violettedream

If a swap has not arrived please let me know. I WILL make it right

Hi There and welcome to my little corner of swap-bot.

My name is Sarah Elaine. I do go by both names to separate me from the multitude of Sarahs out there. Feel free to call me SE though, can save the fingers!

So who is Sarah Elaine ? Well I am a 24 year old girl. Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario and have lived in Calgary for almost 2 years now, Alberta for over 3. I live in an itty bitty apartment with my mutt Jackson and my guinea pig Twix.

I am a full time Nanny for two wonderful kids. Although this is not going to be my career they are a big part of my life. "Rockstar" is a typical 2 year old boy. He's rough and tough, loves anything with wheels(espeically Thomas the Train and Lightning McQueen) and the colour blue. a 2 year old boy (aka little rock star) "GG" is a 4 year old girl, she is the oposite of her brother, loves pink, princesses, tea parties, ballerinas and dresses. I spend my days pretending, playing with trains and holding princess tea parties (when the rock star t-rex doesn't interrupt)

I am a night owl and not a morning person. I'm a writer who dreams of being published. I love taking photos and hope to be in a gallery one day. I adore adventure, travel, and exploring with out a plan. I almost always have music playing, sometimes it's just in my head. I am an avid coffee, tea and cocoa drinker and have a vast mug collection. I spend my evenings after work with my dog on one side and my guinea pig on the other watching history channel, discovery, hgt or bad reality TV shows. I'm random, odd, and can ramble on about nothing for hours at the time. At times shiny things will distract me. Overall I'm open minded, easy going, a big kid at heart, and a huge fan of a full mail box!

profile updated Feb 12th

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what I pledged

I promise not to flake on Swaps! Please let me know if something hasn't arrived or you're not happy! I'll make it better I promise!

I promise to rate you when I get your swap! I always rate when I receive a swap so please rate me :) Also please leave me a comment it makes my day.

If you are missing a swap and/or a rating from me, please let me know so I can right the situation.

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Just things I truly adore and make me happy.

A - amazing stories, ATCs (recieving, can't make them, yet)

B - black out poetry, blue, books

C - coffee, chocolate, chai tea, creativity, colourful things

D - dolphins, dogs, dream related items, deco tape

E - elephants,

F - fun, friends(TV show)

G - giraffes, gnomes, greek mythology, gemini, gel pens, guinea pigs

H - hot chocolate, happiness, handmade items, hedghogs

I - ice cream, interesting facts

J - journals, junk food

K - kites, kittens,

L - leopards, lime green, lovely swaps,

M - mugs, mermaids, music, MAIL

N - notebooks, nature

O - odd items, octopus, owls

P - peacocks, pin up girls, pens, photos, purple, pillows, postage

Q - quiet evenings, quotes, quill pens

R - rainbows, rainstorms, recipes

S - starfish, seashells, snack food, sharpies, socks (size 9-10), sparkles

T - teas, turtles

U - umbreallas, underwater themes

V - violet (the colour and flower)

W - writing (creative and pen pals), water related items

X - x-tra special swaps

Y - yummy foods from different places

Z - zebras

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I adore getting anything in my mail box. Any mail makes me smile, but if you want to put an extra big smile on face, here's a short list:

• "LePen" by Marvy - any colour (they are SO hard to find but great pens!)
• Cocoas / Hot Chocolates.
• Teas / Coffee *Snacks from the world
• Address Labels
• Notebooks
• Blackout poetry done by you!
• Canadian Stamps that I can use
• New pen pals from world wide
• MAIL!

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Music I Like To Listen To: Barenaked Ladies, Great Big Sea, Celtic Woman, The Gabe Dixion Band, Late 90s Music, 80s Music, the Beatles, and Anything from any musical.

Books I've Loved to Read: Long Live the Queen, Do Elephants Weep, The Dreamhunter Duet, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, The Looking Glass Wars, The Write-Brain, Define Normal, Keeping You a Secret, Massive, Stones and the Harry Potter Series.

Movies I Adore Watching: 101 Dalmatians, Mulan, 50 First Dates, Tank Girl, Defiantly, Maybe, Wizard of Oz, Lion King, 13 Going on 30, Second Hand Lions, Sound of Music, Hairspray, Rent, Mama Mia, Enchanted. Dear Frankie, The Piano, Up!, Wall-e, The Color Purple, Fried Green Tomatoes

TV I Sit and Watch: Friends, Big Bang Theory, Law and Order SVU, NCIS, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Ghost Adventures, House Hunters International, Anything on HGTV, Discovery or History Channel.

Crafts I Dabble In: Photography, Scrapbooking, Collages, Jewelery making, Paper crafts, Painting.

Colours I Enjoy: Purple, Bright Green, Army Green, Orange, Blue, Black and things that are multicolored

Postcards I Like To Receive: Non-Touristy Postcards, unique and different, pin up girls, artistic nudes, multi coloured, mermaids, buddah, peacocks, zebras, rubber duckies gnomes, wild animals

Teas I Enjoy Sipping: chai, vanilla, cinnamon, english breakfast, earl grey, fruit teas, teas from around the world.

Snacks I Like Munching On: chips/crisps, chocolate bars, mixed nuts, trail mix, sunflower seeds, gummies, things from different countries

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I'm sure I'll love anything you send me but please don't send the following

• Pineapple or things containing pineapple, I'm allergic to it.
• White chocolate
• Blank postcards - I have a ton right now and I am trying to de-stash.
• Anything discriminative, racist, hurtful, down right rude or mean.
• Spongebob Sqaurepants, and/or Hello Kitty I'm just not a fan of either.
• Things that are overly pink/girly. I'm just not that kind of girl

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This is me:

Just me, myself and I.

My Mutt Jackson

My dog Jackson on my bed, which is one of his favourite spots in the house. He's extra furry in this photo.

My Piggie Twix

This is my little old guy Twix. He's a five year old rescue and adores snuggling on the couch.

My Postcard wall

The wall includes 248 postcards collected over 7 1/2 months and it took me a total of 10 hours over 4 days to put up. Sadly all my postcards are in a box, I don't have space at the moment. I hope to recreate it soon. .