yossarian

My name is Tiv, that's me up there!

I'm 18 and living with my family in beautiful New Zealand. I am taking this summer off to spend as much time with my friends as possible, and hopefully travelling around the country to see some amazing people and places. Next year I will be starting my first year of Fashion School and I am really excited about that!

Please note, I am a smoker and sometimes smoke in my bedroom (craft room!) so if you have any problems with that please let me know and I will make sure to store all your stuff in another room. =)

I would prefer to send and recieve handmade items, as I like and appreciate it so much more. I know that it wont always be possible, but please bear it in mind! Thanks. =)

Right, so I absolutly love colour. My all time favourite combonation would be mustard yellow, brown and a creamy white. I also adore all shades of grey and purple. Bright neons are fabulous, but there is also a time for pastels. Really bright bold (non neon) colours are awesome too. I REALLY love all colours.

As for patterns, I love polka dots, floral and paisley, aswell as all kinds of animal prints. Though like colours I like all kinds of patterns, even really bold clashing ones.

Books: I LOVE reading. My all time favourite book would have to be Catch 22. I also love the Harry Potter series. Other books I really enjoy are Party Monster, Lord of the Flies, 1984, Animal Farm, Brave New World, Trainspotting, and everything I've read by Stephen King. I also like reading Goosebumps and Baby Sitters Club, because they remind me of my childhood and are so damn cheesy.

Music: I listen to a huge range of music, I like a lot of local indie bands. I also really enjoy punk, psychobilly and folk music. And hald claps are ALWAYS good.

Films: I watch heeeaps of movies. I love musicals my favourite being Rocky Horror Picture Show. I just recently watched Shock Treatment and I fell in love with that too. Little Shop of Horrors, The Wizard of Oz. Disney/ Disney-Pixar movies. The Little Mermaid, Alice in Wonderland, Hercules, Ratatouille, Wall.e, Enchanted, Alladin, Monsters Inc. ANYTHING Tim Burton.

Jelly belly jelly beans. I've got a serious adiction to them, however now I can't buy them anywhere! Put some in with your swap and get a heart!

Stuffed Toys. I absolutly adore handmade stuffed toys, especially really cute, crazy ones.

Notecards and blank postcards to mail to my friends. Bought, handdrawn or collaged. No pretty things, I like WEIRD pictures please!

Your favourite vegetarian recipes.

Jewellery, big tacky necklaces, bracelets or rings. No earrings as I have really sensitive ears unfortunatly.

Journals. I am always in need of more journals as I do a lot of writing.

Knick knacks, just little things you have picked up somewhere. I love broken toys and all things tacky.

I would love anything based on my favourite things.

Would love some picture frames.

I would KILL for a skirt reconned from an old shirt. KILL.

Interesting badges, buttons, pins, brooches.

Homemade lipbalm. Mmmmm.

I would also like altiod tins or similar to decorate (or predecorated!!) as we don't get anything like that here and I am always in need of cute tins.

There are probably a million other things, I will keep adding!

Cupcakes, jellyfish, bearded ladies, rats, teaparties, buttons, zines, old love letters, kitsch, tattoos, fairies, spiders, religous imagery, bicycles, daffodils, b-grade horror, sunrise,