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(My Trader Joes Wishlist)
(My current U.S./Swap-Bot Food Wishlist!)

I am always keen to swap for my foodie favourites - in particular, my favourite snacks from USA, which I am unable to get hold of over here!

(Healthy Eating)

I enjoy...
♥ Health food bars & snack bars made with wholesome, natural & nutritious ingredients
♥ 'Raw foods' and fruit/nut-based snack bars
Good quality dark chocolate
♥ Dark chocolate/carob-coated fruit & nuts
♥ Natural (Plain & Flavoured) Nut Butters
♥ Natural, 'healthy' cereals
♥ Nuts - plain & naturally flavoured (in particular, preportioned snack packs)
♥ Flavoured coffee (ground, or instant with no added sugar)
♥ Fruit/fruit juice-sweetened snacks & baked goods
♥ (any food similar to items on/from my foodie 'wishpot')

My favourite food brands...

(Favourite snack bars...)
♥ Larabars
♥ Nakd bars
♥ Luna bars
♥ Clif bars (including Clif Kid Z Bars)

(Favourite chocolate...)

♥ Lindt 'A Touch of Sea Salt' dark chocolate
♥ Ombars - in particular the probiotic coconut or strawberry bar & the acai & blueberry bar! :-D
♥ Justins Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
♥ Beyond Dark Chocolate Drops

(Favourite nut butters...)

♥ PB2 Powdered Peanut Butter
♥ Peanut Butter & Co - including their 'squeeze packs'!
♥ Justins Nut Butters
♥ Artisana coconut/nut butters

(Favourite cereals...)

♥ Barbara's Bakery Puffins - peanut butter or cinnamon
♥ BEAR Granola Nibbles (especially 'Cocoa Cherry'; but I also love 'Apple Crumble')
♥ Galaxy Granola, Bear Naked Granola or Love Grown Foods Granola

(Other favourite branded snacks...)

♥ Blue Diamond Dark Chocolate Almonds (especially the 100 calorie packs)
♥ Blue Diamond Cinnamon Brown Sugar Almonds (in particular, the 100 calorie packs)
♥ Emerald Nuts Cocoa Roast Almonds
♥ Nakd Infused Raisins
♥ Wrigley's: Dessert Delights Chewing Gum

(My favourite flavours include...)
Chocolate; Peanut Butter; Gingerbread; Banana bread; PB & Jelly; Coconut; Cookie dough; Vanilla; Pumpkin Pie/Spice; Blueberry; Cherry ♥ Brownie; Caramel/Fudge; 'Iced'... (e.g. snack bars with faux 'icing')

(I am always grateful for...)
~ Lil boxes of raisins, or unsweetened dried fruit
~ Sugar-free chewing gum
~ Homemade healthy snacks :-)
~ Any recipes from the Clean Eating magazine or from the book, 'Appetite for Reduction'!

(Food & drink I dislike...)
x Marmite
x Tea
x Crystal Light (or similar low-calorie instant drink mixes)
x Aniseed
x Black liquorice-flavoured items
x Coffee-flavoured candy and other edibles
x Cinnamon-flavoured candy
x Junk food or highly processed food, food with lots of additives, etc
x Cough candies / throat soother sweets
x Anything containing gelatine

Exercise & Fitness...

(My Exercise & Fitness Wishlist)
(My exercise & fitness Pinterest board)
(My yoga Pinterest board)

♥ Yoga
♥ Running

Fitness-related items which I am always grateful for...
~ Running socks or any accessories for running
~ New yoga or fitness DVDs to try out!
~ A pretty/cute small towel, which can be a spare towel to be used as a sweat towel/at the gym.
~ Anything to do with yoga

I wouldn't consider myself a fashion conformist - nor a fashion anti-conformist! I love wearing clothes & accessories that reflect my sense of self through my style...

('My kinda fashion...' Pinterest board)
(Clothes & Accessories Wishlist)

(Clothes & Accessories which I love...)

♥ Socks! (especially knee high socks, slouch socks, socks with lace & bows & socks with patterns/prints featuring my favourite characters, designs or animals!)
♥ Fairisle pattern winter knits
♥ Soft & snuggly (non-itchy!) chunky knit & cable knit winter woolens - especially mittens!
♥ Pretty collars (including peter pan collars on clothing)
♥ Ribbon shoelaces
♥ Pretty patterned tights (currently also looking for a pair of silver matt tights, size S/M!)
♥ Accessorize jewellery & accessories
♥ Pretty armwarmers - light'n'lacy for the summer & snuggly chunky knit in the winter!
♥ Asian/Korean/Japanese fashion inspired clothing & accessories (such as found on yesstyle.com)
♥ Studded leather
♥ Knitted bags for wintertime & cute, pretty straw bags with bows on the front for summertime
♥ Nautical-style fashion
♥ Bow headbands
♥ Bow hairclips
♥ Studded leather
♥ Clothes & accessories with... bows; studs; ribbon; woollen pompoms; good quality lace
♥ Clothing, jewellery & accessories featuring any of my favourite designs, character or animals! (as listed below)

(I would rather not receive any of the following 'wearables', please...)

x Itchy knitted things (due to very sensitive skin)
x Hats, other than baker boy hats & some trapper hats - 'fraid not many hats suit me!!!
x Non-silver-plated, non-'beads only' necklaces or bracelets (due to very sensitive skin)
x Hairslides (I like wearing hairclips, but the 'slide' type of hair grips slide straight out my fine, thin hair unfortunately!)
x Accessories or clothes with lots of 'bling', or cheap-looking lace
x Knee-high/long socks with horizontal stripes
x Makeup and cosmetics - including nail polishes/varnishes (I'm afraid I don't use makeup that often!)
x Metal (frame) headbands (unfortunately, these always give me the most terrible headaches!)
x Gold-coloured jewellery (I prefer silver, please!)
x Pale beige coloured tops/clothing (which make me look really 'washed out'!) or yellow tops/clothing

(My Homeware Wishlist)
(My 'For the Home' Pinterest board)
(My 'Foodie Accessories' & Kitchenware Pinterest board)
(Mugs I love Pinterest board)

(Homeware which I love & collect...)

♥ Anything from the East of India homeware range!
♥ Cute/pretty/vintage tins, for example
♥ Cute & pretty kitchenware and food/dining accessories
♥ Heart-shaped bowls/dishes, plates & spoons
♥ Cute & pretty bento boxes (especially those featuring my favourite characters, animals or designs!) or food boxes/pots
♥ Cute & pretty mugs (I collect mugs decorated with my favourite characters & designs)
♥ Vintage & retro mikglass kitchenware
♥ Cute, novelty spoons
♥ Cupcake-themed home accessories
♥ Fairy & unicorn ornaments in pink, lilac/purple & neutral colours
♥ Cute deer/fawn ornaments & figurines
♥ Shinzi Katoh homeware

(I am always grateful for...)

~ Any cute or pretty accessories for my bedroom in pink & white polka dot, pastel pink or lilac/purple
~ Tealights, candles or soy tarts (especially Yankee candles or handmade candles or wax tarts) in my favourite scents (candy & marshmallows, freshly-baked cookies or cakes, vanilla and seasonal scents)

(I would rather not receive...)

x Mouse mats (I don't have a desktop PC; I always use a laptop with a touchpad, rather than a mouse, so I don't have any use for mouse mats any longer!)
x Non-profile-based/related magnets, keychains/keyrings, phone charms or bookmarks, etc
x Cake-making supplies, such as cupcake cases, etc (I'm afraid I don't do enough baking to warrant having any more!)

(My sticker wishlist)
(My stationery wishlist)
(My 'Stationery' Pinterest board)

(Stationery that I love...)

♥ Cutesy vintage stationery (especially cute vintage Hallmark cards & stickers and cute vintage Christmas cards / vintage Valentine's cards)
♥ Paperchase stationery - especially stickers!
♥ Accessorize stickers
♥ Postcards featuring my favourite characters, animals & designs (examples of postcards which I love)
♥ Wrapping paper - especially cutesy & pretty vintage wrapping paper!
♥ Cute Japanese design cello and paper bags (e.g.) and cute packaging

(Some stationery, I would rather not receive...)

x Tourist attractions/state/tourist-y postcards or ad cards (unless specifically requested)
x Sparkly stickers
x Metallic-edged/outlined stickers
x Silly bandz/shaped rubber bands
x Erasers/rubbers, lead pencils or pencil sharpeners (I already have many and lots of spares, thank you!)
x Push pins (I have a magnetic noticeboard!)
x Lettersets (as much as I love them, I don't seem to use them all that often & thus, I am currently overrun with them, I'm afraid!!)

(My zines & books wishlist)

(Inspiring Magazines & Zines...)

♥ Lula Magazine
♥ Milk Magazine
♥ Mollie Makes Magazine
♥ The Simple Things Magazine
♥ Martha Stewart Living magazine
♥ Papier Mache magazine
♥ Somerset Studio's: Artful Blogging Magazine
♥ Craftseller Magazine
♥ Pretty photography zines, mailart zines, fairytale zines and cute/kawaii illustration zines (my favourite zine: Spoonful Zine)

(Inspiring Illustrated Children's Books...)

(I absolutely love the colour-rich, often cute & endearing, images & illustrations found in vintage children's books)

♥ Vintage Fairytale Books & Illustrations
♥ Vintage Nursery Rhyme Books & Illustrations
♥ Vintage Children’s Stories Treasury Books & their illustrations
♥ Vintage Dean’s children’s books
♥ Classic/vintage Little Golden Books
♥ Vintage Ladybird books
♥ Cute & colourful illustrated vintage children's dictionaries & ABC/alphabet books
♥ Cute vintage colouring books
♥ Start-Right Elf books
♥ Rand McNally children's books
(...many of the above, I love to collect - whole books - or pages from them! - are always appreciated & loved!)

(My favourite children's storybooks...)

♥ Hansel and Gretel
♥ Little Red Riding Hood
(I collect different illustrated book versions of Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood)

(My favourite children’s literature illustrators...)

Beatrix Potter; Racey Helps; Rene Cloke; Anne and Janet Grahame Johnstone; Margaret Tarrant; Cicely Mary Barker; Mabel Lucie Attwell; Arthur Rackham; Daisy Mager; Florence Sarah Winship; Vivian Robbins Alice Schlesinger; Florence Salter; A J McGregor; Elizabeth Webbe

(My current book-ish wishes...)

~ Any 'Little Little Golden Books' (the teeny-tiny ones!) - for 'sitting' amongst the branches of my Christmas tree! :-D
~ a vintage copy of a Little Golden Book version of 'Hansel & Gretel'
~ The Velveteen Rabbit
~ Any vintage Dr Seuss books

I love to be creative & spend a fair amount of time crafting; I particularly enjoy papercraft, card making and 'altered art'. Whilst I don't reeeeaaally need any more arts'n'craft supplies, I can never turn them down! ;-)

(My craft supplies wishlist)
(My die-cutting & craft punches wishlist)

(Favourite craft supplies...)

♥ Tim Holtz craft accessories & embellishments
♥ Paper lace
♥ Paper/foil Doilies
♥ Vintage wrapping paper
♥ Washi tape
♥ Mod Podge
♥ Glossy Accents & MatteAccents
♥ Any dies which will work in the Sizzix Bigshot machine
♥ Vintage photographs of landscapes, buildings or animals
♥ Vintage glass buttons

(Craft supplies that I am always grateful for & can make use of...)

~ Kraft paper
~ Cameo & cabochon settings and bezel settings - especially filigree blanks/settings
~ Blank leather cuffs/bracelets/wristbands
~ Antique ledger paper
~ Vintage postal ephemera
~ Vintage handwritten letters/postcards
~ Blank small round silver metal tins
~ Wooden & chipboard ATC/ACEO blanks
~ Vintage ephemera (such as vintage board game ephemera, vintage milk bottle caps & vintage sheet music)
~ Broken and vintage jewellery (for recycling into new jewellery! ^_^)
~ Ex libris and bookplates
~ Altered art supplies
~ Cellophane bags (self-seal / greeting card cellophane display bags, or other!) - any & all sizes!
~ Pritt stick, glue dots & double-sided sticky tape (crafting essentials, which I always seem to be running out of! :-S)
~ Good quality card blanks and postcard blanks
~ Microscope glass slides
~ Old typewriter or keyboard keys (and the like) which have broken off
~ Fineline black permanent marker pens

(Craft supplies which I would rather not receive...)

x Cross-stitch supplies (I have no use for these, I'm afraid)
x Embroidery thread
x Knitting or crochet supplies (unfortunately, I don't have the skills to put them to use!)
x Loose glitter
x Confetti/sequins
x Fabric (I am currently over-run with fabric, thank you!)
x Plastic/'pony' beads (I already have enough of these, thank you)
x Iron-on rhinestone/gem fabric embellishments
x Appliqués or patches

My favourite colours are...

♥ Pink
♥ Lilac / purple

Patterns I love...

♥ Pastel colours and ‘candy’ colours
♥ Polka Dots
♥ Leopard print
♥ Cath Kidston prints and designs (especially the pink and white polka dot or floral prints!)

Favourite themes & styles...

♥ Fantasy, fairytales and magic
♥ Whimsy, vintage and nostalgia
♥ Shabby chic

I love designs, patterns and art/photos/images featuring...

♥ Lace & doilies
♥ Keys, especially antique/'skeleton' keys
♥ Bows
♥ Antique-style script fonts and vintage handwriting; quirky, fun typography and & lettering
♥ Funfairs - especially carousels and carousel horses
♥ Cameras
♥ Pretty vintage clocks & pocket watches ♥ Typewriters
♥ Books (e.g. on bookshelves, in a pile - especially vintage books!)
♥ Birds nests & birdcages
♥ Clouds, raindrops & umbrellas
♥ Russian dolls (matroyshka/babushka dolls)
♥ Balloons
♥ Teacups
♥ Cupcakes
♥ Cute, kawaii or pretty food designs, especially patisserie items (e.g. french fancies, macarons)
♥ Gingerbread men
♥ Colourful candy
♥ Parisian or French chic ♥ Fairytale art & illustrations (esp. vintage); I especially love art & illustrations from Hansel & Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood
♥ Fairies (I prefer art-y fairies, such as the Flower Fairies and those by Arthur Rackham, for example, to childish, cartoon-style fairies)
♥ Unicorns
♥ Forests and trees (silhouettes, sketches and illustrations - in particular 'enchanted'/fairytale woodland, rather than 'real' photographic depictions)
♥ 'Far away' magical castles - with spiral staircases, etc
♥ Pretty breakfast food (e.g. pancakes, croissants, jars of jam/jelly & honey)
♥ Berrieshttp://pinterest.com/littledotty/beautiful-berries/ - especially strawberries!
♥ Pretty imagery/photos of bubbles

(I would rather not recieve the following themes/designs..).

x Nudity
x Religious depictions & themes (whilst I wholly respect each person's beliefs, but I'd rather not recieve religious-themed items, please)

Favourite animals:

♥ Cutesy fawns / deer
♥ Unicorns!
♥ Cutesy lil bunnies!

(Other animals I also love...)
♥ Other cute & whimsical woodland creatures'n'critters! (more artsy, less 'realistic')
♥ Cute cartoon-y penguins
♥ Butterflies (patterns and pretty depictions, rather than photos, generally speaking)

(I do not like...)
x Snails, slugs or worms! (eww!)

Favourite characters:

♥ Disney Bambi
♥ Disney Dumbo
♥ Peter Rabbit (and other Beatrix Potter characters - in particular the bunny rabbits!)
♥ Moomins
♥ Care Bears (especially vintage Carebears!)
♥ Belle and Boo
♥ Pingu & Lepulepu!
♥ Little Red Riding Hood
♥ Precious Moments characters (especially the unicorn!)
♥ Amy & Tim
♥ any Shinzi Katoh characters - especially Shinzi Katoh's Red Riding Hood!

(I also like...)
♥ Todd [from Disney: The Fox and the Hound]
♥ Disney Heffalump
♥ Thumper [from Disney: Bambi]
♥ Disney Eeyore
♥ Marie [from Disney: Aristocats]
♥ Lucky.. and the other dalmation puppies! [from Disney: 101 Dalmations]
♥ Vintage My Little Pony
♥ Classic 90s Children's TV characters (from my childhood), such as Spot the Dog, Rupert the Bear, Barbar & Elmer the Elephant
♥ Cute/kawaii/cartoon mushrooms/toadstools (like the red-and-white spotted ones with cute faces! :-D)
♥ Alice in Wonderland

(Favourite kawaii characters...)

♥ Decole Otogicco
♥ Sanrio Flight of Fancy
♥ San-X Kireizukinseikatu
♥ San-X Berry Puppy
♥ San-X Milky World characters
♥ San-X Rilakkuma / San-X Korilakkuma (especially the Sweets Rilakkuma range and hooded San-X Korilakkuma!)
♥ Crux Cafe range characters & cute Crux animals
♥ Kamio Lilliput Toys

(I'm not a fan of...)

x Hello Kitty
(whilst it's not a strict dislike, I'm not a huge fan, despite my love for some other kawaii/Japanese cuteness! :-P)
x Kawaii 'people'
x Anime or Manga
x Barbie/Sindy, Dora the Explorer, Garfield, Peppa Pig, etc

Misc.Inspirations:

♥ Christmas time! :-D (I love Christmas & everything to do with it! My tree is decorated in my favourite colours, pink, lilac & purple, with decorations featuring 'my favourite designs' - including a fair few 'unconventional' decorations! :-P)
♥ Jars of pretty (vintage) buttons
♥ Fairylights
♥ Pianos & sheet music
♥ Petticoats, ballet shoes & ballerinas
♥ Woodlands and natural beauty
♥ Fashion photography
♥ Cherry blossom
♥ Captivating lyrics, novels and poetry
♥ Beautiful light
♥ Quotes (in particular, positive/inspirational quotes and quotes which promote positive body image)
♥ Polaroids
♥ Cute, vintage paper dolls
♥ Vintage children's toys, especially vintage cute and colourful tin toys, such as tin toy plates (some examples can be seen here)
♥ Colourful/pretty food packaging or food packaging featuring cute & interesting designs (especially from other countries)
♥ French/Parisian bakery/patisserie ephemera for example and the like
♥ Vintage adverts - especially vintage food/drink adverts! :-D
♥ Pretty jam/preserve jar covers and labels(!)
♥ Treehouses
♥ Sandcastles
♥ Dolls' houses
♥ 'Sylvanian Families'!
♥ Laduree ephemera
♥ Ball mason jars, vintage Henkel jars & other pretty jars

(Other ideas and wishes...)

[I am always very grateful for..]
~ Any of 'my favourite things' or things which I find inspiring! :-D
(i.e. anything to do with any of my favourite themes/animals/characters/designs/patterns; any of my favourite food/drink, craft supplies, my 'misc. inspirations', etc!)
~ Any of my Etsy favourites, my favourite Postcrossing postcards or anything from my Amazon wishlist
~ Anything from or similar to/inspired by my Wishpot wishlists!
~ Unused UK postage

Dislikes:

x Racism and prejudice of any form
x Cigarettes / the smell of cigarette smoke

(I would also rather not receive any of the following items, please...)
x Toiletries, other than Lush or natural, organic products
(due to sensitive skin/eczema)
x Soft toys, including sock monkeys, etc
(as much as I love soft toys, I just don't have the room to store them!)
x Random state/country souvenirs (unless otherwise requested!)
x ATCs (I'm afraid I'm not a collector, so I'd prefer these to go to a more loving home!)

[Disclaimer:]
Please understand that the wishlists on my profile are there simply because I like to provide a full profile, so that if a swap partner does wish to use my profile, they can get a well-rounded view of who I am and what I enjoy/like :-) Please never feel any pressure to send me something in particular; I would hate for anyone to think I was being demanding or rude etc... and, thank you for reading :-)

I hate to post this to my profile, but with an escalating number of swaps & tags which swap partners have not sent to me/which I have not recieved... :-(

Unrecieved Swaps:

• 'Christmas Gift 2010 Swap' from @zoa16
• 'January 2011 Profile Surprise Swap' from @mommaviv
• 'Edibles Swappers International: $5 edible profile surprise!' swap from @LomoLover
• 'Happy (Healthy!) New Year' swap from @hjshort72

Unrecieved Tags:

The following 'tags' were promised to me but never recieved... :-(

• Breakfast LP from @sugarcrawler ('Rainbows & Rainclouds > List 2 Pick 1 Lucky Parcel Tag'; August 2010)
• Stocking filler from @irishfaerie9 ('I Wish For...' Tag, November 2010)
• Yummy goodies from @irishfaerie9 ('Yummy Goodies - Pay It Back', November 2010)
• Surprise from @irishfaerie9 ('Send to the Person Above You', November 2010)
• Puzzle pieces from @juliewasson (tag from 11/9/10)
• Surprise from @hunnybunny1020 ('Mailbox Madness > I Wish For... Tag Game! ',14/1/11)
• Surprise from @pinkangelfishy ('Quick! I need...' Tag, 15/2/11)
• Surprise from @angelslater ('I collect... Tag', 20/04/11)
• Surprise from @angelslater ('Send to the Person Above You' tag, 20/04/11)
• Pack of mint choc chip chewing gum from @CherryBlossom ('Cheap Postage Swaps, Tags and Fun > Cheap Postage Tag You're It - Global', 3/5/11)
• Carrot cake Clif bar from @MommytheMaid (''Breakfast Time!' Tag Game, 9/3/11)
• Mystery pouch from @NativeDezines ("Rainbows & Rainclouds > Mystery Pouch Tag", 21/6/11)
• Cupcake amigurumi from @KnowMe ("This or That tag...", 2/7/11)
• 2 healthy snack bars from @revolutionaries ("Pick Two!", 4/7/11)
• PB&Co nut butter packs from @DragonflyDore ("I wish for..." tag, 6/9/11)
• Kawaii gift bag set from @PinkyPao ("Happy Swap-bots RAK's > Happy Alphabet Tag", 22/12/11)

Angels... ♥

• Thank you so much to @kittenred for very kindly (and superbly! :-D) angelling the 'January 2011 Profile Surprise Swap'

• A big thank you to @vintervila for sending a bag of yummy cereal to me, as an angel for the 'Edibles Swappers International: $5 edible profile surprise!' :-)

• A huuuge thank you to the wonderful @paperbutterflywings for angelling the 'Happy (Healthy!) New Year' swap! :-D