UPDATE: 11th NOV:
MAIL DELIVERY:
Please understand that mail takes longer than usual before and even right after Christmas time :(. So pls be patient, so am I :). Last year a package from Austria to the Netherlands took 1 month at Christmastime, usually it takes a few days.
Thank you!

Guten Tag :)! Hello! Thanks a lot for reading my profile :). My name is Betty, I´m in the beginning of the 30ties and live in the capital of Austria, in Vienna. I like cinema, theatre, going out in the evening and spending time in a coffeehouse in the afternoon, reading, postcrossing, swapping items,have just started with scrapbooking and of course I love to travel :), who doesn´t? Unfortunately it´s expensive and needs time, so I don´t travel as much as I´d love to.

Please excuse my poor English, I give my best ;).

"11 minutes" by P. Coelho and "Widow for one Year" by J. Irving

"Sometimes happy, sometimes sad"-Indian Bollywood movie; "The phantom of the opera" (The muscial by A.L.Webber, and of course I love the musical itself, too :)) In general I like all movies, except Horror and most action movies.

mostly US shows, like the "old ones" - Desperate Houswives, Sex and the City, any Sitcoms, like How I met your mother ....

cultures, countries, religions, psychology, history, literature, other people´s secrets, life experiences, opinions, biographies....

IF YOU SEND ME A BIGGER PACKAGE PLS ALWAYS PUT LOT OF TAPE ON IT, EVEN WHEN YOU SEND IN A BUBBLENVELOPE, THANKS A LOT!

Pls always put a note with your ID, "Swap-bot" and the name of the swap in the package, I am also activ on another swapping side and maybe I won´t be able to find out whom to thank and rate without a note inside the envelope.

If you´re my partner in a profile based swap and you find my wishes too hard to fullfill, just pm me we´ll surley find something;). I really don´t want to get anybody desperate :), this whole swapping thing is to have fun :D!

I usually use real stamps, if it´s not inconvinient for you, it would be nice if you could use real stamps :). Thanks.

BTW: Austria uses „DD.MM.YY“ date format, so postmark „05.01.“ is January 5th.

I´ve done a lot of swaps through postcrossing and have to say usually all of my sent packages did arrive, but a few got lost though :(. So yes, it does happen, that mail gets lost on its travel :(. If you don´t receive my package pls let me know before you rate me, so that we can find a solution, thank you :).

If you consider rating me a 3 pls also contact me before, I am new here, so in case I understood something wrong I would consider to resend as well :).

I am an active member on postcrossing, where I also do item swaps and item tags and have a lot of references, so I am new to this site but not new to responsible swapping behavior ;).

RATING

I usually rate on the same day, so if I haven´t rated you yet, then I haven´t received. However, you can always pm and ask me if you´re unshure :).
When I wait to get rated from my partner, I´ll send a pm (mostly a month after the sent date, depending on the location of my partner).
When I don´t get rated at all within a reasonable time, messages aren´t answered,... then I report to the "non-raters group". I am sorry, but I think rating belongs to swapping as well as sending.
Thank you for rating :)!

• EMBELLISHMENTS
  (especially not flat ones, metallic ones, vintage themed ones, it´s har to get them here)

• ! :-) UNUSUAL VEGETABLES SEEDS
  from your country (for a friend of mine who is a passionate hobby farmer;)) Pls send something unusual (f.e. they grow purple carrots :D)
  Pls do not send flower seeds, thank you.

-!:-) Anything PAPAYA (www.papayaart.com)
I love it :), the selection in Austria isn´t very good and the stuff costs almost double than on their HP :(. Thank youuuu :)!

-Anything CAVALLINI
(especially airmailrelated stuff and/or stickers, but everything is fine :))

• I love FRENCH SHABBY/ SHABBY CHIC and so everything that fits to it. (decoration for the home, etc.)

• VINTAGE themed things

• TRAVEL related and mail related / themed items

• any STATIONARY (kawaii, vintage themed, princess-style, I also like nice "adult" stationary with flowers, butterflies or whatever;)
  when it comes to envelopes it would be awesome to receive some that are bigger than the usual size, or tiny ones as well)

• DECOTAPE (prefere no cartoons)

• WASHITAPES with a nice design (samples are welcomed, too, also plaincoloured tapes ))

• SPECIAL TAPES (border tape, lace tape, crocheted tape, fabric tape, ....)

• HANDMADE THINGS
  (you make me so happy if you send me something beautiful handmade :))
  f.e.: papercrafts like ATC, decorated matchbox, Rolo, zine, mini booklet; handmade notebook,...
  anything altered like matchbox, shrine, altered filefolder, altered notebook,....
  if you sew I´d prefere something useful like a potholder, teatowel, pillowcase......
  I also would appreiciate handmade jewlerry, I once received a beaded necklace, it was the most beutiful thing I have ever received ;). Pls no rings, can´t wear them; I am not slim, so pls braclets or anclets should be wide; necklaces are no problem ;). A set of items that fit together would be nice, too ;).

• KAWAII THINGS (Shinzi Katoh, Rilakkuma, Sentimental circus, Kutusita Nyanko, Hello Kitty - especially when it has a Japanese look/clothes, My Melody or any similar caracters)
  I don´t like the whole Kawaii food theme and the "Q-mie" stuff so much, but if it´s the only Kawaii thing you can send, it´s OK, too:).
  I hardly can get Kawaii stuff in Austria, so if you send me some, you make me very happy :).
  I am especially looking for large Memos, lettersets and stickers :).
  Currently I am looking for large Sentimental Circus Memos (size of the ones that come with lettersets), becouse I have a few envies, but no sheets :D.

• Anything KAWAII that´s USEFUL and no paper item

• OTHER JAPANESE STATIONARY
  I also love the japanese stationary /Kawaii that comes with this Paris - floral - scrapbooking look. Mindwave f.e. has them :).

• CHERRY BLOSSOM

• anything KOKESHI/MOMIJII

• anything MATRYOSHKA

• anything useful cute or beautiful for the KITCHEN

• SOUVENIRS
  (with the name, flag or any typical sights/person/ etc. from your country)
  I am not a collector!! I prefere to receive souvenirs I actually can use.
  F.E.: Souvenir pen, stationary of any kind like notebook, ruler, .....,
  teatowel, potholder, ovenmitten, breadboard, set of coasters anything else useful for the kitchen,
  pillbox, pocketmirror, totebag or any other reusable shopping bag, pictureframe, candle holder, letter opener...... Be creative, as long as I can use it, it´s fine :)
  Oh, and snowglobes - I love them anyway :).

• GUIDEBOOK OF YOUR COUNTRY/CITY or another book on the history etc of your country
  (in English or German)

• DECORATION FOR THE HOME
  (white and/or warm colours (yellow, orange, red, dark red), french shabby, .....)

• A LETTER FROM YOU
  (personal ones will be highly appreciated :))

• a full storebought LETTERSET
  (either cute or beautiful, pls nothing too childish, except Kawaii ;), no real pictures of animals)

• LETTEROPENER
  :) (I´d love to have a beautiful one :))

• beautiful FONTAINPEN

• WAX SEALING SET (a beginners set)

• WAX SEALS
  (if possible with a double.sticking tape on the back)

• WINDCHIMES or similar stuff ofr decoration

• anything useful for SCRAPBOOKING

• SMASHBOOKS
  I´d love to have some stuff from the real "Smash" items / supplies, that you can buy in the US. I just glue stuff in a book :D. It would be great to get an idea how a "real" smashbook and the "real" supplies look like.

• an ALBUM
  for scrapbooking or smashbooking, can be handmade or altered, of course

• anything useful for STORAGE

-anything useful for MAILART
(especially mailrelated rubberstamps)
Of course I also appreciate to receive mailart ;)

• beautiful nice shaped BLANK LABELS in all sizes
  (for decorated envies to put the address on or for scrapbooking/smashbooking,....)

• STICKERS
  (vintage themed, kawaii-any are fine but you can see my preferences above, any other cute stickers, stickers useful for scrapbooking, reliefstickers, puffy stickers, 3D stickers, butterflies, flowers, mystic creatures like unicorns, fairies, meermaids, etc., classy-kitschy stickers, good quality stickers, sticky embelishments, stickers with any 3D element on them like a small stone, Chinese or Japanese stickers, Mindwave stickers, mailrelated stickers, like false postage a.s.o., Me-to-you stickers, beautiful blank label stickers, capsule stickers, rub on stickers, Papaya-art, Cavillini, any kind of border stickers ....)
  In sticker swaps: If possible, pls do not send me only cartoonish/childish stickers, thank you. (Except Chinese/Japanese/Kawaii stickers)

• RUB ON STICKERS (I love them :))

• SARAH KAY items

• EPHEMERA
  (especially (vintage) book pages and beautiful pics,.......) EDIT: 15.9.13 At the moment I have so much, so rather not right now, except it is really special/beautiful/interesting thank you :)

• anything related to the TWILIGHT MOVIES
  (my godchild is a huge fan :), but pls don´t send books or something like that, she only speaks German and can´t speak English)

• English NEWSPAPER / MAGAZINE(clippings)

• magazines or newspaper in English
  I don´t mind 2nd hand and I am not sensitive to smells

-DVDs in English
(no sience fiction or horror, or very scary thrillers) I am NO technic freak and I can only see European DVDs on my recorder, however if I can view them on my laptop, that´s fine, too :)

• mixed random mail surprises :)

• When it comes to THEMES/IMAGES I like, my postcrossing Profile might be a help ;) (see link above)

But I also love to be surprised :)!

Pls send me something useful, thank you :).

Pls view my postcrossing profile for ideas what to send me, thank you :) -- link see above

If you send me a view(!)card (cards showing your country,city, ...), pls always send it written, even when the swap requires unwritten cards or/and the cards are sent in an envelope, thank you. Pls describe what is showen on the picture :).

-anything with insects
-anything bloody
- anything with skeletons
- helloween related stuff
-brooches / jewlery lapel ...
-single coasters (a set is welcomed though)
-normal pencils
- a few postcards in a "non-postcard swap"
- if you send viewcards (cards showing your country, etc.) pls always write on them,, thank you :)-see postcards
- keyrings (except kokeshi/matryoska/momiji or Netherland clocks or anything really special/beautiful)
-Childish things (except Kawaii of course;)
- neon colours
- tea
- disney stationary (except anything related the old classic movies, so princess is fine,too)
- angry bids, sponge bob or any similar caracter
- dark or licoric chocolate
- star or smiley stickers

• Sticker swaps: If possible do not only send me childish/cartoonish (except Japanese Kawaii caracters of course) stickers and pls see my preferences above, thank you.

If you´re sending me anything that is related to your country/culture/religion, pls include a note and explain it to me, thank you :)

Swappers who sent me an "over the top" generous and thoughtful package :) and/or swappers who kindly angeled:

@virnsky @lizbee @Denise16 @foddershock @miia @ilovelovemylife @Cesaria @flyingfox @KimmieSC

FLAKERS ins swaps I´ve hosted (=banned from all my future swaps)

@pawprints
@Miyalicious
@nightenbelle (made good on this :))
@glitter