my blog - littlepinkcactus.blogspot.com

 

Writer, drawer. Love: music, writing, letters and mail, swapping, kawaii anything, punk, horror-themed stuff, D.I.Y., craft, social justice/equality/fighting for what you believe in, zines, grrrls.

 

If you want to swap or something, FM me and I'll see what I can do ;)

 

LIKES:

San-X (my favourite kawaii brand!):

Sentimental Circus, Kutusita Nyanko, Mamegoma, Nyan Nyan Nyankos, Homekoro, Toromi, Chocopa, Rilakkuma, Sabo Kappa, Oyasumi Bakura

Berry Puppy

 

Sanrio:

Little Twin Stars, Cinnamoroll, My Melody, Kuromi, Charmmy Kitty

 

General Kawaii themes I love:

Fairy tale kawaii, especially Alice In Wonderland

Sweets themes

Cafe

Food with faces, especially: sweets, macarons, cupcakes/cakes, donuts, ice cream, milk, burgers

Kawaii ghosts, skeletons, skulls

Kawaii Halloween

Cats

Pastel colours

 

Other favourite brands: Kamio, Q-Lia, Crux, Mind Wave, Swimmer, and all kawaii brands :D

 

Kawaii items I’d love to receive:

Memo pads mini and 4X6

Letter sets

Deco tape

Pencils and pens

Stickers, sticker flakes/sacks/sheets

Homewares; cups, bento boxes, etc.

Plush toys

Phone charms – especially plush toy ones, and ballchain plushies

Re-Ment – I don’t collect miniatures, but some of the phone-charm style or ball-chain re-ment I think are really cute. Especially pen ones!

 

Kawaii things I like that don’t necessarily have to be ‘brand’:

Squishies (especially bread, burger, sweets and San-X)

Deco-tape

Small plush toys/phone charms as extras

Some stationery, depending on how cute it is!

Kawaii cabochons!

 

KAWAII DISLIKES:

Kawaii with real people

Super super blingy glittery things

Fake stuff

Licensed stuff that is bad quality/cheap

Peace signs

Keroppi

Pekkle

No Disney, Diddl, Blue Bear, My Little Ponies etc.

I don't want handmade kawaii (unless arranged)

No one wants to receive rubbish! Some non-brand letter sets/paper/pens, etc are really cute. BUT Only branded kawaii should be sent in kawaii swaps unless it’s been arranged otherwise. I don’t mind these things if we’ve arranged them, or as extras, but it’s a let-down to send out expensive branded kawaii and receive only cheap non-brand stuff in return, no matter how cute it is. I’m happy to arrange swaps that are partly kawaii brands and partly non-brand kawaii (like some kawaii brand stationery and some non-brand squishies and deco tape!) :3

  

Themes/Motifs/Aesthetics I like:

 

Mail, airmail patterns, stamp patterns etc

Cats!

Leopard print

Punk aesthetic

Horror themed stuff

Stuff that is cute and horror themed at the same time!

Halloween!

Polka Dots

Skulls, skeletons!

Octopus, squids, cephalopods, jellyfish!

Stars

Nautical theme, anchors, ships!

Plaid, tartan, check

Buntings

Zombies

Sweets, especially cupcakes, macarons, donuts, ice-cream etc.

Cameras, photography

Some retro and vintage styles

Some shabby chic style

Food, cafes

Cups, teapots, coffee, tea motifs

Sky, clouds, rainbows

Fairytales

Alice In Wonderland

 

Random things I like:

 

Pen pals, mail

Zines

Chocolate (but not in large quantities haha)

Coffee and tea (and I like to try different types!)

Anime and manga

Studio Ghibli

Bracelets and necklaces (depending on style!)

Lip balm (and lip tints/stains)

Nail polishes

Eye make-up

Nice stationery

Fashion magazines from other countries

Comedy

 

Favourite flavours: Grape, lime, chocolate, rose, vanilla, lemon

 

Things I REALLY don't like:

Anything sexist, racist, homophobic, etc. or anything cruel to animals. No animal testing would be awesome. :)

Religious items

 

Things I'm NOT into:

I DON'T like...

Super florally stuff

Butterflies

Dolphins

Sports

Babies, children, wedding themes

Twilight

Blingy stuff

Diddl

Teddy bears (I like bears in general, and pandas and such, but not a big fan of the 'traditional' sort of 'Teddy Bears Picnic' type teddies)

Kawaii with real people... although I do like kawaii with real animals (especially cats/rabbits)

I love coffee but don't like coffee or mocha flavoured things much :P

Angry Birds!

Ribbons, threads

Buttons

Scraps of paper or scrapbooking things

Bookmarks

ATCs

Generally don't want to receive handmade unless arranged

Notebooks - I especially don't like plain ones or spiral ones

Address books

 

... But having said that, there can always be exceptions! (Ask me :))