jillianstella

Quick update! I am currently in the process of moving to California! Super exciting, my wife will be coming home in October and we will finally get to be together again after 2 long years of her being stationed in Japan! On that note, it may take me a while to rate you since I am busy packing (I am saving my craft stuff to pack for last lol) and until I get settled and have an official address in San Diego. I apologize in advance...I have been staying with my parents during the pandemic and I will be having my Mom check my mail for me until my move is complete!

I’m a textbook Gemini, I love astrology...I’m outgoing but also love my alone time to decompress (especially with lots of snuggly blankets and pillows). I love singing and dancing...karaoke is my go to for a fun night out!

My favorite themes

*Rainbows

*Mermaids

*Unicorns

*The beach

*Owls

*Narwhals

*Fairies

*Raccoons(aka trash pandas 😝),

*Trees-I really love Willow Trees

*90’s/80’s Vibe (Memphis style design, cassette tapes, trolls, Barbie, neon colors. (Think “Saved By The Bell”, “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” or “Full House” and you got the idea lol)

*Hot Air Balloons

*Whales

*All Things Celestial. Sun, Moon, Stars

*Mandalas

*Buddhist Inspired

*Kawaii

*Pandas

*Art Deco

*Anything LGBTQ+/Pride inspired

*Black Lives Matter

*My wife loves Harry Potter and Batman, I love surprising her with anything with those themes as well if you’d like to send any! 🥰

Favorite Colors

*Rose gold

*Pink

*Gold

*White

*Glittery/Sparkly (does that count as a color? Lol)

My Non-Crafting Hobbies

*I like puzzles...specifically logic puzzles like Nonograms or Paint-doku.

*I’m athletic and love skating and playing roller. So I love anything with roller skates.

Personal

I have a beautiful wife who is currently stationed in Japan with the Navy. I was supposed to move there in the beginning of May to be there with her but unfortunately COVID has not allowed for that to happen for the time being. Hoping that soon this will all be over and we can be together again. She will be starting her new assignment in a San Diego this fall and I am so excited to move there and finally get to be with her again!! In the meantime SwapBot has been a good distraction and mood lifter to help the time go by faster while I’m waiting for this to end. I truly love sending mail to hopefully brighten someone’s day during this crazy time. 💕

I love love love traveling, so far I’ve been able to go to Canada, Spain, Japan, Guam and South Korea and I’m looking forward to more adventures in the future!

I believe that everyone has the right to their own happiness, whatever that may be.

My favorite quote is from A.A. Milne.-“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

My Swap-Bot Promise

I take pride in my Swaps and hope that all my partners do the same! Please let me know about any missed postage or if I forgot to rate you and I will take care of it as soon as I know! ❤️

My current obsession are my Happy Planners! I use them for all sorts of things, I use them to do daily and gratitude journaling. I also have a special planner just for my swaps! I love planner stickers and recently started making some of my own with my Cricut machine!

I enjoy making flip-books and other fun creative ways to send my swaps. I absolutely love paper crafts and have become quite the scrapbook paper hoarder lol 😛

I like making and decorating tags.

I recently got a Fuse Tool and have been having fun making different shakers with it. I follow a couple different crafters on YouTube (Pinkstrawberryz, Septeria18, Lolly Palooza) and love learning how to make new and creative things from their tutorials to send in my swaps!

My Cricut machine! Love making so many things with it, from vinyl, to iron on, paper crafts....I’m always trying something new :) I really enjoy using my Cricut to make things like cups/mugs/tumblers/water bottles, drawstring and tote bags, journals, hats, and all types of shirts.

I loooove receiving Washi Tape since I joined Swap! It was something that I always knew existed but didn’t realize how cute and fun would be to decorate things with!

Stickers/Journal stickers

Stationery

Handmade Envies

Die Cut Ephemera

Charms

Postcards(I don’t really like State PC’s though) I really enjoy the fun and creative more artsy type.

Notecards with envies

Anything Happy Planner

Not a fan of Pokémon or Anime. I hate bugs! Especially spiders and bees! 😱 I’m afraid of heights and being on boats.

I LOATHE winter! I am not meant to be in the cold! Lol I really don’t prefer holiday specific items. Seasonal is ok but having a lot of Christmas stuff for example that I can’t use year round doesn’t interest me.

Gory things like vampires, zombies, demons.

Feathers, loose glitter, confetti or sequins. 🤦‍♀️ Love glittery things just not the messy loose glitter 😛

Postage stamps, die cuts.

I’m not into recipe cards or recipes.

Sci-fi/fantasy books/tv/movies. Not into things like Star Wars, twighlight, lord of the rings etc...

“Mail Freebies”...ya know those notepad, memo pads, cards, etc., that you get from non-profit organizations in the mail.

Currently not asking for address labels. Normally I like them but I will be moving soon, so I would hate for someone to put in the effort and I wouldn’t be able to use them!