OCTOBER 12TH 2013 UPDATE: I'm ENGAGED! So excited! We don't know the theme for our wedding yet, but we love blue. Anything with our names on it (Laura & Jesse) would be amazing! Thank you!

OCTOBER 2013 UPDATE: I'm back! Just in time for my favorite time of year! Bring on the swaps! I'm looking for private swaps mostly, especially for anything Halloween or anything Buffy!

JUNE 2013 UPDATE: My house was broken into on June 11th, my laptop was stolen, my digital camera was stolen, etc. I also just barely started back to school, needless to say, pretty horrible timing. My life is pretty crazy right now, so I will be cutting back of most of my swapping.....

(I recently realized that if you don't know who Spike from Buffy is, you might think that my avatar is me and that I'm a dude. A super hot blonde dude. I'm not blonde, hot, or a dude. Just wanted to clear that up. *Ahem. Anywho, moving on...)

*********** PLEASE SEE MY COUPON WISHLIST BELOW! THANK YOU! *****************

Things I Love

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer
• Blue things
• Tiny Things
• Hedgehogs
• Curio cabinets/mini shrines
• Things that are so cute you can't help but squeal
• Matchbox Shrines
• Beads!
• Small plastic boxes, Mini Altoid Tins
• People who don't take themselves too seriously
• Halloween
• Private Swaps (PM me, eh?)
• Learning new things from people who are passionate about them. This includes the good people at Mythbusters, Alton Brown, Bill Nye, Mr. Rogers, etc.
• Teachers who love sharing their love of learning with others (I hope to be one some day)
• People who live differently, think differently, love fearlessly, create the art they want to create, and refuse to apologize for it

Fav Shows

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Mythbusters
• Community
• The Vampire Diaries

Fav Movies

• Amelie
• Wreck-It-Ralph
• Big Friendly Giant (1989)
• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Benny & Joon
• Edward Scissorhands
• Big Fish

Fav People

*Joss Whedon *Seth Green *Tim Burton *Johnny Depp *Sandra Bullock *Drew Barrymore *People Who Recycle

• Anything cinnamon, grape or black licorice flavoured.
• Super girly things, pink stuff, princess stuff (just not my bag)
• Dolls, stuffed animals, puppets, anything with big black eyes that peer into your soul (they creep me out) The exception is hedgehogs, because their cuteness overpowers any potential creepiness
• Angels, cherubs, religious stuff (no offense)
• Cowboy/western themes
• Kawaii (but if I get it I can always send it elsewhere)
• Anime
• Mustard yellow, bright orange, pink, purple, neons, pea soup green
• Hunting, Camo, Rodeo, Western stuff
• Gold jewelry
• Copper

• Halloween themed craft items/themes/stickers
• plain jewelry chains, clasps, etc.
• Any beads, including seed beads
• tiny glass bottles with cork stoppers
• Items in German or from Germany for my Mom
• stickers (loose or partial sheets are fine)
• cool paper
• Michael's Gift Cards
• Goodwill Gift Cards
• N.Y. Jets or Mets stuff for my boyfriend
• New York themed items
• Permanent Glue Sticks
• Owl things
• Anything Buffy!
• Anything with a Starfish or Jellyfish
• Stamp ink pads
• Any rubber stamps
• small plastic charms (smaller than a dime)
• metal charms
• Anything with hedgehogs
• Anything with a Union Jack
• candy/gum from your city/state/country
• Juicy Pear Jelly Bellys
• Peach or Tropical Jolly Ranchers
• Coffee flavoured candy
• Double Decker busses and British phone booths
• carve me a rubber stamp!
• make me a minizine!
• make me a mini matchbox shrine!
• Flavoured drink mix packets, any except grape, I especially like watermelon, peach, black currant, mango and passionfruit flavours
• Anything by Tim Holtz
• Anything from the Life is Good line(www.lifeisgood.com)

Favourite themes: Beach, ocean, forest, Halloween, spooky, English countryside, London, New York, Germany, cupcakes, etc.

COUPON WISHLIST!

• Frank's Red Hot Sauce
• Skintimate shaving cream
• Morningstar Farms
• Soymilk/Almond Milk
• Crest/Colgate toothpaste/toothbrushes
• Cereal coupons
• Clementine cuties
• Driscoll's raspberries
• Wholly Guacamole
• Wholly salsa
• Butter, sugar, eggs
• Chips, cookies, candy, gum
• Razors
• Cake mixes
• Juice
• Mountain High Yogurt
• Greek yogurt
• Boca Burgers/veggie burgers
• Pasta sauce
• Pepsi (cans only please)
• Organic Milk
• Store specific coupons for Fry's or CVS

This is mainly here for your amusement, but you might as well know so you don't send:

• Sharks
• Killer Whales
• Paula Deen (those eyes!)
• Spiders
• Dolls
• Clowns

*****I'm very interested in one-on-one swaps Send me a message!*****

Some things I have to offer for 1-on-1 swaps:

• Angel & Buffy trading cards
• Cross stitch supplies
• Hand carved rubber stamps
• Scrapbook paper
• Beaded spiders!
• Metal bottle caps
• Matchbox/Altoid tin shrines
• Drawings
• Arizona-related items (Cacti anyone?)

My 9 year-old nephew Quinn really likes anything to do with British Beefeaters, Flash Gordon, and Superman.

My other nephew Brandon loves Batman! And Daft Punk

My Mom would love any seeds for her garden, especially sunflowers! Also, she teaches (and speaks) German, so anything German would be awesome!

My sister collects owl things, in all shapes and sizes

My boyfriend Jesse is a big nerd, so, Star Wars, Star Trek, Lego, thinkgeek stuff, but he's also a sports nut, so N.Y. Mets, N.Y. Jets stuff is great too!

What I pledged

Before every swap, I read and re-read my partners profiles. What's the point otherwise? I want you to love what you get. So, if you don't like glitter, you won't get glitter. Afraid of bugs? Check, no bugs.

A heart is always my goal.

If you're my partner, don't worry about using a brand new envelope. I'm completely okay with you scribbling over, stickering over, whatever, the old address. In fact, I encourage it. Go green! :)

Also, don't feel like you need to send your swap super fast, like paying for a faster ship date or whatever. I can wait. I'm not really a stickler. Stuff happens. As long as you let me know what's up, we're cool.

I'm generous with hearts when I can tell you read my profile. I really appreciate personalization.

Thanks for reading!

The following swappers are awesome, amazing people who have sent me really amazing swaps, and/or are just rad in general (in no particular order):

@Jobeg @Eramore @catsandscales @ladylouie @wunderland @DecoPalace @snoop @maroyau @elisedawn @smadronia @Lexidh @Anouke80 @kayler00 @ChesterSarah

I'm sure I've forgotten several, you ladies rock!

• Coupons! Even if it isn't a coupon swap, if you aren't using them, it would be awesome if you could send some my way! :)

*Super glue (tiny dollar store tubes work!)

*SEED BEADS! And tube beads! I can't find the tubes anywhere if you could please send me some you'd be my crafting hero! Thank you! In particular I'm looking for black opaque tube beads, but any would be great!

*Jewelry Screw Eyes (silver please):

Current craft obsession: curio cabinets, apothecary cupboards, mini shrines. Anything related to these (tiny bottles, seed beads, mini foods) would be amazing!

Thank you for reading!