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Hi! My name is Lauren and I am 29 years old. I live in the south of England, where I have lived my whole life.

I've been a member of Swapbot for years now and yet I still don’t really know what to write in this section.

I suffer from a condition called Selective Mutism, which is a severe anxiety disorder that affects communication. It mostly affects verbal communication, however, it does also mean I can struggle with written communication. I’d love to hear from anyone else who suffers from it, as it doesn’t seem as commonly known in adults. I also suffer from other physical and mental health issues, and crafting/swapping is a great help/distraction

Update 28th December 2024: With it being Christmas and with being ill, I’ve fallen behind with opening and rating mail. Please bear with me and I’ll hopefully get on it over the next few days!

• I rate as soon as I receive a swap, so if I haven’t rated yet, it’s hopefully just because mail can be a bit slow. The latter also applies to swaps I’ve sent.. if you haven’t received a swap from me, please message before rating

• I understand life can get in the way, so if you’re going to send a swap late, just pop me a message and I won’t rate down because of it. However, if you send late (anything that’s 2/3+ days after the deadline) and don’t bother letting me know, I’ll have to rate down

• Where possible, I would prefer to receive envelopes that aren’t completely covered in sellotape/clear tape (with the exception of envelopes that have washi on, because I can peel the sellotape off of it), as I like to use parts of the envelopes in other crafts, and recycle the rest

• Please DO NOT send loose glitter or items with flaky glitter. They will end up being discarded. It’s on my dislikes, but I seem to be receiving more as more of it lately

A: Autumn, Aquariums, Art journaling, Animals, Anything Arty

B: Blue, Bees, Bohemian, Botanical

C: Crafting, Cats (I have 4!), Circus, Cozy things, Cacti, Colour, Chocolate, Cherry

D: Die cuts, Disney, Daisies, Doilies, Dragonflies, Daphnes Diary

E: Ephemera, Embellishments, Elephants, Envelopes

F: Flipbooks, Flowers/Floral, Fish, Fussy Cutting

G: Green, Galaxy

H: Happy Mail, Halloween, Harry Potter, Handmade items, Hand lettering

I: Inspirational sayings, Insects, Ice Cream

J: Jellyfish, Junk Journaling, Journaling Cards

K: Kinder Chocolate

L: Lanterns, Lettering, Labels, Lemon/Lime

M: Mystical, Mandalas, Mail Art, Motivational Quotes, Mint, Musicals

N: Nature, Notebooks, Notepads, Nautical

O: Orchids, Ocean

P: Papercraft, Papers, Pastels, Purple, Plants, Penguins, Pepsi Max, Pyjamas, Project Life

Q: Quotes

R: Rainbows, Rain, Rose Gold, Reptiles

S: Scrapbooking, Stickers, Stamps, Scrapbook Paper, Swaps, Socks, Snowflakes, Sealife, Spearmint

T: Teal, Tic Tacs

U: Under sea

V: Vintage Style

W: Washi Tape, Watercolour, Whimsical, Winter

X:

Y: Yellow

Z:

• Loose or flaky glitter!
• Kawaii
• Anything Religious.. I’m not religious, and don’t know of anyone that is, so wouldn’t be able to make use of it
• Zines/Mini Zines
• Postcards of Places
• Tea/Coffee
• Peanut Butter
• Dark Chocolate

• Anything Papercraft related
• Anything suitable for fussy cutting (cute, pretty, animals, etc etc)
• Daphnes Diary Magazines (New, old, single pages, etc.. anything is fine as they are great for fussy cutting)
• ‘The Washi Tape Shop’ Samples or Rolls
• Papers with machine (or good quality hand) stitching.. I don’t have a sewing machine, and I’m not great at hand stitching, but love these

• Anything Harry Potter

• Kinder Chocolate.. Our selection here is very small, so would love anything Kinder from where you are!

• Anything Paw Patrol related (My best friends little boy is obsessed!)

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