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Aki
@akimakesthings.bsky.social
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Hiya! You can call me Aki (she/her)! I'm a queer gal that loves creating things, from pixel art to board games to crafts and more! <3

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Aki @akimakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 27
Hi there! I'm Aki! I enjoy doing many creative projects, from original board games to paper crafts. I'm excited to share my tabletop creations as well as whatever other creative projects I'm working on here! I talk about this more on my other socials, links in bio! ^^
Papercraft Table Scene with Croissant, Toast with Jam on plate; Chocolate Milk and Cute Note Papercraft Catan with Mountains Origami Cat, (Grey and White) Papercraft Forest Scene with Pond, Grass, Bushes, Trees
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Got to play Glass Garden again today! I scored 6 points this time around, which is double what I did before! :D but I can still do way better...

#cardgame #buttonshy #glassgarden
A finished game of Glass Garden, depicting several plant cards arranged in between the terrarium jar cards
November 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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I'm excited! I booked a trip to go visit my partner next month c: it's gonna be a lot of fun! Let's see how many board games I can fit in my limited luggage space... xD

#adventure
Picture of a commercial plane taking off, with Aki's pfp depicting a passenger onboard
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Similarly to the calendar idea, I had the idea to make some budget sheets with the new laminator and some dry erase markers! I love un-digitalizing things >:D

#organization #productivity #mystuff #lifehack #laminator #adulting
Paper templates for overall budget (left) and expenses vs income (right). Made with colored markers and coded green for income, and red for expenses.
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Check out this calendar I made! I'm gonna laminate it and then use dry erase markers on it ^^ I'm super excited! :D

#calender #organization #productivity #lifehack
Big calendar template made on paper with pens. The boxes for the month and days are blank. The days of the week, Sunday through Saturday, are labelled at the bottom.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I've tried out the card game Glass Garden for the first time! As with many of my first attempts at games, it leaves much to be desired (I got 3 out of 16 points XD). I really like the theme and the gameplay is fun so far, though! ^^

#buttonshy #glassgarden #cardgame #Ineedtogetgood
Layout of a game of Glass Garden, with two sides of a terrarium holding together a number of different plant cards
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Covid sucks, everyone. Getchur vaccines lol

#covid #sick #gettingoverit
November 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Check it out!! I got some new games from Buttonshy! I've been eyeing them for a while and decided to get them. I really like the design of Glass Garden, and I'm super excited to try them out! :D

#buttonshy #glassgarden #spaceshipped #cardgames
Photo of two Buttonshy game cases, Glass Gardens from Roshni Patel and Space Shipped from Lucas Gentry
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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I need something that combines my love of vocaloid music and board games. Somebody needs to make a Hatsune Miku board game xD

#miku #vocaloid #boardgames #thoughts #seriouslytho
Picture of a Monopoly game board with a Hatsune Miku graphic crudely stretched over the center
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I was playing a game of The Walking Dead: Surrounded, and I think this is my highest-scoring run yet! 27 points! ^u^ (though, I technically failed because I didn't meet the scenario requirements... xP)

#cardgame #pocketgame #walkingdead #zombies #strategy
Photo of a game of The Walking Dead: Surrounded. Included six location cards, surrounded by cards that include survivors and walkers.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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I don't have a printer of my own, so I've been using my public library's printer for print & play games. It's actually so fast and so high quality! And you get to have loads of prints each week, in B&W or in color, completely for free! I love libraries <3

#library #printing #resources
November 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I do enjoy snow as an artistic medium (even if the cold sucks xD) because it's inherently very temporary. Helps remind me that everything is temporary and to appreciate things while they're here <3

#snow #artmediums #thoughts
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The first snow of the season has arrived!! As is my tradition, I went out first thing in the morning to go make some tiny snowmen ^u^

#snow #snowman #cute #lookwhatImade #tradition
A photo of a tiny snowman with a button for a hat and two twigs for arms A photo of a tiny snowman with twigs for arms and legs, and a leaf for a hat
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I feel like watching the anime Takopi's Original Sin has been healing some childhood trauma within me xD
November 12, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Been playing quite a lot of a city-building game called Theotown lately ^^ it's been really fun! It's very reminiscent of older school city builders while also offering a lot of cool and fresh ideas. It's also free on mobile, so I definitely recommend checking it out!

#simulator #citybuilder
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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I got a really good deal on a laminator today! It seems like an older model, but it's brand new so I'm excited about it! I'll be able to put it to good use for crafts and stuff; I'm especially excited to use it for print and play games :D

#papercraft #cardgames #boardgames #hellyeah
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I really wanna make a post-apocalyptic survival-themed solo card game. But... I should probably finish the card games I'm already working on xD

#ideas #cardgame #development #adhdbrain
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The other day I visited a local gardens and sculpture park with my roommate! We got to go in free, since they're an employee there. It was a lot of fun, walking around and interpreting sculptures and admiring the lovely fall colors :D

#koi #sculpturepark #adventure #outdoors
Photo of an orange and black koi fish, swimming in a scenic pond
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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The world of print and play card games is a lot of fun! It combines both crafts (which I love) and board games (which I love)! I really need to do some more, it's been a while since I've done any ^^ (here's one of my more recent ones of a game called Orchard)

#printgames #cardgames #papercraft
Photo of Orchard, a print-and-play 9 card solitaire game. Bundles of colored apples are on the cards to the left (blue and indigo, red and magenta, green and yellow) and the rule sheet to Orchard on the right
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I feel like it'd be a fun idea to do a YouTube series where you and some friends perform a crazy physical feat, like climbing to the top of a mountain, just to setup a couple camping chairs and a table to play some random board game once you make it to the end goal XD

#hiking #boardgames #adventure
Image of the cover box to the board game Cascadia pasted over a mountaintop. Surprise emoji with a red arrow pointing to the cover of Cascadia. Red "???" underneath the cover of Cascadia.
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Lately, I've felt the need to go on an adventure. Like crossing my entire city on foot in a day, or something like that. Just something that pushes me physically and mentally, y'know?

#thoughts #hike #adventure #Ineedtogetoutmore
November 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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I love these wallet-size games by Buttonshy! They're complete card games that come in a package that fits in this little wallet. Many of them are really good for solo gaming on the go, but some of them are great as multiplayer games too c:

#cardgame #pocketgame #buttonshy #buttonshygames #neat
Photo of two pocket games from Buttonshy, including The Last Lighthouse and The Walking Dead: Surrounded
November 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I've been working on the lore of my card games for a bit today. It's been fun! ^^ I enjoy getting to write some historical fiction lol

#cardgamedevelopment #cardgames #lore #historicalfiction
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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One of my favorite video games is a god-game called WorldBox! I have hundreds of hours on it, but I don't really play god very much with it. Instead, I like to watch civilizations rise and fall while chronicling all of it like some all-seeing historian and statistician xD

#simulation #Worldbox
Screenshot of Worldbox
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I appreciate tabletop games that go the extra mile to provide variety. Variety in ways to play, or having achievements are all lot of fun and provide a lot of mileage for the game! These are definitely things I strive to have when it comes to the games I make and ones I buy ^^

#cardgamedevelopment
List of achievements in the card game FIRE
October 28, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Went to a local art event the other day! It was a lot of fun and I'm always very inspired by events like these. Here's a couple pieces that really stood out to me as incredible!

#localart #painting #nature #artexhibit
Photo of colorful paintings at a local art exhibit depicting several nature scenes: a tiger (center) sunset (lower left) pond (upper left) coral reef (upper center) bear with cub (upper right) and elephant herd (lower right)
October 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM