MiaEllington

Note on Shipping: If you do not receive your swap from me please reach out and I will mail it again. I have noticed an increase in not receiving swaps both from ones I am supposed to receive, and ones I have sent. Even post cards are going missing. I do not mind sending again. If it is for an involved swap it will just take me longer to replace. I have also noticed if I send a thick envelope with a lot of decoration it will take 2 weeks to reach its destination on average.

~+++~ Hello! I love sending snail mail and decorating letters. I have so many different sides to my personality and things that interest me. I live on both sides of light and dark: I love soft, cute, and pretty things and I love scary, gross, and weird things. My favorite color is black, but my hair is champagne pink. You can find this duality anywhere in my life, from the food/music/movies I consume, to the art that I make and the things I collect. I like to think I can find something I like anywhere.

Currently I am studying and practicing ceramic pottery and learning Japanese on Duolingo. I adore Japanese pottery and it is my current obsession. I am also a self taught silversmith (jewelry), have a bachelors in Horticulture, and spent 4 years learning from and working under a French pâtissier making pastries.

~+++~ I can't wait to get to swapping!! =^_^=

I tell people "I like everything!" a lot, as I have a broad range of styles I like. I really love anything artistic. I love so much art and different styles.

((Colors)) +Dark colors and neutrals. +Black, gray, green, purple. + Deep and rich colors + vintage or vintage looking materials - NOT a huge fan of neon and exceptionally bright unless very artistic.

((Images)) I like dark themes, but also cute/kawaii too!

+Dark Academia, Books, Botanical anything, and Witchy anything, celestial themes, bugs/moths

+Monsters, ghosts, ghouls, horror film and horror novel themes, gore, macabre, gothic anything and everything, snakes, spiders and creepy crawlies. They might not be for everyone but the certainly are for me.

+Cute/Kawaii: san-x characters and badtz-maru. Bunnies are my favorite cute animal to receive. Anime is good too, and anything japanese kawaii I love.

+Animals: I like forest creatures (squirrel, rabbit, bear, badger, fox) and ocean creatures (jellyfish, whale, creepy fish, octopus) the most and frogs, snakes, and turtles! also LOVE any bugs.

((Aesthetics))

I love anything Asian, especially patterns like on origami paper, fabric, washi tape, stationery and cards.

Cottagecore is lovely. I like woodsy themes: foxes, mushrooms, bears, squirrels, badgers, rabbits, ferns, trees, and cabins.

((Books)) I love to read, and I read a lot but usually potato-chip romance! I love book themed mail so much.

++ high fantasy, urban fantasy if it is done well, horror, mystery, thriller, romance (no spice is too high, I will read anything) sci-fi.

++ poetry. I like to write and read poetry and would absolutely love to receive poetry either original or one you just happen to like.

++manga and comic books when they are not superhero ones (think more indie and art based), and zines.

((Music)) Electronic, Metal (any subgenera), Shoegaze + Goth of all kinds, Lo-Fi, Classical, Experimental, Indie, Hip-Hop, and international music I rarely listen to country or blue-grass, or jam-bands

((Movies+TV)) I rarely watch movies or TV - but I love vintage sci-fi film aesthetic.

+Horror: anything to do with Hannibal Lecter. Silence of the Lambs is my favorite. I like most horror films.

+Sci-Fi: the old ones are amazing! 2001 space odyssey, silent running, martian chronicles, alien, blade runner. New ones are good too: Dune and Prometheus specifically were beautiful.

+anything studio Ghibli - I love Miyazaki's films.

+I also like very visual films: the fall (movie) and the cell are my favorites.

((VideoGames)) I recently started playing them due to the pandemic

+Animal Crossing and Skyrim are my #1 games and I like playing any mario games.

I love crafting and have so many hobbies.

+making stationery, junk journaling, making stickers and ephemera, watercolor, and drawing

+jewelry making, I have a full silversmithing studio and have been smithing since 2019

+pottery, I am learning wheel thrown ceramics

+baking, cooking, sewing, gardening, houseplants, canning and preserving

Personally, and without judgement to those who enjoy these things, I am not a fan at all of sports, athletics, religious iconography, table-top games or role playing games like DND, cosplay, disney, or superhero iconography, or kid/children things. I do not have kids so I don't have anyone to pass them on to except other swappers. But I will receive anything you would like to send me with thanks and happily pass it along to someone that looks like they would like it more.