laurarc

From the 19th June I’m going to be taken a short break until around mid September as my kids are off school.

I love sending and receiving snail so I guess this is the right place for me!

I live with my husband, daughter and son. We have a very old pet rabbit. His name is Wilfred and he is now 14

I love all things nature-related. I love animals too, although I don't have a favourite animal, I think they are all equally lovely.

I love postcards depicting nature, so any animals of your country, lovely scenic views, farms, that kind of thing :).

The same goes for stamps too. I love pictorial stamps!

I love mixed media art and making things from recycled materials.

I am super nerdy, I love Star Trek, I pretty much watch it every day. I like to play computer games and table top role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons and Iron Sworn.

I love trading cards too. I am a long term Pokemon TCG player and I am trying to get my daughter into it too so I have someone to play with. I also play magic the gathering on occasion too.

I love heavy metal. Especially from Europe. My favourite bands are Nightwish and Katatonia.

Not really into current pop but I have a soft spot for 80's pop. I guess that is what I was bought up on. Haha.

I like to read, but with young children it’s difficult to find the time. I get up extra early to squeeze in 20 minutes or so of reading before anyone else gets up.

Genres I like: *Scifi - particularly set in post apocalyptic world (my current favourite is "The Girl with all the Gifts" - excellent book, totally should check it out.) *Thriller - particularly crime thriller - I love Agatha Christie novels - Poriot in particular. *Fantasy - I love the LOTR books and I’m currently very slowly working my way through the Wheel of Time series.

I love tea, I am an avid tea drinker, my favourites are black tea. I love a good strong Assam as my favourite every day tea. I also like black tea blended with chocolate.

I don't like lap song shosong tea!

I'm open to others to try!

I love ALL the crafts. I am willing to give anything a go. Currently I am into ATCs, combining mixed media and more traditional painting and drawing.

I like art journaling and making little bits for people

I like collage and colouring for days when I want to do art but I don’t have the energy and I like more traditional art when I get the time.

I don’t have many dislikes. But I can’t stand Harry Potter or anything Disney!

I love different things I can use for collage, particularly around the theme of nature, animals, plants, birds, etc. especially bees and flowers. It can be hand drawn, found, printed, anything! Not everyone has access to beautiful vintage ephemera and that’s ok!

I love stationery. Note sheets, stickers, letter paper, anything. Especially ones with cute animals on.

I like to swap recipes too. I can’t abide eating the same meal multiple times so I’m open to new ideas.

Bookmarks! You can never have too many book marks.

Postcards. I love postcards with short and sweet messages.

ATCs. Who doesn’t love miniature pieces of art?

I love making junk journals, I’m happy to swap ephemera and papers. Or even journals! If you have any lace, buttons, scraps of paper or fabric, I’d be happy to have those off your hands.