emsan

Profile updated on sept 10, 2009.

I was born and raised in northern Sweden where I still live with my fiance and our two cats. I love travelling, meeting new people and learning about different cultures. Other things I enjoy are reading, writing, crafting, watching TV (way too much), movies and photography. This year, I hope to get my masters degree in library and information science.

If you're swapping with me and run into any trouble (like being late) please let me know! I will appreciate the communication.

♥ Handmade things

♥ Animals (Cats, hedgehogs, squirrels and birds are my favorites but I do like most animals!)

♥ Stationery items & paper goods.

♥ Candy! I have thing for sour candy, hard candy, salty licorice, and dark chocolate. I'm always wishing for: Sour Skittles, Sour patch kids, Pettermint Patties, Jolly Rancher's, Swedish fish (the red ones) and Yummy earth lollies.

♥ Kawaii (see kawaii section for more info)

♥ Tea (see tea section for more info)

♥ Colors! I love cool shades! Think blue, aqua, turquoise, purple, pink, fuschia. I also really like lime green, silver and black/white. But hey, don't worry, there are no colors I really can't stand, I do like most of them!

♥ Things related to libraries or librarians

♥ Fruity and berry tastes/scents.

♥ Cute tins! I collect tins of all sizes.

♥ Lipbalms and lipgloss

♥ Totebags! Handmade or store bought, I like them all.

♥ Anything Momiji! Here's what I already have in my small collection.

♥ Hot cocoa sachets! Especially those with dark/rich chocolate taste.

♥ Cute mugs

♥ Socks! Especially warm ones. Size: European 37-38 / UK 4-5 /USA 7-8

When it comes to tea I'll try anything once! In general, I prefer tea that actually has tea in it. I'm not a big fan of herbal/fruit teas or infusions.

Tea likes:

• Any white or green tea - pure or flavored, anything goes!

• Yogi

• White or green tea with blueberry, plum, goji berry, acai, cherry, strawberry, cranberry, pear or pomegranate flavor.

• Chai! (Especially green, white or yogi)

• I drink fruity black teas sometimes but mostly I prefer green or white tea.

• I like vanilla rooibos but other than that, not so much a rooibos fan.

• Kusmi tea, something I really wanna try!

• Mighty Leaf , "Green tea Tropical"

• Snapple, 100% White tea, "Strawberry"

• Celestial Seasoning "perfectly pear", white tea

I'd rather not receive: Herbal fruit teas, chamomile teas, honey flavored teas.

It's ok to send loose teas in their original sealed bag. I also won't mind smaller samples, if you have taken great care in transferring them to a zip lock bag.

I also love tea accessories! Anything for brewing or storing tea like canisters, small trays for tea bags or infusers. Tea related items are always welcome.

I love card making, scrapbooking, other paper crafts, making jewellery with mostly glass beads, cabochons and metal charms. After joining Swap-Bot I also started making ATCs and altering matchboxes.

Crafty things I will always appreciate:

Charms (metal), glass beads, stickers, embellishments, pretty papers, ribbon, brads, "Diamond Glaze" adhesive, E6000 glue, rubber stamps, ink pads, Sakura Gelly Roll pens and origami papers with patterns.

Characters I especially like are Tarepanda, Kutusita Nyanko, Suki to issyo Penguin, Mamegoma, Nyan Nyan Nyanko, Nakayoshi Net, Kireizukin, Tenorikuma and Cocoakuma.

I will love food with faces too, anything woodland themed or other cute characters. I haven't discovered them all yet! I'd love to get new favorites.

Cram cream and San-x are my favorite brands. I also really like Q-lia, Kamio, Crux and Hannari tofu. But I don't really care so much about brands when it comes to kawaii. I like it cause it's so darn adorable!

Kawaii wishes

Deco tape - I love those and can never have too many. I would also love to have a bento box. I will love any item featuring one of my favorite characters or brands!

Kawaii don'ts

Although I don't care so much about brands, I do care about quality. Please don't send cheap copies of kawaii brands or poorly made items.

Characters I'd rather not receive: Keroppi, Cinnamoroll, Monokuro Boo, Kuromi, My Melody, Little twin stars.

I'm into the sweet and happy stuff and not so much angry or dark characters.

Manga style kids or realistic looking animals are not my thing.

I have lots of loose memo sheets and don't really need any more.

• I always rate when I have received a swap.

• I always send out my swaps. But hey, Sweden might be far away from where you are so please have patience. Don't hestitate to contact me if you feel it's been too long. (Swaps from Sweden to the US usually take between 4-14 days, sometimes a little longer.)

• It's ok to send tea, spices, candies and other foods to Sweden.

• I reuse envelopes and packaging materials.

• I prefer natural products and stuff that has not been tested on animals.

• We don't smoke but we have two cats in our house.

These are my lovely kitties, Sixten and Choko. Any cat toy will always be appreciated here! They also don't mind getting treats ;-)

• Lavender scented items, I get a headache from the smell! Probably best to avoid other heavy floral scents too. I'm also sensitive to items that smell of smoke. Thanks for understanding!

• Herbal fruit teas, chamomile teas, honey flavored teas.

• Cheap copies of kawaii brands or poorly made items.