lyssathemermaid

Introducing myself, Lyss! Im a 4th generation American whose family came over to the USA from Graciosa + Corvo Island, Azores, Portugal. The last of my European Portuguese speaking relatives passed when i was very young; I am currently trying to teach myself the language and eventually help my mother to learn as well :-) im always yearning to learn more! If you have any recipes, travel stories, anything i would adore them!

This is a safe space for anybody and everybody 🧚🏻‍♀️ Theres far too much hate, division, and judgement in the general universe. I live by the term of spreading love to all, and protecting the Earth that we live in ❤️ Im passionate about activism, it all started when i was a child and my dad frequently took me to animal shelters to volunteer and stand up for those who dont have a voice of their own 🐶🐱🐻🐰🦆🐋🐿🦨🐸 i fell in love with connecting to creatures of all kinds; going to audobons to learn about protecting the native owl species, going out through the sand and placing protective cages over turtle eggs so they safely hatch without harm, visiting butterfly sanctuaries, and planting trees locally. My father really impacted my appreciation for all kinds of wild-life beauty as he even taught me about the marine life and bug species! Long story short id love anything with critters on it :D I especially love oppossums, chipmunks, toads, raccoons, etc! I am so thrilled to be in armadillo territory now, i am kind of obsessed with them!

I am currently raising a 3 lb chihuahua pup named Punk; he always wants to be held and he gets chilly easily, he would love any kind of soft fabric or fitting crafty creation! He likes to be wrapped in scarves as well. I cant knit or crochet :-( but i use fabric to make carrier bags he snuggles in when we go out

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 & 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙐𝙨𝙚 ♥

Goth, spooky, Witchy / Pagan and Celestial

Folk Art

Foreign languages! (Non-English cards, quotes etc)

Earth colors, & the combination of tan & light blue

Gnomes & Fairies

Cottagecore / Woodland (and woodland creatures!)

Ocean, Mermaid & Marine Life (sea critters!)

Food / Sweets / Tea

𝗜𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀:

• letter sets

• rubber stamps

• tea from your country, i enjoy unique flavors our USA brands dont have!

• the #1 thing i have a hard time finding (without travelling) is stickers with your native language on them or that reps your area! I use them to decorate my reusable water bottle, laptop, or papercrafts ~ I love seeing all different languages and cultures!

• sticker sheets! I collect stickers; especially Pipsticks, violette stickers, stickii, and brands i cant get in the USA. Just no childish ones please!

• unique or special washi

• lace and pretty ribbon (i close mini journals and flipbooks with them!)

• oddities! I have a collection of snake skin sheds & recently made a talisman from a birds foot; i love collecting curios, strange images and also feathers!

• cute pocket journals / mini notebooks! Both blank, dotted or lined

• something sewn or crocheted by you! Ive seen so many cute little bags and holders for things!

• themed papers and/or washi for scrapbooking and junk journaling. 6x6 papers and such are awesome. PLEASE DO NOT FOLD PATTERNED PAPER; its creases often hinder being able to look good being used :(

• handmade papercrafts; like cute little cards, folios, flip books, etc

• Lip balm from your country

• local or handmade jewelry! I adore pendants, necklaces, earrings, rings size 6

• drawings doodles or paintings

• anything with any of my ABCs of likes on them

i am not offended by darker or otherwise weird themed items or art, i enjoy it just as much! Halloween things are loved all year round, too :-) I like everything from pastel and neons to gothic/dark.I appreciate many themes including anything creepy cute or weird. just not pirate-y skull and crossbones, anime, or kiddish things.

A: Animals, Art, Aquarius, altar-items, armadillos

B: Blueberries, Bats, botanical, beads, bracelets, butterflies, beetles, bugs & bug art!

C: crystals, celestial, culture, caterpillars, creepy-cute, cottagecore, cecropia-moth, cherubs, Chrysocolla, Charoite, cats

D: dogs

E: english bluebell flowers

F: Fairies, Fruits, Flowers, Forest

G: Gel Pens, goth, gemstones, gnomes, glitter

H: Honey, honeybees, herbalism, herbology, hermit-crabs

I: Irredescent, iris-flowers

J: Jellyfish, jam

K: Kewpies

L: Lace, luna-moths, lilacs

M: Moon, Moths, Mail Art, Milka, Magick, Manatees, mushrooms, mythical-beings, manta rays

N: Notecards, neons

O: Ocean, octopus, oddities

P: Plants, pansies, poodles, pendants, pastel-goth, plague doctor art, paganism, patchouli, peace

Q:

R: Recipes, roses, rubber-stamps, rosy maple moths, rabbits, raspberries, ravens, reindeer

S: Stickers, sun, stars, snakes, seahorses, snails, snacks, spooky, strange, strawberries, snapdragons, styrax-benzoin

T: Tea, Tattoo-style, thrifting

U: Universe, unicorns

V: Vintage, veggies, violets

W: Washi, woodland-magic, witchy

X:

Y: yard-sale finds, yetis, yuzu

Z: zebra calcite

For any swaps regarding teas, chocolates etc. i decided to add this in! I like trying new things :-) if i ever have another USA partner, i try to include foreign tea from my stash to make it a lil more exciting. and i LOVE honey of all flavors! any time i travel, i make sure to stop at a local shop to grab some of the local honey. My favs I've "collected" are blueberry honey from Maine, raspberry honey from Connecticut, and a jar of honey from Germany, Sweden & Texas from fellow SB members!

𝙁𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙨:

flavored cold tea, dessert tea, foreign teas, seasonal teas, hot tea, nutty flavors, hazelnut, pistachio, almond, cool mint, spearmint, lavender, chocolate, blueberry, strawberry, anise, vanilla, jasmine, black green or herbal teas that arent earthy/grassy, anything unusual or specific to your area or culture

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚::

chamomile, unflavored tea (i prefer flavored black tea, flavored green tea or white tea!), peach, mango, other tropical fruit flavors like guava, blackcurrant and passionfruit, blackberry or mixed berry flavors, non-flavored tea such as breakfast tea and white chocolate

You wont find me reading love novels.. Im a sucker for fast-paced thrill, crime, mystery & suspense. Im not bothered by what some would consider too graphic. Lisa Gardner is my favorite author! Id love to hear your book recommendations as im always looking for my next read! Id love to find another author i can obsess over!

• no anime, manga, disney or cartoon-y type things
• no embellishments that are wooden, rhinestone / bling, tiny paper punches etc.
• napkins
• Pocket letters
• Office supplies- please dont send sticky notes, paperclips, highlighters.
• generic inspirational mottos on anything. "Live laugh love", dream on, etc
• journal / planner / work / to-do type stickers
• Kid items. i dread receiving reward stickers, and things like toy story, frozen, elmo, etc.
• nothing religious or political, respectfully. With the exception of pagan related items or other magickal elements
• Unless i join a PC swap where it is a requirement, please dont send postcards! I dont use them and end up passing them all on, aside from rarely getting a special one i display
• nothing regarding certain fan bases. Examples: star wars, Harry Potter, disney etc.
• dragons
• stereo-typical witch themed items. You know what im talking about.. the green old Halloween witch with that hat and broom!