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Helen B
@hellybellyb.bsky.social
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Vintage loving, paintbrush wielding 👩‍🎨craftaholic🧵🪡

Newly diagnosed Coeliac on the hunt for survival tips 🌾
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Bought @sarahmiguel.bsky.social 'Sagrada' board game for Christmas. Halfway through we learnt what 'Orthogonal' meant (as used a lot in the rules). The game got a lot easier after that...
The board game Sagrada with colourful dice on a cardboard stained glass window on a red table cloth.
December 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Can highly recommend murder mystery crackers.

J'accused an innocent man.
Small colourful envelopes with character names on
December 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Cat & present stash ❤️
A White cat with black ears is stood on a tartan bedspread in front of a collection of candles and books
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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A Christmas tree packed with golden lights and full of baubles is on the right with wrapped presents underneath. A floral chaise lounge with cushions is to the left and a window has coloured lights behind.
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Lol at this shopping bag for all my Coeliac safe GF shopping...as Alanis would say "Isn't it ironic? Dontcha think"

#GlutenFree #Coeliac
A reusable shopping bag is on a wooden bench. The bag has a photo of different loaves of bread on it with text 'Morrisons the Best'
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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In the style of @raynewman.bsky.social
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Am watching: Top Hat (1935)

Really enjoying this mistaken identity caper!
A red poster for Top Hat in yellow text with an illustration of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers at the bottom
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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I love that "I fits I sits" is so accurate...
A White cat with black ears and a pink nose is sat in a wooden crate in front of a cluttered living room. The TV is on in the background
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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So we're officially going with the 'women must look a certain way' route are we. Jaysus we've sunk low, and all for hysteria over a danger that is beyond minimal.This is all just a distraction from the male violence epidemic. Divide and conquer. A tale as old as time.
A clip of the bbc article titled 'Trans people could be banned from services based on appearance ' there is an image of a toilet icon.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Baffling...
An email from Ocado with both 25% of your next grocery shop & a box with a purple background and white text saying '30% off your next grocery shop' there is a packet of pink Percy pig sweets in the right hand corner.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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I was hashtag influenced into buying a microwave toastie maker & I'm so pleased with my life choices. I can't shut up telling everyone about it ...

#toastie #toastieseason #coeliac #glutenfree #beckyexcell
A cheese toastie made with wholemeal bread is on a cream plate. An orange microwave toastie maker device can be seen in the background
October 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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I don't often buy myself board games but this one i couldn't resist...
A colourful board game called Jokkmokk - it has Scandinavian style characters in hats and coats illustrated. The hand holding up the board game box is Caucasian with pink nail varnish
September 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Still life. Cat on a Chaise Lounge. 2025.
A white cat with black ears and tail is sat on a Laura Ashley Chaise Lounge in front of a few colourful cushions. There are lots of plants on the window sill. A pink velvet curtain is in shot on the right. The windows have privacy screens up.
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Spent my weekend painting this. Sanded, primed & gloss painted a pine chest from a charity shop & then decorated with canal style roses. About 6 months in the planning, feels good to have 'done the thing'

#Bankholidayweekend #craftsky #folkart #canalart #canalcrafts #traditionalcrafts #painting
A black chest is painted with a red & white chain border and red yellow and white canal roses. There are some pots of paint in shot on the bottom right and a messy weedy garden in the background is A black chest with canal roses in the middle of all sides and a red and white chain border is front of the shot. A sofa with colourful blankets is behind. In the background is a maximalist home with books and trinkets on shelves and fireplace
August 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Behold interwebs. My amazing boyo @mrtimnewman.bsky.social made the most incredible GF Yorkshire puddings today. The man's a wizard...🤯

#glutenfree #glutenfreefood #glutenfreedinner #coeliacfriendly #coeliac #celiac #yorkshirepudding
A large fluffy Yorkshire pudding filled with halloumi chunks, spinach & sun-dried tomato. On a white plate with a blue plant pot behind the Yorkie.
August 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Bristol you beauty❤️🇵🇸
Bristolians banging pots and pans in the air. Multiple Palestinian flags can be seen waved by the crowd.
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Went to Weston-Super-Mare and accidentally time travelled back to 1998...
A window with a giraffe holding the colourful toys-R-Us logo beneath a shop sign above the window for the same store.
July 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Channelling my inner @boakandbailey.bsky.social to share my beer. Wasn't hugely fussed about beer pre Coeliac diagnosis but I guess you always want what you can't have so GF beer has become exciting in it's scarcity. This one's from a lovely Tapas bar on Gloucester Quays.
A bottle of Estrella Galicia sin Gluten on a wooden table next to a glass with matching branding on it.
July 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Finally finished this one. Took me pretty much 2 months on & off! Phewph #embroidery
A white hand holds an embroidery hoop with a completed design. This shows a sun and flowers above a rainbow with the words 'brighter days are coming ' as negative space. The background is a cafe with green painted walls and glass ball light fittings.
July 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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17 years old but still abides by "I fits - I sits" rules 🐾
A white cat with black ears and green eyes (and a pink snoot) site in a cardboard box on a wooden table. An unfinished miniature tearooms kit is arranged on the table. There's a blue cafe frontage and some miniature tables and furniture. A monsterra plant is in the background.
July 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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The man opposite me on the train is reading this absolutely chunderous book. His other book is a Dan Brown. Those two literary choices are quite revealing...he's been chuckling along to this one and clearly loving it.
Book cover for the book no more Mr nice guy. A pale green cover with a small illustration of a man in the middle and the text 'A proven plan for getting what you want in love, sex and life'
July 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Mixed feelings about a recent visit to Blackpool. A complicated place & not somewhere I felt naturally 'at home'. Fascinated by this Beatles bar though. Couldn't tell if it was still operating or not...
A blue scruffy building with Beatles memorabilia on the outside including 4 figures dressed in the colorful Sargent Pepper costume.
July 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Ummm....🤔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔

It's obviously a farmer from Taunton. But the vision of it being Mark. Or even the author 🤭
A gov. UK web page with the headline 'David Mitchell convicted for covering road with potatoes and silt'
June 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Not every day you get to enjoy the serif font on your cycle commute...
Graffiti saying 'Nice one's sprayed on a wall in black paint. The letters disappear into the grass below.
June 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Just got age verified at the front door before accepting a parcel. Wondered what exciting item was within! The parcel contained....

(Drumroll please 🥁🥁🥁)

Gluten free pasta...

#coeliac #glutenfree
A white hand holds a packet of gluten free pasta - Rummo branded. There are peonies in the background.
June 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Just bought a slice of rainbow cookie Pie from the Authentic Kitchen and I'm excited 🌈
Rainbow cookie pie held by a hand with pink nails and a yellow background with sprinkles
June 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM