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Ember Kelly
@emberkellyart.bsky.social
I like to paint animals.
I also make a lot of things.
Really just like working with my hands.
Some Azure Bluets (Houstonia caerulea) for #TinyFlowerTuesday. One of my favorite native perennials!

#Bloomscrolling
June 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Live cat sketching. Much easier when they are actively napping 😂
#Sketchbook #Cats #Sketch
June 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This was a fun drawing exercise! "Draw your face, but from an upside down photo."

I'm trying to get back into a draw everyday habit.

#Sketch #Portrait
May 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Owl! I always hear them so it's nice to get to see them as well 😁 So pretty!
#Owl #Nature #BarredOwl
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
It's been raining for over a week here. It's finally time to get some sun!

I actually started my plants on time this year. Lookit these babies. 🥹 Pictured here are amish paste tomatoes, two kinds of cucumber, and I'm trying onions for the first time.
#gardening #plants #zone6a
May 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The daffodils are up!

I was gifted 300 (!) bulbs a few years ago from my late grandmother-in-law. I'm so happy to have such a lovely reminder of her in the spring.

#BloomScrolling #Daffodill #Gardening
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Last year I planted a bunch of discounted perennials. I was keeping my fingers crossed that they would all survive. Here's the #catmint coming up to say hello! I can't wait to see those cute purple flowers!

#Nepeta #Gardening #Plants
April 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Baby lupines! They have such cool leaves. Look at how they catch dewdrops. 😀
#NativePlants #Lupine #Gardening
April 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Crocuses have emerged! I'm always so excited to see these darlings.

As a side note - I'm looking into getting an electric wood chipper/leaf shredder. I've got piles of sticks/leaves that I'd like to turn into mulch. Anyone have recommendations? Or talk me out of it?

#BloomScrolling #Gardening
April 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tried winter sowing this year and I have babies! These are lettuce and bok choi seedlings planted with seeds I saved last year. I've got a bunch more in bags and rotisserie chicken containers (was experimenting with every container). I'm most excited for the native perennials coming up!
#gardening
April 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My #adhd craft moment yesterday. Learning to weave a tapestry! I really enjoyed this and I'd definitely like to do more. This one was made from whatever I could find in my craft supply pile. A wooden picture frame warped with crochet thread. The weft is acrylic yarn.
#weaving
April 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I finally decided to make the Timbó Vest ravel.me/timbo-vest. I'm knitting this with half frogged yarn that I don't have enough of. You can see where I started with the ramen noodle yarn. Fingers crossed it blocks out! Hopefully I can find yarn in a similar weight to finish it.
#knit #knitsky
March 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The kids made a fort and Franky decided it was his. It does look very comfy in there.
#cat #CatsOfBluesky
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It's Wooper! (Almost) Everyday I do a quick post-it note drawing of a #pokemon to put in my kid's lunchbox. I really liked this one today.
March 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you see this QRP with your animal painting!
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Chives! Also some nice moss. I'm so excited that it's warming up. I'm sitting outside for the first time in a while and it's SO nice! I've also been poking around my garden beds and noticed that there's some random spinach sprouting 😂. I'll have to keep an eye on that!
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I have 5 or so in progress paintings. Which one will I work on today?

Probably none. Executive function system is not functioning. 😮‍💨

I did manage to make bread though!
March 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I put a window bird feeder up thinking I'd see birds. Instead I got cute squirrels! They look so soft 😍
#Squirrel #AnimalPhotography
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Some #GestureDrawing practice today. I’m not as rusty as I thought I might be. I think my favs are 4 and 5.

All ref photos are from @adorkastock.com !

#FigureDrawing #Sketch
February 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
In memory of George. A recent commission. What a beautiful cat he was. Look at those eyes!

#cat #watercolor
February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We got to the vet super early so Quill and I hung out in the car listening to an audiobook. I think she liked the heated seats 😊 #caturday #cat
February 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I made homemade tortillas! Holy moly these are good why have I not made these before. They are so soft!

Also featuring my #epp handsewn tortilla warmer. I made it 4 years ago when my hyperfix was all things hexies.

#HandSewing #EnglishPaperPiecing
January 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My latest ADHD craft obsession is #SockKnitting. I recently finished ✨three✨ pairs that had been abandoned for... probably years. Wearing these ones now and I think the fit is finally spot on. I'm liking this fleegle heel the best so far.
#Knitting #Knitsky #HandknitSocks
January 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
When it's cold you gotta snuggle.

The cat in the back is my almost 20 yr old Quill. She has never wanted to hang out with other cats. Her new brother, Franky (2), likes to "share" her heat pad.
#cats #cat
January 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
It's a good time to mend some socks! A friend gifted me these lovely handknit socks and I ended up wearing holes in them. A little swiss darning and they are wearable again! (I noticed more thin spots on the pink one that I'll need to fix)
#VisibleMending #knitsky #mending
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM