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Vallmo

Vallmo
Date Joined: May 28, 2015
Last Online: August 30, 2016

Country: Sweden

About Me

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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♥ Things I like include:

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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,

♡Wishlist:

♥♥♥ 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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✘ I am not very fond of:

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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Favorite Crafts

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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Favorite Books

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

Favorite Movies

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

Swap?

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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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Swapping with me

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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Ratings

Millia rated for Poetry on a Postcard on Oct 19, 2015
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Comment: Thank you for the absolutely lovely postcard!
newsong rated for Happy Envelope - 1 per country on Oct 6, 2015
5
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Comment: Thanks for everything! I really like it =)
mariadastrouxas rated for Sweden & Portugal on Sep 21, 2015
5
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Comment: Hello Vallmo (Katrin from Sweden). I got your package right now! I didn´t worry about the time it took, snail mail is that's it. Thank you so much for the 19 different tea bags (most from your recent trip to UK). The map mailer are so nice, really love it! I think I will it keep forever :D I´m happy you like my fabric envelopes and you will use it on your art journalling ;) If you would like to make another swap in future, let me know. Happy swapping, maria das trouxas
Paulglsn rated for 3 Goodies for YOU, 3 Goodies for ME on Sep 19, 2015
5
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Comment: Thanks for such a lovely envelope, you definitely chose well. Much appreciated.
RatsAndRags rated for Rats And Vallmo on Sep 14, 2015
3
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Comment: Did not send what was promised. UPDATE: This is NOT a revenge rating. She did not send something she had promised in our PMs. I have agreed to rerate once this matter is resolved. For those who require more information, please contact me.
Response: This is a revenge 3, I have contacted the admin to solve this issue. Have a look at my comment bar, I posted a picture and more info about this swap there.
lausiucho rated for Washi Lovers on Sep 8, 2015
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Comment: Hi Katrin, Thanks so much for the washi samples...I really like the designs you picked (will definitely utilize them!) Did you create the envelope? It's really beautiful! I enjoyed reading your letter, and will check out the songs you recommended...Did I mention you handwriting is pretty? kekekee... A heart for the the nicely prepared swap items, extra samples and postcard. Thanks again ;)
Response: Aww thanks! You're so sweet! I am really happy you liked my letter! And yes, I made the envelope, I am getting more and more inspired by the community here and it is great fun making those! I really appreciate you mentioning it!
libertylithium rated for Sweden & USA on Sep 3, 2015
5
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Comment: We loved this as you can tell from the PM I sent thank you! I hope you like our letters to you, we are preparing your package- with sharpies :D
Response: Thank you so much for the kind words! We still have not received your letters, but are looking very much forward to getting them! Thank you so much for the rating and preparing a package! :-)
Gwillisinc rated for Spring Cleaning Nightmare ATC on Aug 11, 2015
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Comment: Lovely card, she looks like me when I look at a pile of dishes. Wonderful Extras too! thank you
Response: I'm very happy to hear that! Thanks for your rating and the heart!
paraxparaxnoia rated for Sugar skull ATC (inter) on Jul 31, 2015
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Comment: I got your ATC (and stickers (cute!) and PC, I really like Nara's work though this is actually the very first I have in real life :D), it really looks like 3D with the black eye sockets!! Tack så mycket!
Response: Var så god :-)) How nice that the Nara card was a good choice! :-) Glad you like it! Thank you for the rating and heart!
Kokabell rated for 3 things in an envelope INTL. #2 on Jul 23, 2015
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Comment: Thank you for all the nice things you put in, the envelope was very creative too :-)
Response: I am so glad you liked it! I always enjoy receiving decorated envelopes so I try my best as well ;-) Thank you for the rating!
kristyrogers rated for Dear old friend - pen pal swap on Jul 21, 2015
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Comment: This one was so much fun! Loved your letter! The artist trading card was beautiful! Hubby already tried twice to rescue it from my collection to put on his desk! 😃. Thank you!
Response: Haha, what a lovely compliment! If we get coupled again in a swap I'll make sure to add another ATC ;-) It was great fun having you as my "Dear old friend" :-) Thank you for the rating!
sammalmquist rated for Vallmo and Sammalmquist on Jul 20, 2015
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Comment: Wow - I am speechless! I do not think I have ever loved a swap more than this one! Everything about it is absolutely perfect. You outdid yourself! The elephant artwork you did is amazing. I LOVE the little envelopes, the magnets and the beautiful necklace! You put so much thought into everything. I would give you 100 hearts if I could! :)
Response: I am so touched by you liking my pocket letter so much! It is beautiful to hear! Thank you for the kind words! I'll send you a pm!
Turtle3609 rated for Brighten Someone's Day on Jul 19, 2015
5
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Comment: Oh happy that we connected on this swap at least for the second try. Still have no idea where in the door number one plant. But it does not matter to me at this point, because I'm giving you a five and a heart for being so faithful in ascending and also in waiting. That is the hallmark of a true swapper and for your first wake up I think you did a great job. Enjoying all of the pretties so very much. Hope to keep in touch with you and hope that all of your future swaps go really well. I'm finally up to 20 and having a great time. Janie
Response: Thank you very much Janie! That is very kind of you! I am so glad the 2nd letter reached you, maybe the first one will show up at some point in the future :-) It was a great pleasure meeting you and I appreciate your patience and kindness. We'll keep in touch! Thanks again for the rating!
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Comment: This was a wonderful, thoughtful swap! I love the gifts - especially the ephemera, and the necklace! You chose from my profile so well - thank you so much! I loved the envelope too!!
Response: I have been crossing my fingers that you would like the necklace ;-) It makes me happy that you do! Thank you for the kind words and rating, I really appreciate it!
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Comment: Thank you so much for this thoughtful package! I love the bookmark and I will use it! The postcards are beautiful and I can't wait to try the hot chocolate! Thanks again!
Response: Thank you for the nice words and rating! It's so lovely to hear that you like my little package! I hope you''ll enjoy the hot chocolate as well! ;-)
daichki rated for Vallmo & daichki on Jul 1, 2015
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Comment: Thank you! They are gorgeous.
Response: I am glad that the 2nd letter arrive as well after we had the misunderstanding about the first one! I'm happy you like them! I am looking forward to your letter!
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Comment: thank you so much for your lovely letter katrin.. it's like reading a novel really, how you interpret everything.. i will definitely reply you and tell you mine if you don't mind.. you seems like in a good control of yours =) xx
Response: Thank you for this nice compliment! I appreciate it! I am looking forward to your letter!
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Comment: I loved reading your answers and of course the washi samples! Thank you!
Response: How lovely you found my answers interesting! Thanks for letting me know and rating!
anicka22 rated for Private pocketletterswap on Jun 29, 2015
5
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Comment: Thank you for the beautiful pocketletter! Love your letter as well.
Response: So happy to hear that! :-)
theaterfan23 rated for 20 questions and a goodie on Jun 27, 2015
5
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Comment: Thank you so much for your letter which I just received. While my least favorite food is onions, I am not a big fan of bananas either.
Response: How funny that you picked the bananas to comment on! I appreciate your feedback and rating! Thanks!

Rating Overview

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4.9259 24 0 0
Completed Fives Threes Ones
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Comments

libertylithium on Nov 22, 2015:

Hello :) Jordan and I were just thinking of you- we hope you two are having a great day!

libertylithium on Sep 21, 2015:

To anyone checking her comments section because of her 3 rating: ignore Katrin's three rating. It is undeserved. She is a great swapper and goes above and beyond in her swaps, please don't let her unfair three throw you off. I can honestly say she is a star swapper and made my day with our swap. Please don't let this stop you from swapping with her, as it's an unfair rating .

-Liberty

libertylithium on Sep 19, 2015:

PS I just looked at your photo in your comments of your pocket letter and it is so cute :) it looks stuffed full of goodies so don't let others on here make you sad. I used to have an unfair three from a similar situation and was able to get it removed but it was soooo discouraging and stressful through the process. (She even went as far as to criticize my artistic ability! Ugh) just know that most people on here aren't like that and are very understanding! Lots of love from the states and hope your 3 gets resolved soon!

libertylithium on Sep 19, 2015:

Hey there Katrin :) just wanted to see how you were doing today! I wanted to let you know that I finished buying everything for the package I made for you two! It's beginning to look like the mail has lost our first letter to you two. :( I am going to have Jordan take this one to work on Monday to mail at the post office within their building and hoping that it will give the package some "priority" since it will be from the company Post Office! I hope you two will like it! I found Some cute things for you at the craft store! Hopefully they will get to you all soon :)

Vallmo on Sep 14, 2015:

Concerning my 3: Here is the text of the private swap and the requirements with Rats and Rags: Description:

Pocket letter swap. Outside decorations not a requirement. Swap name and SwapBot ID should be included either in a pocket, or separately.

(http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/205212)

And here is what I sent:

Rats and Rags has received this swap and told me she loved the pokemon items I included. I rated a 3 for not receiving a swap that fulfilled the requirements, the 3 I received is a revenge response to this. Feel free to ask me about it! I am currently contacting the admin about this issue.

heidiling on Aug 16, 2015:

thank you soooo much for the wonderful baby-boy themed RAK. I can not wait to use it!

chamario on Jul 7, 2015:

Hi Katrin, Thanx for the lovely card & washi tapes, it was a lovely surprise for me when I got home from work :-) I would be very interested in doing a private swap with you x

quirkandbramble on Jun 14, 2015:

Hello! I'm your partner for the APDG ~ Night Sky/Space swap! I hope you like these images!

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Also, your profile is really cute and interesting to read! =)

Happy swapping!
-Abbey

zoev1975 on Jun 11, 2015:

Oh wow, thank you. I will have a look at his work.

anrtist on Jun 6, 2015:

WELCOME to the APDGroup! ;-) Please feel free to host some swaps & Join in all you will Enjoy! ;-) We try to keep a good variety and more host = that! ;-) Come in the group and play & visit & learn & inform too ;-)

I hope you Enjoy the group as much as I do! Blessings, cc

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