Tough morning for my kid today, and me too. Some days are just harder, but that doesn't mean we're worse. Hang in there everyone. 💙

Have a random unicorn.

The eternal struggle of trying not to put up Halloween decorations *too* early and make my family crazy. 🎃 Pretty sure I won't hold out until October 1, but maybe I can start with little things mid-September... Doily shown is in the shop: cyanandsepiahome.etsy.com/listing/1797...

Rana temporaria: a poem.

It's (always) a good day for a dose of And into the forest I go, to lose myself and find my soul

This set of small snowflake ornaments sold a few days ago, and reminded me I should reeaalllyyy be moving on holiday stuff, like, now. 📆💨 Might have found my notes for the teeniest-tiniest ornaments (that would work for my own tabletop tree), really wanna get some of those done this year!

Little pumpkin thieves

While I started C&S around the idea of easily printing invitations on a home printer or local printshop, I've always offered files set up to best suit your needs. This now includes sending via text, posting on social, e-vite sites...etc! #invitations #shopsmall cyanandsepia.etsy.com/listing/6783...

We're so close to our goal!! Help us cross the finish line so we can build an alternative licensing website for illustrators!

Idk what happened but my Pinterest algorithm was REALLY slamming me with AI-generated nonsense today. But, tip icymi! Hide a pin, it'll be replaced with the "Tune feed" button. CLICK THAT, there's a whole page now where you can gleefully turn off all the categories.

Hey frens, Coming new to the shop tonight! Groovy Ghost Vase and the Black and White Pumpkin Mug with Lid! I love those two and they are also gonna be part of our Halloween Sale! Get 25% off our whole Halloween collection automatically! hauntedbouncycastle.com/collections/... #Halloween

Satisfactory doodle-corn for the evening

Dang is my tiny rural USPS office a delight. Sure, one weekend morning had a 30min wait, but that's because the employees are actual delightful helpful knowledgeable human beings to everyone who comes in. In and out in no time this afternoon, fella put even my introvert self right at ease. 📬👍

I just uploaded 10 blank postcards backs, in German, French, Italian, Czech and Russian. I guess some of you could find it useful ! archive.org/details/cart...

It's awful how easy it is to get caught up in All The Tasks, and forget to take a walk. Trying to resume my habit of a hike into our woods at least once a week. Wish I could send y'all a bit of the misty morning breeze, but here's video, soundtracked with birds and squirrels busy in the canopy.

Absolutely a healing read, on the purpose of making and "the indefatigable human capacity for joy and tenderness for small things":

Taking advantage of bright sunlight to work on some black thread projects today...while the cats occupy the rest of the couch to make their own use of the sunbeams.

all that glitters may not be gold, but it's all still pretty great if you ask us ✨🖤✨ www.peculiarityshop.com

'Night Service' One of the images in the 2026 Transmissions art calendar - bit.ly/Transmission...

季語ひとつ添える

Teapot spirits 🫖 #art #cuteart #traditionalart

Icymi, there's been a LOT of this lately. Usually it's sexwork they harass, a lot of "LGBTQ is adult content" garbage. Apparently now the cat ears for your kid's Halloween costume are now an issue. If you're a cardholder or a seller, contact these companies!!

Ironically, this screen capture video is the only remaining copy of linework I had to totally redo when my software crashed. So, your latest reminder of Control-S No Stress!! 😫 (Giving y'all the IG edit because I could make it 2x speed there lol, I am a slow detail girl.)

Deliveries to the USA are back! -All parcels will be sent duty paid, no nasty surprises! -Art is exempt from the tariffs -Simple packaging will be used to make it safe and easy to get through customs. folksy.com/shops/thewee... #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #bsnm

Idk which is the tougher sick day as a mom. When your kid is Really Sick and you need to Full Nurse Mode all day? Or when he's sick enough to be home but full of energy and "MOM you HAVE to read this comic HERE" every three minutes. (It's the latter today, he'll be fine, but my sanity may not.)

The eternal struggle of trying not to put up Halloween decorations *too* early and make my family crazy. 🎃 Pretty sure I won't hold out until October 1, but maybe I can start with little things mid-September... Doily shown is in the shop: cyanandsepiahome.etsy.com/listing/1797...

My Halloween preorders are now live!! There's also restocks of lots of my other spooky goodies 👻🧡 ✨ Shop the collection here! ✨ #halloween ✦ #artshop ✦ #cats ✦ #cuteart

Lemon Bird might be the sweetest most wholesome thing on my bookshelf, highly recommend! 💛 A repeat-read for my son when he was in elementary school, and a repeat-read for me too, Paulina's colors are probably my favorite in the universe.

Beautiful rainbow Iridescent fused glass coasters with fern leaf 🌿 designs. Stunning handcrafted glass coasters and gift ideas. #handmade #etsy #giftideas samphireglass.etsy.com/listing/4362...

Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵 First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.

Spooky season is my favorite! Plenty of relevant goodies in the shops: 👻 cyanandsepiahome.etsy.com for gothic lace doilies and jewelry 🎃 cyanandsepia.etsy.com for invitations and printable decorations #shopsmall #halloween

A human brain can hallucinate. An LLM cannot, because it doesn't have a brain. It presents a simulacrum of what a good answer looks like. As Rachel points out, it doesn't "know". The worst mistake we've made is to allow anthropomorphizing language to become the default for talking about "AI."

I browsed an antique store today and managed to get out again without buying something?? who even am I?? ...someone who drives by the place multiple times a week, and is gonna stop back when she has time to browse those 2/$1 bins of unorganized 45s, that's who. 🤤

These are the pages for January-April in my "Cats in Weird Places" calendar, available for pre-order right now at www.djamilaknopf.com/store

Is it magic, or is it an enamel pin? 🤔 #enamelpins #artsky #catsky #cats #caturday #booksky #books

Spooky season is my favorite! Plenty of relevant goodies in the shops: 👻 cyanandsepiahome.etsy.com for gothic lace doilies and jewelry 🎃 cyanandsepia.etsy.com for invitations and printable decorations #shopsmall #halloween

🍂🧡🐈‍⬛ #art #illustration #cats

Cozy bookmarks are back in stock! 📖💕 ✨ Grab them here! ✨ #artshop #stationery #booksky #cuteart

THE GLOAMING (1994) Oils on canvas - 48" x 36" I actually saw these clouds from my backyard late one summer evening, and they inspired me to come right inside and paint the scene. 1/3

The ginormous Wolf River apples got bonked on the way home from the Apple Festival over the weekend, gonna get those into a bread first thing this morning before they spoil. As always, very smitten over the subtle colors and textures and good analog weirdness of fresh local apples. 💚

‘Cathedral’ - a drawing made in fine liner pen depicting a path on the sculpture trail in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The original sold last year but I have giclée prints available for £40 each. claireleach.com/shop

Reminder to self: Yes, plug in all three plugs from the drawing pad to the computer. No, do not use the first hdmi port you see, use one of the lower down ones or you won't get image on screen. Signed, the you who wasted an hour troubleshooting, again.

eeeee spooky season is on the way! So excited seeing other folks prepping new seasonal stuff. 🎃👻🧡 I've got a good handful of Halloween invitations in the shop, as well as some printable decorations! This one here: cyanandsepia.etsy.com/listing/5533...

Threads of Protest exhibition at Southport’s Atkinson’s art gallery was striking. It explored childbirth &pregnancy. A powerful reminder of women’s creative work &the subversion role of crafting. The large quilt was made of 1000 crochet squares sent in. theatkinson.co.uk/exhibition/t...

🌷Unfurl🌷 Parrot tulips with curlicue petals unfurling with the wings of a Luna moth. A wild and joyous riot of color. One of the latest paintings in my flower series for an upcoming show at Antler and Talon gallery opens TONIGHT!!! Thursday 6-9pm in Portland.

Filled a sketchbook page with thumbnails yesterday, throwing things down until I found elements I liked. Today, sat down with the drawing tablet and Photoshop to start wrangling a new postcard design into shape. (Shift+draw to get straight lines saves my life lol.)

I've worked with stock images on and off for a couple decades - and let me tell you HOW DANG EXCITING this project is. Chip in if you can, ofc, but also please spread the word to get this seen as a thing that'll exist!

Oh dang! Nothing beats actual-physical texture images, I'll be grabbing these later 🤤

Stitching more of this new-to-me vintage doily pattern today, while foraged spicebush berries continue drying in my oven. 🧡 It's not quite fall yet, but we're getting signs... Apple Festival is this weekend, excited to see what weird varieties I can try this year!