janien

I am doing this swapping because I like to bring a smile on my partners face so if something went wrong, you don't like the swap or the swap was sent but has not arrived at your place (belgian postoffices are sometime gggrrrr!) please let me know and I gladly will resent ... If you are sending a swap to me and you will be late or have problems just let me know and we'll find a solution I'm sure about that ! I know a lot of things can happen in life and make it sometimes difficult ... we're just good friends aren't we ?!!!!

I am living in belgium, my native is Dutch. I am happily married for allmost 33 years with Berre and we have two wonderful daughters Sara and Liesbet. My oldest daughter Sara decided to step out od life a short while ago, she was 30 then, I feel still a lot of pain but I accepted it! I am a catlover ... we have two (Javanelleke he is coffee with milk coloured and Jens a little red one) ! I am a proffessor at the social high school but at the moment I am a SAHM because I am fighting against cancer and am going through a bad time ... butI hope to survive and win the battle!

I was very active in swapping but the cancer took me in hospital for several months (I was in a coma) ... a lot of swaps did not get finished then and I feel very sorry for that ... my daughters tried to arrange some swaps but they did not succeed in finishing them all ... if you know you have an open swap from me I will glady resend it now ... just let me know! Hope I get a second chance to show I am an honest swapper! (although I got several mails I am a flaker and not honest ... I understand but I hope live has nothing as good for those writers and they never have to struggle or fight!)

I love to be creative ... cross stitch - scrapbooking - making cards - knitting (esp socks (lol)) and much much more! I write poems ...

I love the beatles and the rolling stones ... both are great groups (lol) My husband is a real beatlesfan and has a very big collection with vinyl, memorablia, books, cd's ... so if anyone from anywhere would like to do a swap with me and change anything beatlesrelated you're more than welcome! I am allways happy with a beatlesitem offcourse ... here in Belgium it is very hard to find!

I also love Bob Dylan, jimi hendrickx, U2,Clouseau, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Julien Clerc and many more musicians ...

music is my drug!!! ♫♫♪♫♫

I don't like to see movies ... sometimes a musical I cap appreciate ! Last musical I saw was 'across the universe'

I love to travel and see other countries and cultures (but at this moment this is impossible, I am to sick)... I have a big collection of postcards from all over the world (I specially love mapcards and lighthouses, holiday cards, coca cola) ... prefer to receive the postcards new and unwritten, no stamp on it and sent in an envelop.

I also like reading, making poems, making photographs and computering!

I also love winter and snowmen and pinguin !

I am addicted to pink and purple

kitchen towels, socks, materials for cardmaking or scrapping, DMC threads, handmade cards, candels, tea, coffee, chocolate (yammie we in Belgium have very good chocolate (lol)) ... also looking for some real good penfriends for longlasting penfriendships via snail mail ! themed postcards : maps - lighthouses - cats - ladybugs - beatles or stones - animals in general - historical buildings - christmascards - halloween and eastercards

I also like stationary and notecards (jan vis - diddl - sanrio - hello kitty - suzy's zoo - cats - lady bugs - music - ...)

I am also addicted to cross stitch - like any aida or evenweave - dmc threads - patterns - cross stitch magazines (old and new ones)

I also like lipbalsem - earrings - socks - chocolate and candy - handmaded cards and postcards - ...

Oh this is so so difficult ... I think I love every little present gaven and chosen with love!

I am addicted to ladybugs and mailart (cross stitched envelopes oh this is so fun!) and my little family and cats!allways will come on the first place ... I really love them all!

I also love facebook ... you can find me as janien colans and I also have some groups (beatlescollectors ... and fans, the beatles universe, ...) If you like to be friends on fb ... you're welcome!!!

• anything related to 'THE BEATLES'

• anything related to music

• anything related to cats, owls, penguin, icebears or ladybugs

• bath and body things

• lipbalm

• napkins, paper tissues

• scrapbooking materials

• postcards : maps, lighthouses, ladybugs, animals in general, cartoons, seasonal (christmas, easter, halloween)

• anything cross-stitch or DMC

• coc-cola (my last name is Colans so I am bit related to it (lol))

• anything cute is welcome and I am sure I will love all the things you sent to me ... I am such an easy person (lol)