thecolorofinfinity

38-year-old writer/zinester/photographer/archivist/activist living in Seattle with an awesome kitty. Wiccan, liberal, feminist, pansexual, native Texan, Capricorn, ENFP, Smith College grad, bookworm.

If you're interested in another place to do some fun swapping, please consider checking out my Facebook group. It's mainly focused on postcards, but there are other organized swaps of packages and other fun stuff!

I am also always looking for people to be regular penpals for trading postcards and/or letters--if you'd be interested please let me know!

I would rather not receive religious or conservative stuff, or anything non-vegetarian. Other than that I'm pretty open to receiving whatever! You are totally welcome to send me stuff involving sex, swearing, etc. My favorite color is purple, but I love most colors, especially a bunch of different ones in combination with each other!

ABOUT MY 1s: They are all from about a decade ago. I was dealing with some major mental health issues at the time and was not able to complete some swaps because of that. I am now doing some new treatments and doing a lot better, and am confident that it won't happen again. You'll see that the vast majority of my ratings are 5s. I hope all swap coordinators can be understanding about this.

PLEASE message me if you haven't received something from me! There's been so much weirdness going on with the mail lately so swaps are often not getting received even when they've definitely been sent. I will always be willing to resend if necessary!

• They Might Be Giants
• Sloan
• U2
• The Beatles
• Warren Zevon
• Bob Dylan
• The Long Winters
• John Vanderslice
• Bruce Springsteen
• Steely Dan
• Simon and Garfunkel
• The Velvet Underground
• XTC
• Shonen Knife
• Harvey Danger
• Tacocat
• Cub

• Sylvia Plath
• Members of the Beat Generation
• Members of the Lost Generation, especially F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
• The Romantics
• Emily Dickinson
• Walt Whitman
• Robert Lowell
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Ray Bradbury
• The Brontës
• J.D. Salinger
• William Shakespeare

• Sewing
• Knitting
• Needle-felting
• Scrapbooking
• Embroidery
• Card-making

• Anything vintage, especially cameras, typewriters, books, and clothing
• Anything related to Seattle, Texas, New York City, or England
• Animals, especially cats and dogs
• Poetry
• Accordions
• Anything colorful
• Witchy stuff
• Cute stuff (Sanrio, rainbows, unicorns, Lisa Frank, etc)
• Weird stuff
• Cemeteries and other death-related things
• Literature-related (both reading and writing)

Besides anything related to the things listed above, I particularly love receiving postcards of the following types:

• Vintage
• "Greetings From"
• Maps
• Touristy stuff of any sort but especially things that are tacky or strange
• Literature-related
• Cemeteries
• Animals
• History
• Lantern Press

I don't need any standard touristy Seattle cards--I've got plenty of those since I live here! However, I'd be happy to receive ones that are Lantern Press, vintage, or for more unusual things in town.

Ad cards and homemade cards are fine if they're interesting!

• Postcards
• Zines
• Stickers
• Postage stamps
• Blank books/journals
• School supplies
• Stationery
• Bookmarks
• Pencils
• Mugs
• Keychainss
• Pinback buttons
• Random ephemera