Meet Workington's Squishmallow collector and YouTuber

Danielle, who is from, Seaton, Workington is a collector of plush toys known as Squishmallows which come in an array animals and characters. 

Danielle specialises in the collection of bigfoot Squishmallows, with a 61-strong lineup, including one 'Blacklight Joelle' from San Diego, California which is one of only 500 in the world. 

Alongside her Squishmallows, Danielle also boasts a collection of other plush toys such as Build-a-Bear and Jellycat. 

(Image: Supplied) Danielle's passion for all things plush was started by an innocuous trip to Tesco and now she is on a mission to gather a world-record amount of bigfoots.

She said: "My passion for them began when I was coming home from work one night and we went to Tesco, and I found a green, bigfoot.

"I thought it was a bear, so I decided to buy it, little did I know this would open a whole new thing for me.

"I went home and began looking at different colours of them and I swore from that day I'd collect them all.

"I love collecting them because I find them really cute and I enjoy the hunt for them.

 "My aim is to collect every single Squishmallow bigfoot ever created, which means my collection will grow a lot.

"I want to get the Guinness world record for the most amount of bigfoots, which no one has actually set."

(Image: Supplied) Danielle also runs a YouTube channel where she is known as Danis Mallows where she shares her love for Squishmallows with her 544 subscribers. 

In these videos, Danielle reacts to her subscribers' own collections, showcases her rarest Squishmallows, and chats about all things plushies. 

For Danielle, her YouTube channel has helped her cultivate a 'really nice' community of Squishmallow and plushie lovers, with the West Cumbrian aiming to one day reach 10,000 subscribers.

She said: "I began my YouTube channel because I wanted to post videos on things that I am passionate about, which is plush animals.

"I don't only post about squishmallows. I also post about Build-a-Bear and Jellycats, which I also have a few of. I act as almost a plush news on my social media.

(Image: Supplied) The online Squishmallow community is a really nice place to be. I have made so many friends from all over the world who engage with my content and I engage with theirs.

"It has also been able to open doors for me to get access to other Squishmallows that I might not be able to get.

"I'm so appreciative of every single subscriber. I have had some amazing comments and I've even been told I am some people's favourite Squishmallow YouTuber which is insane."