lyssathemermaid

Flaked on by @LeaTheShark for Witch's Brew unusual crystal & tea swap & @sarahmaus33 for Rated R Spooky ATC

Now enough of the bad swap talk~ Introducing myself, Lyss! This is a safe space for anybody and everybody 🧚🏻‍♀️ Theres far too much hate, division, and judgement in the general universe. I live by the term of spreading love to all, and protecting the Earth that we live in ❤️ Im passionate about activism, it all started when i was a child and my dad frequently took me to animal shelters to volunteer and stand up for those who dont have a voice of their own 🐶🐱🐻🐰🦆🐋🐿🦨🐸 i fell in love with connecting to creatures of all kinds; going to audobons to learn about protecting the native owl species, going out through the sand and placing protective cages over turtle eggs so they safely hatch without harm, visiting butterfly sanctuaries, and planting trees locally. My father really impacted my appreciation for all kinds of wild-life beauty as he even taught me about the marine life and bug species! Long story short id love anything with critters on it :D I am so thrilled to be in armadillo territory now, i am kind of obsessed with them!

I love traveling and exploring local finds! I adore receiving things that feature your native language (newspaper clippings, cards, book pages) i collect them and also use them in crafts! local goodies have a special place in my heart and i love seeing what local businesses near you have to offer, whether its being gifted something in support of their business or simply recommending me a store you think i would like!

Ive always loved creating art; I paint often with both acrylic & watercolor! I am now testing the waters with oil pastels

I always love doing private swaps from different countries and items of their origin, never hesitate to reach out if you have any interest!

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙀𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙐𝙨𝙚 ♥

• desserts & food
• Pipsticks & stickii stickers
• poodles! I collect poodle things~ I love the vintage style standard poodle, pink poodles, all of em'!

• weird, strange, unique
• witchy / pagan
• BGM Washi & stickers, love all their stuff!
• lace and pretty ribbon (i close mini journals and flipbooks with them!)
• whimsical, gnomes & fairies (just not cartoony child-like illustrations)
• mushrooms, botanical / herb
• color-coordinated (very useful in my papercrafts!)
• cottagecore
• ocean creatures & mermaids. I love octopus!
• animals & reptiles especially ducks, snakes & frogs!
• anything German, i am currently learning the language! I like learning fun new phrases, like "Gefährlich ohne Kaffee" 🤣

I like everything from pastel and neons to gothic/dark. I love earrings, necklace pendants, rings (although its hard sometimes finding something that fits a 6) or bracelets! I appreciate many themes including anything creepy cute or weird. just not pirate-y skull and crossbones, anime, or kiddish things. I DO NOT like kawaii things unless its tasteful.. does that sound bad? LOL I adore Pusheen or other cute/weird characters, but please stray away from sending the random unbranded kid ones/emoji/junk.

𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙥 𝙀𝙩𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚

I join swaps because i enjoy the idea of each one. I always appreciate extras, but they aren't what makes a good swap! I get really sad when im really looking forward to a swap and it shows that extras were supposed to make up for lack of effort put into the original requirement :-(

Secondly, Please understand there are different religions besides your own and THAT IS OKAY. Please, be respectful. I would not send you incantations to Medusa because of my beliefs, i do not want to receive Christian prayers you think i need.. it comes off very unaccepting, judgemental and rude. Religion should not be projected onto others through swaps that have nothing to do with it!

🌷 Important about me 🌷

i am a self-proclaimed witch with an every-changing colored buzzcut 💙 Please do not think this affects anything! We are not evil, we are ordinary kind people here to live in peace. I am very respectful and celebratory of other's diversity and simply ask that you do not mis-judge me because my beliefs may be different from yours. 𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙗𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 / 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙥𝙨! 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 💚 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩.. 𝙧𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙮! 𝗜𝗳 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱, 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲

I was raised in a house where my mother would always use her hoodoo + root worker knowledge for protection, this has made me adore doing hoodoo root work as well- one of my favorite things to do is make gris-gris bags, and there are so many wonderful herbs that are unheard of by many. Due to this i get.. bored.. with magickal things that are too simplistic (example: combining household herbs with a crystal like quartz)

• anything with a poodle or octopus on it

• letter sets

• the #1 thing i have a hard time finding (without travelling) is stickers with your native language on them or that reps your area! I use them to decorate my reusable water bottle, laptop, or papercrafts ~ I love seeing all different languages and cultures!

• sticker sheets

• cute pocket journals / mini notebooks! Both blank, dotted or lined

• cute address labels!!

• anything furby, strawberry shortcake or shrinky dink related! I loved these growing up

• washi! Almost all of my washi is in storage over 2000 miles away still. Sigh :-(

• tea (flavors listed lower on profile)

• something sewn by you! Ive seen so many cute little bags and holders for things!

• themed papers and/or washi for scrapbooking and junk journaling

• foreign ephemera! book pages, stickers, or newpaper clippings in your native language! I love collecting them and crafting with them!

• handmade papercrafts; like cute little flip books, etc

• cute lil animal amigurumis, i cant make them myself for the life of me!

• Lip balm from your country

• local or handmade jewelry! I adore pendants, necklaces, earrings, rings size 6

• drawings or paintings

• anything with any of my ABCs of likes on them

i am not offended by darker or otherwise weird themed items or art, i enjoy it just as much! Halloween things are loved all year round, too :-)

A: Animals, Art, Aquarius, altar-items, armadillos

B: Blueberries, Bats, botanical, beads, bracelets, butterflies, beetles, bugs & bug art!

C: crystals, celestial, culture, caterpillars, creepy-cute, cottagecore, cecropia-moth, cherubs, Chrysocolla, Charoite, cats

D: dogs

E: english bluebell flowers

F: Fairies, Fruits, Flowers, Forest

G: Gel Pens, goth, gemstones, gnomes, glitter

H: Honey, honeybees, herbalism, hermit-crabs

I: Irredescent, iris-flowers

J: Jellyfish, jam

K: Kewpies, koalas

L: Lace, luna-moths, lilacs

M: Moon, Moths, Mail Art, Milka, Magick, Manatees, mushrooms, mythical-beings, manta rays

N: Notecards, neons

O: Ocean, octopus, oddities

P: Plants, pansies, poodles, pendants, pastel-goth, plague doctor art, paganism, patchouli, peace

Q: quests

R: Recipes, roses, rubber-stamps, rosy maple moths, rabbits, raspberries, ravens, reindeer, rhinos

S: Stickers, sun, stars, snakes, seahorses, snails, snacks, spooky, strange, strawberries, snapdragons, styrax-benzoin

T: Tea, Tattoo-style, thrifting

U: Universe, unicorns

V: Vintage, veggies, violets

W: Washi, woodland-magic, witchy

X:

Y: yard-sale finds, yetis, yuzu

Z: zebra calcite

For any swaps regarding teas, chocolates etc. i decided to add this in! I am not too picky and like trying new things :-) and i LOVE honey of all flavors! any time i travel, i make sure to stop at a local shop to grab some of the local honey. My favs I've "collected" are blueberry honey from Maine, raspberry honey from Connecticut, and a jar of honey from Germany & Texas from fellow SB members!

𝙁𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙨:

flavored cold tea, dessert tea, hot tea, nutty flavors, hazelnut, pistachio, almond, mint, lavender, chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, jasmine, herbal teas that arent earthy/grassy, anything unusual or specific to your area or culture

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚::

chamomile, unflavored green tea (i prefer flavored black tea flavored green tea or white tea!), peach, mango, other tropical fruit flavors like guava and passionfruit, blackberry or mixed berry flavors, non-flavored tea such as breakfast tea and white chocolate

When it comes to incense, perfume roll-ons or sprays i dont enjoy anything powdery floral! i like a more crisp fresh floral, like the true scent of a flowers petals. For example i LOVE a true gardenia scent! But dislike a powdery rose smell

my absolute favorite scent is styrax benzoin, it is quite hard to find where i am :(

patchouli is tricky, i find i love some but noticed darker patchouli just smells like wet dirt and moss to me.. eek!

Other likes: nag champa, vanilla, sweet+smokey scents or sweet+spicy scents, fruity+sensual scents

Other Dislikes: ylang ylang, citrus scents like mandarin orange or grapefruit, honeydew melon, mossy scents

• no anime, manga, disney or cartoon-y type things
• no embellishments that are wooden, rhinestone / bling, tiny paper punches etc.
• Office supplies- please dont send sticky notes, paperclips, highlighters.
• generic inspirational mottos on anything. "Live laugh love", dream on, etc
• journal / planner type stickers, especially ones with words
• Kid items. i dread receiving reward stickers, and things like toy story, frozen, elmo, etc.
• nothing religious or political, respectfully. With the exception of pagan related items or other magickal elements
• Unless i join a PC swap where it is a requirement, please dont send postcards! I dont use them and end up passing them all on, aside from rarely getting a special one
• nothing regarding certain fan bases. Examples: star wars, Harry Potter, etc.
• dragons
• stereo-typical witch themed items. You know what im talking about.. the green old Halloween witch with that hat and broom!