oceanofclouds

Hi! I'm a Canadian woman who is 25 and living in Toronto. I work a corporate job as a digital strategist throughout the week where I put my creative and business background to use for a large Canadian company. :)

I love all things stationery and crafting and have many hobbies I rotate through. I also have a pen pal focused Instagram which is linked in my account, where you can see what my style is like! @ emilys.envelopes

When I'm not working or hanging out with my longtime boyfriend or friends, I like to knit, read, paint, pen pal, journal, make my own stationery, do digital art and design, ride bikes around the city, eat popcorn and do Pilates. I like going to art galleries, see my friends and family, go to cafes, grab bubble tea and swim!

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• Your pets

• Creative/crafty things you're into

• Fun things about where you live that I might not know about

• Something you've been thinking about lately you want to talk about

• Something you've always wanted to try doing or making

• Your hobbies and why you got into them

I'm new around SwapBot so bare with me! Looking forward to swapping with you. :)

• painting: watercolour, acrylic, gouache

• reading: book recommendations, synopsis, bookmarks

• journaling, collages, journal cards, junk journaling

• Address Labels

• Patterned papers like scrapbook pages or hand stamped papers

• Vintage labels, book pages, music sheets, etc (I use these a lot in my mail!)

• Washi tape samples

• Stickers, especially vintage or shiny, sparkly, holographic

• Vintage ephemera pieces like book pages, recipes, ledgers, etc

• Tea: earl grey, vanilla, green tea, fruity teas

• Wax seals

• Envelopes

• Stamped papers with some of your favourite stamped images on them I can use to collage or decorate my mail with

I don't like receiving:

x Religious themed things

x anime/kawaii/kpop (no hate, just not my thing!)

x Coffee stuff, I'm a tea gal! :)

x Kid-centred/themed things

x dried flowers

x bows / ruffles

x sports

x Disney, Harry Potter, Hello Kitty, Star Wars/Trek, Twilight, Precious Moments, Among Us, Fortnite, Supernatural

x colouring pages

x loose glitter or confetti

x recycled packaging (unless used as shipping materials to keep things safe)

x crude or overly sexual/adult themes

I enjoy adult fiction, thrillers, and non-fiction as well! My Goodreads profile is linked at the top of my profile.

Some of my recent favourites:

• The Push by Ashley Audrain

• Atomic Habits by James Clear

• Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

• Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

• Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

I love making:

• Flip books

• Zines

• My own stationery and envelopes

• Origami

• Knitting scarves and blankets (which I donate to a local cat rescue)

• Cards

• Paintings

• Collages

• Stickers

• Postcards

• Envelopes (used to sell them in my Etsy shop)