ViolaOdorata

DUTCH POST IS EXTREMELY SLOW IN DECEMBER BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHRISTMAS CARDS

• 27 years old
• living in Breda the Netherlands
• I'm a very calm person
• web store owner, handmade bags, wallets and stuff
• working in a fabric / curtains / costumes shop
• tattooed, long hair, pierced ears (1x 0.8 mm 1x 4 mm each ear)
• living together with my human pet, bf Pascal
• having a black, lazy, fat cat called Brutus
• My house is filled with antiques. Unfortunately not the kind worth any money but the kind telling stories of the past (its visible that it's used). The living room is gray / black / red with baroque wallpaper. The bedroom is red / purple / silver. The kitchen is lavender and eggplant. Most of my furniture is dark oak. I'm trying to create my own world.

• I wear socks / shoes size 40 Europe / 6,5 UK / 9 US, most clothes size XL, for girly shirts a L size will fit to and men shirts even a size M, for corsets I wear a 30 inch.

• not that good at English, sorry!

There's a lot I like, I'm a little goth like but I also like colored things (not to wear, I wear black and dark colors). I prefer to be alone or in a small group is stead of going to to a big party. I love Tuesdays, it's just me and my cat spending our day in my craftroom. I love being in my own world without to much interference from the big bad outside.

I like the small part of nature I find in the city, flowers, leaves, pretty bugs, small birds. I do pick up fall leaves (and dry them), chestnuts etc

Vintage, strange things, lace, purple, pink, Bordeaux red, black, silver, cats, bats, flowers, old books, my computer, polka dots, flowers (especially violets), cute things, cherry's, anything DIY, corsets, antiques, Victorian fashion, 40's fashion, art nouveau, Cupcakes, apple pie, the smell and taste of cinnamon, 50's fashion, pinup, burlesque, cupcakes, animals, history, dark romance, historical places, old dolls (before the 1950's), Victorian mourning culture, fairytales (I like the original ones over the Disney version), Myths, steampunk

textiles in all ways, sewing, knitting, felt, leather, etc.

polymer clay, jewelery making, silver clay, things with paper, bobbin lace, soap making

I like to try new things!

MUSIC: dark wave, new wave, neofolk, alternative, classical music, 80's, EBM, (dark) electro, some (folk/viking) metal, death rock.....

Some bandnames: Der Blutharsch, Laibach, VNV Nation, Bauhaus, Wolfsheim, Rosa Crux, Die Verbannten Kinder Eva's, Das ich, Skyforger, Eisregen, Jack off Jill, Sopor Aeternus, The Cure, Qntal, Otyg, Storm, Suicide Commando, Autumn Tears, Welle:Erdball, Deine Lakaien, Tanzwut, Schelmisch, Stille Volk, Fyrdung, Mortiis, Volksweerbaarheid, Hagalaz' Runedance, Lacrimosa, Depeche Mode, Joy Division

BOOKS: craft books, fashion (history) books. other books i read in dutch and are therefore not that interesting here

MOVIES: historic drama, arthouse, Scandinavian children's movies, fantasy and fairytale movies

I don't like violent and horror movies, not because the scary part but because the gore and violence.

• PUMPKIN SPICES! we don't have them here. (even after Halloween)
• Bento anything (just started to have bento lunches. I can't find anything here)
• freezer paper (we don't have that here)
• those pretty long pins with hears on top like you sometimes see in sewing tutorials from the US (can't get them here)
• Steampunk items
• (vintage) Halloween anything, even after October.
• molds (resin, soap or chocolate)
• Sharpies, we don't have them here. (I have a red, black and blue one)
• vintage (medical, fashion, biology, etc) books with a lot of pictures or just the pictures out of it
• a book about antique doll fashion (I want to make a new dress for my doll out of my grandmothers wedding dress. the doll is from between 1900 and 1925)
• fabric, I love children's. Halloween, goth, nature, Asian, etc prints
• Old pictures, I love the stranger ones and post mortem ones.
• Ribbon, trim and lace. I love printed and embroidered ribbon.
• Buttons, especially the ones for children an historic (looking) ones
• Craft supplies
• Strange things like old medical supplies etc.
• candy (I do eat liquorice), snacks, flavored hot chocolate, tea
• Baking supplies like cupcake cups and sprinkles.
• food things in general but I do have some allergies (see dislikes)
• Jewelery, I prefer the metal parts to be silver.
• Broken Jewelery which I can use to create new thing with
• charms and beads
• I didn't listed ribbon, buttons, trim, lace and fabric didn't I ;-) :-D
• rubber stamp with my webshop name (Viola Odorata), I love you if you make me a hand carved one
• other rubber stamps
• anything (sweet) violet or pansy related
• anything related to my favorite animals: cats, bats, butterfly's, dragonfly's, bugs (the pretty ones, not the scary ones), owls
• hat making supplies, patterns and decorations (like pretty feathers ans millinery flowers)
• bag, wallet and purse making supplies, patters and books
• Compilation Cd's you think I would like
• craft and sewing magazines, any language will be fine (I can read them in Dutch, English and German and sort of read them in Swedish and Norwegian)
• Fairytale (the original, no Disney), myths ans saga related things
• Gifts for my cat
• Ear spirals, tunnels and plugs 4 mm (gauge 6 or 8) made out of glass, bone, horn, stone, mother of pearl, wood, silver or acrylic
• Handmade gift made by you!!!!!!!!!!! .

You can see what kind of things I like at my whist profile (link on top of this profile).

I LIKE THINGS TO BE VINTAGE, TRIFTED AND HANDMADE! Used items don't have to be in perfect condition, I love them to tell a story .

***** THE BOYFRIEND ****** You can always include something for him as part of a swap

• My bf Pascal (34) is more like a boy so just go to a toy store :-)
• He is crazy about LEGO (his bricks have their own room), he would especially love promo packages you get for free by buying something else.
• He loves star wars (he have the empire logo tattooed on his arm)
• all kinds of (computer) gadgets
• weapons but he can't have them because the Dutch law won't allow people to have them, books etc would be great
• For music he likes EBM / dark electro / industrial kind of things like Combichrist.
• He is very picky about food, he likes candy and chocolate but only softer kinds. Unfortunately his teeth break very fast

about anything Dutch, for example: dutch candy (drop (liquorice), stroopwafels (caramel waffles)), dutch fabrics, dutch tourist things, dutch (crafty) magazines, tea, European chocolate

home made bags (see my website: www.viola-odorata.nl I do swap for them), craft supplies, (stenzo) fabrics, I own a button machine so if you have any requests

and a lot more of course.

Because of allergies please no heavy synthetic sensed anything, beauty products, no not silver (metal) earrings(horn, bone, acrylic is also wearable) and no food flavored with paprika and red peppers.

I'm not into scrapbooking, religious stuff, gold colored jewelery (although I do like brass and copper), colors that hurt your eyes (like neon), yellow orange and bright green, most Disney characters (I do like Alice in wonderland, aristo cats and Bambie), Diddle, clowns, Dora, Pokemon, Sponge Bob, Barbie, Christmas items (I don't celebrate it), I don't drink coffee (I do like coffee candy and drinks like Tia Maria)

Don't send me stuff you wouldn't like to receive yourself!

If you want a private swap with me, just ask me!

I prefer using stamps over barcode stickers, sending and receiving.I don't collect them myself but i think it makes a package more fun! I also use them in crafts sometimes. If you are my partner and a stamp collector let me know, I try to use a lot of different ones.

I try to reuse the envelopes and boxes if possible.

Sending (priority) to the USA takes about 7 days, to Russia even 12 days (when not held down by customs, if so it will take several weeks extra :-( 6 weeks happened before)

Hearts are for swaps send with love, they don't have to necessarily have extras in it. I rate you as soon as possible so you know I received the swap and I won't rate you a 1 or 3 before sending you a message so you can explain. Please do the same for me. DON'T FORGET TO RATE YOUR SWAP HOST!!!!

KARMA IS STRONGER THAN ANY RATING!!!!

~~~~FLAKERS, BAD THINGS WILL COME BACK TO YOU! ~~~~~~

• @badgerlore - CUTE Postcard Swap (she was hosting)

• @domokun - send what u want swap -europe (another dutch so not even high postage)

• @IzLa - Tea for Three #3

• @GraceYY - Favorite Color Swap #3 - angeled by @Carolyne with a packages which deserves a heart!