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Date Joined: December 7, 2016
Last Online: October 15, 2023 Birthday: October 7 Country: Finland |
Hello! I'm Sabine - a mother of two lively and bubbly boys ('08 & '14)) and you can find toy cars, lego parts and train tracks on my home floors. I'm a practical nurse working in homecare taking care of the elderly. I work in shifts and there are days I'd like to crash on the couch when I get home (I do occasional napping) :) Luckily my workplace is within 10minute walking distance and when weather allows, I hop on my bike :)
I enjoy multiple things like exploring flea markets (you can find the strangest of things!), good movies, goodnatured kids (own! They just fight over the smallest of things sometimes! Haha), a good book that swipes you away and with what you realize at 2.30am that you just can't stop reading!
Travelling, seeing new places and meeting people - if only I could do that always! But haven't found the moneytree yet. We do try to travel abroad once a year though :)
I just love, love, love snailmailing and all that comes with it! You can often see me in postcard-swaps due to my 'obsession' over them :) I'm not all that crafty even though I'd love to. Did my share with decos once but seeing all the possibilities these days, I find myself googling what is what.. I love lettering and calligraphic styles. Mail art is something I find myself looking up on Pinterest. I love my mail with real stamps - the more the merrier
I'm reading too little these days, I just can't find enough time but the last book i read was Harry Potter and the cursed child, Lord of the Rings is amazing and then i enjoy Robin Cook's books and I'm a big fan of Torey Hayden's books as well.
Romance, comedy and action - separately or all together. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts - just to name two actors whose movies I truly enjoy. There are only a few movies I can say I could watch over and over again.. Pretty Woman definitely is one. Die Hard movies are my favorite "Christmas" movies!
I get hooked over tv shows and I can easily snitch an hour from my sleep to watch an episode of whatever I am looking at the time. I thought I'd never get Netflix.. I was wrong, so wrong :)
When i have time, i make my own Christmas cards. I often decorate my envelopes/postcards. I did buy a punch board for making my own envelopes and I love to make address labels. Stickers, washi, die cuts, rubberstamps, colors, papers.. bring it on baby!
I'm a BIG fan of postcards!
I always check everyone's profiles for likes/preferences (even though it would be sender's choice!). I always try to find the right card among that, if it just is possible. I appreciate if you read mine, I basically have just a few no-no's and a huuuuge list of likes. I never send unwanted leftovers to anyone, even if it'd be Sender's choice - I'm sure you wouldn't appreciate getting them either, right? :)
Which kind do I like then? Different kinds actually, depends on the swap! As long as you have put effort in it eg with stamps, decorations, or just a lovely message. Send mine written and stamped unless the swap says otherwise :). Here goes a few ideas..
Mapcards, of your surroundings/country/ USstates
Scenery. Cards of your surroundings/country are always fascinating, as that way I get a glance at your life.
PLEASE I prefer you wouldn't send touristic cards BLANK (I really prefer them Only written & stamped and preferably Only from origin/region. Thank You!
Lighthouses / bridges / castles / windmills / gardens
Rain, fog, wind, thunder, natural phenomenons of your area
Mailboxes
Unesco
Folklore tales& stories, urban legends, ghost stories
Artistic (fairytales, stories, modern, illustrated)
Colorful, shaped, untypical, zany
Black & white
GF (Greetings from..) - Official or unofficial, as far as it comes from the origin!
Holiday related; Christmas cards in December, Easter cards around Easter etc, Birthday cards welcome too.
All in all, I'm happy with all - every single card makes me happy, just surprise me! But keep the erotic/nudistic or religious cards for someone who collects them. Selfmade cards ok if made well and with thought.
Other things that I like
Dislikes
I don't really care for Disney (or such), manga, reward/teacher/Action hero/puffy stickers or confetti/Glitter. Torn or bent postcards or cigarrette smell in goods. I'm not the greatest fan of basic "box-shaped" stickers (I prefer shaped for some reason) but surely I act like an adult if I get some ;).
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Unless you're still unsure what I like.. Things I Like Through The Alphabet
A - Address labels, Apples, Autumn colors, Arrows
B - Butterflies, Birds, Bridges, Berries, Bicycles
C - Cats, Chocolate, Cherries, Castles, Calligraphic (modern) style, Colors, Cola flavor, Chai lattes, Coffee, Clouds, Cacti, Clear stamps
D -Dishclothes, dots
E - Envelopes
F - Fantasy, Foxes, Fairies, Flowers, Flavored Tea, Frogs
G - Greeting cards, Gardens, Gorjuss, Green
H - Hedgehogs, Harry Potter, Hearts, Hallmark, Herbs, Hot air balloons
I - Ice Cream, Ice coffee
J - Jelly Beans
K - Keychains, Koalas, Kangaroos
L - Legos, Liza Frank, LOTR, Liquorice, Lighthouses, Leaves, letters, Llamas, La Papierre
M - Magnets, Monkeys, Mountains, Maps, Mailboxes
N - Nuts, Naps
O - Owls, Otters, Office supplies, Old cars,
P - Postcards, Photos, Postal Stamps, Parrots, Pens (good ones for writing letters/postcards), Parks, Palm trees, Patterns, Peacocks
Q -
R - Rubberstamps, Rustic
S - Stickers, Spring, Summer, Sunsets, Sunrises, Storms, stamps, Sweets, Sanrio, Selfmade envelopes, Stationery, Safari animals, Snowflakes, Suzy's Zoo, Seashells, Sandy Beaches, Scented soaps, Spices, Skyliners
T - Thunder, Travelling, Tulips
U - Unicorns, Unique things, Umbrellas
V - Vintage,
W - Washi Tape, Writing paper, Wombats, Windmills, Wolves, Wooden animals
X -
Y -
Z -
Comments
From CPG!
Howdy! There's a thick envelope with teas and postcards heading your way airmail style from California to Finland. I'm intrigued to know how long it will take to arrive at your mailbox!๐ฎ
Thank you for choosing me as an extra card swap partner and for the beautiful rabbit postcard for the Postcard Roulette swap! I think it's so quaint and cute!
Thank you for the beautiful card you sent to me as your unasgined partner on postard roulett october!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you so much for choosing me as your un-assigned partner for the Postcard Roulette August 2018 swap! Your beautiful card was a nice, unexpected surprise ๐ I really appreciate it!!
Sabine, got your special package today and THANKS so much! we love it! can we send you something in return? thanks so much sweetie!
Welcome to EU Happy Swaps, thanks for joining!
Thank you for the beautiful card and the stunning stamp! And thank you for choosing me as your "extra" in the Postcard Roulette! You made my day! <3 <3 <3
Mailing out the b&w week 11/12 tomorrow! Sorry about the bad partner and thank you for letting me know.