helenytroy

I just moved to France!!!!!, henceforth I live and swap from Toulouse, but I hope to travel to Spain often, so I guess I could include French and Spanish items alike in my swaps

I HAVE MANY EMPTY TEA BAGS AND BOOK MARKERS THAT I WANT TO SWAP. I´D LIKE TO RECEIVE JEWELERY MAKING SUPPLIES. PLEASE, CONTACT ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED

I am a 36-year-old girl from Guadalajara, a little town in Spain but, as it is very near Madrid and I work there, I spend almost the whole day in Madrid (the capital city of Spain).

Travelling is one of my passions, I love to visit new cities and countries and to learn about other cultures. I lived in Belgium for a year (as a student) and I worked in Tunisia several months with an NGO. I´ve also visited Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Venezuela, Cuba and many European countries.

I usually use snail post and, sometimes I reuse some envelopes, please feel free to do the same.

I always send my swapts, so, if you do not receive it, please let me know before rating me.

I love rock music!!

But I also love latin rythm, swing, jazz or rumba.

I love reading. One of my favourites writters is Isabel Allende. I usually read historical novels, classical litterature, black/mistery novels, humourous novels or even terror stories (from Stephen King to Edgard A. Poe). I do not appeciate science-fi or fantastic novels

I love comics, specially Calvin and Hobbes, Le petit Spirou and anything by Quino or Maitena.

I like short stories a lot.

I usualy read Spanish or Latin American writers, but I also love to read French litterature (in French) and I am trying to read more in English (sorry for my poor English, by the way)

I absolutely dislike Bret Easton Ellis, but I would like to find someone who can convince me to give another opportunity to the X-generation.

I do not like poetry

I love classic films.

I have the poster of "Gilda" (with Rita Hayworth) in my bedroom...It is my favourite film ever, even if I know that it is not the best one I have watched.

I also love "Gone with the wind", "Casablanca", "Sunset Bulevard" (well, I love everything by Billy Wilder)...

I also like the films that make you think, but somedays I need just some thing funny and easy: love films, thrillers...

I hate terror films....they scare me!!!

I love handmade things.

well...I must admit I do not like "fofuchas" (sorry, I do not know the name in English, but you can check it in google).

I do NOT do scrapbooking!!!. PLEASE, DO NOT SEND ME SCRAPBOOKING SUPLIES

Patchwork and crochet usually impress me...I just got basic notions of sewing and crocheting.

I love modern and classical or vintage style alike

I am a passionate of crafting, I do jewelery, I sew softies, bags and, eventually, some garments and I do some small decorative objects. You can visit my blog in order to see what I do in detail.

I would enjoy almost every supply: charms, chains, fabric, buttons, whashi tape, pearls, threads, wool, stamps...

I love maps, specially if they seem old.

If you want to, you can check my blog (sorry, it is just in Spanish)

http://helenytroy.blogspot.com.es/

Or my pinterest:

http://www.pinterest.com/helenytroy/boards/

I love cooking, even if I am not the best at it.

Lately I´m trying to improve my cooking skills. Every baking supply and recipe is welcome, but in Spain it is specially difficult to find supplies to do cake pops, colorants, etc.

I love chocolate, specially dark chocolate and flavoured (mint, orange, berries...). I appreciate every kind of sweets, but chocolate is my favourite.

I also love salty snacks and every kind of nuts.

I like to try exotic food (by exotic I mean everything different to spanish food), so, feel free to send me any recipe, I hope not to have problems to find the ingredients. Spices and herbs are a wonderful world that I am slowy starting to discover.

In Spain coffe is the typical hot drink (and a veeeeery thick chocolate) but I always drink tea. I generally prefer black scented tea (earl grey and so on), but I also love green and white tea.

-Hello kitty

-Imitations of luxe brands

-broochs (I have so many)

-plain note books

-make up

• SCRAPBOOKING SUPPLIES

-colourful mexican skulls

-Octopus, hummingbirds, armadillos, butterflies, dragons, owls

-Autumn

-washi tape

• A bleach pen (there are not avalible in Spain)

-jewelery-making supplies; NOT PLASTIC, please

-face masks

-kitchen supplies

-Target (we do not have it in Spain)

-fabric (I prefer one big remnant than several very little ones)

-Japanese fabric and drawings

-Arab culture, designs and jewelery

-Classic cinema: Mae West, Mariyn, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall...

-Pin-ups

-Snow flakes

-Christmas

-Socks (long and short alike) and leg wear in general

-spices (but please, not hot for me!!!)

-Matrioskas

-Polka dots

-Mints, specially in cute tins

-you can visit my blog to see what I do and figure out what can be useful for my crafts