ellabellaboo

Wife. Mother. Teacher. Crafter....dreamer

Card making, online scrapbooking, sewing, knitting, baking - love it all but not particularly good at any of it!! Still learning!

Seem to spend a lot of time with Charlie and Lola and Peppa Pig at present.....otherwise, I'll watch QI (anything with Stephen Fry), Have I got news for you....oh and I go through fads of interior design and cookery shows.

I'm such a child.....love the original Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Miyazaki's films - Spirited Away, Kiki's Delivery Service etc, The Slipper and the Rose, The Wizard of Oz and Mary Poppins but also like Woody Allen films and so many others.....but not scary or violent (I might have nightmares!)

Indie kid at heart but dabble here and there; The Smiths, Camera Obscura, The Concretes, The Kings of Leon, Laura Marling, Martha Wainwright, Johnny Flynn, old 60's motown - hard to remember due to having to listen to nursery rhymes all the time...will have to keep adding to them!

Like the classic childrens' stories - especially Alice in Wonderland, Chronicles of Narnia and Grimm's Tales. Have enjoyed The Kiterunner, The timetravellers wife and many others. Almost forgot, I am a huge fan of Murakami.

I was born in Northern Ireland; brought up on the North Antrim Coast and moved to England to go to college. Unfortunately, except for holidays, I have never returned. I now live and work on the South Coast of England with my 2 young daughters.

• pink and green (I'm planning my daughters new room) *light blue and red together
• stationery - writing paper, pens etc *notebooks *sweets and chocolate
• childrens' illustrations and stories
• shaker / new england style things
• handmade dolls and fabric animals
• bright, fun and retro fabrics
• scandinavian design
• nature... roaring oceans, rugged coastlines, lakes, mountains, forests - you get the picture!
• family history *japanese things esp bento boxes *boxes and tins - I like to be tidy and organised *being a mum

I have two daughters who would also love to receive post - email me directly for details.

I would love to correspond with mums with similar aged children (5 and almost 3) to organise our own personal swaps involving the children - toys, books, sweets, recipes, journals, paintings etc This would be a fantastic introduction to the world of penpals for my two. Please mail me if you're interested.