Dan

Hello from Ireland!

I love to craft, read, watch films, playing with my dog, and walking in nature. I enjoy travelling and having time to relax!

I find crafting very therapeutic as I have ongoing mental health issues as well as several invisible disabilities that can make day to day tasks very difficult.

I love being in nature and am blessed to live in a town on the River Shannon.

I am part of the LGBTQI+ community. I am prochoice. I believe Black Lives Matter. I support indigenous lives. I know that not all disabilities are visible and have several invisible disabilities myself.

I always rate and always send so please contact me if something doesn't arrive! Please allow extra time if you live outside of Europe as I'm sending from Ireland.

I like these items and themes:

• Washi tape

• Interesting papers eg. Vellum / embossed / metallic patterns or elements / handmade with flowers in it

• Die cut shapes esp. plants, flourishes, nature themed.

• Black Milk Project stamps!

• Ephemera

• Old vintage photographs of ladies, children, gay couples, animals (original photos or high quality reprints are both great!)

• Pastels and muted colours

• Rose gold

• Flowers and leaves

• Foxes / otters / rabbits / deer / sea turtles / fruit bats / woodland creaturesr

• Butterflies and moths of all kinds

• Naturalist themes (esp. with spooky overtones) - preserved butterflies, animal bones, feathers, dried flowers. Folklore oddities and real life chimeras such as jackalopes and chimera cats!

• Mystic/Esoteric theme

• Gothic, spooky theme (Think "a walk in a haunted woods under a full moon" rather than characters like Frankenstien/Dracula or the more cartoony/kiddy imagery)

• Nature connected spiritualism, the seasons and the elements

• Art Deco patterns

• Traditional Japanese nature - cherry blossoms, bamboo, sakura flowers, waterlilies...

• Tasteful nude images, especially vintage, and figure studies of the body

These items/themes aren't to my taste:

• Postage stamps (I have too many!)

• Architecture

• War related articles, photos, academic writings

• Transport - trains, cars, etc.

• Modern leaflets/magazines cut outs/photos/maps

• Religious iconography of any kind, including angels or cherubs

• Modern fashion and makeup (1980s onwards)

• Post it notes

• Neon colours

• Children's/Kid-ish items

• Planner, organiser, teacher and alphabet stickers

• Portraits / photos / illustrations featuring just men

• Christmas themed items esp. old fashioned imagery of Santa, nativity, angels, religious Items . (However I love wintery themed items - snowflakes, deer, holly, robins, hot cocoa, pine trees..!)

I love to craft - ATCs, wax seals, ephemera, story prompts, and decoden are favourites of mine.

Let me know if you'd ever like to receive anything unique to Ireland!

I love receiving sweets/candy from around the world!

Yummy: Honeycomb, milk chocolate, Haribo, sour candy, salted caramel, toffee, cola bottles, watermelon sour patch, chocolate pretzels, Ferrero Roche, pretzel/peanut/brownie M&Ms

Icky: Hersheys brand, spicy/hot, liquorice, coffee flavour, liquer/alcohol, dark chocolate, coconut, banana