KateandOli

Hi! I am a 27 year old living in Southern California with my super sweet kitties, Oliver and Crash! I love to read, to blog and to craft!

I love animals of all kinds and have a bit of a bleeding heart when it comes to animals. I grew up in a house with 3 dogs and 6 cats, a parrot, 2 mice, 2 rats, 2 millipedes, and assorted fish.

I LOVE hot chocolate and chocolate candy. I don't like nuts or spicy chocolate.

I love swapping and I love surprising people with little extras and I really love getting things I can actually use.

Something Corporate, Frank Sinatra, Tegan and Sara, Coheed and Cambria, Paramore, Rise Against, The Get Up Kids, Ani DiFranco, John Mayer, The Ataris, The New Amsterdams, Finch, Yellowcard, Thrice, One Republic, Unwritten Law, Tim McGraw, Toby Keith, Dashboard Confessional, From Autumn to Ashes, Journey, Jack's Mannequin and some other stuff.

The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, The Archivist by Martha Cooley, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, Bridge To Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Patterson, Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb. Poets: Eliot, Millay, Cummings, Plath, Rilke, Yeats, Whitman, Hughes, Wordsworth.

I also read fashion magazines, science magazines and my guilty pleasure is an occasional copy of In Touch/Star/US Weekly, etc.

Garden State, ALL of the BMW shorts, Awakenings, Gracie, Ghost World, Juno, 2 Days in Paris, Wristcutters, Kabluey, and Crash.

House, Grey's Anatomy, NCIS, Drop Dead Diva, Glee, Mercy, True Blood, Desperate Housewives, Big Love, Burn Notice, Private Practice.

I make cards, both by hand and digitally, and sell them on etsy. I also enjoy knitting and making garlands. I am learning how to crochet and how to sew, and hopefully, I will learn how to quilt one day soon. I am also practicing my baking skills, but I'm not at the sharing stage yet! :)

I'm also into photography and would be interested in swapping photographs. I love bokeh and polaroids and photos taken with holgas always look amazing.

I would like scrapbooking/card-making materials of any kind, such as:

• paper, double or single sided
• embellishments (feathers, sequins, brads, etc)
• cardstock scraps
• envelopes, especially in bright colors
• clear stamps, rubber stamps
• brads, pushpins, straight pins, safety pins

I'd also like:

• old photographs - especially from the 1960s, 70s, 80s.
• houndstooth, polka dots, paisley
• cocoa mixes, no spicy ones
• fruity teas
• mint teas
• lip balms
• face scrubbies
• deco tape
• anything with hedgehogs, dinosaurs, whales, narwhals
• steampunk related items
• anatomy/biology related items
• your doodles
• amigurumi
• felted items
• tea towels, dishcloths, washcloths
• hankerchiefs (especially with embroidery)
• post-it notes (any color, not the super small skinny kind please. lined = extra fun.)
• vintage sheet music, especially the cover pages
• vintage book pages, especially in other languages or dictionary pages
• ledger paper (written on or blank)
• origami papers
• old calendar pages
• handmade paper or hand-painted paper
• wrapping paper
• patterned tissue paper
• vintage bingo cards, playing cards, ticket stubs, concert stubs
• maps/an atlas
• graph paper, tracing paper
• glittery pens
• beads, jewelry-making supplies
• baker's twine/cotton string
• sequins
• glue sticks, glue dots
• coin purses
• soaps (handmade is great)
• reusable grocery bags, especially from your local shop
• wine corks
• spools of colorful thread
• colorful buttons
• colorful golf tees
• beach glass
• matchboxes
• colored pencils
• recipes (especially on cute cards)
• ribbon and lace
• sharpies
• polaroids or photos you took
• pom-poms, fringe, piping and other trim
• crochet hooks and knitting needles
• vintage children's books/illustrations
• vintage flashcards, especially in languages other than english
• stamped images on cardstock
• punches on cardstock (any shape, any design, any color)
• stamp pads
• fabric dye
• handmade pincushions

Candy:

• haribo gummy bears
• riesen's chews
• milk chocolate!

Fabric:

• any kind of fabric is welcome, really!
• yarn
• fat quarters
• remnants and scraps
• embroidery thread
• granny squares
• quilted squares
• I love CLOTH NAPKINS - a vintage pattern is great, or a solid color in any color. I prefer bright colors to dark or pastels.

I really like kawaii items! Especially related to kittens, sushi or food with faces! :)

I will add more here as I think of things!

• please no loose candy!
• please no religious items!
• no easter, halloween, christmas, or other holiday-themed items (unless it's specifically part of the swap)
• no foam stickers

I'm not a flaker, so if you haven't received something from me that you were supposed to get, please, please message me!