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@monikerbear.bsky.social
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I write, I craft, & share as much useful info as I can 🌐
🎭 Researcher, Speaker, & GM for NAT20LLC
🧶 Creator of Fantasy Fibercrafts: etsy.com/shop/FantasyFibercrafts
📖 Poetry & Politics: substack.com/@monikerbear
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I know a blue baby dragon who would like to be adopted!

~16" tall while seated, mottled blue, and cute as a button 💙

www.etsy.com/listing/4383...

*Creating has helped relieve a ton of stress lately. Make, share, and even offer sales/trades if you can part with it! 10/10, we need more dragons.
Blue crochet baby dragon. Seated, 16" tall.
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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When your D&D players really just *get* you 🥰
September 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Reinstalling Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions on my phone so I can feel something again.
March 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Crowds around the reflecting pool 🫂🎉👏🏻
February 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Crowds around the capitol reflecting pool 🫂🎉👏🏻
February 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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See you downtown today, folks! 🪧

📍White House / Your State Capitol / Local City Hall
⏰️ 11AM-4PM (most places)

I'm bringing community, zines, passion, and energy! (& memes)🎉

Great chance to meet organizers! 🫂

We love to see it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

#protest50501 #50501movement #itsacoup #plutocracy #idiocracy
February 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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*Everybody* needs to go give Google Maps a 1⭐️ review.

It's just a small way to make a difference in like, 1 minute.
February 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This is just the basics. I threw it together quickly last week. This week it's even more relevant/obvious. I also have one on EOs and general gov't on my substack, free, trying to generate conversation & community. I intend to distribute tomorrow. Use the words. Call it what it is. 2/3
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Here's the pages to my zine on what a COUP can look like & immediate actions/resources.

If you think you/someone you know needs the language, here it is. Even as a presenter, when I'm passionate, I get disorganized. We have to stay on target.

Make a word/etc doc, add these, print & share 1/3
February 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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@nat20therapy.bsky.social is also offering a collaborative worldbuilding #workshop for teens, Creative Campaigners!

Build community through #worldbuilding! 🗺️🫂

Offered #Virtual #Remote 🧑‍💻
Interest Form: form.jotform.com/250127953001...

#socialskills #communitybuilding
January 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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@nat20therapy.bsky.social is now offering a somatic art therapy group for teens, the Art of Resilience! 🎨🧘

If you know anyone in MD (BWI area), please give this a share so they might find it 👀

Interest Form: form.jotform.com/250127929959...

nat20therapy.com #arttherapy #grouptherapy
January 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Cthulu is ready for initiative! 🐙✨️

These are my TTRPG familiar bundles: a buddy, a dice bag, and a 'therapy chair' (+pillow/rug) for when your dice make poor decisions and they need to think about what they did.

Don't jail them, help them!

#rpg #d&d #dicebag #dicejail #crochet #handmade #craftsky
A green ground and blue background of crochet. A magenta Cthulu (with wings but hard to notice here) stands to the right of a dice bag with similar magenta accents. The chair is also the same magenta. The dice bag and rug are a pink/blue/purple/lavendar mix with puffy white fringe.
January 18, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I've got a love-a-ly bunch of pine-ap-ples, dee da li dee... 🍍🍍🍍

Sometimes ya gotta just pick a fun fat quarter design and give it some texture with random ombre threads ya got ✨️

#embroidery #handembroidery #handmade #craftsky #pineapple #art #artsky
An embroidery hoop with a pineapple pattern. The faded design style is filled in random pieces with an ombre thread of similar tones, mostly yellow, orange, pink, and red. Four vertical green vines fall between the pineapples. The hoop is painted green and sponge-painted pink, yellow, and orange. A close-up side view of the hoop to highlight the texture differences and detail. An embroidery hoop with a pineapple pattern. The faded design style is filled in random pieces with an ombre thread of similar tones, mostly yellow, orange, pink, and red. Four vertical green vines fall between the pineapples. The hoop is painted green and sponge-painted pink, yellow, and orange.
January 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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"Birbwatching" -2021 🐦✨️

Doing these patterns really inspires one to become a birder, fr.

In embroidery, it feels like the bird is watching you a lil', huh? 🤭

#embroidery #handembroidery #handmade #birder #birdwatching #stitchsky #craftsky #birb
An embroidery hoop with a white background displaying a blue bird on a branch with pink flowers. The bird has an orange tuft chest and a white underbelly, with a black/grey accent on the back. The branch has light green leaves. The hoop is painted blue with a glitter topcoat. A close-up side view of the hoop to highlight the texture but also to show the matching pink flowers on the edge to match the foliage on the branches the bird sits upon. An embroidery hoop with a white background displaying a blue bird on a branch with pink flowers. The bird has an orange tuft chest and a white underbelly, with a black/grey accent on the back. The branch has light green leaves. The hoop is painted blue with a glitter topcoat.
January 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Mothman 🪰
Cthulu 🐙
Robot 🤖
Alien 👽
BFFs! 🫂✨️

Really on a kick of patterns from Creepy Creatures and Cryptids by Rikki Gustafson. Highly recommend these adorable friends!

#crochet #handmade #cthulu #mothman #robot #alien #cute #amigurumi #craftsky #beginner #progress #cryptids
A crochet background of yellow ground and blue wall. To the left, a shorter black mothman with red eyes, pointed ears, wings, and stubby legs and arms. To the right, a purple cthulu with squid-like mouth protrusions and wings. A crochet background of yellow ground and blue wall. To the left, a grey robot with blue glitter joints at the arm, legs, and torso. He has a bolt on each side of the head where ears would be. To the right, and entirely blue glitter alien with large oval cut eyes on an oversized oval head.
January 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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"Maker" -2021

🎨🧶🪡

#embroidery #handembroidery #handmade #craftsky #hearts #glasses #beads #beading #maker #crafter
An embroidery hoop with a multicolored heart pattern fabric as the background (pink, purple, green, and blue). The word "maker" within an oval frame with beading is on the bottom. A painted pair of wooden glasses is stitched in the middle, and purple threading sits above with beads for a wrapper. The hoop is painted white and with glitter gloss. A close-up side view of the hoop to highlight texture and colors. An embroidery hoop with a multicolored heart pattern fabric as the background (pink, purple, green, and blue). The word "maker" within an oval frame with beading is on the bottom. A painted pair of wooden glasses is stitched in the middle, and purple threading sits above with beads for a wrapper. The hoop is painted white and with glitter gloss.
January 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Momma Ghost 👻 & The Batties 🦇

Chasing two ethereal toddlers that can phaseshift? I'd be exhausted, too. Can't you see it in her face? 😅

#crochet #halloween #handmade #ghost #bat #craftsky #keychain #cute
A larger crochet "momma" ghost with a smaller one sitting on her head and another upside-down on the matching chair. Four purple crochet bat keychains huddled up together. They have pink needlefelt cheeks and two small fangs each.
January 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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"Flutter-byes" -2022

🌿🦋✨️

#embroidery #handembroidery #handmade #stitchsky #butterfly #translucent
An embroidery hoop with a translucent background with butterflies, purples flowers, and some leaves on tiny branches. The butterflies are yellow, orange, peach, and teal with light brown bodies. The hoop is brushed with glitter. A close-up side view of the hoop to highlight the clear mesh background and the texture of the flora and fauna. An embroidery hoop with a translucent background with butterflies, purples flowers, and some leaves on tiny branches. The butterflies are yellow, orange, peach, and teal with light brown bodies. The hoop is brushed with glitter.
January 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Claire the Cactus and her rose 🌵🌹

My first attempt at using wire for a small flower. Tricky at first for me, but cute result! Definitely need a stronger weighted base if I make more plants with pots.

#crochet #handmade #amigurumi #craftsky #cactus #rose #artsky
A crochet rose and a crochet cactus side-by-side in front of a green and blue crochet backdrop. The rose is pink with a dark green stem. The cactus is a light green with a yellow flower askew on its head. The cactus is smirking because she knows how adorable she is, I think. For sure.
January 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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"Colorburst Cactus" -2021

🌵🏵✨️

#embroidery #handembroidery #cactus #watercolor #artsky #craftsky #handmade #art #mixedmedia #floral
An embroidery hoop with an off-white background has a potted cactus with a large flower at the top. The cactus & background are colored in with various markers and watercolors. The cactus and pot are loosely backstitched, while the flower is more intricately designed with a more thin thread count & details. A close-up of the flower at the top of the cactus for texture and detail. The center is in a wheel format, surrounded by French knots. From the center, the petals expand from dark burgundy, to red, to orange, and then pale yellow. An embroidery hoop with an off-white background has a potted cactus with a large flower at the top. The cactus & background are colored in with various markers and watercolors. The cactus and pot are loosely backstitched, while the flower is more intricately designed with a more thin thread count & details.
January 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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"Llama Always Said, ACAB." -2024

🦙✨️💫
🚔💙💰

#embroidery #handembroidery #artispolitical #acab #capitalism #colonialism #llama #sequin #art #handmade
An embroidery hoop with a pattern of white-fur llamas with various decorative adornments on a light teal background. There are also some plants and cacti in the pattern. The words "Police exist to protect capital, not you." is backstitched in a sienna brown to seem like a llama is saying it. Sequins are placed throughout the design to make the dags pop. The hoop is painted gold. A close-up side view of the embroidery to highlight the raised text and sequin textures. An embroidery hoop with a pattern of white-fur llamas with various decorative adornments on a light teal background. There are also some plants and cacti in the pattern. The words "Police exist to protect capital, not you." is backstitched in a sienna brown to seem like a llama is saying it. Sequins are placed throughout the design to make the dags pop. The hoop is painted gold.
January 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Hypatia & Hermes, the Hippocampus duo 🌊💫🩷🩵

An addition to my RPG familiar bundles. A buddy, a dice bag, & a therapeutic lounge for your dice to rethink how they might roll better next time!

Don't jail dice, support them!

#crochet #handmade #dicebag #dice #rpg #d&d #hippocampus #familiar #therapy
The crochet hippocampus doll is a medium/light pink with a multicolored (blue, pink, white, and yellow) tail. Her hooves and nostrils are magenta, and her hair is of the same yarn as her tail. She stands tall on the right of frame with her arm resting on the dice bag. The dice bag, chair, and rug are the same main pink body color, and the fringe, pillow, and bag tie are the same multicolored yarn as her tail and hair. The top and bottom of the dice bag are the magenta of her hooves. The crochet hippocampus doll is a dark and pale teal blue with a multicolored (light cyan, white, gray, and blue) tail. His hooves and nostrils are gray, and his hair is of the same yarn as his tail. He stands tall on the right of frame with his arm resting on the dice bag. The dice bag and rug are the same main pale teal blue body color, and the fringe, pillow, and bag tie are the same multicolored yarn as his tail and hair. The top and bottom of the dice bag, as well as the chair, are the gray of his hooves.
January 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Untitled florals -2021

Love me some French knots 💖🪡✨️

#embroidery #handembroidery #floral #roses #handmade #Frenchknot
A floral embroidery on a white background with red, pink, peach, and white flowers. The leaves are a dark olive green and a dark but kind of pale blue. The hoop is painted a light olive green to match the French knots throughout the bouquet. A close-up side view of the hoop to highlight the varying levels of threading and textures. A floral embroidery on a white background with red, pink, peach, and white flowers. The leaves are a dark olive green and a dark but kind of pale blue. The hoop is painted a light olive green to match the French knots throughout the bouquet.
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Barnabas and Babs, the Ogres ✨️

These are my TTRPG familiar bundles: a buddy, a dice bag, and a 'therapy chair' (+pillow/rug) for when your dice make poor decisions and they need to think about what they did.

Don't put them in a dungeon, let them work it out!

#d&d #dice #dicebag #ogre #therapy
An ogre crochet doll sits to the right of a dice bag, a chair with a pillow, and a rug. His arm rests on the bag. The ogre is made with multicolored green/orange/tan/white bodytone, has brown shorts, and has two small white teeth poking out from his lower lip. He was downward angled ears. The chair, rug, and bag use the same bodytone color as Barnabas as it's main color as well. There are accents on the bag matching his brown shorts, and all three accessories have soft, fuzzy brown yarn for the pillow, fringe, and bag tie. An ogre crochet doll sits to the right of a dice bag, a chair with a pillow, and a rug. Her arm rests on the bag. The ogre is made with a white/gray/pink/red bodytone, has purple shorts, and has two small white teeth poking out from her lower lip. She has downward angled ears. The chair, rug, and bag use the same bodytone color as Babs as it's main color as well. There are accents on the bag, rug, and pillow matching her purple shorts, and the bag and rug have soft, fuzzy white yarn speckled with purple and teal.
January 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Just two lil' girlie's, hangin' out 👩🏾‍🤝‍👩🏼💖

These two were among my first Weebee dolls (as a body-base), and I *cannot* recommend the pattern enough! Those lil' hands! Simple & cute!

Laura Tegg made the Weebee patterns I use a lot:
www.weebeedolls.com/free

#crochet #needlefelt #dolls #toys #weebee
Two crochet dolls stand side-by-side in front of a teal and white patterned background. The doll on the left has medium-length black hair in box braids and pink needlefelt cheeks on a medium brown bodytone. She has a yellow dress and a matching black and yellow necklace and bracelet. The doll on the right has long red hair and a light beige bodytone. She is wearing a pale pink dress with pink and purple flowers along the bottom hem and a matching headband holding her hair back. Two crochet dolls stand side-by-side in front of a yeal and white patterned background. They are facing away with their backs to the camera to show all-around detail. The doll on the left has medium-length black hair in box braids and pink needlefelt cheeks on a medium brown bodytone. She has a yellow dress and a matching black and yellow necklace and bracelet. The doll on the right has long red hair and a light beige bodytone. She is wearing a pale pink dress with pink and purple flowers along the bottom hem, and a matching headband holding her hair back.
January 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM