pianoheart

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I am interested in corresponding with people from different countries. If you would like a penpal in Hawai'i, please send me a message. I include things from your profile with my letters if you would like to swap with friendship.

I play piano, guitar and ukulele. When I'm not playing music, I'm usually listening to music.

Other hobbies/interests: snorkel diving, boogie boarding, hiking, tropical plants and fruit trees, travel

Favorite music: instrumental folk music from different countries. I don't like rap or loud music that is vocally abusive.

Favorite crafts - restoring old musical instruments, building new musical instruments, carving kokeshi dolls, painting old wooden croquet and bocce balls, crocheting and sewing small Japanese projects. To feed these obsessions, I am always in need of: old wooden croquet/bocce balls, unusual natural fiber fabrics for small sewing projects and my never-ending quilt project - I use lots of cotton and silk Japanese kimono cloth, cotton and wool crochet yarn in solid colors, Asian bamboo brushes, books and patterns for amigurumi and other small projects, hardwood dowels of any length but at least an inch in diameter.

Other Favorites:

• color...gray
• scent..ginger, tangerine, fresh cut gobo
• lip balm...Kiss My Face Ginger Mango

• kawaii...Morning Glory's Angel Binnie

  Things I would like to receive:

• manga and anime for mature 18+ readers/viewers

• soap with a natural ingredient like oatmeal, seaweed, herbs, essential oil, etc.
• silk and cotton kimono cloth from Japan
• Asian bamboo paint brushes
• kokeshi dolls
• omamori from temples in Japan, Hawai'i and other places
• instrumental folk music CDs from different countries
• any small musical instruments you no longer play
• damaged instruments in need of repair for my next restoration project
• animation and foreign films with English subtitles on DVD, region 1
• milagros
• retired automobile license plates
• Old wood croquet and bocce balls
• Gift cards for shopping online or offline, especially walmart and amazon.com
• Handmade crafts: I love cloth hair scrunchies, clothes and wearable art, soap, thick oven mitts, unusual cloth rabbits
• a penpal in Sicily
• rolls of clear plastic tape, at least 2 inches wide
• established friendship books from foreign countries
• rubber stamps, stickers and other things of the original A.A. Milne/E.H. Shepard Winnie-the-Pooh and friends
• commercially made perfume and natural skin care samples
• fat black markers and yellow highlighters
• SanDisk CompactFlash cards for my camera...It looks like this
• HP black ink cartridges (74 or 74XL) for my printer

• plastic hashi...these are like "chopsticks," but they are the Japanese kind, which are shorter and tapered

  Things I would like to send:

• items from your profile in exchange for items from mine

• music - I share CDs from my collection...let me know the music you like or, if you like to experiment, I can send a variety of music
• canceled world-wide postage stamps...let me know what countries and themes you like or I can send a random selection
• postcards
• POG milkbottle caps
• pressed tropical flowers from my garden
• tropical plants and seeds...USA only

• Hawai'ian shells that I collect at the beach

  I live in a non-smoking, pet-free home.

  Things I don't need:

• earrings (I don't have anything pierced)

• candy, gum, tea, coffee, drinks, snacks or food of any kind (they melt, get weird in the tropical heat or the gecko living in my mailbox gets to it first)...please don't send food or drink...If a swap requires tea bags, please send black tea in sealed bags - I don't drink it, but I use it for my henna tattoos :D
• candles or wax (they melt in my mailbox)
• used body products, handmade lipbalms and any products containing parabens
• nail polish and makeup...I don't wear them
• VHS tapes (I don't have a VCR player)
• postcards and used postage stamps...I have enough for now
• I don't make or collect scrapbooks, ATC, inchies, matchboxes, bottlecap anything, refrigerator magnets, keychains, tourist souvenirs, cards or postcards, so I can't use these or supplies to make them.
• dollar store items and common things that can be bought in a chain store ...I'd rather swap for a gift card and save you some postage.
• I don't use glitter, confetti, party decorations, any paper other than handmade or unusual origami, rubber stamped images, any cloth other than cotton, linen, silk...I don't use synthetic material, ribbon, plastic beads, things cut from a magazine or book, brads

Allergies: petroleum, mineral oil, msg (monosodium glutamate), aspartame and other artificial sweeteners

Broken Promises...Forum tags and swaps that I never received...Angels welcome

• 5/18/08 GiddyUpSoldier: 3 lettersets of stationary and a DVD or CD
• 8/12/08 omeletdufromage: $10 Old Navy gift card for Higher Stakes Swap Tag
• 4/2/09 Sharila: a small profile surprise and some gold pouches for "Pick Two!"
• 4/17/09 Sharila: animation DVD for "Media Junkies PIF"
• 6/29/09 DragonflyDore: stones/gemstones for "Cheap Postage Tag You're It"
• 8/17/09 cloudsdreamdisorder : beginner's knitting kit (needles, yarn and dvd) for "Global Swap Tag-Rated Swappers Only!"
• 10/7/09 Mommyof2: x-stitch kit for "Pick Two"
• 11/11/09 Minou89: a small profile surprise for "Pick Two!"
• 3/4/10 Rainbowdino: barrel of monkeys for "Tag through the Alphabet"
• 4/23/10 K8ty: a book for "This or That tag"
• 7/5/10 aprettykitty84: music cd and stickers for Pick Two
• 11/15/10 luvmylife: two 6 oz. bars of oatmeal soap for Postcards/Soap Swap
• 4/20/11 natalielittlemusicnotes: origami paper for "I collect" tag...***
• 11/23/11 LyndensMommy: Quick 5 Something #22...she didn't send and lied when I contacted her...she is now suspended
• 11/25/11 VanillaBabe: 5 Samples + Christmas Card...she didn't send and lied when I contacted her...she is now suspended.. @daarhon (swap coordinator) said she would angel in January
• 12/3/11 Pinkfootballs: Secret Santa (US Only)...she didn't send and is now suspended

Tags I'm Waiting to Receive:

• 12/26/11 @OrigamiGrace : 2 origami crane notecards and envelopes for Swap Tag US - rated
• 1/13/12 @shelbysbarn : small profile surprise for Swap Tag US - rated
• 1/30/12 @PukeFacedFreak : colored paper and crocheted coaster for "Pick Two!"