There's no good way or right time to say this, but my thoughts have been eating me alive, and I need an outlet. I had a CT scan for a concussion back in Sep. and, though they did not find any bleeding, they did find a bone tumor in my right frontal bone. It is an "intraosseous hemangioma."

More jewelry sketching today ✨️

Played with freehand wax carving today 😁 Not too bad for just messing around. It's actually a lot like piping frosting! I have the cutest idea to eventually make little round cake pendants and earrings.

5 jobs I've had: • Special Collections Archivist • Digital archivist for Smithsonian • Jewelry salesperson • Bench Jeweler • Fine jewelry business owner

Expedition 33 is really doing numbers for inspiring creation. I'm working on jewelry designs for more artistic and technically challenging pieces.

The color palette for the "weird corals" 🤌🏻🔥 Jewel toned dark florals are delicious 🤤

I started my journey to save the sad painter lady. No spoilers, please 🙏🏻 I saw Nick playing it and thought it was visually stunning, but it was the soundtrack that was the final push for me to play. I'm having a hard time finding stopping points to go to bed because it's just that good.

People need to stop assuming that every time a woman is ill that they must be pregnant. I've been sick for 3 months with headaches & nausea from a CONCUSSION, but numpties look at me with that stupid fucking twinkle in their eye and insufferable smirk like they know better than I do wtf is going on.

It is indeed. When it first came out, I instantly got inspired seeing gameplay of someone fighting Theseus and the Minotaur. I saw these pretty cake-looking pillars and made an actual cake that looked like them. Good times 🎂

People spend money on the darnest things. This diamond tennis necklace could pay off someone's college debt, a small mortgage, or could change someone's life. You can find a necklace that looks exactly like this off Amazon for $30. No one but the person wearing this is going to know that it's real.

I bought a sparkly wine colored corset gown for a fantasy Yule Ball ✨️ I'm going to add a short velvet capelet for my shoulders for warmth, and I think sparkly roses to my hair. Should they be midnight blue or black? Think magic, witches, & sorcery.

it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!

Here are some pictures of the custom wedding ring enhancer I made to match my friend's engagement that I also made.

Rush #ELDENRING #art

Fall blooms from my garden 💐 Fluffy zinnias and flaming marigolds 🌼🌸

My kids gave me some sick tattoos tonight 🔥 I got a whole sleeve of ink done--what talent! 😉💕

Just a reminder to all artists: DO NOT undersell yourself. For any reason. Period. The world might be going to hell, but your time and skills are not negotiable. Your worth does not depreciate with the economy. Now go forth and make that bag 👏🏻

I just want to put it out there that being ditzy ≠ stupid. I'm ditzy even with things I'm actually quite good at. I know it's annoying and unendearing to most people, but please stop writing off the ditzy people of the world as inherently stupid. We're just wired a little differently & cant help it.

Sharing this gigantic swiss blue topaz with you guys. This thing is MASSIVE.

This katydid thought my glasses were just the most interesting thing in the world.

Calling RPG fans: I need help deciding on a sword to buy based on my "build". My specs: Light (120 lbs), short (5"2), very fast, deceptive distance due to strong legs. Low-average upper body strength. I cannot win against brute force. I must aggressively close the distance, make my attack, and gtfo.

Hey, I just wanted to let whoever is reading this that you don't have to prove your worthiness to anyone. As long as you know damn well you're trying your best, through hell or high water, no one needs convincing. You already proved it to yourself, which is worth more than the opinions of others.

I took a much better photo of the Dion Lesage lance tip earrings I made. They are star rubies set in sterling silver and are for sale. Feel free to DM 😊 #ff16 #finalfantasy #ffxvi #jewelry #jeweler #customjewelry

When neurodivergent people find each other out in the wild.

My beautiful piano came, and I am absolutely drunk on happiness. It has been years, but my fingers still remember where to play. I literally cried and hugged the keys. It was like greeting an old friend. Im cry-laughing at myself that I'm already writing down notes like I used to when I was a child.

Bringing this meme back from the dead because of how applicable it is to anything you get really fucking good at.For instance, me being a jeweler. When I started out I was super strict about safety stuff, but the better I got, the more Im like "Ehhh, nah,I can do this in my underwear & fuzzy socks"💀

Yesterday I took the plunge and bought a full keyed weighted digital piano. I grew up playing piano at relatives' houses, and since they've all passed on, I've sorely missed that part of my life. I want my kids to grow up with the kind of musical influence I did. I can't wait to start playing again💖

If you see this, quote the energy you bring to BlueSky. I drop in, I kick ass and show off some razzle dazzle, then peace out for another week or two.

I know the Charlie Kirk shooting happened a few days ago, but I think adding my voice is still worth its merits. I don't celebrate death, but I sure as hell don't agree with the notion you can't speak ill of the dead. Fuck that guy. He lived by the sword, and died by the sword. It was cosmic poetry.

My little girl has an attachment to this little Minnie Mouse beanie baby and carries it around with her everywhere. The mornings have gotten colder as fall approaches, and she told me Minnie was cold and needed a jacket like her. So I bought a warm outfit for Minnie, and it's so freakin adorable 😭

It's high time I order my longsword plunderhosen pants. I'm customizing the colors. The main color will be black, and the threading will be royal blue, but I can't decide between an authentic medieval patterned purple or a solid royal purple for the inner panels. What do you guys think I should get?

Detail: Sultana. Oil on board, by Henry Clive 1925 #Art #painting #illustration

Today was amazing! For my first time vending, on short notice no less, I think my pieces & display turned out great. Everybody loved my designs, the sword bookmarks, & the fantasy/bookish/witchy vibes. I even made a big sale! I sold a pair of Moon moth peridot earrings for $150. So proud of myself 💖

Morning vibes. Pulled an all nighter in the shop getting ready for my jewelry festival today as a vendor. Got all my stones set and giving everything a final polish and clean this morning. Got my coffee, and now it's final crunch time! 🛠🔥

I hope you guys don't mind, but here's one more video of 2 different fights. The 1st guy was trying to bully himself into my space, so I had to get aggressive. The 2nd guy was the finals, and he was a much better fighter than me. I got caught and cornered, so I did a single leg takedown and stabbed.

Here's a snippet of one of my fights. I felt so bad for this girl who had pretty ribbons in her hair 😭 I was as gentle and slow as I could be, but even then, I was still crushing the poor girl. I gave her lots of hugs after pommel smashing, sword stabbing, and shanking her 💀

I won 2nd place at my sword school's big 3 day Labor Day tournament weekend! This is like their yearly Olympics, and I'm so happy I decided to go. And to think I almost didn't fight! I have been dubbed the "Pommel Princess" for my grappling lol 🗡 Fun fact: Their medals are crushed beer cans 😂💀

Ginkgo Trees 💛🦌 #art

There's been a lot of talk of enablers with the outing of an abuser in the community. First and foremost, as someone who is also a survivor (not Nick & unrelated), I believe and stand with victims. That being said, it is absolutely wrong to assume everyone knows. Ignorance is not enabling.

Milkshake bites and bats the kids' alphabet letters off the fridge every morning to let me know she's hungry and wants to be fed. I kept wondering how all the letters would mysteriously end up all over the floor until I caught her in the act. Apparently, it was the only way to get my attention lol.

Was reading about the Northern Appalachian Anomaly and laughed. The difference between geologists naming stuff vs. other scientists is hilarious. Scientist: We must carefully use the binomial nomenclature system to name this. Geo1: What should we call this hot blob? Geo2: Hot blob?🤷🏼‍♀️ Geo1: PERFECT👌🏻😂

You know what's kinda awesome? A lot of us finally had enough of Elon's shitty app last year and we all came over to Bluesky to try and create better communities. And we DID. I'm super proud to be a part of the gaming community here and I love what we're ALL building together as this app grows.✨

Whipping up a few jewelry pieces for a September art festival ✨️🙌🏻 This will be my first festival as a vendor, so I'm super excited 😄

It took a week, but heres some footage from my tournament! I won some, and I lost some, but Im overall happy about what I was able to do. For only really doing this for about 5 months, I'd say things are coming along. Had fun too😊 Veterans watching said my special sauce is speed and deceptive reach.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 be like

Please don't ever bring up math to me. I overcame. I healed. I've moved on. Let me have peace 😔.

Fighting in my first competitive swordfight tonight! ⚔️🤺 I'm nervous and excited, and for better or for worse, I'm determined to go have some fun with it. Send good vibes and wish me luck 🤞🏻🙏🏻

When your lazy boss comes back from their Mediterranean summer vacation home to talk incessantly about how amazing it was, how they wish they could go back, how lavishly they lived, & exorbitantly they spent... All while having cut your hours for said vacation and refusing to pay you a living wage.

It bothers me when people assume I dont know what hard work is when I start visibly burning out. My problem is that I dont know how to turn off, & I have to remind myself that not everyone deserves the privilege to know my life in context. The answer isn't always to push harder, but pushing to rest.

Me at longsword lessons 😂 It was so hot and humid we had to use foam swords instead of our steel (and, thus, no jackets). The drill was to run down an unarmed opponent with our swords to get a feel for reach. Running after dudes with legs for days had me sprinting for my damn life 😭 I was DRENCHED 💀