JenMeister

Quarantine Warning: there are some things that cannot be sent to Australia. These include animal & plant materials (including tea, potpourri...). Please check out http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/mail/cant-mail for more info! A recent letter sent to me was delayed because it was detained by quarantine and the tea removed.

Spoiler alert: I usually post pictures of swaps I'm sending out on my blog. I don't post the username of who I'm sending it to, but if you know you're my partner for a swap and want a surprise, then no peeking! ;) Also, I may post pictures of items I receive. Please let me know in advance if you don't want yours posted.

I am a student in my 20s and love doing hands-on crafty things in my spare time.

I speak Spanish & French, so quotes, recipes, etc can be sent in them.

Note: I am slowly filling out this profile, and will endeavor to expand on it as I spend more time on the site, and participate in more swaps.

I prefer quality over quantity - I'll give a heart if I think the swap item came from the heart, not necessarily based on extras :)

I have no problem with you swapping on or regifting any items that I send to you, and I will do the same from time to time (with credit if it is a handmade item). Please let me know if this is a problem for you :)

I love making books, greeting cards, making / fixing clothes, making jewelery.

I dabble in crochet, "inchies", dotees, ATCs, toy making...

I passively collect stamps and coins from across the world. That is to say, I hoard them when I receive letters / travel but I don't buy them or even have any idea of their worth.

I love stickers, I both collect them and use them on letters etc

I have started collecting dotees, and would like any of the following:
-a farm animal (sheep, pig, cow, etc)
-a monster
-a leaf
-a dinosaur
-a computer geek
-a robot
-ethnic
-a flower
-miniature
-irregularly-shaped
-sleepy/night-time
-anything you like, based on my profile or not :)

Veg cooking, chickens, dinosaurs, travelling, hand-drawn pictures, cupcakes, cows, op shops, bananas, cute buttons, cloth shopping bags, stickers, dotees, South America, amirugumi, pigs, decorated envelopes, chocolate, bicycles, cycling, felted items, ducks, tote bags, hand-written letters, ATCs, monsters, dotees, inchies, birds...

Colours
Earthy tones and bright contrasting colours.

These are only ideas to give you inspiration, and are certainly not an exclusive list I am not hard to please and am especially fond of anything handmade :)

-Felt squares, coloured and/or patterned
-Embroidery Thread
-Fabric button kit
-Charms
-Beads (especially Bali beads, glass & unique ones)
-Fun/unusual buttons
-Squares of Fabric with interesting designs
-Small clay faces for dollmaking
-Amigurumi items
-Nice stickers with flowers, fish, butterflies, geometric patterns or kawaii designs. Especially like puffy/furry/otherwise tactile ones.
-Hand-drawn inchies
-Pretty patterned papers & scraps
-Rubber stamps (esp. home-made ones)
-Inking pads
-Tofu themed toys :P
-Dotees
-Handmade/altered postcards / gift cards
-Unused au$1.35 & au$2.05 stamps - I can never get enough of these!

Soap, perfume, teacher stickers, gum, religious icons, bath/shower products, makeup...

If you are sending chocolate, I do not like:
-more than 70% cocoa
-sultanas/raisins
-liquid liqueur centres
-marzipan
-turkish delight.

If you are sending recipes, please note that I am vegetarian - I don't eat any meat or seafood. Everything else goes ;)

I have no allergies... yay!! I drink tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc.

Warning: there are some things that cannot be sent to Australia: These include animal & plant materials (including fruit tea, pot pourri...). Please check out http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/mail/cant-mail for more info!

@Mollykoo for a forum dotee tag

Vrooooooom!