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I didn’t think I had to put this, but DO NOT include advertising for your MLM products in your swaps.

hello! my name is Rachel, i’m 41 from Chicago, and I’m now comfortably experienced (aka 6+ months 😅) with swap-bot. I met someone recently who casually mentioned it when I was at a postcrossing meetup and it piqued my interest! Postcrossing, if you are not familiar, is a really cool way to bring people together through the are of physical mail - like swap-bot! That is one of my biggest “craft” passions at the moment - decorating the cards with stamps and stickers… it’s very wonderfully calming and creative!

please, if your have not received anything from me, let me know so I can resend to you. I always send and never flake.

I love fun stickers, especially the style from my childhood! My favorites include:

• flocked/fuzzy

• puffy

• scratch & sniff

• sparkly/glitter

• chrome/metallic

• anything postage related

• washi tape

Besides my love for swapping/receiving cards, I love fiber arts. I taught myself to cross stitch back in 2020 during the pandemic, and currently im working on my largest piece to date: the stained glass mermaid window from the prefects bathroom in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It’s roughly 24” tall and will probably take me 2 years to complete 😅 I also enjoy embroidery, which I taught myself earlier this year, and crochet. I do want to get into water color at some point in time, and I have my eyes on a glass blowing class as well as a leather bookbinding class!

For 2026, i have decided to try out junk journaling! i’m always on the hunt for nice paper and ways to embellish. i enjoy used stamps, “fauxstage” or fake postage, and fun textures 😊

I adore music. I love to sing and I also play guitar. You can find me singing on YouTube and TikTok under the same username as here.

My current obsession is musical theatre. I try to see as many shows as I can that come to Chicago. The cast recordings I’ve been listening to most lately are (in no particular order)

• Hamilton

• SIX

• Beetlejuice

• Death Becomes Her

• Wicked

• Dear Evan Hansen

• Book of Mormon

• Avenue Q

I also love pop, jazz, blues, country and rock.

• Hunter Hayes

• Benson Boone

• Jon McLaughlin

• Charlie Puth

• Demi Lovato

• Dan + Shay

• James Arthur

I just got into reading in 2025! my total for the year was 80! so far, the majority of them being psychological thrillers. I enjoy Freida McFadden and Jason Rekulak a lot. One of my favorite sci fi’s I read this year was “Positive Memory” by Josh Stettner. I often try to complete all the goodreads challenges which I is how I step away from psychological thrillers 😅 I also enjoy Harry Potter (i’m a gryffinpuff), The Hunger Games and semi-embarrassingly, Twilight 😂 so if you send anything twilight related, I’m totally here for it.

Postcards wise, i’m really cool with just about everything. My main request is no religion (although I do enjoy Christmas decor and Hanukkah is good with me), and nothing political - post cards are my happy place, I want to keep it that way 😌 I love how creative people can be with their decorations and absolutely encourage handmade cards! I prefer no envelopes unless the swap calls for it.

Favorites

Color: purple, pink, tie dye

Animals: pugs (I have one!) and dogs in general, pigs, hippos, capybaras, quokkas, frogs, giraffes, elephants, butterflies, goats, turtles, otters, seals and of course all baby animals!

Mythical creature: mermaids

Food: sushi

Movie: Addams Family Values (yes, the sequel is the superior of the two films)

Season: fall - I love the “ber” months, the falling leaves, sweaters, warm drinks and cozy fireplaces

Holiday - Halloween (I love seeing everyone’s creative costumes!)

Scent: oranges 🍊🥰

Disney things: figment, the haunted mansion, Moana, frozen, the little mermaid, carousel of progress, wall-e, baymax, Star from “Wish”, emperors new groove (pull the lever, kronk!), hocus pocus

I love Disney, especially the parks. I am also a member of D23 and go to the expo every time it’s offered. I love The Muppets! and pedro pascal 😅