MadamMim

Due to various personal reasons, I have had to discontinue swaps from the beginning of 2021. Since I miss swapping craft stuff, especially to receive your creations, I decided to rejoin.

Hello there! My name is Mariya and I am from Bulgaria. I am a chemist and because of my work I live in the capital – Sofia city. I spend the weekends in my home town – Yablanitsa. It is located in the area of the Pre-Balkan, north of the Stara Planina mountain. Here I have a cute white cat, called Angel and as it is said “The home is where the cat is”, so this is my home :-)

I look forward to swapping and because I am a newbie here, please feel free to contact me with any notes, questions, or issues, especially if you think I am doing something wrong.

Keep in mind that sometimes it takes 8 weeks or more for the overseas mail to arrive. So, please give the postal system reasonable time to send first, especially during National Holidays, Easter, Xmas, etc., or if you are on the other side of the world from me.

It is also possible the mail to be lost (I have an unpleasant experience with postcards – the record is for the USA, followed by the Netherlands, UK, and Russia; doesn’t matter if I send the mail from Bulgaria or Germany). Please let me know if you have not received anything before you rate. I can't be responsible for items that the post loses, but I WILL RESEND.

• Crafts – scrapbooking and handmade photo albums, handmade greeting cards, embroidery, sewing (beginner). Craft styles I love are steampunk, vintage, shabby chic, but also like any others. My beloved device is the Big Shot and I possess many cutting dies, but of course – not enough ;-) [Note: cutting-dies-addicted will understand me]. Because I am practicing this hobby more than 8 years, I have plenty of craft supplies. The items I do not use in my handmade-paper-projects are foam shapes or kid crafts.

• Postcards exchange – I am a member of postcrossing, but I also love to do private postcard swaps. I like almost any kind of postcards, but NOT self-made and free advertising cards! So, if we are participating in postcard swap, please keep these types for somebody else who will appreciate them! I prefer the postcards to be send without envelope, written and stamped. If the swap is for self-made or recycled materials send as postcards - anything is welcome - it's your choice.

• foam shapes or kid crafts;
• self-made and free advertising cards (in postcard swaps) if they're not require in the swap;
• coloring pages.