sammie74

Snail mail fan from Queensland, Australia. I'm a happily married, stay at home Mum to a 2 year old boy. We also have a fur-kid who was rescued from death row at the pound, Eddie the Jack Russell X.

I spent over a decade working as a Programmer / DBA, but now I work a few casual hours each week in child-minding.

I particularly love:

• Dogs
• Lists
• Keeping A Journal
• Writing Letters
• Fountain Pens
• Papercrafts
• Computers and Technology
• My Kindle eBook reader

My playlist goes something like this:

• The Cure (always top of my list)
• Concrete Blonde
• R.E.M.
• Placebo
• Ladyhawke
• Empire of the Sun
• Violent Femmes
• Depeche Mode

Current faves are:

• Bones
• Time Team
• NCIS & NCIS:LA
• Lie To Me
• Firefly (love love love!)
• Castle

I'm sure I'll have many things to add to this list as I get involved in more swaps! For now:

• Stationery
• Envelopes, especially sturdy handmade ones.
• Airmail themed stuff - envelopes, stickers, stamps ...
• FB's - haven't traded for ages but would love to get back into them, just not in bulk. A random FB slipped into any swap is always welcome.
• Quirky postcards, including free postcards (they're often the best!)
• Swap Bags - Stickers, Postage Stamps
• Slams
• Ephemera - Anything really: tickets, game cards, old book pages, bingo cards, local advertisements ...
• Craft odds and ends
• Japanese Washi Tape - So into this at the moment it's not funny. Way cool stuff!
• Anything for my little boy. He loves all things cars, puppy dogs, Go Diego Go and Shaun the Sheep :)

I love the colour blue. Purple and green are pretty cool too. I'm not a girly-girl, but pink doesn't offend me.

I do love antiqued colours, steampunk style things, old writing, vintage letters and numerals, things of yesteryear.

• My favourite non-fiction book ever is Good Mail Day.

• My favourite clothing items are my blue jeans and black 8-hole Doc Martens boots.

• I have a little bit of a bag fetish ... particularly satchels, totes and daypacks. Little zip pouches make me happy too :)

Not that much really, but a few things that I really have absolutely no interest in:

• Anything religious
• Chain letters (illegal here)
• Money/Investment schemes
• Gambling
• Coffee

Also, while I have nothing against cats (besides a really annoying allergy :-p), I'm much more of a dog person.