nasreen

Please note that my address has changed so I will no longer be using the shop address for my mail, thank you

I live in South Africa so my swaps may take a little while to reach their destination. I will not flake! And I pledge to rate all my received swaps

Hi there, My name is Nasreen and I love to craft.I enjoy scrap booking, beading, crocheting, reading, watching movies and drawing. I absolutely love receiving mail, specially from around the world and find it really magical to get a letter addressed to me from somewhere far away. I live in sunny South Africa with my husband , who is Moroccan and our fur baby Tux the tuxedo cat. I manage my husbands shoe and clothing store but only part time for money to feed my crafting addiction. When I am not crafting I am usually out and about at the museums or planetarium or shopping. I love anything oriental or Asian inspired like geisha memorabilia, sushi or amigurumi. I love all colours and need colour in my life. I simply adore pink, lime and specially neon colours. I cannot wear brown because it makes me depressed and am at my best when I am wearing bright colours. I am an avid tea drinker and love fruity, sweet and vanilla teas but nothing too spicy. I would love to meet people from all over the world and hope you look forward to meeting me too. P.s, I update my profile all the time so please feel free to check it out anytime.

This is me,attempting a sludge man.

What to expect

I love drawing and most of my atc's and art work is done in markers, colored pencils and ink pens. I like to use a lot of vibrant colours. Vintage and earth tones are just not my style. I rarely do collage but have often used ink stamps to embellish if I have one that I think is appropriate.While I do not consider myself as an artist, I do believe that my work has character and that my love for what I do shows through. I have some of my work up on my flickr account so feel free to check it out.I would never send anything out that I do not personally love and if what I have made is not your style then feel free to pass it on to someone who might prefer it.

LOVE

Things that I would ♥ are;

• Any and all DMC thread.
• You cannot go wrong with anything bubblegum pink in color.
• I ♥ Art nouveau... alot!
• Cloche hats, Lolita shoes and Mary-Janes
• I love ribbon bows and bow motif's.
• I LOVE PON AND ZI SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH.
• Salvador Dali... love, love love.
  • I LOVE tuxedo cats,
• Shoe motif
• Anything colourful
• Anything cherry related,
• Cupcake themed
• Butterflies
• opalescent (like pearly colours),
• oriental, geisha
• dragonflies and peacocks,
• Fall out Boy
• NEMO, I love clown fish and Nemo is too cute.
• My favorite atc's are face/portrait ones although I do appreciate all of them.
• Monster High
• Anything Noel Fielding / Mighty Boosh / Old Greg.

Melt my heart

Although I would appreciate most things and am not picky, there are a few things I would prefer not to receive,

• Please don't send me mommy, baby, family stuff as this is a sensitive topic for me.
• I am freaked out by those hairless cats.
• Anything with snakes on ( massive phobia),
• clove scented things,
• anything edible,
• brown things ( unless it is chocolate orientated),
• Anything religious ( I find unless it is required, faith is more of a personal thing.),
• samples of products, I have very sensitive skin.,
• anything Christmas themed or Easter (I don't celebrate it but if you are up for a challenge then I do celebrate Eid)

BIG NOEL FIELDING FAN... Love The Mighty Boosh and Luxury comedy and The IT crowd and Never mind the Buzz-cocks and The big fat quiz.

• BARBARELLA
• Scott Pilgrim
• It crowd
• The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
• Phantom of the Opera
• Spirited away or anything studio Ghibli
• The twilight saga,
• Musicals (Mama mia, West side story, Grease, mostly love stories)
• Memoirs of a geisha,
• All Tim Burton movies.
• Anything with Simon Pegg and/or Nick Frost
• Anything and everything Shakespeare.(My favorite is "The Tempest")
• Disney Movies, you are never too old right?
• Anything, and I mean anything with *Edward Norton
• Paranoia agent

I love movies so much that there is not enough space for all of them, so just assume I love all movies except war films,westerns and dramas. Oh, and I have absolutely no problem watching movies over and over, some of my favorites I can recite the whole movie.

I read too many. I like all genres and often switch between them when I get bored of one style.

But however... I can read Terry Pratchett any day, over and over.

I love to crochet, specially amigurumi and specially, specially play food.

• rubber stamps are always welcome, anything oriental or whimsical because the stamps are so expensive over here.
• anything to decorate my dolls house, I have no scale preference so all miniature stuff is appreciated.
• A big wish
• Trader Joe's raspberry infusion tea (or any sweet, fruity teas)
• address labels
• anything crochet related
• stickers
• miniature perfume bottles(empty or not)
• anything in miniature form (for my printers tray)
• ATC's
• filled matchbox's
• amigurumi
• Lip balm (not gloss)
• decorative ribbon
• pretty note cards
• recipe cards, preferably blank.
• Anything from the greeting farm
• postcards (not touristy type)

ATC wishlist

I would love atc's on the following themes,

(I love anything doll related or girly/feminine.)

• Nemo
• Monster High
• The Mighty Boosh
• Vince Noir, Noel Fielding
• Bratz, Blythe
• West Side Story
• Phantom of the opera
• Fall Out boy
• Tim Burton
• Deery Lou
• Your country
• Tea party
• Twilight
• Oriental/geisha
• Neon/ dayglo
• Johaa Akbar (if you are up for a challenge.)
• pin up girls.

News alert My DH has bought the cricut personal as a gift and I am in love with it. I have the 'wild card', 'George and basic shapes','Art Nouveau', 'create a critter' and 'Just because cards' cartridges. I am always open to one on one trades for die-cuts, fonts and shapes if you need some.

• cross stitch (just started but am hooked)
• amigurumi
• scrap booking
• altered matchboxes and matchbox shrines
• felt stuffies (I am still a beginner but I do enjoy making them)
• altered journals
• ATC's
• beading ( I studied the art of beading and am certified by Intec college)
• working on my cardboard doll house.
• smash journals.

My personal test for myself is when I complete a project and am very heart sore when it comes to parting with it. When I get very attached to an item then I know I have done my best and am ready to pass it on to my partner. I just hope they love it as much as I do.

I personally draw and embellish all my own ATC's. Although I am not an art student , I do try to put a lot of effort into my Atc's and would never trade one that I am not personally satisfied with. I like experimenting with mediums and though all are drawn with pens and markers, I do like to use foil art, stencils and other things. I appreciate whatever I get and will never be disappointed with an atc because I see a little bit of each persons personality in them. I like to use bold colours and my style is kinda pop-art-ish. If we are partnered in a swap and do not like certain things then please let me know. I do not appreciate harsh criticism because I do not think some ones passion should be criticized and their personal style should not be stifled but encouraged. Art is in the eye of the beholder. I do like bright colours but would like to collect all types of styles so if you are into vintage or goth or even maybe digital art, please know that I will cherish it and do not doubt your art for a moment. I hope people will feel that way about mine and appreciate my atc.

Thank you so much for granting my wishes, it is greatly appreciated and all these items are adoringly treasured.

• Mug rug @Katara thank you so much, I love my Frankie mug rug.)
• I would love a sewn tea wallet (wish granted by @morwesong thank so much, I love it)
• I would marry the person who got me these (already proposed to @cherrybombgirl , thank you so much your ring is in the mail)
• light up crochet hook, preferably size 3 or 2.5 mm (wish granted by the fab @mrsdutton