aurelas

I'm taking a break from swapping to allow time for penpalling and crafting. I will continue to rate. If I don't rate you I may not have received your swap! Send me a message. I'll check them at least once a week.

Hi! I am a stay-at-home, psychologically disabled mom with a 12yo daughter who keeps me running in circles, 3 cats to keep me covered in purrs , a chinchilla named Maurice, a silly mutt named Moose, two hens and a rooster, and a good husband who tries to help me stay sane. It doesn't work! CHAOS REIGNS HERE! lol

***My score is lower than it used to be. I have a 3. I did my best to resolve this but two of the people I needed to send my swap to were no longer active members of Swap-bot.. What happened is this: I got into a swap about childhood memories, and accidentally stumbled into a hornet's nest of memories involving child abuse that I had kept suppressed for over a decade. I was so confused and generally messed up from that that I didn't finish the swap for about a year. It was totally my fault and I deserved less than I got. The people here are so generous! This took place at least 6 years ago now. ***

Please note: everything will come from a smoke-free home, but our home does include cats, so if you're allergic, we might have a problem!

I am sometimes interested in private swaps! Just send me a message :)

I. I'm kind of finding myself right now, and trying to get my insanely messy, cluttered house in order while taking care of my daughter and kitties etc. Fave colours/ house colours - Green! Think verdant fields in England...I also love purple. I wear a lot of red and black as well. - Blue and White (like the china) for bedroom - Our kitchen is done in cats and poppies with some strawberries--lots of blacks, reds, and yellows. - Living room: fall colours. - Bathroom: theme is Hello Kitty so bright pink, purple, aqua, etc

A-anime, alligators, Jane Austen, The Addams Family, autumn, art, Alice in Wonderland, American Girl dolls, Arthurian legend

B-Black Butler, books, Barbie, Britcoms, blue and white china, Tim Burton aesthetic, board games, BL, The Beatles, Helena Bonham Carter, Bungo Stray Dogs, BFC Ink dolls, ballet

C-cats, crochet, Castlevania, cherries, corgis, costume design, Coca Cola, Court of Darkness, card games, calla lilies, cardmaking, caffeine

D-dolls, Dickens, dark fantasy, dinosaurs, Doctor Who, danmei, Dark Shadows

E-England, embroidering, Enya, English Springer Spaniels

F-fantasy, frogs, fashion, Florence and the Machine, foxes, Fruits Basket

G-green (kelly/emerald especially), ginger, Gintama, Grelle Sutcliffe, Neil Gaiman, graphic novels

H-Halloween, Hello Kitty, hats, Harry Potter, herbal tea, hair clips, Audrey Hepburn

I-ice hockey, ivy, I Capture the Castle

J-Japanese culture, jigsaw puzzles, J-pop and J-rock

K-kawaii, knitting (I'm a beginner) old-fashioned keys, key lime pie

L-Little Women, Les Cheries dolls, Lord of the Rings, learning Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin, LOL dolls, Lovecraft (minus the racist bits), Bellatrix L'estrange, lizards

M-Mo Dao Zu Shi, manga, Monster High Dolls, musicals, mysteries, My Little Pony (G1), MST3K, Marvel movies, Monty Python's Flying Circus

N-Noblesse, noir, NaNaNa Surprise dolls, nail stamping

O-opera, opossums, anything old-fashioned P-paper dolls, platypus, pigeons, pegasus, playground rhymes, Pride and Prejudice

Q-quilting (I'm a beginner)

R-reading, rain, rock and roll, rubber stamps, rats, red lipstick and nails, raspberry tea, red bush tea

S-sewing, snakes, scrapbooking, Simon & Garfunkel, swimming, Singin in the Rain, Sherlock Holmes, scrunchies, science, skeletons, Sense and Sensibility (movie)

T-Twisted Wonderland, Tolkien, tweed, tartan, toile, travel, thunderstorms, traditional musical instruments

U-The Untamed, umbrellas, unicorns

V-Van Gogh, Vivienne Westwood, vintage cars, vintage ads and signs

W-weekends, Wellie Wisher dolls, P.G. Wodehouse

X-Xiao Zhan

Currently watching: Bungo Stray Dogs season 5 Black-ish

Currently reading: Kindred by Octavia E Butler Ao no Exorcist manga

Currently Listening to Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

I love just about everything, but there are a few things I'm looking for: -anything Noblesse, especially Frankenstein, Raizel, and the Trio -anything Castlevania, especially Alucard

• anything Black Butler (except the upside-down pentagram symbol) Grelle is my favourite
• anything Gintama, especially Katsura and Elizabeth
• anything Doctor Who, especially 11th Doctor, River Song, TARDIS, or Amy Pond-related
• magazine/news clippings or photos of Helena Bonham Carter--I'm a bit obsessed and she practically never appears in American publications!
• vintage car photos/ads
• washi tape
• Superman and Supergirl logos
• British and Japanese seeds
• anything Hello Kitty
• vintage sewing notions
• celestial items (sun, moon, and stars)
• art deco and art nouveau
• Pusheen
• vintage embroidery designs
• Siamese cats
• fairies/ Tolkien-esque elves--no Santa's elves please!
• Tokidoki
• vintage fashion images
• Barbie stuff
• bookplates
• art nouveau
• the Union Jack--I collect it
• anything in a non-English language, especially Japanese, Korean, or Welsh
• Things with funny translations
• Kutsushita Nyanko
• Chococat
• Choo Choo Cat
• Tigger (used to be one of my nicknames)
• maneki neko cats aka lucky cats
• cherry blossoms, ginko leaves, birch trees
• anything for the dolls I collect

- Grasshoppers, especially large ones! I go into panic attack mode and may even run when I see them. - black tea. I drink only herbal teas - Twilight - Zombies (unless they are the Bizarre Dolls from Kuroshitsuji) - Anything that promotes hatred or degradation of any group of people - Gross-out or potty humour - The poop emoji. See above. - Excessive use of profanity

• If we're talking food, onions are my big no-no. I can't stand them. Also, I'm allergic to eggs.

• Please don't send food because it will probably melt or go bad in the Florida heat.

• Please don't send me anything that smells like cigarette smoke. It makes it very hard for me to breathe. -Perfumes or scented items--I'm allergic to a lot of scents

About Religious Items: I am an atheist following a lot of traumas that tore my soul out. I would prefer not to be sent religious tracts of any kind or any kind of proselytizing material. I will gladly be friends with anyone of ANY creed provided they do not try to force their beliefs on me.
I find other beliefs very interesting and will not be offended by cards and such relating to them, Please don't send political items of any kind.

• 12 years old, in 7th grade, loves:
• chinchillas
• grey, coral, and blush pink
• Wednesday
• horses, unicorns, and Pegasus
• anime (only allowed to watch certain ones)
• science
• dogs
• space, especially the moon
• Baby Yoda
• decorating her room
• robots
• Marvel
• dragons
• cats, especially grey tabbies like her Gumball
• dolphins and the ocean
• Star Wars
• nature
• reading (9th grade level)
• rocks
• dance, especially jazz and tap
• Breyer Horses
• arts and crafts! every kind. She's learning to sew, crochet, knit, and embroider.
• witches
• rainbow anything
• playing board games
• Lego
• mermaids
• cooking and gardening
• cotton candy
• Pokemon

Dislikes:

• spiders
• guns
• roaches
• eels
• Sesame Street
• Transformers
• blood/gore/surgery
• poop emoji

Not allowed to watch anything very gory or anything with lots of rude, gross, or potty humour. Nothing racist, sexist, or generally negative about another group of people in any way. Please do not send religious proselytizing materials of any kinds.