maggie16

2 December, 2024

Just starting to get back into swapping after a few years away.

• I love creativity
• I’m highly introverted
• I’m an HSP - highly sensitive person
• I have chronic anxiety and a circadian rhythm disorder, and I am currently unable to work
• I love nature, and most things to do with the natural world
• I love all things paper, stationery, snail mail, and have since I was little
• I love art, craft, surface design, illustration, photography, interior decorating
• My favourite colours are pinks, greens, blues, purples. I love pastel colours.
• I prefer quality over quantity

If possible, I'd appreciate real postage stamps on swaps, rather than printed labels. I love stamps and love seeing and collecting different ones from around the world!

I will always complete swaps that I've signed up for, and will rate my partners in a timely fashion. However, life happens, and if I will be late in sending a swap for any reason, I will always message my partner/s.

OUTGOING swaps...I always comprehensively read my swap partner's profile, and try my best to send something I think they'll like, and that may bring them some joy. If you don't receive my swap within a month of the swap deadline, please message me before rating. If necessary, I will re-send. Please keep in mind that I live in Australia, and international mail deliveries may take a few weeks, sometimes maybe even a month.

INCOMING swaps...If I don't receive a swap two months after the deadline, I will always contact my partner before rating, and give them a chance to re-send.

• PAPER!!! Decorative, patterned, scrapbooking, vintage book pages...
• things with a subtle sparkle
• stickers
• washi tape
• paper crafting/art journalling supplies
• stationery
• greeting cards with or without envelopes
• postcards
• letter sets
• quality ribbon
• envelopes

THEMES/MOTIFS

nature, acorns, pinecones, gingham, woodland, cottagecore, strawberries, postal/mail related, plants (especially cacti, succulents, ferns, monsteras), flowers (especially pink flowers, wildflowers, tulips, peonies, freesias, muscari, pink hydrangeas, forget-me-nots, hellebores), stars, dinosaurs (fave = stegosaurus), the seasons (especially autumn + spring), rainbows, Betty & Veronica comics, 80s + 90s pop culture/nostalgia, quotes (especially ones about creativity, mindfulness, nature, introverts), Sanrio (Little Twin Stars + My Melody), animals (I have a soft spot for: baby animals, rabbits, horses, elephants, polar bears, snow leopards, hedgehogs, narwhals), beaches, jungles, forests, prairies, meadows, desert, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, space/astronomy

CHRISTMAS THEMES/MOTIFS: traditional, "white Christmas", Christmas village, snowflakes, stars, rocking horse, reindeer, snow globes, woodland animals, pinecones, wreaths, holly + winter berries, Christmas trees, ice-skates, mittens, ornaments, stockings, vintage toys, Santa's workshop

HALLOWEEN THEMES/MOTIFS: pumpkins, spiders, spiderwebs, ghosts, bats, candy. Nothing overly gory or gruesome - more cute and "spoopy" than "spooky"!

• US state map postcards

I love US state map postcards, and have built a collection of cards from almost all 50 states, thanks to many lovely swappers!

STILL LOOKING FOR...Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. I would love any state map postcards, and would love to have various ones from all the states.

If you can help me out with my collection, please message me and we can set up a private swap! Thank you in advance :)

• Nature - beautiful landscapes, country views, jungles, prairies, animals, greenery, plants, flowers

• Lovely illustrations

• Tourist postcards (especially beautiful scenic ones)

• Anything related to any of my likes

• Creative, handmade postcards

I love clean, blank postcards in an envelope, and also naked + stamped postcards...please send the way the swap calls for. For naked cards, I love personalisation on the back with a lovely handwritten message from you...and sticker/washi decoration if you feel creative!

My favourite childhood, and all-time favourite movie is JURASSIC PARK!

Some of my other favourite movies include: The Lost World, Jaws, Alien, Aliens, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Twister, Apollo 13, Home Alone 1 + 2, No Country For Old Men, Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary, Wayne's World, Napoleon Dynamite. I also love the original 90s 'The Stand' miniseries.

My favourite TV shows: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Will & Grace, Family Guy, Arrested Development, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Office (US), The Nanny, Eastbound & Down, Parks and Recreation, The League, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Star Trek VOYAGER, Star Trek DS9, LOST, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and the original 90s The Baby-Sitter's Club series.

I am only interested in swapping paper related items, and flat stationery/craft items - postcards, letters, greeting cards, stickers, washi, paper crafting supplies, etc. Please do not send anything that does not pertain to this, thank you!

Australia has very strict rules for what can and can't be mailed here. Please do not send any magnets/anything magnetized, animal products, or any perishable foodstuffs.

• food/drink (including candy, gum, tea, chocolate)

• items that smell of cigarette smoke

• anything scented - I'm very sensitive to smells and they often trigger migraines

• items with pet hair on them...but please give your pets a cuddle for me!

• items with loose glitter/ glitter that sheds easily

• themes: animal cruelty (hunting, animal racing, circus animals, and anything depicting animal mistreatment/abuse), clowns, pirates, goblins, gnomes, witches, wizards, gothic, owls, snakes, toads, cockroaches, military/war, The Wizard of Oz