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I haven’t been on Swap-bot in a bit but have some time and energy currently and thought I might dip my toe back into the swapping waters. :)

Currently, I would like to trade Kawaii stationary, vintage ephemera, fabric scraps, lace and trim pieces and junk journaling items.

My Favorites:

⭐️San-x characters are my absolute favorite!

⭐️Food related kawaii

⭐️ I really love the weird, lesser known memos

⭐️Die-cut & "ticket-shaped" memos

My Unfavorites:

😢Goth/Halloween kawaii

😢Real animals

😢Rilakkuma (I have way too much)

😢Goringo (Yuck!)

😵Ummm, I can't say it strongly enough... I LOATHE YELLOW METALS! You know, gold and brass. Yucky! I really hate the color gold anything.

😵Country-style is not my thing.

😵Also, with all due respect, please don't send me religious items or art.

😵NO DISNEY, please.

😵No blood and gore, and nothing truly scary. (I like my dark things sorta cute, usually with some loveable quality.)

😵Please, NO BATH or BEAUTY products. I have severe chemical sensitivities. My children have skin allergies as well.

😵NO CANDY. Yes, it's very sad, but I must watch what I eat and my children only have candy on holidays.

😵NO STICKERS, unless they are kawaii sticker flakes or I have joined a sticker swap. My kids are no longer into stickers and I have more lying around than I will ever use.

🍄 I LOVE TOTORO!

🍄Anything related to Blythe

🍄Fabric scraps or fat quarters, I can use and will love any COTTON or CANVAS fabric, especially Japanese prints and fabric with small prints for dolly clothes.

🍄Ribbon lace and trim scraps

🍄Emily the Strange and Ruby Gloom

🍄 Zines (would LOVE to see yours or someone else's you think is cool)

🍄Junk Journals and vintage ephemera

I promise to rate all swaps sent to me. Also, I promise to rate based on the quality of the swap item(s) themselves and not based on "extras".

My opinion regarding "extras":

I don't always send extras. I don't expect them either.

I used to feel pressured to stick random bits into swaps because many people expect them and will not give out a heart if you do not include these "extras". I have since decided that I will except this rather than send useless things out with my swaps, especially ATC swaps where it is desirable to keep the postage low. It seems so wasteful to send stickers and "ephemera" that no one wants. And even worse, in my opinion, is the idea that the swap item can be of less quality if you send extra stuff.

Sometimes I do still send "extras". I send them because the swap inspires me to do so or the person I'm sending to has a profile that inspires me. Sometimes I put "extras" in because I'm sending to the host of the swap. Whatever the reason, if I send extra with a swap, it is something relevant to the swap and something of value. Also, I never send "extras" because the quality of the swap itself is poor. That just dosen't feel right to me.