First of all - I might show my ATC's at Flickr, so please don't look if you don't want a spoiler....

what I pledged

I will always send my swaps out in time - if you haven't recieved from me, please let me know.

When it comes to rating my partners, I do it the same day the packet arrive. If I am on vacation I will let you know and I will rate as soon as I open the package up.

My name is Vivi and I live in a small village in Sweden together with my husband and our three kids. We love to spend time with friends and often have people over for a cup of coffee and tea. I don't drink coffee at all, but hubby does.

I also LOVE LOVE LOVE planning parties - children parties is my thing. We always pick a theme and then start planning. So far we have done: Bob the builder, Thomas the Tank, Country, Glamour, Bamse (a swedish character), pirates, racing cars, angel, Winnie the Pooh, ABC, police, England, Northern Sweden, Medieval and Sponge Bob, rocket scientists, indians/cowboys.

My absolute favorite season/ holiday is Christmas. I simply LOVE the decorations, gifts and of course the Christian message. I would really love to go to US and see all the decorated houses.

I also do plate spotting and geocaching. The whole family take part in geocaching which meant you search small boxes hidden here and there. I love to be outdoor in the forest picking berries or mushrooms. Here in Sweden it is allowed to pick whatever you want in the forests.

Another thing is that I love to learn from different cultures and religions. Our family are Christians and most Sundays we go to church.

LIKES

• Cardmaking/ scrapping supplies

• paper napkins I love napkins with "pictures" (flowers, angels, animals, halloween, christmas for example). I use them for decoupage.

• Tea- I am addicted to black flavored teas, especially fruity or " sweet" ones.

• anything CHRISTMAS

• Crosswords, suduko's and word search

• Pink, red and black

• Yarn for crocheting

• Angels

• Candles

• Pens

• Books

• Special things from other countries

• Stickers

• Soaps and bathproducts

• Candy, but not dark chocolate please

• Cookies - lots of them in USA and other countries don't exist here

• ceramics like tea cups/mugs

• party supplies, like plates, mugs, flags....

• Hershey's candy - Yummy !

• Beads

• US state map postcards - have none and would like to collect the US states.

• lipsmackers

• band aids with pictures, childish are great

• necklaces, bracelets

• hot chocolate

DISLIKES

• Black currant

• Coffee

• Cigarettes - allergic

• Herbal, red, green and decaf teas. If I get one of those I mix them up with earl grey, so it will still be ok for me to get them...
  But I prefer black tea.

• ATC's

• Decoupage

• Scrapbooking

• Cardmaking

• Fuse Bead

• Beadwork, just started and like it

• Embroidery

• Crochet

I guarantee you my kids will love whatever is sent to them. They are very easy to please.
Here are some of their favorites.

Emilia, born 2005 (wears size 122 Size 5-6y)
Loves Dora the Explorer and Hello Kitty.
Plays with dolls, X in my Pocket, horses, Littlest Pet Shop, kitchen things and LEGO.
Crafts: drawing/painting, beads, decoupage
Favorite colors: pink, violet

Verner, born 2004 (wears size 128, 6-7 y)
Loves Sponge Bob, Wall-e, Scooby Doo, Ben 10 and all Super Heroes (ex. Superman, Batman).
Plays with LEGO, Bakugan and cooking stuffs.
Crafts: drawing/ painting, beads.
Favorite color: green

Isak, born 2002 (wears size 130-140 (8-9 y)
Loves Ben 10, FIFA 2010 Panini stickers and Harry Potter.
Plays with LEGO, Bakugan and read books.
Crafts: painting, decoupage, beads, build things.
Interested in: tecnical things, history, science, and maps.
Guinness record's is a fav. book !
Favorite color: blue

So you think you can dance
Top Model
Midsomer Murders
Keeping Up Apperencies
Fawlty Towers - long time since, but still...
CSI
Gordon Ramsey's shows
Robinson/ survivors
IDOL
Wife Swap

I am a fan of criminal novels and mystery books. I read a lot and simle love to try to figure out who was the murderer.

Favorite authors:
Dan Brown
Astrid Lindgren
Johan Theorin
John Grisham
Agatha Christie