chrysotheme

(notes & updates) 💬

• 2026/09/05
  • sent tea @sarahk
• 2026/07/15
  • updated profile after a long hiatus

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(from my cup) 🫖

• guava green tea

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(she flings back her veil)

• Hi! I'm a millennial Aries (she/her) hailing from Los Angeles, California.

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(likes & interests include)

• Alice in Wonderland ♡ ancient Roman history & culture ♡ annotated literature ♡ baroque pop ♡ botanical gardens ♡ costume dramas ♡ crunching autumn leaves underfoot ♡ dappled sunlight ♡ dark red lipstick ♡ etymology ♡ fairy tales & mythology ♡ finding stray bookmarks/notes/etc. in library books ♡ libraries ♡ full moons ♡ gothic films & literature ♡ harpsichord music (Bach · Vivaldi · Scarlatti) ♡ late summer evenings ♡ magical realism & surrealism ♡ my pet white Havanese dog ♡ neo-classical paintings ♡ perfume ♡ quietude ♡ rain patter ♡ purple prose ♡ reading books & cut+paste zines (especially perzines) ♡ seltzer ♡ tea ♡ staying up late ♡ sunrise/sunsets ♡ watching silent films

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(trimmings with scissors) ✂️

• attempts at stitching/sashiko/embroidery on paper ✂ cut & paste with paper ephemera & recycled materials ✂ journaling ✂ paper punch stamp journal ✂ zines

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(external links to inspiration)

• home/decor ideas • favorite music • favorite films

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(these are just suggestions!) 💕 ♡

• beauty products
  • fragrance samples/decants
    • floral ♡ oriental ♡ gourmand scents
  • scented/flavored lip balms

• books

• candies ♡ sweets ♡ snacks
  • cherry is my default favorite flavor
  • Asian or other foreign treats
    • Japanese Kit Kats
    • different flavors of Pocky
    • White Rabbit candy
    • Chupa Chups or
  • gourmet lollipops
  • macarons (not macaroons)
    • Korean macarons are even more decadent
  • Mary Janes
  • Parma Violets
  • almost anything else except Hershey's milk chocolate

• cute things •⩊•
  • Karel Capek (the tea brand, not the author)
  • the Moomins

• drinks
  • packets of hot chocolate mix
    • peppermint ♡ cinnamon/Mexican ♡ coffee/caffè mocha ♡ white/vanilla ♡ chai ♡ almond ♡ hazelnut ♡ caramel ♡ etc.
  • teas & tisanes
    • oolong ♡ white tea ♡ fruit ♡ spiced ♡ cinnamon apple ♡ rooibos ♡ mint ♡ chai ♡ dessert teas ♡ etc.
    • 🚫 EXCEPT anything with jasmine, chamomile, licorice, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, or other strong medicinal herbs

• paper
  • 1" paper punch stamps of various patterns/colors/themes
    • I'm trying to make a dog-themed page in my stamp journal, please send me doggy stamps!
  • clippings & tear sheets from fashion magazines
    • foreign ones are cool, but they don't have to be foreign
  • paper stitching/sashiko/embroidery patterns
  • themes: curlicues & filigreed flourishes ♡ heart-shaped things ♡ iridescence ♡ non-English text ♡ patterned endpapers ♡ wallpaper samples

• stickers
  • butterflies ♡ flowers ♡ stars ♡ teacups/teapots

• washi/deco tape
  • butterflies ♡ Christmas ♡ damask/filigree/lace patterns ♡ floral ♡ gilded/foil/metallic ♡ jewel tones ♡ leopard print ♡ zebra stripes ♡ skinny ♡ tea-themed ♡ vintage-themed (Art Nouveau/Deco, Regency, Victorian/Edwardian, 1920s/1960s, etc.) ♡ yuzen/chiyogami ♡ etc. (I'm open to other kinds of washi/deco)

• zakka joy

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(she sinks to the floor)

I won't rate these down, I'll just pass them along to someone who'll appreciate them:

• extra sour/bitter/spicy hot sweets ⛒ Hershey's milk chocolate
• strong herbal/medicinal tisanes with licorice, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, chamomile (I'm allergic to ragweed), or jasmine
• Dreamworks/Pixar/CGI or modern Disney characters
  • some Tsum Tsum are fine (I just wanted to type "some Tsum Tsum")

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(for a courtesy) 💌

• If you send me something in the mail, I ask that you please not put my Swap-Bot username on the outside of the envelope. (It's okay inside, or on a note/card.) Thank you for reading this!

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