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Physics MSc, writer, maker, artist. AuDHD, NB. Here for art, nature, photography, animals, and combinations thereof. DMs without consent will get you blocked. Fuck fascism.
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Karen @madmoosebooknook.bsky.social · Sep 10
I craft handmade journals, bookmarks and other gifts for people who treasure books and the beauty of the outdoors. My work celebrates the peaceful moments we find curled up with a good story. Everything I create is intentionally made or designed by me to create joy in the small pauses of life.
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I started a free newsletter on Substack. I decided to kick things off (more or less) with a book club, and we are going to start with reading Active Hope. The "schedule" is spread out to give people more time. I hope you'll join me!

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Active Hope
An Active Hope read through
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November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Final harvest. Had a bountiful tomato yield this year, and had plenty to dehydrate and home can.
Six red tomatoes on a grey multicolor countertop.
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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At a craft show in Romeo, MI today and tomorrow. First one as Mad Moose Book Nook 💚 If you're in the area, come say hi!

#maker #madmoosebooknook
Handmade books and bookmarks on a table. Books: one with a witchy theme, one with flowers and butterflies, two with video game theme covers, and one with a hedgehog plant cover. Bookmarks: metal hook shape with various charms. Bookmarks and earrings on a table. Bookmarks: hook shape with various charms and metal colors and laminated ones with pumpkins and "books and coffee". Earrings: simple pumpkin shapes. Various laminated book marks on a table. Some wintery theme, some romantic, some spooky for Halloween
October 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
madmoosebooknook.bsky.social
I craft handmade journals, bookmarks and other gifts for people who treasure books and the beauty of the outdoors. My work celebrates the peaceful moments we find curled up with a good story. Everything I create is intentionally made or designed by me to create joy in the small pauses of life.
September 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Some big news from us today 🥰 We are officially a Certified B Corp! 🎉
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In 2014, Libro.fm was founded to empower readers to support their indie with audiobooks. As a Social Purpose Corporation and 100% employee-owned company, we’ve always made decisions that benefit this mission. (1/3)
We're now a certified B Corp. Hi! We’re Libro.fm, the audiobook company that shares profits with independent bookshops around the globe. As a Social Purpose Corporation and employee-owned company, we’ve always made decisions that benefit our mission of supporting independent bookshops—even if they conflict with financial interests. And now as a Certified B Corp, we’re all the more committed to meeting high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency, to help build a better world for all.
September 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Prepped signatures for more journals last night. I love the process of book/journal making. In a time where so many value speed and rushing to complete a product, I savor the slow, intentional process of creating something by hand.

#bookbinding #handmade #makersky
White paper book signatures on a pink cutting mat and granite-look table. Book signatures are paper folded to become the pages of an assembled book.
September 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I need to make sure I have better lighting in the future, but the sewing is complete! Two complete books (other than trimming threads and maybe embellishing the spines.
August 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Threads still need trimming, but the stitching is complete!
Two handmade books, one with a light tan background fabric cover, the other blue. The lighter book has a black print on it, in scrollwork, bones, and other Halloween type objects. The blue book has a tan print with stars, stripes, and whales
August 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Everything is now ready to assemble! I'm looking forward to stitching signatures and covers together.
A single book cover with holes punched along the top edge. The book cover is covered with blue cloth that has a tan print of stripes, stars, and whales. There is a bookbinding awl resting on the cover. Two book covers side by side on a table. One is blue with tan stars, stripes, and whales, the other a wood-like print with black Halloween images including spiders, bones, and bats. Book signature in the punching cradle, nine holes can be found along the folded length of the signature. Book signatures in a yellow cradle (barely visible) for punching holes. A cutting mat is underneath the cradle and signatures.
August 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Covers are done! Can't wait to stitch them together this week.
Four book covers on a table. One pair has a black print on a light wood look background. The print has Halloween themed items, such as spiders, moths, bones, and a ouija. The other is tan print on a blue background, with whales, stars, and stripes. Four book covers on a table. One has a black print on a light wood look background. The print has Halloween themed items, such as spiders, moths, bones, and a ouija. The other is tan print on a blue background, with whales, stars, and stripes. You can see the backside of two pieces, which have a wavy metallic print.
August 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Working on some handmade books. So far I have the signatures made, the fabric prepped for the covers, and the book board cut out.

Being creative has always been something that grounds me, and it's more important in my life than ever.
Picture of supplies for handmade books: white paper folded into signatures (the pages), brown book board for the covers, and two different fabrics. One of the fabrics is blue and tan, with whales, stars, and some thin vertical stripes. The other fabric is a witchy fabric with moths, skulls, spider, some scrollwork, and ouija board markings. This fabric is a light brown wood texture, and the print is black.
August 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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First salad from my home grown lettuce and spinach. Can't wait until the tomatoes and cucumbers are fresh too 🤤
June 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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Super quick cherry tomatoes!
Red cherry tomatoes on a green vine with a pale yellow background.
June 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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First cayenne peppers on my plants! Grateful that I am able to grow some of my own produce.
Pepper plants with 3 small peppers, and soil in the background.
June 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Lilacs and lavender... Smells nice out back today.
Blooming light purple lilac flowers. Blooming English lavender flowers. Lavender buds on a plant.
June 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Had fun drawing this ice cream cone.
June 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Today's watercolor play.
Two small watercolor paintings; one a green wreath with small red berries, and the other bold pink flowers with leaves.
June 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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So excited for this book! The first two were amazing and this is such a great story. Looking forward to the ride the rest of this story takes me on.
A book with the silhouette of a dog on the cover foreground, and the city of Detroit in the background. The title of the book is Ancestors, by adrienne maree brown.
May 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Watercolor learning... A feather and leaf practice.
Two small watercolor paintings. One a blue and pink feather, the other a blue background with green leaves.
May 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Got the old girl out to a park today for some fresh air and a change of scenery.
A brown, white, and tan dog lying on grass and panting.
May 17, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Textile pattern fun!
A digital drawing of a pumpkin and a vine.
May 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Quiet night of knitting.
The beginning of a knitted sweater and a pattern.
May 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Adventures in learning watercolor. Super simple mountains.
Small watercolor painting of blue and purple layers of mountains.
May 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM