Desiree
desireedahl.bsky.social
Desiree
@desireedahl.bsky.social
Printmaker and fiber artist in Iowa
I'm starting a thing where I document old sketchbooks on my blog to help me get excited about sketching again!

#sketchbook #blog

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Sketchbook 01 - 2015
I've been keeping a sketchbook since highschool, and I've saved most of them. Early on, the sketchbook was a place to doodle while listening to lectures, or something to pull out of my bag whenever I ...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Crocheted a mothman because there's no rules!!! Happy spooky season!
September 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Watched a YouTube documentary called LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching & it got me back into using the Merlin app. Learning birds is super hard for me!

Trying a new strat of drawing birds in my sketchbook to see if it helps me remember. It's okay to be bad at things & keep trying anyway!
September 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Designed and screenprinted this limited edition of posters for the Iowa City Songwriter's Festival! This project was super fun to work on & I'm really happy with how they came out. (The second photo is a misprint because I didn't take photos of the primo ones - don't try too hard to spot the error!)
September 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
All I wanna do lately is go on photo walks - here are some from the park this weekend. If anyone local is interested in joining plz hmu I need more walking buddies ❤️
July 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Crocheted some pie bun covers to fight pie witches in our dnd game 🥧

Had a very hard week and I really needed an easy, lighthearted project to get through.

This is not my original design - I saw some similar ones on Etsy and made up a pattern to make them myself.
May 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My gen alpha cat, I don't understand a word she says
May 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Picked this up from the library and thought I'd share in case any of my fellow sweetiepies are interested!

Not implying we don't need to be vocal about opposing the rampant misogyny/transphobia/racism/etc but some of us don't have the spoons to be in menace mode all the time.
January 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Just some nature photos I took last year in case you need a timeline cleanse.
January 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM