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i'm a young primary school teacher in australia who enjoys travelling (was at The School of St Jude in Tanzania, Africa in 2006), music (live gigs galore), photography, volunteering/charity work, swapping, crafting and saving the world!

• charity (esp. Product RED - eliminating aids in Africa)
• trees (big branchy/leafy ones!)
• nature/environment (go calico bags/enviro bags!)
• fair trade, organic, sustainable
• clouds, especially rain clouds
• animals (esp baby orangutans)
• children of the world
• different cultures
• musical notes
• snowflakes
• collecting children's books
• guitar picks from my fave musicans (especially john mayer ones!)
• positive inspirational quotes
• kawaii (sanrio and other japanese characters. to me mickey mouse and gang, looney tunes characters like tweety, cartoon network characters like powderpuff girls, snoopy and diddl are not kawaii)
• japanese (esp sakura aka cherry blossoms, makkuro kurosuke aka soot balls from miyazaki films, totoro)
• african (except those scary masks)
• handmade earrings (hook, silver, not tacky please, dangly but not too heavy)
• handmade bracelets, necklaces, brooches
• see my flickr photo album for more ideas!

• fluro colours (esp fluro pink)
• heavily scented (light scents ok)
• coffee or coffee flavoured items
• incense sticks
• gothic themed items
• wizards, fantasy/sci-fi
• clowns, spiders
• horoscope related items
• religious themed items
• general horror, negative stuff etc
• tacky stuff
• things with my name on it
• please no more alphabet, smiley, flowers and hearts stickers unless they have some sort of interesting design or smell - thanks :)

• cute/sparkly/scented stickers!
• magnetic words
• personalised address labels
• anything for teaching (books, blackline masters, especially stickers!!!!!!)
• Product (RED) products!!! (www.joinred.com) eg. greeting cards, silver loop bracelet
• We Are What We Do "plastic ain't my bag" tote
• funky enviro bags
• warm winter scarves
• otter greeting cards
• cute lapel pin/brooch
• rubber stamp of a tree
• children's picture story books (good quality ones - can be second hand)
• funky/childrens/japanese fabric or bandanas for furoshiki (japanese style wrapping using fabric)
• anything eco, environmentally friendly or fairtrade (non food related)
• australian gift vouchers/cards for big w, target, kmart, borders, officeworks (to buy more kids books & stuff!)

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 www.aqis.gov.au - Thanks :)

I have heaps of things to trade including:

AUSSIE

• australian souvenirs eg wombat softoy keyring, kangaroo metal bookmark

• australian iron ore earrings & necklace set

• cds - homemade selection

• aussie magazines (weekly gossip, women's monthly mags)

• celebrity clippings (heaps! just ask which celeb you're interested in)

• animals phone card collection (aust and HK) dogs, whale, seal, butterfly, polar bears & penguin

• dalai lama quote bookmarks with steve parish's photo of a kangaroo lying down & the quote "without inner peace, how can we make real peace?"

AFRICAN

• beaded necklace from africa

• rhino wooden carved tag from africa

ASIAN * traditional wedding pillows (set of 2)

• 2 x pretty asian coin purses

• small chinese paper lanterns

• chinese red packet/pocket envelopes

• chinese newspapers/magazine pages

• tibetan bracelet

• silver bells charm chinese bracelet

TRAVEL

• yardley lavender soap (UK)

• agnis B travel amenities kit (cathy pacific)

• qantas travel amenities kit

• dermalogica amenities kit (qantas)

CRAFTING

• rubber stamps

• hama beads

• origami paper

• lucky stars paper

• clear plastic duck lucky stars container

• ephemera

KAWAII etc

• hello kitty ice cream jewellery holder (ceramic)

• forever friends teddy business card holder, bag, mother/baby soft toy, wooden rubber stamp (friendship forever), 'D' softoy

• angel bear soft toy (with white feather wings and bouncy wire halo)

• Hello Kitty blue stickers, red pen & blank greeting cards

• Chococat charm, stationery and stickers

• Doraemon ruler

COLLECTIONS

• gem stones

• postcards (places & freebies)

• postage stamps (used and collectors in mint condition)

BAGS

• small kiddy bag (handmade)

• brown leaves & flowers autumn handbag

• black handbag

• beige handbag

• puffy material small handbag

JEWELLERY

• artificial leather wrap around necklace (with long ivory-like beads or old chinese lucky coin)

• green & pearl bracelet w/ celtic beads

• sterling silver dolphins necklace (perlini's silver)

BOOKS & PAPER GOODS

• archie's comic no.89 double digest

• magic school bus books

• blue day book

• friends quote book

• kikik red photo album

• vintage fabric journal

• greeting cards

OTHER

• car mp3 FM modulator (USB)

• handheld mirror

• cookie cutter - person

• blue traffic reflector

• starlight purple star temp tattoos

• red slapband (mini - car brand)

• advertisement magnets

• badges

& heaps more!

just ask and i just may have it! for some photos - check out my flickr album 'to swap' folder (link on top of page). PM me if you're interested :D

• lior
• brooke fraser
• john mayer
• jason mraz

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