ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.

I enjoyed talking with Mel about their creative life! I think you will love reading their thoughts & seeing their luminous outdoor paintings! Go read the interview now! 🍄 misty.granades.com/2026/01/13/i... #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is. Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.

Yeah, I’m enjoying my vacation right now. It’s 22° at home.

I enjoyed talking with Mel about their creative life! I think you will love reading their thoughts & seeing their luminous outdoor paintings! Go read the interview now! 🍄 misty.granades.com/2026/01/13/i... #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

I loved talking with @melmitchelljackson.bsky.social for this interview! They have been a delight to get to know on the artist discord server they host. Go read it!!!! 🍄 #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtistInterview #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger

An ongoing series of interviews with folks talking about what their creative life is like. This month's interview is Mel Mitchell-Jackson.

This week I have focused on art making and working in the studio. I’ve finished one new piece, put the finishing touches on another, photographed them, submitted those works to an open call, finished up some work on my website, worked in my studio journal, and started a grant application. (1/6)

Deconstructed Seascape “Deconstructed Seascape” (crocheted unprimed washed canvas, yarn, watercolor on watercolor paper, metal safety pins and brads)24x20x2″ wall hanging I talk about the making of this piece in "The process for "Deconstructed Seascape."

First open art call of the year submitted! 🎉💪🖼️ #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtistHack #InHerStudio

I’ve made so much progress on these projects this week: misty.granades.com/2026/01/06/w... #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtJournal #ArtBook #Collage #CollageMaker #AbstractWatercolor #CrochetArt #YarnLove

My newest work: “Three of Wands (A phylogeny of my creativity). I’m really excited to be submitting it to an upcoming exhibit. #PaperWeaving #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #Collage #CollageMaker #CrochetArt #YarnLove #Crochet #InHerStudio #GiantTassel

It’s photography day! 🎉🙃📸 Taking good pics of my work is part of the whole process and while I don’t love it, I’ve learned to appreciate it as a means for galleries and museums to see it and potentially take it on. #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtistHack #InHerStudio

I’ve made so much progress on these projects this week: misty.granades.com/2026/01/06/w... #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtJournal #ArtBook #Collage #CollageMaker #AbstractWatercolor #CrochetArt #YarnLove

I’m always dunking something in a tea bath. It is one of my oldest tricks. #PaperWeaving #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #Collage #CollageMaker #CrochetArt #YarnLove #Crochet #ArtistHack #InHerStudio

I’ve had three days in a row of really rewarding (and productive!) work in the studio. If this is how 2026 is gonna be, I am 100% here for it. #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #InHerStudio

Today’s progress on this piece! 🎉💃🏻🎉 #PaperWeaving #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #Collage #CollageMaker

Here’s what I’m working on in January: misty.granades.com/2026/01/06/w... 🎉🎉🎉 #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtJournal #ArtBook #Collage #CollageMaker #AbstractWatercolor #CrochetArt #YarnLove

I always love @garrettbucks.bsky.social weekly posts but this one made me cry in the best possible way! thewhitepages.net/p/how-do-you...

Here’s what I’m working on in January: misty.granades.com/2026/01/06/w... 🎉🎉🎉 #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtJournal #ArtBook #Collage #CollageMaker #AbstractWatercolor #CrochetArt #YarnLove

I freaking love this tassel I just made #YarnLove #Crochet #CrochetArt #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtistHack #InHerStudio #GiantTassel

Today was a ridiculously productive day and I can’t wait to get back to the studio tomorrow! #PaperWeaving #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #Collage #CollageMaker

I just treated myself to this mini-library and I can’t wait to read them!

I love doing my yearly recap where I look back over the year! Here’s to ushering out 2025 well and turning my face to 2026.

Here’s my 2025 recap! 🎉 #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #CrochetArt #YarnLove #Crochet #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtistHack #InHerStudio #ArtYear #DrownedBookProject

I love doing my yearly recap where I look back over the year! Here’s to ushering out 2025 well and turning my face to 2026.

This is the thing I’ve been pondering for a week: What if Larry Mullen Jr. had never put up that flyer on the school bulletin board in 1976?

Boxing Day is always the start of just the best week of the year. A week that is marked by good food, hobbies, games, movies, and waking up each day having zero idea what day of the week it is.

@thisisguan.bsky.social 😍😍😍

Travel crochet level up!! 🧶 #CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear #ThinkingAboutMaking

I loved the “Die Hard” years but I think we are a family who watches “The Muppets’ Christmas Carol” now.

Quote with your favorite pic of you from 2025. @granades.com took this pic when we were on a cruise in the Galápagos Islands in April this year.

I love #ArtVsArtist blocks! Here’s mine for 2025.

I love #ArtVsArtist blocks! Here’s mine for 2025.

Younger young adult and I have been wrapping presents for close to 3 hours and I am wrecked. But we are caught up!! 🎁🎄🎁

This morning in an act of creative rebellion, I am sorting through the space on my desk where I keep books and journals. I’m retiring an older working journal and making space for new things to take up the space in 2026. 🎉

This is one of my favorite blog posts from this year: misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t... I’m doing a lil’ best of series here at the end of 2025! 🎉 #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings

Here’s a thread about my life and how U2 has been a part of it…anyway I’ve listened to U2 all day and I’m super nostalgic.

In lieu of *new* blog posts this week & next, I’m giving you my favorite posts from this year. This one is my sweet spot of talking about art & talking about why I want you to make things. Go read it, even if you’ve already read it. misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

It doesn’t have to be this way

Feferi plotting crime #Corgi #CorgiSky #CorgiCrew

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

OK, the problem, if there is one, is not coming up with enough good ideas. The problem is the way we count what makes for “productivity.” Even if you think AI can generate stuff that’ll commercialize. Which, so far, not much. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

I was 15 when U2’s *Joshua Tree* came out and it was on every radio every hour. MTV spent a day playing the videos. I went to my Aunt’s house (she had cable) & spent the day taping them on a VHS. When I started teaching crochet to teens a few years ago, they had NEVER heard of U2. Not one song.

In lieu of *new* blog posts this week & next, I’m giving you my favorite posts from this year. This one is my sweet spot of talking about art & talking about why I want you to make things. Go read it, even if you’ve already read it. misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

Workspace: Holiday Edition. You can tell it’s festive by the holiday plate and glassware 😂🎄🍕 #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtistHack #InHerStudio #AbstractWatercolor #AbstractMarkMaking

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

"You have to use AI." ...why?

THAT IS NOT A CHURCH THAT IS A BOOK CLUB!!! Truth to power, we love to see it

🎉🎉🎉 Lots of big news around here today: -My oldest young adult just got a job offer before she’s graduated. -My youngest young adult just finished all of their college applications. -And I myself have finished my end of the year blog post which means I’m done with my blog for the year. 🎉🎉🎉