I made a prototype of a Turkish Map Fold book today. #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #BookMaking #BookBinding

Going back to my roots of 20 minutes of creative work a day to try to get back to my habit. #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

What if we…stopped scrolling and made something instead and then shared it with a friend?

There are seasons of life when daily studio work isn't much of an option. A reminder to myself that being intentional is key.

Cut yourself some slack if you haven’t made anything in a while and then get intentional. That’s what I’m doing. Read more here. #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

I like how nothing I post on here ever gets as much attention as this absolute baked potato. #CorgiSky #Corgi #CorgiCrew

What are you building? What are we willing to build together? What do we know must exist? New WILLING TO BUILD Prints for sale in my shop featuring this quote I love from @prisonculture.bsky.social ✨ 100% of profits will go to support the work of REBUILD. More info below👇🏼

Cut yourself some slack if you haven’t made anything in a while and then get intentional. That’s what I’m doing. Read more here. #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

There are seasons of life when daily studio work isn't much of an option. A reminder to myself that being intentional is key.

Feferi and her miniature head-wobbler.

I spent a huge chunk of today in my studio. I went though my pen bins making marks, refilling empties, and demoting things I don’t use. Then spent some time just mark making. #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtJournal #ArtBook #FountainPens #MarkMaking

I finished my blog post for this next week. This last week was a banger so it’s always hard to follow up on something that’s so good. But I did try!! It drops Tuesday so if you haven’t read this week’s pep talk or if you need to read it again, it’s here: misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

This makes me so happy that I actually got tears in my eyes

Listen I don’t get any promotional materials from www.birminghampens.com but I for sure wouldn’t turn down a sponsorship with them or www.lamy.com/en-us/p/lamy...

What's your sign?

We are watching “Trekkies” and HOW DID I FORGET about the woman from Little Rock who went to the Whitewater trial in her Star Fleet uniform?!??! I’m just as tickled by it this time as I was the first time.

I finished my blog post for this next week. This last week was a banger so it’s always hard to follow up on something that’s so good. But I did try!! It drops Tuesday so if you haven’t read this week’s pep talk or if you need to read it again, it’s here: misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

Age yourself with a film you saw in a cinema as a kid

Perfect. No notes.

I unraveled this whole thing! 10 days worth of work. And now I’m not sure what to do because I don’t want to immediately start over on that project, I’m too grumpy with it right now.

Hey this Struthless video goes hand in hand with my post this week! Go read my pep talk and then go get some prescriptions for making from the video!! youtu.be/2n8W6CBxc64?...

Always learning! I thought this would worm with these two close, but slightly different colors and they don’t work at all. Frogging back to the beginning so I can alternate yarn by row. #CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear

I did some really great journaling this week that helped me figure out some things I’ve been frustrated with recently. I feel much better about what’s been going on with me and I’ve started some plans for how I want to move forward. Journaling for self-awareness and processing is THE BEST.

Hey this Struthless video goes hand in hand with my post this week! Go read my pep talk and then go get some prescriptions for making from the video!! youtu.be/2n8W6CBxc64?...

Thinking about selling this shawl and donating the money to @trevorproject.bsky.social Who’s into that?

Our older dog is a LOT. @granades.com just called her our “crotchety, trash eating, sundowning dog” because she’s sitting in the kitchen moaning and barking at the pantry because she’s convinced we forgot to feed her dinner. Reader, we did not forget.

This is a gorgeous piece made richer and fuller with the descriptions of how they made each part. I am just blown away! 🤩

What are you making today? I’m working on a shawl that has some amazing texture!! 🧶 Yarn by OPAWAL @dyemadyarns.bsky.social 📝 Pattern is Fall Festival Shawl by Tara Briggs #CrochetArt #YarnLove #OnlyBeautifulThings #Crochet #MakingThings #ArtYear

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours without prep: 1. Why you should be making more art 2. Crochet and yarn 3. Doctor Who and why Ncuti Gatwa is the best Doctor of my lifetime

Today is the 50th anniversary of Rocky Horror Picture Show. I got to see a shadow cast this week and I can confirm it was just as fun now as it was the first time I saw it in high school.

It’s Friday but maybe you need a pep talk?

I’ve been photographing interiors of my book projects and color correcting them so I can use them in different ways to make more art. I took one today and made myself a poster so I can remember some important things.

It’s a rainy Thursday here. Exactly the right time for a pep talk!

Are you on the struggle bus today? I wrote you a pep talk because we all need one sometimes. 😘 #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

Taxing the super rich so the rest of us could have UBI would make this possible

Does it surprise anyone after reading that post when I say: HARD AGREE

Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be. Just deal with people being different than you.

Yes, yes, a thousand times yes!

Are you on the struggle bus today? I wrote you a pep talk because we all need one sometimes. 😘 #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings misty.granades.com/2025/09/23/t...

Do you need a pep talk today to go make things? Here it is!! #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

This is the entire reason I told my mom she had to switch to an iPhone. I said I know it costs more but if you want my tech support for free and for me to not run over it with my car, you need to buy something I know how to use.

Where I encourage you to make things joyfully and be your own biggest cheerleader. Do you need a pep talk this week? This is it.

Was talking to my MD spouse about the Tylenol-autism kerfuffle. Her take was insightful. Now, pregnant women with fevers will be afraid to take Tylenol to stop their fevers. And ironically, it's the fevers that might be responsible for fetal neurological maldevelopment.

Do you need a pep talk today to go make things? Here it is!! #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings

Where I encourage you to make things joyfully and be your own biggest cheerleader. Do you need a pep talk this week? This is it.

But seriously even though I was super late getting this one done, it’s a pep talk so I hope you’ll read it when it drops tomorrow.

I finished my blog post for tomorrow about 15 minutes ago. It’s giving falling asleep in my history textbook in 11th grade. 😂

Not loving the number of news outlets that seem to be running advertorials for those horrendous Meta glasses without admitting that they are advertorials! Why are you giving Meta free advertising for their shitty privacy-violating product with a horrendously long list of potential abuse vectors?!

@granades.com and I are watching “All the President’s Men” and I just need y’all to know that this movie still goes so HARD.

My blog post this past week is about an ongoing art book project of mine. I’d love for you to go take a look! #ArtBlog #ArtBlogger #ThinkingAboutMaking #MakingThings #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings #ArtJournal #ArtBook #Collage #CollageMaker #AbstractWatercolor