keremi

Hello!

Hello! I'm Emily. I am married and I have a young daughter. We are originally from the US and have been traveling for the past couple years and now we are living near Vancouver, BC. I love learning new things. I like doing projects with my daughter to help her learn about the world.

I am making continent boxes for my daughter, so I am hoping to swap postcards, magnets, coins, little flags, or any other small cultural items that others are interested in swapping. Anything that could help a child learn about your country would be great.

I will be delighted to receive anything that you take time and thought to prepare for me. :)

When possible, I would especially appreciate:

• Postcards that show the place that you live. Landscapes, cities, buildings, maps, objects, famous art that comes from there, local animals/birds/plants, cultural pictures...anything that would help a kid learn a bit about the place where you live.

• Local maps or brochures.

• A small flag from your country.

• Any small handicrafts or trinkets that represent where you are from.

• Refrigerator magnets representing your state/province or country.

• Childrens' books: stories by local authors or simple books that tell children about your country/region/city.

• Stickers that are specific to your location.

• Anything that represents special holidays or historical things or landmarks specific to your location.

• Special foods or recipes that are traditional in your region.

• Small, simple instruments that are traditional in your country, or CDs with music that is traditional in your region.

• Some simple phrases written in your native language, with a translation and help so that we can pronounce them.

• Coins or currency from your country (tiny amounts only!)

• Small toys that are traditional in your country or region.

• Samples of fabrics that are special or famous in your country or region, if there are any.

• Costumes or clothing items that are traditional and represent your area.

• Pictures of kids in traditional clothes in your area, or doing things that kids like to do in your area.

• Traditional stories or tales that are told to children in your area.

• Learning toys or educational materials.

• Anything else you think we may like!

I will very happy with almost anything, but please do not send me:

• Religious items with scriptures or to convert me to your religion.

• Coffee or coffee flavored things.

• Scary stuff, including zombie stuff.

• I am particular about ingredients of things, so beauty products are probably best saved for someone else who will use them. Organic brands are usually ok.

Update - Although I planned to just swap cultural things for my daughter's continent boxes, I keep finding other swaps with different themes that I want to participate in. So, since not everything is about culture exchange, here are a list of some things that I like.

• Artisan handcrafted chocolate.
• I treasure handmade gifts - sewn, knit, felt, jewelry, wooden, art, etc, and I greatly appreciate the time that goes into them.
• CrossFit
• Anything to do with bees or honey. Bees are great.
• I like to spin yarn and have a spinning wheel, although I have not been doing much of that lately.
• Another hobby is stamping metal, so anything related to that (stamps or supplies) is great too.
• Letterpress (like for notecards, etc.)
• Cool learning/teaching materials. Craft supplies are always welcome.
• Fun fabrics. (I sew at an intermediate level.)
• Motherhood themed stuff. I am into gentle parenting. Books about this, playful learning, etc, are all great. I like Montessori/Waldorf things, and we are into breastfeeding, babywearing, etc.
• Cats. I enjoy Grumpy Cat stuff.
• Beautiful childrens' books.
• Real food related things; I like the Weston A. Price foundation and before we started traveling we had a microfarm in our backyard with dairy goats for raw milk, chickens, calves, turkeys, etc.

• Organization stuff. I am not the best at organization, but I am always trying to improve. I like post-it notes. If you have any great organization or cleaning tips, I welcome those.

• Things for my daughter. She loves: costumes--dressing up and pretending (to be princesses and other main characters and their friends, animals, planets, anything!); coloring; reading and hearing stories; art projects; princesses; duplo blocks; stickers; any kind of activities; hairclips with giant flowers; hats; learning about new things; play doh activities; pretend food; cooking and baking together. And so on.