Comment: I absolutely LOVE your swap! <3 <3 <3 Just like that envelope flipbook some 2 or 3 years ago, where you introduced me to your home, this time again I really felt like I was getting to know the real you a bit! This is just what I was hoping for, when I set up the swap in the first place! <3 ----- Now, to the swap itself: The presentation is lovely and cute and thank you for the little extras. The songs you picked are a great variety and I must say that I loved almost every single one of them. I get the feeling we share quite a bit and some of them even reminded me of my own teenage years (like NoFX and the Sex Pistols - I liked No Fun and Bodies most, oh and that fun interpretation of My Way of course, I can still crack up laughing whenever I listen to it, haha!) Although we are roughly the same age, somehow I sneaked past that boyband/girlgroup era so I can listen to any of them without the rivalries. My sister however was hooked too, only she went for Westlife and a bit of *NSYNC so that is what I got to know back then. Oh and I'm rather disappointed that you stopped yourself from telling me more about the Sámi language. I love languages and could learn about the fun grammar facts of different languages all day long. I remember you mentioning that language back in the musical holiday trip swap. So, if there's the chance, just don't stop yourself talking about it :-D Also I love that you picked several Norwegian singer/bands. I only know one Norwegian band, Highasakite. My favourite song by them is not really a representative one, but I love the chants in the chorus. It's called My Soldier. Do you by any chance know it, or isn't this band a thing where you live? I can't really tell, a pen pal once introduced me to this band. :) ----- The animals are also a likeable set of cute, impressive and/or beautiful beings. I can totally relate to what you say about the mentioned birds, dogs/wolves/foxes and platypuses and otters. No I have not watched the documentary with the octopus and the diver, and I'm somehow not sure if I want to, haha :D ----- Haha, it certainly looks like we could plan a world trip together, you were right, there are sooooo many similarities in our lists of countries! *_* I thiknk it's really cool that you have travelled with one of your pen pals. I haven't had that much luck. Up until now whenever I got to meet one of my pen pals the friendship somehow just ended afterwards. I'm not sure why but it turned awkward after meeting up and neither of us knew what to talk about anymore, even if before we had exchanged 20 DinA4 page letters or longer, it somehow just ended, you know? Did it work out for you? ----- The movies/tv series: Wow, that's a lot of new stuff on my to watch list :) I have only watched lotr and slumberland and several episodes of southpark. I guess I'll first find Arrested Development because of Bob Loblaw's Law Blog! That's hilarious! :D :D :D ----- I guess I will have to visit Norway to try a few of your mentioned dishes, although I won't be able to try the family recipes. But still, I'm always open to new food and after what you have told me I would love to get to know the Norwegian cuisine a little more. ----- I will definitely add some of the books you recommended to my list. I'm not into scary books, though, so I'll stick to the rest of them :-D Especially the Sagaen om Isfolket sounded very interesting. I will have to find out if there are German or English translations available :) ----- Last but not least, I loved your list of character traits! I could relate to every single one of them and there is a good portion of them that I too listed in my swap. So I guess we are rather on the same page when it comes to what we seek in a friend :) ----- Wow, it almost felt like writing you a letter. I hope swap-bot can even post ratings this long... :D I will copy it, and if there is an error message I will send this to you in a pm :D Have a wonderful new week and I really hope to swap with you again soon! <3

Comment: I will have to add those songs to my playlist! Thank you!

Comment: Awww thank you for the lovely note and stickers!! I'm intrigued by your playlist of happy songs - I'm going to look them up on Spotify!! I hope you have a wonderful Christmas with you mum - that is the best:)

Comment: Thank you Kat for the postcard. Wishing you the same!

Comment: Thank you for the great envelope of goodies, I love the zine you made :)

Comment: Thank you so much, loved everything!

Comment: got it! love the theme!!

Comment: Thank you! If you ever wish to add a Canadian Penpal, just send me a DM!

Comment: Thank you so much for your story! It really is a chilling idea!! I don't think I could ignore the sound of a crying baby, so I will be sure to call out a name! I don't think I've heard this story before, so you told me something new! Thanks so much!!

Comment: Got the zine - thanks! (About wool socks in summer: I went to Norway for a 2 week workshop in the summer of 1994. I packed only one warm sweatshirt and ended up wearing it almost every single day!)

Comment: Oh wow Kat! Thank you so much for this swap you put together for me! I really love everything and it really means a lot to me that you tried to match my style. Really, you did such a great job! You definitely deserve a lot more than one heart for this so thank you so very very much.

Comment: I really enjoyed reading this so much. Thank you for sending!

Comment: Thank you for passing on the zine :)

Comment: Your illustration perfectly suits the quote, Katrine. Well done.

Comment: Thank you so much for introducing me to the Nokken! :) Well, I think. :)

Comment: Cryptids -- a challenging theme. I have to do a little research on cryptids. I love your cover image. Great illustration. P.S. Added the note.

Comment: Thank you for introducing me to the barn santas! I really enjoyed the letter that you sent including the drawing (much better than I could draw) and height diagram. :) I think the English word for these creatures might be gnomes. I live near a barn and will enjoy thinking of its little guardsmen!

Comment: Thank you, Katrine!!!!

Comment: Thanks so much - I loved your answers and the letter was beautiful! (Congratulations to you and your husband on 3 years - you sound like a wonderful couple!) I can't remember if I have read Marian Keyes, but I'm definitely going to check out some of her books! Thanks for the tip! <3

Comment: I love this metallic card! thank you!

Comment: Hi Kat, thank you for taking me on this adventurous trip with you! You are right: this was an awesome swap idea! I really enjoyed reading your letter and exploring the music. I also appreciate all the background information. After all I feel very attracted to the north European countries. It was also interesting to learn about the effect the songs have on you. Sigur Rós was the only band familiar to me and I like the song. And the video. I also really liked The Hu and Go_A. It filled me with joy to see a young and powerful woman singing in Sámi. I discovered Mari Boine around ten years ago and oh boy, her songs go so deep! Rammstein are very popular outside of Germany. I don't like their attitude so I have to skip this one. PS: I looked up your hometown on the internet... yeah, what a wonderful little island!

Comment: Thank you so much for participating in my swap and for sharing this personal and unusual holiday trip with me! :) I enjoyed it so much! <3 I knew Shum, as I have also watched the ESC finale this year (also out of the ordinary and I loved several songs including this one). And of course I know Rammstein, if not this song yet. :) Other than that I liked the video of Hoppípolla and the song Wolf Totem best, but they were all very good, thank you for sharing :) Also I have already been to Bamberg and some of the neighbouring cities as I have had some friends there. :)

Comment: Thanks for the colourful zine!

Comment: NOOOO! It's NOT my fault!! Blame... someone *else*.

Comment: Thank you for the lovely postcard! Your summer plans sound wonderful. One day I hope to see the midnight sun! Stay safe!

Comment: Thanks so much for your nice letter. :) Loved the art you added too. :) The episode of Scooby Doo that scared me so much (& still today, I admit) is the one with Dr Coffin. I think [THIS LINK](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNDjHxxYSO0&ab_channel=BoomerangUK) might take you to a section of the episode on You Tube. I admit, I'm 45 years old and a children's cartoon scares me. haha Also anything with dolls - I'm not a fan of dolls. ((shiver)) I think "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" came out when I was older, I never watched it, but I think it's one of those shows here in the US that are listed as 'too scary for kids'.

Comment: Katrine! Thank you so much for the wonderful letter! I loved reading about your spooky experiences. That old house sounds incredible but creepy as heck! Thank you again; it made my day! ☆Raynor

Comment: Thank you for the awesome zines! I love them all. I did get a good sense of you from your about me zine. Iove getting stickers from other countries, so I really wish I could give you 5 ❤

Comment: They arrived both! Thank you so much for all the care and effort you put into this swap with me, I would rate 6 if possible :) I loved everything and it helped me feel better.

Comment: Thank you. Love hearing from you. Hope you received my lette!

Comment: Love the PC. We like reading for a lot of the same reasons.

Comment: Katrine, WOW! I absolutely loved reading the letter you did for this swap. I was so captivated by everything! I wanted to keep reading more and hearing more from you! haha! Thank you so much for sharing your stories with me! Those are such incredible experiences that you had happen! I have seen Haunted on Netflix! I LOVE that show! I also used to watch Supernatural too, the early seasons just like you! I think i stopped and kind of lost interest around the middle of season 2, ahh that was so long ago! I also LOVE the Insidious movies! Those ones actually give me chills every single time I watch them! American Horror Story is another one of my all time favorite shows! I haven't really been able to get into any scary videos games myself either! My friends and I played games like that in school, I would always get so SCARED and run out of the bathroom, LOL! Oh gosh, Ouija boards scare the heck out of me! I don't think I will ever touch one of those!! But thank you so much for this wonderful swap and for sharing so much with me! OH and I also ADORE how you cut out the paper you wrote on in cute ghost shapes! That is so darn creative! Sendings hugs to you! Addie<3

Comment: Hey Katrine! I received your wonderful swap today! I adored everything! And one of my favorite teas is the pukka lemongrad Ginger! The yellow one I haven't bought yet myself. Now I can try out them too! 🥰 You write on your profile, that you aim to put a smile on your swapbots partners face. It defenitely worked wirh me! Had more of a spooky grin on my face 😁 hopefully the snow goes away soon. It IS mid May now! Sending you lots of love and hope you'll get loads of great swaps yourself ❤️

Comment: Lovely postcard! Yes indeed. Gustav has it right. Spring brings a much needed calmness! Take care and stay safe!

Comment: Thank you for your beautiful and entertaining letter 🤗 It has finally arrived and I enjoyed reading it very much! 🤗

Comment: Excellent choice for this swap. Very very thank you it's very cool. See you soon

Comment: Thanks ever so much for your zine, the watercolours are lovely and I enjoyed reading your six prompts!

Comment: 🌟Hi Katrine!🌟 I am sorry😢 since it took me a white to try all the different hot drink you have included ... but I do want to underline in this rating that you are a super host...I do hope to be your partner again in the future 😊 Firstly, I would like to say that I do love the nice envie 💌 you sent me. what I can say .... YOU NAILED IT! 🔝🍵📮📩 In addition I have already drunk all the hot drinks you sent me...honestly, I couldn’t 🙃I simply love the hot chocolate 🍫☕️ I have to admit that I have never made hot chocolate only with boiled water ... it was a nice surprise ... and really really tasty! It was evening better than the hot drinks you can find here in Switzerland such as Ovomaltine or Caotina ... and the teas 🍵 the Dragonfly Emerald Mountain 🔝🥇🏆 AMAZING🔝🥇🏆 Unfortunately, my husband love mint tea ... therefore, I couldn’t taste it. However, he asked me to buy some Tazo Refresh Mint on Amazon 😊 🛍🫖🍵 Kat you deserve more than one ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤍🤎 Thank you for your kind messages and the extra stickers 💖 🌈🙏❤️💌STAY SAFE & HEALTHY🌈🙏❤️

Comment: Thank you sooooo much for this amazing swap! I really love it all so very, very much! You made me very happy and I wish I could give you 1000 hearts

Comment: WOOOW! Such a wonderful envelope flipbook! ❤️ And I love how you familiarized me with your home and culture. I would be a very bad host, we don't even have a kitchen table, haha 😅 And I'm envious, that view from your living room... 😍

Comment: Thank you for the amazing flipbook

Comment: Hello Katrine, your beautiful blue mail finally arrived today and I love everything! Thank you so very much 💙 Jayne 🤗

Comment: Thanks for the laugh!! I loved it! :D

Comment: I loved your card and your chocolates :3 I need to send you the story. My boyfriend is playing RDR2 and I need to see him play! Sounds amazing, I love western and RPG! And such a beautiful card <3

Comment: It arrived! Thank you so much I love it

Comment: I absolutely love the cute book you made for this swap with all your answers!

Comment: Thank you so much! I loved everything but the zine was soooo cool!

Comment: Thank you so much for all the goodies :D Also, I'd love to be your penpal!

Comment: Thank you so much! I loved what you sent to me! Sorry for the late rating! Hope you're well. :)

Comment: OMG ! I am in LOVE with your book !!!! I have checked it several times and love it, love it, love it ! And a letter and tea.... You made my day ! THANKS A MILLION ! It is worth more than 5 ***** Do you fancy a new pen pal ????

Comment: Thank you so much for this great mail! It was more than I was expecting and deserves multiple hearts. Loved everything :)

Comment: Thank you for sharing. Funny: I also have Portland, Oregon USA on my wishlist to visit.

Comment: Hi Your package came today I am waiting to open it Thank you Happy Birthday to you too Best Lara

Comment: Thank you for this wonderful postcard! What an interesting choice to spend time wit. In my case it would love to spend some time with Mary Poppins. And now have a nice evening.

Comment: Thank you so much! So many things, I love the stickers a lot and the coasters are so pretty! I'll definitely be using them a lot, I didn't actually have any coasters yet.

Comment: Dear Kat, your really made my day - I found your lovely postcard today in my letterbox.. whoop what a stunning picture. I have to admit that I don't know the xmas songs. I will google it. And have a wonderful afternoon, Joana. PS.: The post takes at the moment ages till it arrives.

Comment: Thanks for the winter owl postcard and the slouchy girl sticker on the back. :)

Comment: She is awesome!! My first flip book got destroyed in the mail and she offered to make me another one. It was stuffed full of stickers, washi, die cuts, and unusual paper clips. Definitely no skimping just because she had to re-do it!

Comment: Så spennende, ser frem til å åpne den, tusen takk for ekstra også <3

Comment: wow I haven't seen this one before! Thank you I love it. Really nice note too.

Comment: Thank you, Katrine for the lovely B&W postcord from NY! I must say I like everything you like about autumn. It must be great to have dark nights and evenings again. And it’s never too early to plan those Christmas presents, have fun! 💌

Comment: Thank you for the lovely tea themed postcard, it arrived today, Thurs 12th Sept. :o)

Comment: I loved that you used pictures from your visit!!! I will be sending you the answers soon ( have to get more stamps lol)

Comment: Thank you so much for the beautifully decorated survey. I enjoyed reading your answers. I found the question about other ways to spell your name interesting. My parents loved the name Katherine. It’s my mother’s first name but she goes by Kathy. It’s my middle name and my sisters first name too. My sister’s is spelled Kathryn and she goes by Kate. I’m pretty sure in they’d had another girl they would have named her Catherine! My little guys middle name is Thomas after my uncle. Thanks for the stickers, washi and red 3s too! ❤️

Comment: Katrine, thank you for your thoughtful and packed notecard!! So many goodies - you spoilt me and I love the Moomin bits!! I will respond as soon as I can, I am a little behind in my letters but will get it out to you soon!! Thank you again for your lovely happy mail!! xxx

Comment: Thank you for sharing yourself in thisrjevealing swap. I am enjoying reading your answers.

Comment: Thank you for the fun zine! I'm in love with Norway - dream of visiting Vardo and driving allll the way up there from further down south. LOL. I really like The XX and The Esbjorn Trio. I like lots of music - recently liking Billie Eilish, Scissors Sisters and Rufus Wainwright. Thank you again and nice to meet you!

Comment: What a wonderful refreshing letter. Even on Swap Bot, I rarely get a full (few page) letter. It was really lovely. Dolphins are amazing mammals. Thanks for the extras! Be Magical!

Comment: I love your zine! Great format, and images. Thank you!!!

Comment: Thanks for the great Inspiration Zine! I enjoyed reading it. Is Norway really as great as our news articles say? Our own political stuff gets pretty depressing some days....

Comment: Thank you so much for the wonderful zine. I love it. I’m so sorry for the late rating 💜💜💜

Comment: Love love love everything you sent! I also got your postcard from Ireland the same day! And your zine makes me want to start painting lol

 

Comment: What a lovely zine! I really enjoyed your work~

Comment: Your imaginary trip sounds like a lot of fun. The alpacas are indeed very cute - I sometimes see them when I'm taking a walk with my dog. And the restaurant - which is right below my apartment! - is great, I would definitely recommend it to anyone visiting my town. And the bakery, too! Thank you for the great card. ♡♡

Comment: Tusen takk :) Spennende min første julegave for i år :D

Comment: Thank you so much for the notecard, which I adored! I never knew how much I needed a quiche pun in my life. I'm going to try to mail you back because your story is very similar to mine! Also thank you for the awesome Llama and Flamingo goodies! There was much squealing :)

Comment: It was a real joy and pleasure to read your letter! I haven't felt so much joy reading a letter for a long time! I loved every part of it, thanks a lot for writing it!

Comment: Your happy mail made me SO HAPPY. Loving the long letter; I already can’t wait to reply! And the stickers, chocolate, and vintage succulent paper... you know me so well! Let’s set up our next swap ASAP! 😁

Comment: Thank you for the journal! Its fun to read and I’m still in the middle of it. I just wanted to rate you as fast as possible so that i will not forget about it. Thank you for the tea! Can’t wait to try it. I love pukka tea but haven’t tried those you send.

Comment: I love the creative way you wrote your answers! Thank you so much for a great swap.

Comment: Hi Katrine. Thanks so much for the card. I love it. She's got such a sweet expression on her face! Yes, this is very much Scandinavian country. My wife is descended from Walbergs - she has lots of Scandinavian blood in veins. Come visit some time!

Comment: Thank you so much for the lovely PC. Now lets go make a blanketfort in the living room! I will bring all the pillows! 🦋🍀💗

Comment: Thank you so much for writing such a lovely and reflected note! It was a pleasure to read it :) And I loooove this wonderful, beautiful paper/ notecard. I am in love with this paper :) Thank you again & have a fabulous day!

Comment: Thank you so much. Such a beautiful poem by Mary Oliver and so comforting to me today as it's been a rough day. Thank you for the tea, stickers, and letter too. I agree with why you love this happy poem!

Comment: Wow, what a amazing letter! Your handwriting is amazing. I've never heard of brown cheese and now I'm super curious ;-) I wonder how dried heart tastes like, all I had was dried cow tongue. The snail story is fun to read and imagine haha :D And thank you so much for the cute stickers! You'd deserve 10 hearts!

Comment: Thank you for the very interesting facts that you sent. Some were pretty scary. The book that you mentioned sounds like a good read.

Comment: KAT!!! I am in love. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ Thank you so much for the wonderful package!!!! I don't even know what to say in this comment. I will just have to write you back. Be on the lookout for something soon! EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL AND I LOVE IT!!!! ♥♥♥♥

Comment: Lovely zine!

Comment: I wish I could give you 50 hearts. I. Am. Dying. Thank you so much! I immediately hung the banner up next to my collection of Harry Potter books! 😂 Loved reading about your Christmas! Super interesting to learn about the different ways it’s celebrated! We’ll have to get planning on our next swap soon! :)

 

Comment: Thanks for sharing your list. There were a few that I couldn't see on YouTube in my country. The Christmas song is so beautiful and I loved the pictures in the video 💜💜💜

Comment: Thank you Katrine! Happy new year! I gave you a heart for the links 😊

Comment: Thank you for the nice zine! I really love it!

Comment: Hi card finally arrived!! Thank you so much, love it! Hope you had a lovely Christmas and all the best for the new year!!

Comment: Sorry for the late rating, I wasn't home for many days, so I only got a chance to go through all the mail yesterday. Thank you so much for the coffee and lovely letter! You had such a cozy day. It made me smile reading about it. Have a wonderful holidays over there! ❤️

Comment: Oh I love your way of presenting the mocha cappuccino so cute what a great idea thank You so much ☕️

Comment: Thank you for the lovely card! ⛄

Comment: Thank you very much for the nice Christmas card!

Comment: Hello Katrine Thank you for the coffee and letter. Your snow day sounded like alot of fun

Comment: Thank you thank you for all the wonderful music suggestions! I already see a few of my personal faves in your list, so I am super excited to listen to these songs! (And I love the heart/check box idea! I wish I'd thought of that for mine.) Also, I love the leaf sticker you put on the envelope! So pretty. Made my day. Cheers from Springfield, MO! 💕

Comment: Thank you for the swap

Comment: Thank you Katrine! I enjoyed reading your answers!

Comment: Thanks for the letter. I loved reading your answers!

Comment: Thank you for the gifts! I loved the tapes and stickers and everything! Happy holidays ♥️

Comment: Your swap made my day. Seriously, I came home from a really tough day of work and found your package in the mailbox! Your zine is perfect! I already wrote down answers to your mail tag questions because I am so excited for our next swap lol. We should plan it ASAP! :)

Comment: Thank you for the beautifully laid out lists! This was so much fun to read!

Comment: great mail , you sure make a girl feel special

Comment: Thank you 😊

Comment: Thank you! I can't wait to open them!

Comment: I cannot wait for chrismass literally im a bit of a bad person and openen one :x it were the socks and I love them I can't wait for the rest to open xxx

Comment: Thank you!

Comment: Kat, I just got your package and it is beautiful! I may have squealed when I saw the Hagrid sticky notes lol! I am a proud Hufflepuff as well! And I am totally up for sending some zines in our next swap!

Comment: Thank you for the nice zine! It was really nice how personal you made it with your list of reasons you like to travel and the list of where you want to go!

Comment: Thank you for sharing your rhoughts.

Comment: Thank you for the postcard and sharing those song lyrics with me.

Comment: Guess what came today? Thank you for such a lovely postcard! I hope you're able to achieve this dream one day! A private exchange sounds great! Going through your profile now and we actually have a lot of things in common. Lmk how you'd like to set it up. Thank you again for the postcard!

Comment: Hi Hufflepuff! Really looooove the mini zine you made me, got it the day before my birthday ;-). I also liked the hidden tower, tea and your letter. Will be writing back! Greetings, Ravenclaw XD

Comment: Hello Katrine! Thanks for the fun letter. I especially love the stickers. Have a naughty summer! ;)

Comment: Oh my gosh! Your lists are b.e.a.u.t.i.f.u.l. I wish I had the artistic talent that you have! We have way more in common than I thought; I felt like I was reading a letter from myself! And thank you for the bonus tea! I would absolutely love to keep swapping with you!

Comment: Thanks for the song lyrics--I like the llama in the taxi, too. Susan (brooklynbunch)

Comment: Hi Katrine! Thank you so much for your parcel! I had so much fun reading your journey! I always go to Primark when i'm in London as well XD i love this shop so much hahaha

Comment: Thanks for the tea!

Comment: Thanks! I looked up the Day Zero Project. Interesting choices. I believe that I'll try writing in my journal every day for a year, We'll see how that goes.:)

Comment: What a fun zine! I am new to zines too. I have only seen one other and this swap was my first one I have made. They are a lot of fun. Think you for the thought of creating on inspired by my profile. Really enjoyed the mermaid with attitude sticker, and the poem. I love the Ocean! Thank you.

Comment: I loved reading about your fav and how it impacted your life! Lovely design. Thanks. :)

Comment: Thanks for the awesome zine! I'm not familiar with the song although I have heard of the Sex Pistols. You did an amazing job. If this is your first zine I can't imagine what a great zine maker you'll be in a few month! Leslie

Comment: Hello Kat! Thank you for the mini-zine! For being your first one, it looks absolutely great. Punk music is actually what got me into doing zines in the first place. I'm glad you were able to see the Sex Pistols and hear your favorite song in concert!

Comment: First time I got a London Guide sent from Norway lol! Glad you had a good time in my country! I still want to go to the harry potter studio!

Comment: Thank you for the postcard I will send you one back soon!

Comment: Lovely card and thanks for the calligraphy! You’re very good !

Comment: Thanks a lot for your great postcard! Roald Amundsen is such a famous person, I’m much interested in research of Polar region so I’m glad to see this monument. And I love the lighthouse stamp, too.

Comment: Thank you for the great postcard, Katrine!

Comment: Thanks a lot for the beautiful postcard!

Comment: dear Kat and Alfred- what a fab pc. It is a lovely sunny morning in Cornwall and you both just made it even better...this pic is going on the wall.

Comment: Thanks!

Comment: Thank you for the beautiful sunset landscape from Norway! With how flat my country is, i cant even imagine how it's like to live near the mountains. (received 9-7-18)

Comment: Thank you for the teas! We also like ginger, so we are excited to try these out. :) and I'll look for the book - maybe I'll get to enjoy it with a cup of tea. :)

Comment: Thank you for the beautiful postcard. I’d love to visit Norway someday.

Comment: Absolutely love it!!! Thankyou so much!!! 😃

Comment: Thank you for the lovely postcard and the funny/nice quote!