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...going on a break from swap-bot for a bit...

I'm a primary school teacher in Australia who enjoys travelling, music, photography, volunteering/charity work, swapping, crafting, reading and trying to live a more sustainable, ethical & environmentally friendly lifestyle.

Please note that I prefer to recycle packaging whenever possible - thanks :) If you upload photos of your swaps, please use my screen name - memtree, thanks :)

• nature/environment
• organic, local, fair trade, ethical and eco friendly products
• sustainable living
• recycling
• charity
• RAKs (random acts of kindness)
• photography, DSLR, polaroids/fujifilm instax, lomography
• trees (big branchy/leafy ones!)
• clouds, especially rain clouds
• snowflakes, circles, spots and polka dots
• animals, especially baby orangutans, otters, alpacas and sloths
• scuba diving
• daily clicks at care2
• children of the world, different cultures, unicef christmas card with children on them
• japanese washi masking tape
• kawaii/cartoon looking eskimo girls/inuit, space cadets (retro), babushka dolls
• whimsical woodland creatures (deer, fawn, hedgehog, mushroom, owl, gnomes, bunny etc)
• maps
• typewriters
• paper products like letter press items, gocco, greeting cards, kirigami, origami, paper cranes, paper items, paper shape cutters, rubber stamps,
• stationery by kikki-k, moleskin, o-check
• magazines like the simple things (UK), peppermint (AU), extra curricular (NZ), uppercase (CAN), anthology (US), kinfolk (US), papier (japanese), Green lifestyle (AU), frankie (AU)
• handmade items
• opp shopping/thrift shopping
• freecycling, bookcrossing, bookmooching, ebaying
• The School of St Jude in Tanzania, Africa (fighting poverty through education!)
• artists/crafters/designers such as beci orpin aka princess tina, kozyndan, emily green, jill bliss, rachel castle, apak, hello sandwich, saelee oh, dawn tan, stampel, oktoberdee, beth emily, &O design, joost, harvest workroom
• oliver jeffers childrens books & illustrations, anna walker (children's picture book illustrator), hervé morvan (french ad poster artist), ed emberyley, michael roberts (illustrations), mary blair (illustrations)
• clothing brands like gorman (fave!), tsumori chisato, people tree, obus
• music, dancing
• growing my own vegies, my worm farm, composting/bokashi bin
• mint chocolate (cocolo premium's organic dark mint, mint patties, junior mints, darrell lea's choc peppermint nougat bar, divine mint dark choc, mint slice...yum!), lindt chocolate
• positive inspirational quotes
• kawaii (YES TO sanrio and other japanese characters. NO TO mickey mouse and gang, looney tunes characters like tweety, cartoon network characters like powderpuff girls, snoopy and diddl)
• japanese items and craft books
• miyazaki films (arrietty, ponyo, spirited away's makkuro kurosuke aka soot balls, totoro)
• african culture (except for the scary masks)
• ikea, swedish design, nordic style
• simple nature inspired patterns or cultural patterns
• colourful patterns...check out my pinterest to find out more :)

• scented items
• coffee or coffee/banana/orange flavoured items
• tea or other drink sachets
• incense sticks
• gothic themed items
• wizards, fantasy/sci-fi, clowns, spiders
• horoscope related items
• religious themed items
• tombstone, cemeteries, skulls
• general horror, negative, tacky, cheap stuff etc
• fake tattoos
• alcohol related items
• cigarette smoke smell on items
• things with my name on it
• lipstick, make-up, cosmetics or perfume

• vintage ephemera
• airmail labels from different countries
• vintage or nature related postcard with a list of things that make you happy or what you are grateful for or an inspirational quote or a RAK (random act of kindness) you have done
• used postage stamps (particularly nature/environment/child related, old vintage ones)
• fabric bunting banner or confetti system sort of banner
• personalised address labels
• magazines on sustainable living, fashion (like frankie) or design (like uppercase)
• japanese craft books
• good quality children's picture story books (particularly with an environmental aspect to it) and other books on my http://www.librarything.com/catalog/memtree/wishlist wishlist
• washi tape...
• things from my etsy wishlist or inspired from there :)

Please keep in mind Australia has strict quarantine! Items not allowed include tea, dried flowers, seeds, toys filled with sand or soil, goods made with animal products such as raw hide, feathers etc. For more info check the AIS website. Thanks :)

• lior
• jason mraz
• brooke fraser
• john mayer

and... kina grannis, coldplay, the falls, lupe fiasco, jane lui, conor maynard, dido, sarah mclachlan, swell season, city & colour, the script, two spot gobi, one republic, the fray, damien rice, teitur, fort minor, nelly furtado, scribe, jem, imogen heap, froufrou, michael buble, U2, maroon 5...and more!

• Christmas For Us - AUSTRALIA ONLY by @nyssa (partially suspended)
• For the lovely charitable people out there! flaked by @AussieMumJen ... the swap coordinator :(

can you help angel me, please? thanks :)

Angelled by the lovely and generous @roaddummy - HUGE THANK YOU! - Earth Day Celebration Package 2011 by@angelslater (fully suspended)...flaked on my own swap :( - Make a difference flaked by @Jadeypop - Ephemerenvelope - THRIFTY FINDS flaked by @jhibbs1969 - Used Postage Stamps #1 by @Doll