Maiju

I'm a 28 year old girl, who's been swapping decobooklets and such for years (pics on my Ipernity photos). I love getting mail and sending surprises so I thought Swap-bot was just the place for me :)

I major in Finnish language at Helsinki University and my minors are development studies and gender studies.

I lovelovelove tea, I love to try new flavours and like almost all of them (sending loose tea is okay). Also I'm a sucker for candy and chocolate so you'll probably see me participating in tea and candy swaps a lot :D

I like a lot of things, really, but here's a quick list for you who are interested :)

nature, literature, colors, movies, fat mail, art nouveau, beads, typewriters, travelling, trains, animals, writing (I have a bunch of penpals), hot chocolate, accents, old buildings, leaves, nepalese & indian food, Krtek (The Mole), staying up too late, music, singing, recycling, bags, creativity, flea markets, hugs, activism, puzzles, stationery, collages, novelty yarn, pin-up girls

My wishlist:

• Novelty yarns, ribbons, fibers. Any left-overs you have are okay as I use them for crafts and can use short bits too :)
• Candy and chocolate (and other sweet stuff) that I can't get from Finland (you can always ask me about a particular type of choc or candy and I can tell you if I can get it here or not). Also other snacks, I like salty things almost as much as sweet things ^_^ No peanuts or peanut butter please! I'm not allergic, I just don't like the taste of them. Other nuts are yummy! I like almost every type of candy and sending your fave candy or chocolate would be great :) I'm not too keen on fruits in chocolate but I'll still eat it. Who knows, if I get something yummy enough I could change my mind! :D
  --- I once got a bar of Moose Munch chocolate and it was just about the best thing I've ever tasted. I'd love some more ;)
• Caramel tea, tasty chai teas, yummy fruit infusions. I do like other teas as well (of course!), these are just harder to come by in Finland and I've received some mouthwatering samples from abroad. Your own personal favourite teas are welcome too :) You can send me black, green or white tea, mate, rooibos, fruit and herbal infusions. If there's something else tea-ish I'm ready to try it too! If you send unflavoured black or green teas, please make sure they are good quality teas. And if you can avoid sending Lipton, please do so because I don't like their tea much and it's sold here too. If you could get your hands on Rishi organic Masala chai, I'd love you eternally!
  ---Tea brands that I'd like to get to know better: Teapigs, Bigelow, Stash, Tazo, Rishi. I'll add to the list when I get more samples from interesting brands. Also any local tea is especially welcome.
• Items for (paper)crafts. Different kinds of papers, tags, ephemera, brads, eyelets, pictures, letter stickers, rub on letters, old photos etc. Use your imagination :) The things you send DON'T need to be brand new store bought items. Just send something you don't need anymore or something you've found at a thrift store. I'd love to receive any extras you have lying around and there's nothing I'm not going to be able to use or give to someone who will. You can get a picture of the things I usually use in my paper crafts by checking my Ipernity photos. Then you can choose to send something that I've already been using or something completely new and different. I like to try new stuff but tried and tested is good also :)

No no's:

• Peanuts OR peanut flavoured things. I just don't like the taste of them. So no Butterfingers or Snickers or any of the like, thanks.
• Chocolate with orange flavour.
• Knick knacks. I don't like to gather stuff around me except to use them like stationery, craft supplies etc.
• Licorice flavoured tea. Black licorice candy.
• Baby, sport or religious themed items. I'm not big on any of these, sorry.
• Chewing gum.

what I pledged

I re-use packaging when ever possible! The packages you get from me might look messy but a bubble-wrap envelope can be used over and over again.

I'm a music junkie so I listen to a lot of music from different genres and am always ready to try something new.

Just a little list of some of my favourite artists (includes Finnish bands and artists you've never heard of if you're not Finnish)

Tori Amos, YUP, Placebo, Mirah, REM, Kent, Loreena McKennitt, Jarkko Martikainen, VAST, Coldplay, Peaches, IWATSW, Goldfrapp, CMX, Sia, Hedningarna, Björk, Sigur Rós, The Shins, Ismo Alanko, Black Eyed Peas, Gwen Stefani, Maija Vilkkumaa, Múm, Massive Attack, Absoluuttinen nollapiste, Emiliana Torrini, Röyksopp, Kitkerät neitsyet, Plutonium 74

Terry Pratchett! Oh I just love his work 3) I read other stuff too, like world classics and just about anything as long as I have a good recommendation :)

I watch a lot of movies but I'm not good at picking favourites. Well I like Tim Burton's movies, they're always great. I'll watch almost any movie as long as it's not a horror movie, a teen movie or one of those comedies where the main feeling you experience is embarrasment.

I like to watch documentaries, mostly about nature and science but others as well. I like britcom (eg Little Britain), police & forensic dramas (eg NYPD Blue, C.S.I.) and I also watch series like Sons of Anarchy, How I Met Your Mother, Dexter, Gilmore Girls and True Blood.

Knitting, cross-stitching and paper crafts, though I like to try new things when possible.

I always send what I've promised and I always rate! I don't rate 1 without contacting first. Also, if for something really earthshaking should come up and I couldn't make the swap deadline, I'd contact you about it.

I understand delays but I expect you to contact me if you can't make the swap deadline.

If something I sent you or you sent me goes missing in the mail, we'll sort things out. I'm almost always ready to re-send.

This is just a reminder for myself, so I'll know what to excpect in the mail ^_^ I'll remove these once I receive them.

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These are the people who have flaked on me or left a swap not rated.

Greeneyedbanana - didn't bother to rate me on the Mmmmm Candy!! swap

missbumbleb33 - didn't bother to rate me on ★ September Teapot ★ swap