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** Aug. 14 - all of my swaps are going out this week, and I'll email all my partners and coordinators as I put them in the mail. I will also try and rate all of my received swaps by the weekend.

And I have to emphasize: thank you so much for your patience! This has been a chaotic time in my life and I'm just now finding my balance again. I won't let any of my partners down! Please feel free to message or email me if you'd like more info.**

Still pretty new to this site and having a lot of fun! I trade Moo cards and have 100% eBay feedback. Tips and advice are welcome.

Also, if I haven't rated you yet, please send me a message to remind me! Sometimes things get shuffled around on my desk and I would rather have a PM than let you go wanting!

I'm a 22 year old from Texas. I spend a great deal of time at the computer, between work, school and hobbies, so I'm glad to have mail exchanges, with the lovely papers and physical handling of objects, as a way to balance out all of the digital transferring of information.

I hope these give an idea of the type of stuff I like. I love anything that has the same "feel" - I'm open-minded and a firm believer in "it's the thought that counts."

Labyrinths and hedge mazes, Lewis Caroll, library books, tea bags, perfume, Rene Magritte, apples, secret gardens, Marie Antoinette, vintage fabrics, paper lanterns, moss, Surrealism, fairy tales, deer, rabbits and bears, Jabberwocky, pre-Raphaelites, candlesticks, mermaid lagoons, love letters, steampunk, claymation, Italo Calvino, kirigami, origami, origami paper, owls, Victorian literature, stained glass windows, Jules Verne and HG Wells, tree houses, Le voyage dans la Lune, old keys, geisha, birds and nests

Specific items? Burt's Bees (in a tube), candles, Haribo gummi bears, old brass keys, perfume samples, lip gloss (or other cosmetics), seed packets, Greenies cat treats, fridge magnets, necklaces or bracelets, vegetarian recipes, blank books, origami paper, bookmarks, handmade items, elegant stationary, cards and envelopes.

No cartoons or kiddie stuff, please. I do like cool/cute/kawaii Asian stuff, though! (for example: http://www.unazukin.com/about.html)

As for brands, I love natural products, bath items and cosmetics (Lush and MAC especially), and Anthropologie. (The best candle in the WORLD comes from Anthropologie...it's Volcano (No. 6), tropical fruit, sugared oranges, lemons & limes. If you can find one near you, buy one for yourself!)

purples, blues (especially eggshell), greens (sage and apple), jeweltones, coral, chocolate and muted browns, cream, sakura pink

Jasmine, ginger, gardenia, lotus, citrus

I like all sorts of music. Right now I'm favoring beautiful girl voices and bossa nova, including Nouvelle Vague, The Go! Team, Mirah, Brazilian Girls, Ladytron, Kate Nash, Regina Spektor, Goldfrapp, Feist, Cat Power, Dusty Springfield, Yeah Yeah Yeahs...and I could go on!

Brazil, Adaptation, The Big Lebowski, Amelie, Secretary, Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men, Alfred Hitchcock, anything Miyazaki, anything Pixar

Heroes, House MD, Battlestar Galactica, Peep Show, Doctor Who, Ugly Betty, Torchwood (so bad, it's good), Ghost In The Shell, Firefly, Futurama, Venture Bros., The Adventures of Pete and Pete

I love photography, collage, origami and other paper-related crafts, and I've just started making my own cards (check 'em out on my flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lhall/sets/72157600298685503/). I'd like to start making my own paper, and to learn amigurumi. I also knit a little.