Vallmo

Hi! I am in my early 30s and live at the coast in Sweden.

I am currently working on becoming a therapist and specialize particularly on victims of narcissistic abuse. I am passionate about life-long learning and especially interested in peaceful-parenting, psychology and philosophy.

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washi tape, alpacas, stickers, korean stationary, art nouveau, fountain pens and ink, graphic novels, cacti and succulents, notebooks and journals, stencils, watercolor, handcarved stamps, calligraphy, journaling cards, autumn, rain, children's books illustrations, geckos, pines, polaroids, anna sui perfume, "Die Drei Fragezeichen", spoon rings (sizes 7.5 to 9 is great!), Moomins, Edward Gorey

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Artists/Illustrators I enjoy very much are for example: John Bauer, Norman Rockwell, Waterhouse (and pre-raphaelites in general), Mucha, Theodor Lesieg, Sarah Kay/ Vivien Kubbos, Tove Jansson, Shaun Tan,Jon Klassen, Edward Gorey, Carl Larsson, Arthur Rackham,

♥♥♥ If you really want to make my day and you have the chance to get your hands on some journaling/project life cards/ smash book cards I'd be super interested in those! They are so difficult to get here!

♥♥♥ hand carved stamps would be absolutely lovely! (Also if you have hand carved stamps I'd love to see them, maybe you can stamp them on the envelope?)

♥♥♥ I love watercolors! If you have some left over half or full pans I'd be happy to receive them! The more unusual the color the better! Neons are particularly welcome!

♥♥ I'd love to receive little items for project life embellishment! Absolutely anything is greatly welcomed since those items are so hard to come by where I live!

♥♥ I just discovered my love for ATC's, if you want to help me build a collection I'd love to receive an ATC from you!

♥♥ I love the movie "Inside Out", so anything related to his one will make my day!

♥♥ Anything Dr Seuss is always particularly welcome!

♥ Washi tape samples always make me happy as well!

♥ I like stickers very much and there are a few things I haven't really gotten my hands on, currently I am looking for Sarah Kay/ Vivien Kubbos Stickers and Garbage Pail Kids. I know these might be hard to get!

Sticker flakes are a big favorite of mine as well!

In general it is quite easy to make me happy! I adore finding decorated envelopes in my mailbox and I absolutely appreciate the effort if you take the time to make your envelope unique!

If you are unsure about something feel free to drop me a line!

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I am very curious about why you choose a certain item you are sending to me, if you would like to add a note to let me know what your thoughts were I'd greatly appreciate it!

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religious and political items, anything overly girly (lots of pink), Disney, bananas, spongebob, Christmas items, Van Gogh, 80s, hipster-mustache-print

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Painting, Drawing, Printing, Art Journaling, digital Illustration, Project Life;

I love journaling both with ink and notebook as well as with paint and colors in a sketchbook. I keep a dream journal since 15 years and journal on and off since I can write.

I enjoy playing with acrylics, gelli plate but also markers, ink, pencil and watercolors.

I just recently started getting interested in Project Life.

I was lucky to receive a very lovely RAK with ATC's from @jjhere (Thank you!). This will be my start for collecting and making ATC's. Let me know if you'd like to swap some!

♥ If you carve your own stamps or if you have really interesting ones I'd love to see them! Maybe you could stamp them on the envelope or on a piece of paper?

♥ Planner:

I just started using a very lovely fauxdori planner. If you'd like to send me something for that I'd appreciate it! My planner is in a very unusual size which is 21cm wide (8.3 inches) x 17.5 cm high (7 inches).

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I enjoy reading a lot and usually finish a book or two per week (print or audiobook). I guess that about half of what I read is fiction, half non-fiction. Some of my all time fiction favorites are:

• The God of Atheists (Stefan Molyneux) • Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) • Adler und Engel (Juli Zeh) • Momo (Michael Ende) • 1984 (George Orwell) • Pippi Långstrump (Astrid Lindgren) • White Oleander (Janet Fitch)

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non-fiction favorites include:

• Universally Preferable Behaviour (Stefan Molyneux) • The Drama of The Gifted Child (Alice Miller) • The Virtue of Selfishness (Ayn Rand) • Der Fremde in uns (Arno Gruen) • Through the Language Glass (Guy Deutscher)

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Some of the graphic novels I enjoyed are:

• The Arrival (Shaun Tan) • Cinema Panopticum (Thomas Ott) • Der Geschmack Von Chlor (Bastien Vivès)

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I also collect children's books, both old and new! Some of my favorites are:

• Ernest et Célestine (Gabrielle Vincent) • Horton hears a who (Dr. Seuss) • Frederick (Leo Lionni) • Mein Esel Benjamin (Hans Limmer) • Stuck (Oliver Jeffers)

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I like poetry, some writers I particularly enjoy are: Roger McGough, Richard Brautigan, Robert Frost and William Blake

I am not into blockbusters but I am still a big movie fan. Here are some of my favorites:

Das Weiße Band; Black Mirror, Mary and Max, Der Wald vor lauter Bäumen, Kreuzweg, Persepolis, Lost in Translation, Kid-Thing, Breaking the Waves, Ordinary People, Peep Show, Holy Motors, The Taste of Tea, Totoro, Inside Out

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I have a large collection of "Bokmärken" (Swedish) or "Lackbildchen" (German). Those are called "Victorian Scraps" in English, although mine are not actually originally "Victorian". I don't collect horses but have quite a lot of them currently. Since I am not into horses I would love to swap those. So if you are interested in getting those from me I'd be happy to send them to you! Above you can read what I am interested in receiving instead!

I also have quite a lot of those with the character "Diddl"- if you are interested send me a pm!

In general if you'd like to receive anything of the following let me know:

• Victorian Scraps
• Vintage Swedish Maps (1960s)
• Book pages in Swedish, Danish, Finish, German or Icelandic
• Vintage book pages in Swedish
• Children's book Illustrations
• Swedish Candy (particularly if you like licorice I can make your day! Swedish and generally European chocolates are easy to come by though as well)
• handmade (Gelli printed) envelopes
• Tea

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I will always send my swaps in time. If something unexpected should happen I will get in contact with you immediately.

If you did not receive anything from me please send me a pm and I will re-send!

I'll mark my mail as "sent" once I have it in the mailbox. Kindly note that my mail might have the postmark from the weekday after (if I posted it later than 5 pm) or from the next work day (if I posted it on the weekend)!

Please keep in mind that I live in Sweden, so if you are in the US or outside of Europe it could take quite a while for my mail to get to you!

I'll rate within a day or two after receiving your swap, please be so kind and rate mine too! If you are unhappy for some reason let me know, I am sure we can find a way to fix it!

♥ Let me know if you'd like to do a private swap, likely I'd love to do it!

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