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

#Bloomscrolling
An up close photo of tiny flowers. They have four white petals (tipped with light purple) and a yellow center. They stand in a grassy area with a dark woods edge in the background.
June 3, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Live cat sketching. Much easier when they are actively napping 😂
#Sketchbook #Cats #Sketch
A sketchbook page with cat sketches in various poses.
June 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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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
A pen sketch of a person, in profile, looking to the right.
May 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Owl! I always hear them so it's nice to get to see them as well 😁 So pretty!
#Owl #Nature #BarredOwl
A barred owl perches on a tree branch. They are looking at the camera. There is a blue bird feeder in the lower right corner.
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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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
Young tomato, cucumber, and onion plants in red solo cups sitting in the grass.
May 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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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
Yellow daffodils on a sunny day. The four in the front are in focus while the others are blurred in the background.
April 21, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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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
A catmint plant just emerging from the soil.
April 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Baby lupines! They have such cool leaves. Look at how they catch dewdrops. 😀
#NativePlants #Lupine #Gardening
Lupine plant surrounded by oak leaves.
April 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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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
Up close photo of purple crocus flowers emerging from the soil.
April 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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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
A view inside a milk jug greenhouse. There are tiny lettuce seedlings in it. A view inside a milk jug greenhouse. There are tiny bok choi seedlings in it.
April 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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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
A handwoven tapestry. It is woven to look like green and brown grass/ground with pink and red bushes peeking out. A DIY tapestry loom made from a picture frame sits on a white table. It is partially woven with green, pink, and brown yarn.
April 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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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
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The kids made a fort and Franky decided it was his. It does look very comfy in there.
#cat #CatsOfBluesky
A grey and white striped cat snuggling in a blanket fort. There are blue cushions, a tan blanket, and a dark grey pillow.
March 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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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.
A blue post-it note with a wooper pokemon drawn on it. Wooper has a huge open mouth smile.
March 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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If you see this QRP with your animal painting!
A watercolor painting of a doberman dog with a blue splatter background.
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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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!
Brand new chives are poking up through the soil/mulch. A bright green tuft of moss on a rock.
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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
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I put a window bird feeder up thinking I'd see birds. Instead I got cute squirrels! They look so soft 😍
#Squirrel #AnimalPhotography
A grey squirrel facing to the right. They have one paw up and the other tucked in A grey squirrel with one paw on the glass of a window. A grey squirrel eating sunflower seeds. They have cute ear Tufts.
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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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
A series of eight gesture sketches of people in different poses.
February 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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In memory of George. A recent commission. What a beautiful cat he was. Look at those eyes!

#cat #watercolor
Two watercolor paintings lay on a table. They both feature an orange and white fluffy cat. The left one shows the cat looking up to the left. The smaller painting on the right shows the cat in a silly upright pose. There is a corner of a watercolor paint pallet at the top.
February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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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
A grey cat with a small white chest patch sits in a car looking up to the left. Outside, there are clouds and blue skies.
February 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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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
Homemade tortillas inside a handmade tortilla warmer. A handmade tortilla warmer made with English paper pieced hexagons in rainbow colors.
January 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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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
A pair of handknit socks lying on a wooden floor. They are blue/grey striped with pink toes and cuffs.
January 24, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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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
Two grey-ish cats snuggling on the couch. The cat at the back looks at the camera and has her paw draped over the cat at the front.
January 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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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
A photo of the bottom of a pair of handknit multicolor striped socks. They show square-ish mended areas. A photo of the bottom of a pair of handknit multicolor striped socks. They are inside out and show mended areas. A photo showing an in-process mend of a handknit sock. There are pins holding the yarn loops and clips holding the sock to the foam insert.
January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM