suessstoff

Last updated on October, 26th

I am 33 years old, vegan (strict vegetarian) and I have passed my first State Examination for becoming a teacher in February. I will start working at a teeny tiny elementary school with just about 70 pupils in Lower Saxony in November.

Me and my husband live in a small town near Hamburg. We share our tiny house with two wonderful cats who both came from a rescue.

I love reading my partners profiles and try to find the perfect items for them. Putting a package together and believing that they will enjoy what they receive from me is just as much fun as getting a swap package in the mail for myself.

I am pretty sure it's easy to meet my taste. I'm sure you'll pick out something perfect for me and I can't wait to find out what it will be! Just receiving something from you and knowing that you took the time to read my profile and to choose something especially for me will make my day!

One-On-One
I'd love to do a one-on-one trade! If there is anything you'd like from Germany that you can't get in your country or if there is anything on my blog/flickr that you'd like I'd be happy to trade with you!

♥ quality over quantity
♥ fabric, ribbon and trim (see favorite crafts section for more infos!)
♥ baker's twine (it's hard to find around here - especially any other colors than red and white!)
♥ polka dots, stripes, strawberries, cherries, apples, snowflakes
♥ cupcakes - things with a cupcake theme as well as stuff to make them!
♥ mushrooms
♥ things with matryoshkas on them
♥ all kinds of animals (but especially hedgehogs, squirrels, deer, moose, owls or birds in general)
♥ robots
♥ blind box toys! (ALL OF THEM but esp. Peskimo's BambooZoo from kidrobot)
♥ vintage (Generation 1 / 1982-1993) My little Pony figures (no babies though!)
♥ unique cookie cutters
♥ organic stuff
♥ nice stickers
♥ labels (blank or address ones)
♥ tags (esp. kraft tags or vintage looking ones)
♥ rubber stamps (I have some acrylic blocks so the kind you mount on that are fine too!)
♥ scrapbooking supplies (especially brads, eyelets, curling tags, gromlets or paper punches)
♥ cute patterned paper/cardboard (small pieces are fine - I like to make tags out of it)
♥ cute tins (they can be vintage!)
♥ zakka style
♥ just about anything from Martha Stewart Crafts or Paper Source
♥ deco tape (I'm sort of addicted to it!)
♥ gift wrapping supplies (ribbon, tissue paper, mini boxes,...)
♥ Shinzi Katoh
♥ anything bento box related
♥ handmade stuff
♥ something typical from your country (not so much the touristic stuff but more something you would miss if you weren't at home - does that make sense?)
♥ Gocco supplies (screens, bulbs, ink)
♥ ANY kind of vegan treats (for example Swedish Fish, fruit leather or Lays Baked Chips,... and I especially would love to receive some Cubyrop fruit candy!)
♥ Etsy!
♥ speedy carve blocks or anything similar! (I can't seem to find that around here but was lucky enough to receive three blocks from allthingsbelle, ShandaPanda and luluvision!)
♥ ...

Anything that's not vegan, figurines, neon colored stuff,...
I'm not much of a fairy/princess/mermaid fan and I'm not into Disney, Barbie or Diddl stuff at all.

Sewing:
My most favorite activity is probably sewing. It's hard to describe what kind of fabrics I like since that would be so many. Really almost anything will go. I love Amy Butler, Heather Bailey and Lotta Jansdotter or anything that will go in that direction. I'm a big fan of most Moda or Lecien fabrics and love zakka style. I also like very traditionally designed fabrics or plain ol' linen in pretty colors. Anything like that will be fine!

I'm not so fond of fabrics with comic/cartoon characters or realistc drawings/photos on it and too cutsey/dreamy is not my kind of thing either. But of course there are exceptions to that - so you just go ahead and pick something. I'm sure I'll like it and will find good use for it!

I love buttons, ribbon, trim or linen tape. I think you can make the simplest items very special by adding a cute button or a pretty piece of trim.

I also like to stamp on fabric or make stencils and therefore I love ink pads or freezer paper for doing so (which are both kind of hard to get around here). I'm always open to trying something new and can get very exited just about any new sewing supplies!

Knitting:
My knitting is very much related to the colder season of the year. I only go for fairly small projects (like hats, mittens, socks, scarves or doll clothes) so usually I won't need more than one or two skeins of the same yarn. Cotton, bamboo and linen are my most favorite materials, but I would love to try other vegan materials (like soy or corn) as well!

Swap-bot is responsible for my kawaii addiction! I fell in love with the food w/ faces kind the minute I saw it and it evolved from there.
I think I'd prefer useful things over decorative items that just sit on my shelf (with the exception of blind box toys!!!) and I'd rather not receive Hello Kitty items as this is the only kawaii character I could easily buy for myself here in Germany.

Kawaii likes:

• deco tape (I loooove it!)
• (cellphone) charms / zipper pulls
• key caps / key covers
• sticker sacks
• sticker sheets
• pens
• blind box toys
• sticky notes
• little paper or plastic bags (like ziplock etc)
• letter sets
• bento boxes + accessories
• pencil cases
• memo pads
• notebooks
• ? - I'm sure I forgot something awesome!

Favorite Characters:

These are just some of the characters I like, but I don't know that many yet so there are probably a whole lot more I would love.

• any kind of food or object with a face (real ones too!)
• any kind of treats and sweets (esp. the cakes and ice creams from Mind Wave)
• Tiny Cafe
• Chocolate Bear
• Suki to issyo (esp. penguin and panda)
• Ponet Room
• Mug Chocolate
• Kinokoron
• Nagomimakuri
• Hannari Tofu
• Onsen Manjukun ( the steamed little bun which looks like a close relative of Hannari Tofu!)
• Palette's sweet street
• Mena Family
• Deery Lou
• Tenorikuma
• Kutusita
• Gloomy Bear
• probably just about anything from Mind Wave, Cram Cream, Q-Lia, crux, Kamio or san-x

Kawaii dislikes:

I'm not too fond of (manga style) people (except for Mena Family! I love her!), Shinkansen, Banana Man, Cinnamoroll, Ruu & Suu, Kuromi, Monokuro Boo, Pom Pom Purin, Wanroom and realistic animals (like e.g. Waku Waku).
Loose memo sheets or single letter sets tend to get lost here. I'm simply not that organized... as I'm not a collector.

I love to bake and to cook! Unusual or cute kitchen supplies will always make me happy. Whenever we are on a vacation I'll buy some salt/baking powder/baking soda... because I love to have those foreign packings in my kitchen that remind me of far away (or not so far away) places. It's like a little vacation in a box/tin! I can imagine that this mind sound a little strange to some of you but I swear I can get really excited about these things, so please don't hesitate to choose something like that for me!