RachelSwaps

Hello from Toronto, Canada! I love all things to do with snailmail, stamps and postcards! I’m always looking for new penpals and postcard swapping friends :) I’m an only child and am very introverted. I don’t have many friends in real life. I try not to let it bother me and I focus on all of the great penpal and swapping friends I have all over the world.

I’m a huge animal lover - I have a dog and 5 rescued cats. 3 of the cats were adopted from Sao Miguel Island in the Azores, one of my most favourite places in the world. On my backpacking trip to Southeast Asia, I spent 2 weeks volunteering at a dog rescue that rescues dogs from the Cambodian dog meat trade.

I’m an avid reader and have over 600 books in my collection.

I LOVE to travel! #girlslovetravel #glt

Places I’ve traveled to so far: Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Portugal (3 times), Italy, Belgium, France, Cuba, Dominican Republic, USA (Indianapolis and NYC)

I also love exploring abandoned places and ghost towns, photography, museums, trains, music, movies.

• POSTCARDS!!!
• STICKERS!! (I love bumpy/textured/glitter/3D/felt stickers especially) (PLEASE NO DISNEY unless it’s Lilo & Stitch)
• washi tape
• address labels! I don't have any and would love to find someone who can make some for me!
• cool patches for your backpack
• pins for your backpack (especially Hard Rock Cafe pins!)
• fridge magnets (no dollar store crap please)
• blank notecards

I would absolutely love it if you could use as many cool stamps as possible on your postcard or envelope 😁 If you send the card written and stamped, please write the date!

My absolute FAVOURITE postcard themes are ...

• VINTAGE!! ***
• any kind of MAP *** (including transit/subway maps) (I’m currently trying to collect at least one State map card from every state in the USA)
• Buses, streetcars, trams, ships, subways, bicycles & other methods of transportation
• New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, Italy, Portugal, Vietnam
• Black & White ***
• Trains/Railways ***
• Jetoy Choo Choo cats ***
• MUCHACHA - ACHACHUM cards especially featuring cats
• Blue Cats by Rita Zeniuk *** (I have just discovered these & fell in love with them!!)
• Route 66 ****
• remote, desolate places
• ghost towns
• space/astronomy
• U.S. National Parks
• Adult/Erotic/Pin-Up Girls/Nude
• Any card that is weird, different, naughty, outrageous or unusual
• Motorcycles
• Graffiti
• Telephone booths
• Old mailboxes
• Gotochi cards
• Inge Look
• Doors/Doorways
• Cultural/Traditional
• Movies/Celebrities/Old Movie Posters
• Retro and Retro Propaganda
• Balconies/Patios of old buildings
• Books/Bookshelves
• Hockey or UFC
• Comics/Comic art especially Marvel and DC
• Walls/alleyways (especially ones that show graffiti)
• Elephants, Pandas, Horses, Koala Bears, Kangaroos, Giraffes, Zebras, Pigs, Cats, Dogs
• Stamps/Mail/Post office themed
• Indigenous tribes
• UNESCO

Postcard DISLIKES:

• Homemade cards
• Free/Ad cards
• Flowers
• Religious

I love postcards both written/stamped or sent blank in an envelope! Send how you wish!

• cool stamps
• ghost towns
• route 66
• van life living
• exploring abandoned/unknown places
• geocaching
• Oceania
• space/astronomy
• Anthony Bourdain R.I.P ♥️

PLEASE DON’T SEND ME DOLLAR STORE JUNK!! I put a lot of thought into my swaps and it’s really frustrating getting crap back!!

Please do NOT send:

• glitter/confetti
• tea/coffee
• seasonal items (Christmas, Easter, Halloween etc)
• single playing cards from a deck of cards
• scrap pieces of paper
• religious themed items
• child themed items
• Disney items
• Anything 🤡 Trump 🤡 related 🤮🤢🤮 #CanadaIsNotForSale