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Hello!

My name is Kay, and I am so excited to start entering my first swaps! :) I originally found this website from a Postcrossing forum comment, I am hoping to be able to send out more happy mail this way.

I live in the desert with my husband and our rescue pup. I am a homebody and I love to watch movies, read, play video games, and to make paper crafts and mail to share with others! I love collecting stickers and washi tape and sending them out to people who will find joy in them like me!

I really enjoy paper crafts of all kinds, but here are the pastimes that I participate in the most:

• Postcrossing
• Collage + Abstract Art
• Bullet Journaling
• Reading
• Thrifting
• Revisiting Favorite Movies + TV Series
• Gaming (currently playing Graveyard Keeper)
• Spending Time with Loved Ones
• Sending Happy Mail in General :)

I love all kinds of music, but especially Christmas/Winter Holiday Music and World Music in any language! I love discovering new music and unknown bands, if you have any to share with me I would love to hear about them!

Here are some of my favorite bands:

• Queen
• Jim Croce
• Roy Orbison
• Journey
• Bon Iver
• Iron & Wine
• Chappell Roan
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Taylor Swift

I read everything from poetry to YA fiction and non-fiction, and I am always looking for a great recommendation if you can share one!

Here are some of my most beloved books:

• 'White Oleander' by Janet Fitch
• 'She's Come Undone' by Wally Lamb
• 'Caramelo' by Sandra Cisneros
• 'The Neverending Story' by Michael Ende
• 'Alive at the End of the World' by Saeed Jones
• 'Nickel and Dimed' by Barbara Ehrenreich

I am not too particular about the mail that I receive, I just appreciate you sending me something! :) If you're looking for inspiration though, here are a few ideas:

A- Animals, Autumn, Art, Artist Trading Cards, Antique, Advice, Animal Crossing, Academia.

B- Birds, Book Recommendations, Bookmarks, Blue, Breakfast themed, Bullet Journal, Bats.

C- Christmas (all year round!), Cute, Colorful, Cowboy/girl, Calico Critters, Capybaras, Coloring Pages, Clay Sculptures, Chibi, Crows, Cottagecore, Collage.

D- Drawings, Dogs, Decorated Envelopes, Desert, Darwin, Donuts, DAISO, Deer, Dark Academia.

E- Envelopes, Evolutionary Theory, Easter (secular).

F- Ferrets, Felt, Flowers, Food-themed (stickers/stationary okay, but please save any food items for someone who will appreciate them more!) Forest, Floral.

G- Garden, Greeting Cards.

H- Halloween (all year round!), Handmade, Hummingbirds, 'Happy Birthday' themed items (I use them for swaps year-round), Horror, Holidays.

I- International, Illustrations, Introvert Culture.

J- Junk Journal Materials.

K- Keychains, Kawaii, Kirby.

L- Las Vegas, LGBTQ+, Letters, Libraries.

M- Maps, Music Recommendations, Magazine Clippings.

N- Nature, Nevada, Needlefelt.

O- Ornaments, Ocean, Our Flag Means Death.

P- Playlists, Pokemon, Poetry (self written or by someone else is fine!), Pixel Art, Purple, Pastries, Postcards, Pusheen, Pizza, Peaches, Paper Dolls, Photography, Psychology, Pop-Tarts.

Q- Quotes.

R- Recipes, Reading, Rubber Stamps, Return Address Labels.

S- Stickers, Stamps (used or new), Spooky, Spiders, Spring, Summer, Stationary, Sanrio, Studio Ghibli, Snoopy, Snapdragons (flower), Sushi, Stained Glass, Sloths, Seasonal, Scrapbooking.

T- Trinkets, Tarantulas, Tea-themed (stickers/stationary okay, but please save any tea bags for someone who will appreciate them more!) Typed messages are welcome, Taylor Swift, Taurus.

U- Umbrella/rain themed, Universe/Galaxy/Outer Space.

V- Vintage.

W- Washi Tapes, Washi Stickers, Winter, Western, Wolves.

X- Xeroxed pictures/photos/images.

Y- You! Anything that you make or send me I am sure to love :)

Z- Zines, Zoology, Zelda (BOTW + TOTK).

These are things that would be better to save for someone who will appreciate them more:

• Teacher Stickers / Planner Stickers
• Tea or Coffee or Food
• Coins or Bank Notes
• Religious Notes or Items

Since I am so new to Swap-Bot, I wanted to share a few things in case anyone is interested:

• I always send out my swaps by the listed deadline, and I'm careful not to join too many swaps at once so I don't overlook one! If you have not received something in a timely manner, please don't hesitate to reach out to me and I'm happy to provide pics of when I sent out your item and re-send if it has been too long.
• I pledge to rate as soon as I receive a swap, it is usually within the same day that I receive it :)
• I would be mortified to receive a '1' rating, as I am not a flaker. Please, if there is any issue message me and I will get back to you within 24 hours so we can work something out!