hello Kitty * Cram cream * Little twin stars * Tiny Candy * Miffy * Keroppi * Nightmare before Christmas and the whole Tim Burton universe * Alice in Wonderland * The wizzard of Oz * Pingu * Sherlock Holmes * Harry Potter universe * Gingi from Shrek but I love all gingerbread men in general * Aliens from Toy Story ( “The claw is our master”, remember? ) * Bunnies * Chicks * Bears * Owls* TLOTR universe * Star Wars universe * Indiana Jones * Pink Panther * Postman Pat * The Munch Bunch * Rankin and Bass universe * Wallace and Gromit * Creature Comforts * Arale * The Muppets * Silvanian families * Kewpies * Tintin

• Polymer Clay things * Fantasy sculpture * Dollhouse miniatures ( specially sweets, Christmas and Halloween ) * Scrapbooking • Everything that has to do with fairies, wizzards, elves, dragons, mermaids, pixies, unicorns... and all the magical world, in general * Pom pom and amigurumi creatures * Kawaii style scenes and miniatures * Dotees and cloth dolls ( specially fantasy or gods/goddesses ) * Kawaii felt stuffies ( donuts, mushrooms, monsters, clouds, cupcakes... ) * Miniature roomboxes, shadowboxes and scenes * Altered matchboxes and shrine matchboxes * Necklaces, earrings, brooches and rings ( kawaii or retro ) * Vintage things made of paper and papier maché * Shrines of any size

Pink, orange ( I like combining these two colors ), purple, apple green, turquoise/teal/aqua and yellow. I like brown but combined with a vivid color like turquoise/teal/aqua or fushia and the combination aqua/teal and pastel pink. But I definitely like all the colors if they are well combined.

FAVORITE DECOR

• Retro,vintage and kitsch * Zakka * Vintage things for the house or to wear * Christmas and Halloween decor ( vintage the most ) * Oriental/Asian/Colonial style * Shabby chic * Wicker furniture and complements * Art deco and nuveau style

FAVORITE CRAFT MATERIALS

Retro fabric, kawaii fabric and all fabric in general! * Pom poms * wool * Glitter and all that glitters! * Sequins, rhinestones, confetti, marabou and feathers of any color! * Furry fabric * Polymer clay * Felt * Embellishments * Stickers * Nice paper * Beads * Trims * Laces * Glass beads * Natural materialas ( wood, stones, minerals... ) * Paints...

FAVORITE ILLUSTRATORS/CRAFTERS

• Clay, children books, naïf, vintage and art deco/nuveau illustrators/illustrations * Illustrators: Mark Boutavant, Shinzi Katoh, Mary Engelbreit...* My favourite crafters: Sue Heaser, Christi Friesen * I love Gilbert Williams "new age" art, too

FAVORITE ITEMS AND STUFF

• Nightmare before Christmas stuff * All sort of kawaii things from like Q-Lia, Kamio, Snax, Cram Cream, Bored inc., Decole, Hello Kitty... and I just love all food kawaii stickers! * Shoes, bags and other complements ( original ones ) * Craft books and magazines ( I love the vintage ones! ) * original boxes * Baby clothes and complements ( and if they are handmade much better ) * Buddhas and Gods/Goddesses from India * Pouches and pencilcases * Brooches, pins and badges and big rings * Flowers of all types but specially tulips ( yellow are my favourite ) and hibiscus because they remind me of paradisiac beaches ; ) * Natured based religions and traditions * Egyptian culture * Gods/Goddesses from all over and their stories * Celtic culture * Astrology or tarot related stuff * Feng Shui books and items * Matrioshkas, kakeshis, Unazunis, Darumas, Maneki Nekos...

MY "I DON'T LIKE" LIST

I like reading this on other people’s profile so you make sure you don’t send them anything they wouldn’t enjoy getting. Here’s mine: Disney stuff ( stickers, toys, plushies... ) but I love the films! What a contradiction :D It's not that I hate it but I prefer kawaii stuff. Teacher stickers or stickers about cars, teams, sports, transports... anything that is not kawaii/cute enough. Perfume, but I do like scented and flavoured things.

MY WISH LIST

• Kawaii stickers ( specially food )
• Kawaii goodies like bags, notepads, pouches, stationery...
• Anything with Hello Kitty. It's my favourite kawaii character. My daughter just looooves her and I wonder why ; )
• Felt Kawaii plushies
• Vintage kawaii items
• Amigurumis
• Fabric! I'd love to get some with a Halloween/Christmas pattern or kawaii style ( really hard for me to find ) but I love all types of fabric!
• Powdered mica and mica flakes
• Magazines! about crafts in general, Christmas and Halloween crafts, felt, vintage crafts and polymer clay.