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Hi! My name is Lauren and I am 29 years old. I live in the south of England, where I have lived my whole life.

I've been a member of Swapbot for years now and yet I still don’t really know what to write in this section.

I suffer from a condition called Selective Mutism, which is a severe anxiety disorder that affects communication. It mostly affects verbal communication, however, it does also mean I can struggle with written communication. I’d love to hear from anyone else who suffers from it, as it doesn’t seem as commonly known in adults. I also suffer from other physical and mental health issues, and crafting/swapping is a great help/distraction

Updated Jun 2024..

For JJJ: Let’s Make a Junk Journal Swaps: I currently don’t have an ongoing journal because I can’t decide a theme. So feel free to send me absolutely any size, theme or colour! As long as it’s something from my likes list! That’ll be the theme I go with for my next book!

• I rate as soon as I receive a swap, so if I haven’t rated yet, it’s hopefully just because mail can be a bit slow. The latter also applies to swaps I’ve sent.. if you haven’t received a swap from me, please message before rating

• I understand life can get in the way, so if you’re going to send a swap late, just pop me a message and I won’t rate down because of it. However, if you send late (anything that’s 2+ days after the deadline) and don’t bother letting me know, I’ll have to rate down

• Where possible, I would prefer to receive envelopes that aren’t completely covered in sellotape/clear tape (with the exception of envelopes that have washi on, because I can peel the sellotape off of it), as I like to use parts of the envelopes in other crafts, and recycle the rest

• Please DO NOT send loose glitter or items with flaky glitter. They will end up being discarded. It’s on my dislikes, but I seem to be receiving more as more of it lately

• Unless a swap involves sending one, I would rather not receive postcards of places. I don’t use them

A: Autumn, Aquariums, Art journaling, Animals, Anything Arty

B: Blue, Bees, Bohemian, Botanical

C: Crafting, Cats (I have 4!), Circus, Cozy things, Cacti, Colour, Chocolate, Cherry

D: Die cuts, Disney, Daisies, Doilies, Dragonflies, Daphnes Diary

E: Ephemera, Embellishments, Elephants, Envelopes

F: Flipbooks, Flowers/Floral, Fish, Fussy Cutting

G: Green, Galaxy

H: Happy Mail, Halloween, Harry Potter, Handmade items, Hand lettering

I: Inspirational sayings, Insects, Ice Cream

J: Jellyfish, Junk Journaling, Journaling Cards

K: Kinder Chocolate

L: Lanterns, Lettering, Labels, Lemon/Lime

M: Mystical, Mandalas, Mail Art, Motivational Quotes, Mint, Musicals

N: Nature, Notebooks, Notepads, Nautical

O: Orchids, Ocean

P: Papercraft, Papers, Pastels, Purple, Plants, Penguins, Pepsi Max, Pyjamas, Project Life

Q: Quotes

R: Rainbows, Rain, Rose Gold, Reptiles

S: Scrapbooking, Stickers, Stamps, Scrapbook Paper, Swaps, Socks, Snowflakes, Sealife, Spearmint

T: Teal, Tic Tacs

U: Under sea

V: Vintage Style

W: Washi Tape, Watercolour, Whimsical, Winter

X:

Y: Yellow

Z:

• Loose or flaky glitter!
• Kawaii
• Anything Religious.. I’m not religious, and don’t know of anyone that is, so wouldn’t be able to make use of it
• Zines/Mini Zines
• Postcards of Places
• Tea/Coffee
• Peanut Butter
• Dark Chocolate

• Anything Papercraft related
• Daphnes Diary Magazines (New, old, single pages, etc.. anything is fine as they are great for fussy cutting)
• ‘The Washi Tape Shop’ Samples or Rolls

• Papers with machine (or good quality hand) stitching.. I don’t have a sewing machine, and I’m not great at hand stitching, but love these

• Kinder Chocolate.. Our selection here is very small, so would love anything Kinder from where you are!

• Anything Paw Patrol related (My best friends little boy is obsessed!)

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