JenMeister

Quarantine Warning: there are some things that cannot be sent to Australia. These include animal & plant materials (including tea, potpourri...). Please check out http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/mail/cant-mail for more info! A recent letter sent to me was delayed because it was detained by quarantine and the tea removed.

Spoiler alert: I may post pictures of swaps I'm sending out on my blog. I don't post the username of who I'm sending it to, but if you know you're my partner for a swap and want a surprise, then no peeking! ;) Also, I may post pictures of items I receive. Please let me know in advance if you don't want yours posted.

I am an educational technologist and love doing hands-on crafty things in my spare time.

I speak Spanish & French, so quotes, recipes, etc can be sent in them.

Note: I am slowly filling out this profile, and will endeavor to expand on it as I spend more time on the site, and participate in more swaps.

I prefer quality over quantity - I'll give a heart if I think the swap item came from the heart, not based on extras :)

I have no problem with you swapping on or regifting any items that I send to you, and I will do the same from time to time (with credit if it is a handmade item). Please let me know if this is a problem for you :)

I do a lot of sewing, and I have recently started quilting.

I dabble in crochet, "inchies", dotees, ATCs, toy making...

I passively collect stamps and coins from across the world. That is to say, I hoard them when I receive letters / travel but I don't buy them or even have any idea of their worth.

I love stickers, I both collect them and use them on letters etc

I have started collecting dotees, and would like any of the following:

• a farm animal (sheep, pig, cow, etc)
• a monster
• a leaf
• a dinosaur
• a computer geek
• a robot
• ethnic
• a flower
• miniature
• irregularly-shaped
• sleepy/night-time
• anything you like, based on my profile or not :)

Vegan cooking, chickens, dinosaurs, travelling, hand-drawn pictures, cupcakes, cows, op shops, bananas, cute buttons, cloth shopping bags, stickers, dotees, South America, amirugumi, pigs, decorated envelopes, chocolate, bicycles, cycling, felted items, ducks, tote bags, hand-written letters, ATCs, monsters, dotees, inchies, birds...

Colours
Earthy tones and bright contrasting colours.

These are only ideas to give you inspiration, and are certainly not an exclusive list I am not hard to please and am especially fond of anything handmade :)

• Felt squares, coloured and/or patterned
• Embroidery Thread
• Fabric button kit
• Charms
• Beads (especially Bali beads, glass & unique ones)
• Fun/unusual buttons
• Squares of Fabric with interesting designs
• Small clay faces for dollmaking
• Amigurumi items
• Nice stickers with flowers, fish, butterflies, geometric patterns or kawaii designs. Especially like puffy/furry/otherwise tactile ones.
• Hand-drawn inchies
• Pretty patterned papers & scraps
• Rubber stamps (esp. home-made ones)
• Inking pads
• Tofu themed toys :P
• Dotees
• Handmade/altered postcards / gift cards

Soap, perfume, teacher stickers, gum, religious icons, bath/shower products, makeup...

Please note that I am vegan:

• If you are sending food or recipes, please bear this in mind (no meat, milk, egg or honey products). However I have no allergies... yay!!
• If you are sending textiles, please refrain from sending items made from wool or leather (including wool yarn, wool felt, leather cording...)

Warning: there are some things that cannot be sent to Australia: These include animal & plant materials (including fruit tea, pot pourri...). Please check out http://www.daff.gov.au/aqis/mail/cant-mail for more info!

@Mollykoo for a forum dotee tag

Vrooooooom!