subtleshift

hello all! :-)

please message me if you have any problems occur with my swaps!

i'm kat (she/her). i'm a scorpio and enneagram type 2. i'm a grad student in upstate new york currently studying occupational therapy and sometimes i'm back home in new jersey about 45 minutes from the shore and an hour from philadelphia, pennsylvania. i'm a proud cat mom of a black polydactyl boy named 'hemingway.' i enjoy art, food culture, astrology, playing boardgames, eating tacos & pastries, drinking gin and tonic, cats, and advocating for the environment. i do not have any allergies.

• Rainbow Kitten Surprise
• Wild Child
• LCD Soundsystem
• The 1975
• Billie Eilish
• The Rolling Stones
• Mac Miller
• ABBA
• The Beatles
• Maggie Rogers
• Volfpeck
• Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats
• Dua Lipa
• Blondie
• The Head and the Heart
• Al Green
• Whitney

• Normal People
• Golden Girls
• Bob's Burgers
• Gilmore Girls*
• Kipo
• The Good Place
• Dead to Me
• Fleabag*
• Grey's Anatomy
• My Hero Academia
• Friends
• Modern Family
• Boy Meets World
• The Crown
• Good Girls

please include: your username (and Instagram handle if you want), swap name (if this is a specific swap), date, where the postcard is coming from, and the temperature!

• illustrations
• your culture/traditions/city
• covid-19
• astrology/stars
• 'Greetings from...' big-lettered cards (from origin)
• cats
• Tausendschön
• Old Ladies by Inge Löök
• mailboxes
• EU Map/United in Diversity from origin
• kawaii
• from Münster, Germany
• giraffes, cows, orca whales
• orchids
• lou paper (from origin for states)
• women in science
• studio ghibli
• ABBA
• Princess Diana
• Christmas/holidays
• uniquely-shaped cards
• revolving around food

i do prefer black tea over green tea, but i'm fine with receiving either one! as for specific flavors, i love to try new things (no allergies)!! i do love:

• vanilla
• chocolate
• peppermint
• coconut
• chamomile
• chai
• matcha
• english breakfast

i DON'T like: mango, elderflower, grape

i enjoy receiving stickers, washi tape samples, and scrapbook paper! i'm happy with any, but I especially like these themes:

• kawaii
• cats
• food
• vintage
• space
• astrology
• holidays/seasonal
• studio ghibli
• victorian
• illustrated
• minimalist
• 70s
• cottagecore

• Fried Green Tomatoes
• Saving Mr. Banks
• Remember the Titans
• Pride & Prejudice
• Big Hero 6
• The Notebook
• Titanic
• Parasite
• The Irishman
• Little Women (2019)
• The Parent Trap (1998)
• Lady Bird
• many Studio Ghibli films
• A Quiet Place
• The Help
• Monsters, Inc & Monsters University
• Harry Potter series
• The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1 & 2)

• hiking
• traveling
• drinking tea
• gardening (indoor & outdoor)
• carving relief prints
• crafting polymer clay earrings
• self-care
• reading
• listening to music
• playing boardgames (Root & Spirit Island)
• playing AmongUs
• stressing over university work
• snailmail

• ad postcards
• hotel postcards
• teacher stickers (good job, excellent, etc.)
• horror films
• marzipan
• glitter (only because it's not environmentally friendly, if it's already on a card or postcard you want to send me that is fine)
• FLAVORS: mango, grape, elderflower
• smoking
• disrespect and racism
• white chocolate

• cats
• illustrated paper products
• postcards
• colors: turquoise, mauve, and maroon
• hot tea and iced coffee
• bubble tea
• enamel pins
• Root boardgame
• anything cute, miniature, and/or kawaii
• Gilmore Girls
• astrology (sun: scorpio)
• ABBA and 70s music
• sushi
• improving well-being (self-care)
• tacos
• cookies
• chocolate (dark and milk, or with caramel or peanut butter)
• gin & tonic and mixed drinks
• traveling and being outdoors
• Philadelphia, PA (USA) and Brighton, England
• Gritty
• sustainability