orit

Profile last updated on 30th November 2011.

Hello. A little bit about myself:
I am a librarian.
I try to live an organic life.
I cook and love spending time in the kitchen.
I love receiving postcards from far away places and dreaming that one day I will visit those places (and sometimes I actually do!).
I can stare at maps for hours.
My favest book growing up was The Hobbit. And The 35th of May.
When I travel somewhere far, I take a pebble or a small rock from that place and take it back home with me.
I also send myself postcards from abroad. Yes, I do.
I adore photography (I'm really into bw lately). I watch TONS of movies (I am a total movie-holic). I love listening to music, listening to thunderstorms and rain outside while reading a book inside. Beans on toast. Clouds. Watching the sea (I've always lived by the sea). I love the combination of sweet and salty. Milk chocolate. Traveling. Typography. Old b/w movies. Bird-watching.
I don't like macarons. I know, that's just weird, but they feel weird on my teeth.
I adore custard. And mustard. Not together though.
I love nature, but enjoy living in the city.

Photography, some paper crafts (not scrapbooking), sawing/stitching/embroidery (by hand, I don't have a machine), cooking and baking (which I consider to be a craft too).
I wish I knew how to make collages. And knit. And make amigurumi.
And I love trying new things.

30 Rock, Alphas, Big Bang Theory, Boardwalk Empire, Being Human, Bored to Death, Buffy, Castle, Community, Dexter, Fringe, IT Crowd, Mad Men, Modern Family, MASH, Oz, Parks and Recreation, True Blood, The Office, Wilfred, Wallace and Gromit, ...

Casablanca. Apocalypse Now. Breakfast at Tiffany's. Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Inglourious Basterds. Band of Brothers and The Pacific (mini series). Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. Lord of the Rings. Monty Python movies. Stranger than Fiction. Tropic Thunder. Hitchcock's movies. Soderbergh's movies. Superhero movies (but I don't like Superman). Old black and white movies. Even silent movies.
And so so many more... I love DVDs :)

Jazz, classical, blues, ragtime, bluegrass, Chet Baker, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, The Cure, The Decemberists, Nick Cave, Beethoven, Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, PJ Harvey, dEUS, Band of Horses, Keren Ann, Muse. The National, The XX, Broken Bells, Editors, David Gray, Stateless, Yeah Yeah Yeahs,... I'm eclectic.

Things I love:

• Colours: Anything but neon. Will usually go for darker or natural tones. Loving colour combinations.
• coins from your country (the older - the better)
• magazines: fashion, home decor, craft, cooking, photography, etc. (preferably in English). These are a guilty pleasure of mine because they cost so much here.
• kitchen items or kitchen themed items
• lavender sachets for the closet
• Containers (looking for jars lately, but also bento, food containers, tins, boxes...)
• Wearables: T-Shirts (medium usually or large if it's skinny), socks (38 European).
• Birds: especially crows, ravens, red robins
• Things made out of natural wood. And also themes of forest or trees.
• Animals: bunny rabbits, penguins (I don't like when animals are dressed as humans. Unless it's the white rabbit from Alice in Wonderland). And all else :)
• Design: Shinzi Katoh, Amy Butler, Decole Otogicco, Scandinavian, Japanese (traditional and modern - but not kawaii), atomic kitchen, 1920-40's, boho, and similar to these.
• Things related to typography. And things with the letter O on them.
• a fridge magnet from your local area
• St Patrick's Day :)
• note cards (except for thank-you note cards)
• Omamori (Japanese good luck charms)
• recycled things and eco friendly things (even home cleaning items!)
• hand-made items (that are of use or that I can hang on my wall)
• regarding jewelry I wear all except for earings
• photography books
• library related items
• food related (see section below)
• you can visit my Etsy/Amazon Favorites to get an idea of what I like (links at the top of this page).

Craft supplies I like:

• Tape!! Lots and lots of tape :) Duct tape, decotape (especially the wide ones), washi tape, double-sided...
• wooden spools
• felted wool
• used postage stamps
• interesting patterned paper, even small pieces
• corner punches (they rule!)
• cupcake/muffin paper liners
• big cookie cutters
• ribbons
• beads - not tiny ones though
• interesting buttons (pretty rather than cute)
• interesting pushpins (not the regular ones)
• ink pads in any colour. Also distress ink
• wooden embroidery hoops
• linen for stitching, in any colour
• fabrics to use in hoops
• embroidery thread and yarn. Any colour
• Pilot G-Tec pens
• glitter glue - the ones that come in small bottles
• interesting brads (I love glazed ones)

My Wish-List:

• Body Shop's new "100% Natural Lip Roll-On" (Orange or Berry) are seriously yummy. And I'd love to try their other products too :) but mostly lip butters
• I'm really into soaps lately :) Solid, liquid, all soaps (preferably natural, organic or fair-trade)
• (if you're from the UK) a Blue Peter badge! I had one when I was a kid (after I made a drawing of the presenters and sent it to them :) But it got lost when I moved houses.
• shoe bags.
• The new USPS Pixar Stamps :)
• Green & Black's peanut chocolate bar... and any other item by them as well :)
• Things related to space flight and astronauts (real, not fiction). Anything from NASA or related to a certain space flight. I'd love that.
• View-Master disks of anything! I have the viewer from when I was a child but I would love more disks.
• you know those toys/dolls/plushies that when you press them they make noises or say recorded things? I'm looking for the little box inside that makes those sounds. If you have any left over from thrown away toys - send them over to me.
• Lush cosmetics: Fresh Farmacy soap, soaps, solid shampoos...quite anything :)
• Martha Stewart craft items
• wooden picture frames

• I am a foodie. That should say it all. I prefer Fair Trade or organic products but it's not a must. I love trying new food, herbs, seasonings, condiments, sauces, spreads, etc. And I would love to try your local specialities.
• Please no artificials colourings - those will just be thrown away.
• Mustards! :)
• Sweets: I'm not a fan of hard candy or gummy things. But I will try anything else.
• Chocolate: Love :) Especially milk chocolate. White chocolate is okay, and dark and bittersweet I mainly use for baking. I also like chocolate with things in it (except for raisins/liquor/green tea/lavender/mint). I totally love pretzels covered with chocolate, and milk chocolate with peanut butter (that's where the love of sweet and salty comes in).
• Beverages: Please don't send me teas (unless they are organic). I do like coffees and hot chocolate powders though. And I also like those little alcoholic bottles :) (I usually use those in cooking/baking)
• UK specifics: Terry's Chocolate Orange (best orange ever!), McVitie’s biscuits (especially milk chocolate covered Digestives)
• US foods: Reese's, Hershey's Kisses (I'm looking for those striped ones)

• Things I was sent and loved: Green & Black's Organic chocolates (especially the peanut one or the butterscotch one), speculoos (although I like it less when it's inside chocolate), Fazer Chocolate Liqueurs Filled WIth Vodka Cranberry (LOVE those!).

• I keep adding to these little lists so please do send me new things to fall in love with.

• Tastes that I don't like: coconut, cherry, peach, apricot, roibush, coriander, clove, marzipan, liquorice/anise, camomile.

• company merchandising
• dust collectors (ie useless stuff to put on a shelf)
• stickers (I have way too many and I don't really use them)
• neon colours
• keychains
• anything religious
• cellphone charms - my cellphone doesn't have a place to string them in.
• buttons (or anything else) made out of FIMO
• mushrooms
• bookplates (I don't use them)
• letrasets, plastic letter templates
• alphabet stickers (I have plenty of those at the moment)
• fantasy (fairies, mermaids..)
• Disney/Garfield/other cartoons
• Hello Kitty, kawaii
• cute and girly
• skulls / Halloween
• sports related
• scented candles/incense
• ear-rings
• make-up/perfume
• cosmetics (unless it's Lush Cosmetics, Body Shop or an organic brand)
• candles and candle holders
• local souvenirs (other than magnets)
• dotee dolls
• ATCs (I don't collect or make them)
• wisdom/quote books
• regular plain paper clips
• potpourri
• lace
• 'thank you' note-cards.

• I am usually up for private swaps. I only participate in those and in my group swaps. Update: I am currently quite busy in RL and am unable to participate in private swaps :(
• My amazon wishlist is only here to give you examples of my taste. Please don't send me things directly from Amazon though, as every (seriously - every!) Amazon package arriving here gets stuck in customs and requires payment.
• Please note that it can take about 3 weeks for packages to get from here to there (and also from there to here). If you feel that a very long time has passed please contact me before rating a 1 - I will check with the post office to see what the problem is and resend a swap if needed. Please do the same.
• I will always send swaps on time. But if I know there will be a delay - I will notify you as soon as possible to make sure it's alright with you.
• I will always rate as soon as I receive a swap. Please do the same.
• I upload photos of swaps I receive or send to my Flickr page. You're invited to take a look :)
• I re-use packaging

Never rated by @Libbybear for Pick 2 in 2009

Flaked by @missblaze on Newbie Scavenger Hunt - Part 1 in 2009; ANGELED by @PansySuz
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