Ryder

We are a proud foster family, currently made up of Mum, Dad, Teen, Teen, Preschooler, Toddler, Baby, Baby, and Grandma.

All of my children are special needs (heart conditions, ASD, FASD, anxiety, PTSD etc).

We also have dogs, and chickens, and we keep bees.

I have been swapping and penpalling for over fifteen years through various groups, I find it a great stress reliever.

• quilting
• planning (I use Happy Planners of all sizes)
• making 1:24" dollhouses
• drawing
• painting
• papercrafts (ATCs, flip books, cards)
• baking

• Scented soap
• Yankee candles
• Chocolate (not dark please)
• Washi tape
• Stickers
• Novelty socks
• Hot chocolate, tea, coffee
• Seeds (no herbs please)
• Christmas (obsessed)
• Candy (not sour please)
• Coloured ink pads
• Clear stamps
• Alcohol markers
• Journaling cards
• Patterned scrapbooking papers and cardstock
• Planners Anonymous items
• Happy Planner Disney items
• Novelty earrings
• Moonstone, Rose Quartz, Onyx
• Rings, size 7
• Fun adult-sized mittens, beanies, scarves
• Disney (OBSESSED)
• Sheet music for piano and guitar
• Dungeons + Dragons
• Metallica, AC/DC, Avenged Sevenfold
• Rick + Morty, Brooklyn 99, Dr Strange
• Novelty pins
• Halloween (nothing too scary please)
• Cookies
• Monster trucks
• Play-Doh
• Paw Patrol, Blaze, Super Wings
• Puzzle books
• Rose scented talc
• Adult colouring-in books
• Craft magazines
• Wotsits
• Reading

• Mills and Boon (Love Inspired, Medical, Sweet, sheiks, secret princes, surprise pregnancy)
• Milly Johnson
• Any Hallmark books
• Biographies of musicians
• YA books featuring MM couples or friendships
• Lyndsay Sands vampire books
• Board books
• Matthew Reilly
• Jeffery Archer

• Starbucks mugs and travel mugs, especially holiday-themed ones
• ZURU 5 Surprise miniatures
• Christmas nutcrackers in any form (ornaments, crockery, linen)
• Spode Christmas Tree patterned items
• Disney trading pins

• Lavender (allergic)
• Nuts, liquorice, sour candy
• The colour purple in any form
• Spiders, birds, rodents, lizards
• Post-its and sticky notes, I don't use them
• Balloons, I have a weird phobia of them
• Marvel, Kawaii, Anime
• Glitter
• Anything hateful or toxically positive

Thank you for taking our likes/dislikes into consideration. With all of the kids who come and go, we can generally find someone who will fit or like most things :-)

We LOVE reused/recycled items. As long as it is in good pre-loved condition, we live by the motto of 'waste not, want not'.