inventacharm

Updated April 2024

Please note that I mark sent when my swaps are out of my hands, so it might be postmarked a different date than when I marked it sent.

I will always make good on my swaps. Please let me know if you have any problems with my swaps before rating.

My user name comes from one of my favorite songs:

Hides himself / Invents a charm / That makes him invisible / Hides in the air -From Bjork's song Hidden Place

i'm always obssessed with one thing or another. these things include:

• mail art
• collage
• zines
• Audrey Hepburn
• fairy tales (Grimm)
• Moomin
• Miffy
• postcards
• marie antoinette
• cats
• hearts (anatomical and otherwise)
• swap meets/thrift stores
• vintage/vintage inspired crafts/children's books
• deer
• alice in wonderland
• red ridinghood imagery
• old movies
• anything vintage/vintage inspired
• stitching/embroidery
• handmade things that are made with love and care

weyes blood, bjork, ethel cain, jeff buckley, the stills, florence and the machine, my bloody valentine, m83, explosions in the sky, broken social scene, radiohead, cibo matto, lykke li, charlotte gainsbourg, bat for lashes, interpol, arcade fire, my morning jacket, also shoegazy bands/music, among others...

i love werewolves for some reason. anything historical. My favorite book of all time is "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson. i also like stuff by haruki murakami, tracy chevalier, and the sookie stackhouse series by charlaine harris...

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total movie freak... my absolute favorites are breakfast at tiffany's, marie antoinette and the royal tennenbaums. i also love anything by michel gondry, sofia coppola, hayao miyazaki,wong kar wai, tim burton and wes anderson. other faves include: inception, black swan, tron: legacy, the girl with the dragon tattoo, belle de jour, badlands, breathless, rosemary's baby, amelie, a very long engagement, wizard of oz, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, science of sleep, 2046, kiki's delivery service, eyes without a face, house of flying daggers, catpeople/curse of the cat people(b&w version), alice in wonderland and many many more i can't think of right now..

The Borgias, Pushing Daisies, Dark (German Netlix show), Fleabag, The Bear, Babylon Berlin (German Netflix show)..will update later

scrapbooking, sewing, making cloth dolls, embroidery, collage, drawing & painting.

I like anything with (but I'm not picky, anything you send me I'll apprciate!):

• alice in wonderland
• pre raphaelite images
• vintage movies
• vintage fashion
• Audrey Hepburn
• vintage anything
• fairies
• artists (especially the impressionists and pre-raphaelites)
• the little prince
• a24

• anything with lack of effort
• anything with gore
• blurry printed out pictures (I don't mind getting printed out images/ephemera, just as long as the picture is sharp and clear)
• kawaii (except My melody and little twin stars, I quite like those!)
• anything with cigarette smell ....

• anything fairy tale themed (especially little red ridinghood stuff)
• anything alice in wonderland (especially the John Tenniel illustrations)
• handmade zines
• postcards
• artwork
• anything you think i might like
• address labels with my address (I've received a few in some swaps and I loved them!)
• swap cards/swap inserts (love!)
• pretty decorated envelopes in swaps
• washi samples
• anything botanical/flower themed
• fruity teas