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Hi! My name is Sara and I am an italian girl who lived in France for 5 years. Now it's time to go back to Italy.

I am graduated in History - which is of course one of my biggest interests within literature (I love reading).

When I was younger I always enjoyed writing and recieving colourful letters and I have been lately introduced to the great world of swapping...which has pushed me to improve my crafty skills. I mostly work with paper.

About common swapping stuff, I like swapping stickers, tea (I drink hot tea even in august ;), candies and chocolate, stationary, letter pad kits or sheets and everyting related to Sweden, Christmas and snow/wintry time. I recently discovered to enjoy decorating matchboxes and I am not that bad I have to say!

I love swapping and I always give my best to put nice packages together, which means that of course I ALWAYS send. If I am a couple of days late in sending, I always PM my partner. PLEASE contact me if you don't recieve a package from me, I am always ready to prepare a new one and re-send it.

KAWAII stuff (my favorite carachters are Cinnamoroll, Mamegoma and My Melody). Where I live it's extremely hard to find kawaii stuff else than Hello Kitty, it was shocking to discover the huge quantity of kawaii carachters and stuff existing! I didn't imagine that! I don't like goth-dark kawaii stuff though, such as skulls or so.

CUTE STICKERS. I make a large use of stickers to decorate everything and for my paper creations (bookmarks, cards, letters, etc.). No stickers with animals if possible (I am not hard to please but I wouldn't use them that often).

TEA. I drink so much tea! I love discovering new tastes (expecially fruity ones), even if I get quickly addicted to a sort I really love. I expecially like fruity flavors. My favorite are strawberry, blackberry, peach, cherry, pineapple, lemon, pear, apple. I also like them with other flavors such as vanilla, caramel, cinnamon, etc. I am less keen on orange, tangerine, or hot spices flavored teas, but I like trying new stuff anyways. I do not like mint-flavored teas at all.

CANDIES, CHOCOLATE, JUNK FOOD from other places. Luckily I am a quite reasonable person! :) Here again, nothing mint-flavored (unless it's mint candies). And here I have to say that I try to boycot multinationals like Nestle and Coke. I am quite into fair-trade and ecology (and here you must be aware that I REUSE PACKAGING)

I love reading and I dream of becoming a writer since I was a little child and I used to read Roald Dahl's books dozens of times. Growing up, I just kept on reading and reading hundreds of books. I enjoy european literature in general, and some great american authors such as Raymond Carver. Some of my favourite authors ever are Stig Dagerman, Heinrich Böll, Alberto Moravia, Marguerite Yourcenair. Being a history-lover, I also read historical books and magazines. I am a fan of Harry Potter as well! :o)

To name bands and singers everyone has heard about, I am a huge fan of Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Muse, Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam and Sigur Ròs. To name a swedish band I just LOVE but that is less known, well, it's Kent.

Some of my favourite movies ever: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Titus, Festen, Birdy, Amadeus, The big Lebowski, The Blues Brothers, Four Rooms, The Royal Tenenbaums...

I always post when I recieve a tag in the sticky recieved threads in al the groups and I always PM or drop a profile comment to thank the sender. I'd be glad if you'd do the same if you expect something from me, just to reassure me about getting your package safely.