IlonaH

I'm a mom to 4 boys, age range 10 to 18 yo My socksize is 37/38 (uk 9-10, US 5/5,5 ; according to a card on socks I got). I love fun sneaker- or short socks!

I love:

• beautiful pendants
• bracelets
• cupcake themed stuff
• bags, I'm addicted to them! Small, shoulder, big ones, (coin-)purses... you name it.
• all things matryoshka
• kawaii, but new to it. So not picky on brand. Cute is cute in my opinion
• fav. patterns: polkadots, paisley, damask, or general themed, like animals, camo-print or vehicles. Fabric with those victorian images... it's got a name, but forgot how it was called! Usually on white, images in outlines, in blue or pink or something. >> Toile

And this site with fabric makes me drool: Marieke's stoffen

• reading
• music
• lipbalm
• samples of care-products and perfumes
• my fav. perfume is l'Eau d'Issey. I don't like the heavy scents. I also love scents like patchouli and sandalwood.
• little creatures like owls, turtles, squirrels, birds, cats, dogs. Shortly, basically woodland-, sea- and jungle-creatures.
• crafting, all sorts... and learning new ones!

My boys

René (18) He loves:

• drawing
• computer games
• survival
• jungle print (zebra, tiger, panter)

He loves all colors of the rainbow, but it looks like his fav is red. He's got Ehlers-Danlos syndrom, hypermobility type.

Alexander (17) He loves:

• k'nex
• reading, anything. Adventure mostly, but also history and "how-to".
• swimming
• crafting
• camo-print
• (geeky) gadgets
• fav. color is yellow
• his bento lunch-box
• archeology-kits (small bricks in which bones or stones are hidden, which you have to dig out)
• his science-kit
• games
• loves tea, especially "dragon-tea" (Celestial Seasonings tension tamer).

He's the technician of the family, he has no problems with technical drawings. He's pdd-nos, a mix of autism and adhd. He loves to learn new things. Collects erasers.

Dorian (11) He loves:

• crafting with electronics
• playing soccer
• lego
• drawing
• computer games (Minecraft, Counter Strike, Rocket League)
• collecting key-rings
• monkeys are his favourite animals.
• Eeyore
• cool gadgets
• his mp3-player. He wants to improve his English, so not too difficult audiobooks are welcome! Robinson Crusoe or other adventure books, like from WWII are his favourites)

His favorite color is green.

Martin (10) He loves:

• cars and Disney Cars (he has a fav. Cars pillow, can't sleep without it)
• trains
• riding his bike
• playing outside, preferably in mud
• construction vehicles
• octopus/squid.
• DOGS!
• he loves tea.Has his own 1-person tea-pot (^_^)
• his fav. color is blue. Already since he was 2!

He also has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, like his brother. Gotta love genes!

They all love camo-bandaid, dinosaurs, stickers and whatever boys love further. Please don't send sticks, rocks, or bugs, got quite a supply of those already!

• classic
• country
• International
• easy listening

• Sacajawea
• Harry Potter
• all kinds of Fantasy
• detectives/thrillers
• History real and fiction
• Science Fiction (I like Isaac Asimov's books)

• Scrapbooking, digital as well as hybrid/paper
• softies
• sewing
• altering items (my strangest thing ever was a hubcap)
• matchboxes
• making paper
• VERY basic in knitting
• I love crocheting, amigurumi, hats, bags, whatever :)
• sculptures (soapstone, albast)
• mini-books (accordion, matchbook, tagbook, etc.)
• hybrid projects (design digitally, print and embellish with real stuff), like boxes, cards/envelopes and covers.
• making soap
• wet felting, needle felting

• chocolate (absolutely, unfortunately for my silhouette #1), in all forms, liquid and bars, but not too fond of the combo chocolate/cookie (but you'd make my hubby and kids very happy with a twix!)
• (tuna-)salad
• cupcakes (love to decorate them mostly, kids eat them)
• cookies
• coffee-flavoured anything
• banana-milkshake
• coffee specialties
• tea (not to fond of Jasmin tea), fav is Celestial Seasonings Tension Tamer, or dragon tea is my 12-yo calls it, hence the pic on the package. Also I like fruity tea, Lipton pyramids, mint, white and green teas.
• apples
• bananas
• Surinaams/Indian/Chinese/Japanese (NO sushi!)
• My 17-yo and 10-yo love to drink tea

• tulip (hey, I'm Dutch!)
• lilac
• gardenia (but I don't like the smell in perfumes very much. It's never right.)

lime, pink, blue, purple. I don't like pastels very much, more the bold side. I like all other colors too, but these are my favs. So don't feel limited to those!

Combo-colors: red/purple, red/aqua, red/pink/orange, brown/blue, brown/pink, brown/pink/orange, lime/pink/orange, lime/aqua, black/white, black/any color in fact.

• Little Red Riding Hood
• Popples
• Shrek & friends (especially Fiona, Donkey and Puss in Boots, and Shrek himself of course. Also love the babies of Donkey and Dragon!)
• Nemo
• Smurfs
• Mamegoma

• Dried lavender
• fragrance and/or essential oils (no Jasmin), for soap-making
• Felt in all colors of the rainbow (especially skin-colors, green and brown. But any color is welcome!)
• Carded wool to felt
• pretty fabric
• Bath & Bodyworks Aromatherapy Blackcurrant & vanilla scented ANYTHING
• Also see Etsy-wishlist, if you have/can do something similar it's great too.
• Gingham and grossgrain ribbons, patterned ribbons
• maple syrup
• rub-ons.
• puffy- and gel stickers,
• chipboard. Elements, albums/boxes to alter
• distressing ink
• stamppad for fabric (black)
• charms, for scrapbooking, sewing, as well as jewelry.
• Food-colors,
• colors for chocolate (oil-based),
• Bento Stitch or Mickey Mouse egg-mold (I have the fish/car-set and rabbit/bear-set )
• other Bento-accessories like little cups, cute sauce-boxes...
• Jello! We don't have that here, I'd love some. Please no lemon or lime, any other flavour is perfect!
• patterns of softies, bags and baby shoes/boots (see my etsy-favs)... sewing, crocheting
• beautiful beads, and findings that I need to start making jewelry. I love beautiful pendants and bracelets.
• In a candy-swap I got a piece of Hershey's Symphony... now I'm dreaming about it every night! I'd love to try another piece again :)
• safety eyes for softies
• any tea, hot chocolate or coffee.
• See "About me" for more of my favs.