I learned this bag from #makingzen where the pattern uses an 8-inch square. But I realized bandanas are also square.... And I have so many! This one was a freebie left at the library years ago for Kulshan Brewery's Kitten Mitten ale. And now it is a small art bag. Unwritten folded treasure bag

Browsing "the internet" and came across this saying. So it is adorning today's teacup. #bulletjournal #tea

I used to be able to actually see the Milky Way from my yard.

I think we went to Birch Bay for my birthday last year too. So pleasant. This year I found a rainbow of items on the beach. Blue was the hardest! (And really more gray than blue.) #naturejournal #beach

a little tired, that’s all

For tea week, I drew a cup for each day of the week. And I just realized I didn't finish the top right saucer!! #bulletjournal #tea

The next Wild Wonder is coming soon so I gotta watch the ones I missed from 2025! This was a three-step approach to painting botanicals. And it's native to my area. #pacifictwinflower #botanical #wildwonder

Birthday week is tea week! Here's your first cup. #bulletjournal #tea

When I went to make another #makingzen project, I found I already had a sort of Yunomi pin cushion: a Batman doll in a ceramic vase. I've saved Batman (how many people can say that) and moved the pins to the new cushion. Though fear for him still as he is great for making the woven-web sea urchins.

So I painted that lovely night sky at #WinInWatecolor and here is a quick video to show that I even used some opalescent gouache to add some hidden stars. 😍 #watercolor #gouache

I just love how this poppy flower is pieced together with the running stitch. I had no idea what to do with it and this popped out. #embriodery #makingzen

I painted this lovely night sky in a #WinInWatercolor workshop. I love this time of night. #watercolor #sketchbook

I made these scrap patches at #makingzen. The right is just a patch but the left will be a bookmark! I thought I would want to embroider it more but I like it as is. #bookmark #reclaimedscrapfabric

I never understood the point of the corner bookmark. Seems like you'd lose it too easy. But this one I made from #makingzen is super cute and it works great in my watercolor sketchbook. This is the cover of the Australian piano hinge watercolor sketchbook I made. #cornerbookmark #handmadebook

Not only a tree house but on a floating island? I might be too afraid of heights for that. #bulletjournal #floatingisland

Look at this sweet little woven web urchin. They used to use these as buttons! #makingzen #embroidery

My final wobbly house with the @makingsandmusings.bsky.social workshop is on very wobbly paper because I used watercolor on card stock. Don't worry. I will scan it for a cleaner image but this cracked me up!

The second assignment in the wobbly houses workshop I'm taking from @makingsandmusinga.bsky.social is houses connected by a bridge. Well this has two bridges! Breaking rules over here! Just kidding. Mostly I was experimenting with gouache on inked pink cardstock. #sketchbook #gouache

Stitching up some chicken scratch embroidery for #making zen. Love it! But I lost my yellow floss and need to clean up the living room to find it. #embroidery #gingham

A progression of watercolor. From a #wininwatercolor session about creating mood and atmosphere. To make it just a little bit my own, I added a little something to the skyline ... #watercolor #sketchbook #kaiju

I've been watercoloring for years and still almost always forget to leave the white space dry. Anyway, this was a fun session from #wininwatecolor with Darya Mitta. And I learned a new color mix to love: new gamboge and quinacridone orange. Luscious. #watercolor #sketchbook

Done! I finished my #makingzen Yunomi pincushion. And I love it! This is not a teacup base but a very small planter. I'm enchanted. #pincushion #thisisnotaplanter

Floating island Tuesday. This is a perfect example of cute illustration and bad handwriting. 😂 But the writing is just for me anyway, so it doesn't matter. #bulletjournal #floatingisland

The Connoisseur. Gouache and watercolor on paper. Dreaming of autumn... Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/vmad...

Fashion tips from nature. A very old comic that I still really like.

Want some old news? Back in March, calligraphy was my theme and I made this great spread. And forgot to show anyone. Old news made new again. #bulletjournal #calligraphy

I finished painting the piece with the hint of ink bloom. Turned out fine! This was for a #WinInWatercolor session. #watercolor #artistwoes

Oh woe to the artist! I washed and refilled an old fountain pen but OBVIOUSLY did not wash it well enough because the previous ink was not waterproof and bloomed the second I put water in it! It's fine. It didn't go much farther than this. #watercolor #artistwoes

I signed up for a slew of watercolor workshops and one includes watercolor on ink. This is my version of the inks they gave for reference. Heeheehee #winwithwatercolor

I pulled a random palette from my color book! I figured I'd do flowers and rolled a perfect combo. I should have warmed the green a bit more yellow but got sick of adding yellow. Really, I should have restarted and mixed a little blue into yellow. #sketchbook #colorpalette

Being an adult means watching whatever Saturday morning cartoons you want.

Ach! Clothing folds are so hard! But also rewarding.

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To stick your head out the window and feel this much joy. #oilpainting #art #sketchbook

“This is not junk, eh?” The old Junk Lady outside of Goblin City echoes my inner voice every time I look through my treasure box. Title: An Unchecked Need to Preserve Useless Relics of the Past Inspired by "The Labyrinth" (1986) #nostalgia #treasure

I just tallied all my in progress, or some might say unfinished, projects. Having written the list before, I guessed 100. I found 90. And now I have realized I didn't count my various digital projects .... #projectufo

I inked this with my left hand, then colored it very loosely with Tombow markers using my right. I'm very pleased with how it turned out—especially the texture from going over the same lines. #artprocess

The opening session of Sketchbook Revival was fun. Twelve boxes, each with a different sketch prompt, set the tone for an energetic series of workshops. Perfect kickoff to a creative run. #sketchbookrevival #sketchbook

Nothing like adding eyeballs to push something pretty into creepy. Teeth, you might think? But that can push into terrifying (which I also love). #bulletjournal #artnouveau

I like this method of visual exploration. Left is monotone shape and style exploration and right is taking what I learned on left and applying that to color blobs to make trees. I like having them opposite each other on a shingle spread. #sketchbookrevival #treedoodles

My Saturday circus heading make me so happy. A little pair of jugglers. Just a frog and a newy and 5 red balls. #bulletjournal #circus #frog

Just piss off, whydontcha

That's like a list of the things I only want to talk about.

Cute!

To bring a smile to your face, here’s a c. 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 😍 From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 ArchaiOptix #Archaeology

This

Noooo! Understance is shutting down. Best bras ever. Dang it. I'm super bummed now. I put in a big order. Dang shipping collapses.

I had so much fun with circus week in my bullet journal. This pair? Killing me with cuteness. #bulletjournal #circus #frog

This was a fun gratitude page. It reminds me so much of Unloveable by Esther Pearl Watson. I think it's the loose line work plus the neon colors. I love those books so much. #sketchbookrevival #gratitude

I drew my back door from memory painting it the colors I actually want it. It's actually Hunter Green with Hunter Green trim. And there's no railing on the left though I hope to fix that this summer.