martjekaap

hello i am Martje

I'm from The Netherlands and live in drachten.

hobbys: I really love to crochet, making

amigurumi's and I also like to sew, I love gardening.and i like baking cakes !

i pledge to other swap-bot members to

Rate for every swap i take part in.

Rate as soon as i am able to get on line after swap is received.

Rate Fairly, I will only give a 1 rating if a swap hasn't been received and that no contact has been made from the sender. I promise to pm member first to give them the chance to resolve the situation first.

I will only give a 3 if i feel that the swap didn't meet the requirements and that the partner choose's not to correct the swap.

I will try and leave a message on all ratings to state what i received and what i was happy with, even if its just a thankyou.

I will not use slander or badmouth anyone when given a rating, facts is all that is needed when rating a 1

PUCCA and GARU

Suzy's Zoo

Rilakkuma

Anime

Looney toons

Sesame Street

M&M

I don't have a preference of tea .I let me also like to surprise. loose is ok but packed .in a Baggie or something like that.

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Please don’t send me : disney princess

Please don’t send me : Jewelry I dedicate this not

Please don’t send me : rubbish or something you yourself wouldn’t like to receive

Please don’t send me : dark chocalade

Please don’t send me ;Religious items (I'm not religious)

Please don’t send me : Goth/ Creeper/ Dark arts stuff

Please don’t send me : Used items

Please don’t send me: anything sport related

Please don’t send me : stickers with alphabeth,

Please don’t send me : reward, ones for children

Please don’t send me : flatbacks i don`t like them

Please don’t send me : boring notebooks

I will always send the swap to my partner. That is something I can promise! I hope you will do the same :) If you don't get my swap, please contact me and we'll figure it out. If for some reason I'd send my swap late, I will let you know. I think it's better and polite to tell if you have some delays. I can always wait as long as I know I will get my swap :) Here mail doesn't go during the weekends and some holidays so sometimes that may cause some delays. I mark my swap "sent" when I put it in the mail box. So I have sent it even if it doesn't go right away. That way I know I have mailed my swaps. Happy swapping!!!

Paper crafty things (scraps, stickers, tape, embellishments, paper, etc)

flower seeds ( for my garden :)

Coca-cola

Tea (both bagged and loose tea)

Things from other cultures (photo's, cards, items)

Food items (everything goes!)

kawaii

cute things

retro

Glittery things

Baking items

items for my garden

Chocolate!

Steampunk

Pens

Decorated envelopes

Socks (EU ladies size 39)

Lip balm

Nice (souvenir)

tote bags

Surprises... really, I like a lot haha

Postcards

fabric,

felt

craft supplies of any kind

ribbon

buttons

Black & white

contrast

Illustrations

Vintage

Retro

Royals

Fall

Winter

French Bulldogs/English Bulldogs/ Pugs

Postbox.

Limoon

Hello Kitty

Kawaii

Japanese / Asian style

Alice in Wonderland

==> No tourist cards

The Netherlands (Listeni/ˈnɛðərləndz/; Dutch: Nederland [ˈneːdərˌlɑnt] ( listen)) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of twelve provinces in western Europe and three islands in the Caribbean. The European part of the Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east; and shares maritime borders with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom.[9] The Netherlands was one of the first countries in the world to have an elected parliament, and is governed as a parliamentary democracy organised as a unitary state. The capital city of the Netherlands, mandated by the constitution, is Amsterdam; however, the seat of government is located in The Hague.[10] The Netherlands in its entirety is often referred to as "Holland", which in strict usage, refers only to North and South Holland, two of its provinces. The former usage is considered incorrect[11][12] or informal,[13] depending on the context, but is generally accepted when referring to the national football team.[14]

The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying country, with about 20% of its area and 21% of its population located below sea level, and 50% of its land lying less than one metre above sea level.[15][16] This distinct feature contributes to the country's name: in Dutch (Nederland), English, and many other European languages, its name literally means "Low Land" or "Low Countries." Most of the areas below sea level are man-made, caused by centuries of extensive and poorly controlled peat extraction that lowered the surface by several metres. Even in flooded areas, peat extraction continued through turf dredging. Beginning in the late 16th century, land reclamation started and large polder areas are now preserved through elaborate drainage systems that include dikes, canals and pumping stations. Nearly 17% of the country's land area is reclaimed from the sea. Much of the Netherlands is formed by the estuary of three important European rivers, which together with their distributaries form the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. Most of the country is very flat, with the exception of foothills in the far southeast and several low hill ranges in the central parts.

The Netherlands is a founding member of the EU, G-10, NATO, OECD, WTO and a part of the trilateral Benelux economic union. The country is host to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and five international courts: the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Court and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. The first four are situated in The Hague, as is the EU's criminal intelligence agency Europol and judicial co-operation agency Eurojust. This has led to the city being dubbed "the world's legal capital".[17] The Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom.[18] It had the tenth-highest per capita income in the world in 2011. In May 2011, the Netherlands was ranked as the "happiest" country in the world according to the OECD, reflecting its high standard of living.[1