I try to live life to the full and be open to its challenges. I like my comforts (a lovely bed with lots of pillows!! lovely cosmetics!!!) but can do without them, for example when I'm on a walking / hiking holiday. I love to keep active and travel whenever I can. I like good food and wine, and enjoy trying new things (not just culinary! ;-). I am a visual and tactile person. Most often, I can be found reading, writing, cooking, crafting, or walking. I am a member of the Orthodox Church, and prayer, Bible study, fasting (oh yes!), and almsgiving / charity work play a major role in my life. I am married and, by choice, have no children.
What i would like to receive in my letter box :
• Notebooks, preferably A5 and blank inside but I’ll be happy with almost any notebook
• Stationery: notecards with envelopes; lettersets (pretty writing paper with matching envelopes, floral or vintage or abstract design, no neon colors please); writing implements such as pens, pencils, colored markers, erasers and similar
• Bookmarks, all kinds
• Postcards, preferably of religious buildings and art (I am Orthodox, so any pictures of Orthodox Christian churches and/or monasteries, and icons, would be more than welcome), but I’ll also enjoy Jewish, Muslim and other postcards. I also like touristy postcards, postcards showing landscapes, vintage postcards, melancholy and inspirational postcards – try to surprise me! :-))
• Religious artefacts – prayer beads, rosaries, icons, incense, crosses, that sort of thing
• Bath and body products: soaps, shower gels, body scrubs, body lotions, body butters. I have no allergies and I love them all. Please do not send anything for the face, though
• Knitting supplies: yarn (cotton, 100% wool, silk, alpaca, natural fibres; please no sparkly “fashion” yarns); knitting patterns, preferably lace; also vintage patterns; home decor patterns; but no baby patterns, thanks; bamboo or wood needles, any size; stitchmarkers; rowcounters; knitting magazines
• Scrapbooking and collage supplies: paper and cardstock, vellums, fabric and yarn scraps, stickers, borders, ribbons, brads, eyelets, and other embellishments, preferably in vintage or floral style – no stamps or inks, please; also scrapbooking magazines
• Altered art supplies and magazines, including The Somerset Studios publications, Altered Arts, and Art Specially (it doesn’t matter if they are old magazines)
• I am into “primitive stitchery” at the moment, and would welcome patterns, fabric such as muslin or linen, as well as floss
. recipes, cookery books and magazines from your area
. teas and coffees
. herbs and spices, marinade mixes typical to your country
. vintage bedlinen (pillowcases, sheets, handkerchiefs)
• Cross stitch supplies, including little kits from your country
• Tapestry kits
• General embroidery supplies
• Literary magazines in English, German, Russian, Italian, or Polish
• Poetry in the above languages
Patterns: no baby patterns
Cosmetics: nothing for the face
Crafts: no stamps or inks
No flavored coffees, please
Nothing containing nudity or that could be considered immodest
Nothing blasphemous
Nothing about vampires, werewolfs and such
No "shrines".
Thank you! :-)
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