MissPhoenixRises

Hello everyone! Swaps can be so much fun! I have a wide range of interests, they include: Harry Potter, planners and planner accessories, stickers, giving and receiving greeting cards, the color pink (though I enjoy purple and black too, depending on what it is...but pink is an almost guaranteed win), wolves, foxes, cats, the shows Game of Thrones, The Big Bang Theory, and Firefly, roses, lilacs, pumpkin flavored and scented stuff, and magnets, pins, and keychains (I collect them).

I am Wiccan; I don't actively practice at present, but still have my beliefs.

I have PTSD and Bipolar type 2. I enjoy reading/learning about mental health stuff and psychology and have given some thought to becoming a psychiatric case manager. I spent some time doing Peer Support in the mental health community and loved it.

I also have Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain issues, as well as Dysautonomia since I had Covid in January 2022, leading me to use a rollator or an electric wheelchair for distances.

I have 2 grown daughters and a grandson who is 9.

I have an awful tendency to "collect" stuff for crafting rather than actually crafting. I have 23 coloring books, some "adult", some not :) with only a couple pictures colored in some of them....some not at all! I have everything I could want to color with, really...crayons, markers, gel pens, colored pencils, and fineliners, but I tend to spend more time looking at memes on Facebook or pinning things on Pinterest! I also have what I call a "comfort book", which is a sketchbook that I'm filling with stickers, magazine cutouts, quotes, scrapbook paper, articles, whatever brings me joy, in no particular order or layout.

I've always wanted to learn to crochet, my mom is pretty good at it and even makes her own patterns, but I just don't seem to have the patience to get anywhere.

I've made a few Smash books/junk journals...I really enjoyed those, they can be so pretty...but then I don't know what I want to do with them because they are pretty and I don't want to ruin them by writing in them!

I have made a few pocket letters, and love receiving them, but I'm never satisfied with my own work. I am definitely my own worst critic!

I am fascinated by crafting in general, I love to wander Michael's and Hobby Lobby and look at stuff, and there's so much I wish I could do. I think papercrafts interest me the most!

I love boxes, bags, and containers of all kinds, I don't know why. The prettier the better though, but I don't have much room for them anymore since I moved to assisted living.

I love to read, and while Harry Potter has my heart, I have a wide range of interests from fiction to fantasy, young adult to memoirs. Favorites include the Twilight series, the Hunger Games series, the Thirst series, books by Juliet Marrillier, the Harley Merlin series, the Vampire Academy books...I really enjoy books about witches, wizards, and vampires....magic...fantasy. Some books they term "Young Adult" are some of the best books I have read! All the books I have but my Harry Potter books are on my Kindle now.

I love flavored teas and hot cocoa, but rarely seem to drink it. I drink a lot of flavored iced coffee, and live off diet soda. My favorite candies include Lindt milk chocolate, Reese's Peanut Butter cups, Peppermint Bark, and Milk and Holiday Mint M&Ms.

I love swapping with people who, like me, put thought and effort into their swaps. It takes the fun out of it, especially with package swaps, when you get something so completely different than what you were anticipating. Obviously people have different tastes and budgets, but should try to accommodate their partners' interests and likes as much as possible.

Have seen this done and loved it, so stealing it, lol...

An ABC of LIKES:

A- Amethysts, Amazon, Autobiographies

B - Bracelets, especially silicone ones I can wear all the time, Buttons, Big Bang Theory, Birthdays, Babies, Books, Bookmarks, Black, Beauty and the Beast

C- Crystals, Charms, Chocolate (white or milk, no nuts), Caramel, Cupcakes, Celtic stuff, Cats, Christmas

D- Demi Lovato, Danielle Steel, Dollar stores

E- Essential oils, Eucalyptus, eBay, Etsy

F- Flowers, Foxes, Fairies, Fingerless gloves, Fantasy, Firefly (the series), Facebook

G- Gemstones, Game of Thrones, Greeting cards, Gel pens, Goddesses

H- Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Heather flowers, Harley Merlin, Hunger Games, Hot chocolate, Handbags

I- Ireland, Ice cream, Iced coffee

J- Juniper Fox, Junk journals, Jeopardy

K- Kittens, Kyanite, Keychains

L- Labradorite, Lilacs, Lollipops, Love, Letters, Lace, Leather, Lindt chocolate

M- Malachite, Moonstone, the Moon, Maple, Magnets, Music, Magic, M&M's (no nuts), Memoirs

N- Notes, Notecards, Neopets

O- Onyx, Oprah

P- Peacock ore, Phoenixes, Pink, Purple, Pins, Presents, Pens, Paint, Planner stuff, Pumpkin flavors/smells, Pocket Letters, Princess Diana, Pinterest

Q- Quotes, Quartz, Quizzes

R- Roses, River Tam, Ravenclaw, Reese's Peanut Butter cups

S- Singing, Stones, Stationery, Sapphires, Swapping, School supplies, Stickers, Silver

T- Tea (flavored), Twilight, Themes, Tik Tok, Taylor Swift, Temu (the site)

U- Unicorns

V- Vampires, Velvet, Violets

W- Washi, Witches, Wicca, Watercolor, Wolves, Wizards, Werewolves, WalMart, Wish (the site), Wishes

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Y- Young adult books, YouTube

Z- Zazzle