Exciting news - our first baby, Nolan, arrived on March 14th, 2020 - the day that our province went into lockdown for Covid. He's a fantastic little person!

I am a 36 year old woman living in Victoria BC. I came out to this coast to pursue a Masters in Geography (which I did complete!), and ended up teaching preschool. I realized my passion in life was connecting kids with the outdoors, and I now work as one of the teachers for our entirely-outdoor preschool, run at a local lake. As such, I love the outdoors and all that goes with it.

• Sea creatures - jellyfish, sea turtles, octopus and seastars (and really, all other sea creatures, too!)
• Whales - especially killer whales
• Owls or bird silhouettes or members of the jay family, esp. vintage birds
• Foxes & squirrels

My ultimate favourite themes can be summed up as:

• Ocean-related
• Woodsy

• Animals, arrows, autumn, acorns, anchors, ant eaters, avocado
• Butterflies in flight, birds in flight, biodiversity, bananas
• Cats, coins, city skylines, conservation biology, carnations, cabooses, caterpillars, canoes, chocolate
• "Did you know" facts, dinosaurs, dragonflies, doors/doorways
• Earth-themed things (Earth-day, earth-friendly, images of the Earth), eagles
• Forests, feather themes, forest critters, fall, ferns
• Glittery things, globes
• Hedgehogs, hammerheads
• Insects, icicles, islands
• Jellyfish, jellybeans, jigsaw puzzle themed items
• Kites, kawaii cats and kawaii food with faces
• Llamas, leaf-themes
• Mountains, maps
• Night-time scenes
• Ocean-related anything! Olympic Games
• Panda bears, peacocks/peacock feathers, porcupines
• Quail, quotes!
• Random facts and trivia, rabbits, raccoons, raspberries
• Sailboats, snow, snowflakes, stars, silhouettes of birds (and other things), snapdragons
• Tall trees, turtles
• Unicorns, underwater
• Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, vines
• Woodsy themes, winter, water, words - especially "wonder", "explore", "home", "journey", "experience", "joy", "curiosity", "adventure(r)", "find"
• Xylem, xerophytes
• Yoga
• Zig-zags, zoology, zephyr (the wind)

• Note for sticker swaps (I LOVE stickers):

I love stickers with positive/inspirational or adventure quotes or sayings on them, animal stickers or nature themes (or any of the themes listed above!!), and stickers or sticker tags & labels with places to write things directly on them. I also like alphabet stickers in full sheets. I use regular stickers as well as 3D, dimensional or puffy stickers, chipboard stickers, epoxy stickers.

(That said, I am not picky and I will appreciate and love whatever you send! I just like including lots of options for you because I think it makes it easier :D)

Tea!! I love collecting teas from all over for a few special people as gifts

Felt animals and/or shapes to use on feltboards at preschool

Anything related to the Olympic Games!! (especially lapel pins!)

Journalling and/or Project Life cards... now obsessed with these

I am always looking for bird die-cuts!

Fun shaped sticky notes (esp. animal shapes or woodsy themed)

Beautiful envelopes (hand-made or otherwise)

Pokemon cards

Old transit/public transportation tokens/transfers/tickets

Hot chocolate!

Notebooks, and guided journals, or guided journal prompts. I just love paper. Maybe too much!

Staedtler fineliners

***I have decided to collect foreign coins for 2019 with a goal of collecting coins from 75 countries... UPDATE!!! On December 26th 2019, I collected coins from Brazil and Israel and the Cook Islands to surpass my goal and reach.... 77 countries!! Thanks, all :) ***