hkappes

I keep careful records of all swaps. If I do not receive from you , I will pm you. If you do not receive from me, please pm me. Also, please rate asap so that I know you received your swap. Thank you!

I love to travel and love to collect things from other countries.

My current collections - postcards, books (old encyclopedias are the current fave), tea (pu-erh), coke bottles, sewing machines (yes, I have 9), bookends with accordion players on them, goats,...I'm sure there's more but that's a good start.

Please don't send food, unless this is a food swap.

Also, I have my own religious beliefs, I keep them to myself, so please reciprocate.

• anything acapella
• anything upbeat / dance
• gypsy
• Randy Travis
• Pavoratti

• Beverley Nichols
• Richard Preston
• Agatha Christie
• Maurice Sendak
• J.K. Rowling
• Eoin Colfer
• Old Encyclopedias

I like literature from the 1910-20's, contemporary non-fiction (especially true medical thriller types), and biographies of botanists & plant hunters

• Downton Abbey
• Sherlock
• Elemental
• Big Bang Theory
• The Office
• Freaks & Geeks

• pen & ink illustration
• crochet

• Vintage French or German or other international ephemera
• unique crochet hooks
• cameos
• curling ephemera (the sport)
• art - especially pen & ink drawings, engravings, block prints, black & white
• goats, monkeys, camels and bunnies
• skeletons - Dia de Muertos, sugar skulls, anatomy text book, or cartoony types
• Paris and the Eiffel Tower
• 1890's fashion
• ASL
• craft magazines from other countries (especially Marie Claire Idées)
• anything with hedgehogs, esp. Mecki, Macki, Micki...
• gnomes, elves, dwarves, Smurfs, mushrooms - as in the cute European / Kawaii kind, not the Middle Earth kind
• postcards (see below)

• I have a degree in Botany and a degree in Apparel Design - I am a true Gemini, I have worked both as a scientist and as an artist.
• I speak English, French (barely), German and ASL

• My "Favorites" on my postcard wall are just examples of what I like - you can send anything similar. Here are more ideas:
• I prefer cards 4 1/4" x 6" (10.8cm x 15.2 cm) or smaller - bigger cards will not fit in my albums
• my current collections - are in the link at the top
• I like vintage cards.
• I also don't mind used cards and ad cards if they fit into one of my collections!

PEOPLE (and animals):

• I ♥ holiday postcards (Christmas with Santa, animals, snowmen, or elves or Easter with bunnies)
• cartoon characters like Moomin, Diddl, KRTEK, Barbapapa, Rumcajs, Mecki & Macki, Smurf, gnomes, etc
• illustrators like Rebecca Dautremer, Inge Look, Erik Forsman, Maurice Sendak, Racey Helps, Lisi Martin, etc.
• people in traditional costumes (especially women & girls)
• hedgehogs, bunnies, goats, monkeys, camels, seahorses
• lovebirds (the parrots), toucans, ostriches, cassowary, roosters
• Mecki & Macki
• Kewpie
• chimney sweeps
• Nasreddin Hodja
• cute gnomes, dwarves, nisse, tomte, tonttu
• cowgirls (and cowboys)
• Girl Scouts from around the world (also called Girl Guides)
• curling (the sport)
  • mermaid photographs - no drawings

PLACES:

• Eiffel Tower
• old Seattle (1982 or earlier, or something that no longer exists)
• Venice gondolas
• MAP CARDS
  • state cards: I have them all; now I am only collecting vintage state map cards (scalloped edges or 3 1/2" x 5")
  • other countries
  • USA
  • subway maps
  • fictional maps or cartoon maps :)
• Big Letter cards

THINGS:

• funky carts & wagons
• mailboxes & post related
• clocks
• funny houses
• volcanoes
• sewing machines & people knitting, sewing, crafting, etc.
• skulls
• mushrooms, carnivorous plants
• citrus fruits - oranges, lemons, etc.
• alphabets
• cut-out cards that make into things
• accordions, violins and pianos