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Jo Bee, Purveyor of Dark Whimsy
@jrbee.bsky.social
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I wanna WRAC! (Write, Read, Art, Craft)
Introvert. Owned by one cat. Dogs are also pawsome.

Writer of books, haver of a bookish YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@jrbee
(She/ her)
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
“I’m horrible, actually” says a man with wolf gloves and wolf mask in a cardigan and skirt. One arm is threaded through a picnic basket handle and the other is on his hip
November 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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9. I don’t have room for a bookshelf - books are in storage, but I do have my next physical books to read lined up.
10 books lined up on a wooden dresser, with a flat one on top with an oak loaf bookmark on top. A kindle lays in front on them. There’s a heart-shaped coaster, a round wooden jewellery box and a black jewellery box as book ends. The books are the entire series of Eragon, a magazine book collection of short stories, two hardback books of sci-fi stories, Edgar Allen poe collection, madness visible a memoir of war, catch 22
November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Tortoise lamp anyone?
A bronze tortoise with a green glass shell that forms the light shade
November 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Caephilly castle mirroring itself #SundayPixMirror
In the morning, the moat was frozen, and all the birds that came into land skidded on the ice
A ruin of a welsh castle. It has two tiers, the lower tier is a huge outer wall, with 1 turret. The 2nd tier has 2 sections, one a tall wall will rounded turret, the other a grouping of 3 visible turrets. It also has the remains of a tower, covered in ivy and on the lean. The sky is blue and the moat reflects the sky and castle close up of the castle, some of the moat is frozen and it has ducks, geese, and gulls hannging out in little clicks
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Notice anything strange about santa?
Full body of a santa in red tunic, white jacket with gold embroidery and a long robe also with gold embroidery. Fur trim on cuffs and hat is brown. Beard has no moustache, but the lip has hair texture Close up of face - deets the same as other poc
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I can't seem to find my bookshelf pics, and in my current place, there isn't room for a bookshelf 😭
But here's a pic of something a friend sent me when I pubbed the ramblers
#SundayPixBooks
Someone holds a copy of my first children's book called The Raindrop Ramblers. Text says "Look what just arrived in the post today. So proud of you friend!!!' A message I never expected to receive, but am very happy I did
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Making a bag! The blue is the lining layer, the speckled is the outside.
I have put pockets everywhere I can (that makes sense). Including pen pockets.
There will also be plenty of void space

#sewing
Outer layer of a speckled handbag. It has a front pocket and a pocket on the flap of the bag. The lining is ocean blue and purple sea effect batik - it has two pockets on one side, and a double pocket on the other side. The back of the bag also has a welt pocket (that’s hidden by another flap
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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When his Wombatness turned my cardigan try on, that still had a knitting needle sticking out of it, into this delightfulness 😂

#SundayPixWombat
#SundayPixWombie
#SundayPicWombat37
A woman wearing a very very large red hood, wearing a red mask and a spear stuck through the hood. All photoshopped over buildings set into a mountain.
October 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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Excuse me, but please look at my cat.
She’s curled up next to me whilst sharing my blanket
Face and front arms of a sleeping black cat peeking out from under a brown blanket.
October 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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“Do not enter body while blowing equipment is in operation”

👀 👀
Yellow sign on the back of an orange truck - the text for which is in the post
October 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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#SundayPixBelonging
She chose us when she was at her lowest, and now she lives her best life. Strangely neither of us are the spare human
Sleeping void kitty all curled up
October 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Perdy has found a nip toy she really likes - which is surprising, because she hadn’t been interested in nip

#caturday
Void kitty laying on a small rectangle toy of nip. Eyes are closed, paw is resting on the nip
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Book rec - Dust by @arthurslade.bsky.social.

This is my favourite cover, although it does make it look more thriller than it actually is.

It's a very well written paranormal mystery set in a dry & dusty rural part of the US
Read it years ago & really stuck with me.

www.amazon.com/Dust-Arthur-...
Book cover of the face of a boy with closed eyes and butterflies coming out of his mouth
September 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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How many names does your pet have?

Perdy, Perdy puss, perdy pusskins, hey bear, Bibbledy bobbledy bear, sweatness, good girl perdy puss, boop boop, whose got BEANS?
A black cat head sticking out of a box that says premium product Big green eyes and massive pupils looking up from the sweetest void kitty
September 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Hivemind who know about font licensing – does this look like the font is good for commercial use?
Copyrigh 1993-1999 Apple computer, inc. Trademark: apple chancery is a trademark of apple computer, inc. Embedding: no bedding restrictions. Copy protected: No
September 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Foxy art practice-
Which snoot would you most like to boop?
A series of four fox snouts drawn in ink Four fox eyes, two drawn in black ink, one in just watercolour, and the other in watercolour and black ink
September 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I put my lil crow friend temp tattoo up on my etsy shop, and as cute as I find him, I wasn't prepared for how well he'd fit in with the aethetic!
jrbeecreations.etsy.com
A screenshot of my etsy page, listed are a heart coaster sewing pattern showing 3 hearts, one red and two small turquoise with white polka dots, a flower sewing pattern showing a big yellow and small green flower with white centres, an oak leaf sewing pattern showing a large green leaf coaster and small yellow oak leaf bookmark with an acorn tassle, a crow sketch transfer tattoo, a light green oak leaf bookmark, a red and two light green oak leaf coasters, a set of crotchet acorn earrings, and a set of crotchet pumpkin earrings
September 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Woot! Just sold a pattern for these flower coaster / bookmarks!

I is a pro'er seller of teh fine arts now 😂

www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

#Sewing #BookMark #Flowers
Two flowers made of fabric: The larger one is bright yellow with little brown and white flowers on it and a large white middle (perfect size for a massive mug). The little one is a mossy green, with pale and dark green silhouetted abstract plants. It also has a white middle, and a red cord juts out of it to turn it into a bookmark.
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I did a very rough sketch of a fox and it occurred to me as I finished - I have never drawn a fox face from the front.

I feel a certain camaraderie with medieval artists who had to draw horses from the front 😂
Eye studies have gone well though
An ink sketch of a fox looking directly at you. It … looks like it got stung by a bee and grew a second chin Watercolour of a fox eye
September 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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I refined my crow temp tatt so he looks much more defined - and dare I say it - refined.

I don’t want a tattoo, but if this lil guy became permanent I wouldn’t be mad about it.
A temporary tattoo of Lil’ crow sketch on an arm. He looks so happy and cheeky
September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Spent a chunk of time today making a plan to improve my art and find my style.

I keep drawing similar things and have reached one of those –no idea where to go next points, but with my PLN hopefully I should make more progress.

Yes, the list is extensive. Yes, it's in a spreadsheet
A spreadsheet with two pages: one says 'tasks' one says 'future tasks'. The spreadsheet on the tasks page has a chart, the head of each thing says, "quests"(which lists tasks to help me improve my bark creatures), "side quests" (which will help me find and refine my style), "Human Side Quest Woman", "Human side quest Man", "Older woman", "Older Man". The human quests will help me build a couple of characters I'm writing. The future tasks tab has a huge, and even more comprehensive list of different styles, techniques, etc – once I've worked through the tasks on the tasks page.
August 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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And with colour - can you tell what kind of bird it is?

I feel like I’m slowly finding my artistic voice, but I don’t think I’m there yet.
A bird fellow with a bark texture, and plate lichen on the top of the wings. It’s done in ink and watercolours. His feathers are black with brown undertones
August 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Birb for my bark creatures collection.
A Torresian Crow drawn in black ink. The texture is bark instead of feathers, and it has lichen growing on some of its wing
August 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Turned one of my drawings into a temp tattoo!
Next time I need to cut closer to the image though.
Also the forearm is not a good placement for temp tattoos.
Drawing of a crow temp tattooed on an arm Wider image of the crow on the forearm
August 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Had scrap fabric, had empty cat food boxes, needed storage = solution.

From the pics it does admittedly look like it was dredged up from the bottom of the scrap pile
A two shelf box covered in scrap fabrics, mist are shades of blue, but there’s a pop of yellow, res and green now and then
August 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM