memtree

I will be having some giveaways very soon over at my blog - check it out :)

I'm a primary school teacher in Australia who enjoys travelling, music, photography, volunteering/charity work, swapping, crafting, reading and trying to live a more sustainable, ethical & environmentally friendly lifestyle.

Please note that I prefer to recycle packaging whenever possible - thanks :) If you upload photos of your swaps, please use my screen name - memtree, thanks :)

• nature/environment
• fair trade
• organic
• sustainable living
• eco friendly products
• recycling
• charity
• photography, DSLR, polaroids, lomography
• trees (big branchy/leafy ones!)
• clouds, especially rain clouds
• snowflakes, circles, spots and polka dots
• animals, especially baby orangutans
• daily clicks at care2
• children of the world, different cultures, unicef christmas card with children on them
• japanese washi masking tape
• kawaii/cartoon looking little red riding hood, eskimo girls/inuit, space cadets (retro), babushka dolls
• whimsical woodland (deer, fawn, hedgehog, mushroom, owl, gnomes, bunny etc)
• maps
• typewriters
• paper products like journals/notebooks, stationery, letter press items, greeting cards, kirigami, origami, paper cranes, paper items, paper shape cutters, rubber stamps, gocco
• stationery by kikki-k, moleskin, o-check
• magazines like peppermint (AU), G (AU), frankie (AU), extra curricular (NZ), uppercase (CAN), paper runway (AU), mollie makes (UK), handmade living (UK), papier (japanese)
• handmade items
• opp shopping/thrift shopping
• freecycling, bookcrossing, bookmooching, ebaying
• The School of St Jude in Tanzania, Africa (fighting poverty through education!)
• artists such as beci orpin aka princess tina, kozyndan, emily green, jill bliss, rachel castle, apak, hello sandwich, saelee oh, dawn tan, pocket carnival
• oliver jeffers childrens books & illustrations, anna walker (children's picture book illustrator), hervé morvan (french ad poster artist), ed emberyley, michael roberts (illustrations), mary blair (illustrations)
• clothing brands like gorman (fave!), tsumori chisato, people tree, product (RED)
• music, dancing
• growing my own vegies, my worm farm, composting/bokashi bin
• mint chocolate (cocolo premium's organic dark mint, mint patties, junior mints, darrell lea's choc peppermint nougat bar, divine mint dark choc, mint slice...yum!), lindt chocolate
• twilight saga
• positive inspirational quotes
• kawaii (YES TO sanrio and other japanese characters. NO TO mickey mouse and gang, looney tunes characters like tweety, cartoon network characters like powderpuff girls, snoopy and diddl)
• japanese (esp sakura aka cherry blossoms)
• miyazaki films (ponyo, spirited away's makkuro kurosuke aka soot balls, totoro, arrietty)
• african culture (except for the scary masks)
• ikea, swedish design, nordic style
• simple nature inspired patterns or cultural patterns
• colourful patterns...check out my pinterest to find out more :)

• fluro colours (esp fluro pink)
• scented items
• coffee or coffee/banana/orange flavoured items
• tea or other drink sachets
• incense sticks
• gothic themed items
• wizards, fantasy/sci-fi, clowns, spiders
• horoscope related items
• religious themed items
• general horror, negative, tacky, cheap stuff etc
• fake tattoos
• alcohol related items
• cigarette smoke smell on items
• things with my name on it
• lipstick, make-up, cosmetics or perfume

• vintage ephemera
• airmail labels from different countries
• used postage stamps (particularly nature/environment related, old vintage ones)
• fabric bunting banner
• personalised address labels
• magazines on sustainable living, fashion (like frankie) or design (like uppercase)
• any frankie (au), uppercase (can), mollie makes (uk), cloth (uk), papier (jap) magazines or ones like them!
• japanese craft books
• good quality children's picture story books (particularly with an environmental aspect to it) and other books on my http://www.librarything.com/catalog/memtree/wishlist wishlist
• nice brooches
• erasers or cutting blocks for DIY rubber stamps
• patterns rubber stamps
• bunting banner rubber stamps
• japanese washi masking tape...patterns that i don't stock in my etsy shop (ie. i most likely don't have in my own personal collection)
• things from my etsy wishlist or inspired from there :)

Please keep in mind Australia has strict quarantine! Items not allowed include tea, dried flowers, toys filled with sand or soil, goods made with animal products such as raw hide, feathers etc. For more info check the AIS website. Thanks :)

• lior
• jason mraz
• brooke fraser
• john mayer

and... kina grannis, jane lui, dido, sarah mclachlan, swell season, the script, two spot gobi, one republic, holly brook, the fray, damien rice, teitur, fort minor, nelly furtado, scribe, jem, imogen heap, froufrou, missy higgins, eskimo joe, snow patrol, michael buble, U2, coldplay, maroon 5...and more!

• Christmas For Us - AUSTRALIA ONLY by @nyssa (partially suspended)
• Earth Day Celebration Package 2011 by@angelslater (fully suspended)...flaked on my own swap :(
• Make a difference flaked by @Jadeypop
• Ephemerenvelope flaked by @JavaJunkie
• THRIFTY FINDS flaked by @jhibbs1969
• For the lovely charitable people out there! flaked by @AussieMumJen ... the swap coordinator :(