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My name is Abby and I'm a bored artist watching my twenties fade away working a desk job. Please spice up my life with some happy mail!

I'm an avid reader, anywhere from 60-100 books a year. I love to curl up with my fluffy Maine Coon cat named Chowder and read until we both pass out. I also have a bratty black cat named Jafar who can turn you to stone with his glare.

I love collecting washi tape. I have a ginormous collection (over 1000 tapes!) of rare and weird washi tapes & I love to share! If you have a special interest I can find a washi in my collection for it! Open to private swaps- message me!

I'm getting really into typewriters lately! I have a Royal Touch Control model from the 1930's and I love writing letters on it, it's very satisfying.

Goodies- Art prints, postcards (I love illustrated, art or vintage postcards, don't like photo/view/tourist cards), letter sets, writing paper, patterned paper, postal stamps, ephemera, string/ yarn samples (I love Avril yarn!) stamped images, handmade envelopes, enamel pins.

Themes/ Aesthetic- All shades of green, bright colors, watercolors, abstract patterns, nature/botanical, creepy, Halloween, skeletons, plague doctors, bizarre/surreal, sweary or crass, butts/nudes, 420, cityscapes, graffiti, grunge, illustrated landscapes, rainy day, daily life/monotony, outer space (especially Saturn- my swapbot namesake!)

Animals- Cats, alpacas, insects, raccoons, skunks, pandas, birds (crows, ravens, owls, seagulls, parrots) field guide illustrations.

Rare animals like Tapirs! Okapis! Axolotls! Capybaras! Sloths! Walruses! Quokkas! Lemurs! Pufferfish! Blobfish!

Characters/ Fandoms- Gudetama, BT21 especially TATA, Studio Ghibli, One Punch Man, Mob Psycho, My Hero Academia.

Tea- Jasmine Green and Earl Gray are my faves.

Papercraft (flipbooks, zines, creative happy mail)

Art journaling, collage, mixed media.

Block printing/ printmaking/ hand carving stamps (would love to trade & swap with anyone who is interested!)

Typewriting letters

Watercolor, paint pens, gouache.

The Lives of Others (German movie- please message me if you've also seen this!)

Studio Ghibli films- Howl's Moving Castle

Alice in Wonderland

horror movies (paranormal horror, not slashers)

Your Name, Patema Inverted, A Silent Voice (anime movies)

Stranger Things

Good Omens

American Horror Story

House on Haunted Hill

Rick & Morty

Classic Spongebob (Seasons 1-3)

Stormlight Archive Series by Brandon Sanderson

The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden

A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

M/M romance fiction

Poetry (Plath, Dickenson, modern)

Harrow County graphic novels- omg the watercolor illustrations!

Saga graphic novels

Lo-fi hiphop, K-pop, Khalid, Billie Eilish, Billie Holiday, Alt-J, Neutral Milk Hotel, Queen, Rufus Wainwright, The Roches, Simon & Garfunkel.

I am a proud BTS Army! I am surprised to be so into a boy band at my age, but they make me so happy- I love those boys! Yoongi is my bias

Snail Mail/ Stationery/ Journaling- Skylar Hand--MyLifeMits--The Paper Letter Blog--Wendy's Journal Adventure--Johanna Clough--Brittany McCowan--Job's Journal--rainbowholicTV

Art Channels- furrylittlepeach--MercurialMilk--Kasey Golden--Seaweed Kisses--creationsceecee

Recommendations welcome!

My Brother, My Brother and Me--The Adventure Zone--S-Town--Welcome to Nightvale--Ologies--The Black Tapes--The Moth--RadioLab--This American Life--2 Dope Queens--The Bechdel Cast--Bear Brook--Sleep With Me

Recommendations welcome!

Anything glitter (sealed down ok), religious, planner/ scheduling, minions, kid stuff.

Not a big fan of princess, fairy, mermaid, unicorn, Disney, pink or "pretty" stuff, but everyone has different taste so I won't rate you down for sending such.

I don't use- A4 (8x11) size stationery journal cards puffy stickers