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Mary Aileen
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Retired librarian, crafter, glass-wearing reading geek.
She/her, mostly ace.
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These two paws are the same size.
two light gray stuffed animal paws. the one on the left is so fluffy that it looks round. the one on the right hasn't been turned right-side out yet, so that the fluff is still hidden on the inside; that one looks a bit shorter and much narrower, and is clearly longer than it is wide.
November 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Quote post with your favorite thing you’ve made lately!
cross stitch of stylized versions of the first three Doctors Who
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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The pattern started out as a "Mayhaps"; here are a few examples.
spherical plush with yellow and orange fur, small black eyes, and blobby feet side view of the previous critter showing that it has felt spines down its back and tail, alternating orange and yellow. spherical plush critter with a triangular tail, felt spines down its back, blobby front feet, and little beady eyes. the fur is bright fuchsia with black tiger stripes. the spines are alternating black and fuchsia. spherical plush critter in red fur with black cow spots. it has little beady eyes and blobby front feet. red and black felt spines are barely visible down its back.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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The pattern is evolving! Meet Dino-Kitty, first of a new species.
Front view of a spherical cat-like plush critter, with light gray fur, green cat eyes, two cat ears, and little feet. Also white whiskers. Side view of a cat-like plush critter with a spherical head/body and a short triangular tail with felt spines down its back and tail. it has whiskers below its eyes, cat ears, and two front feet.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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more Halloween decorations
small ceramic jack-o-lantern in a window, lit by an electric tea light. the lid is missing, because it fell and broke a few weeks ago. gray metal jack-o-lantern in front of a brick wall between two garage doors. it is lit my an actual pillar candle, that hopefully won't blow out in tonight's high winds.
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Easiest craft ever: bottle stoppers with little resin animals
three metal wine-bottle stoppers with colored crystals on top, and little resin animals on top of the crystals. left to right: yellow crystal with brown capybara, clear uncolored crystal with frosted white spider with pinkish stripes, pink crystal with a pink unicorn somewhat fuzzy closeup of the spider on top of the clear crystal. it has googley eyes and pale red stripes around its head and body.
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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monster keychain
bright green key ring with a monster hanging from it. the monster is made of light green, fuzzy beads with a solid red bead for a mouth. it has large orange googley eyes and a red felt tongue.
October 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Halloween decorations
garage door with a black silhouette of a raven on a witch's hat. also pumpkins and other seasonal window clings (hard to see) garage door with an orange silhouette of a jack o' lantern on it. also pumpkins and gnomes and other seasonal window clings (hard to see)
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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If you see this post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.
Count von Count from Sesame Street
October 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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For my latest stuffed animal project, the first in over a year, I defragged a zebra.

(This is an age test. Anyone much younger than I am probably won't get it.)
stuffed animal in the shape of a zebra. instead of being striped, the colors have been sorted, white in the front (head, neck, ears, mane, front legs, torso) and black in the back (hindquarters, back legs, tail).
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
Muppets Beaker and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Sharkspeare* cleaning up the beach a few years ago
person in an inflatable shark costume standing on a white sand beach with a gripper claw and a trash bag
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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groan
You've heard of Elf [on] the Shelf, but get ready for (image of a small plastic skeleton lying on top of a cup of gelatin)
October 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Baker & Taylor
tote bag illustrated with dressed-up cat faces with identifying initials on their collars. what's your book mood? science fiction: goggles (B). romance: rose and heart (T). mystery: magnifying glass and deerstalker cap (B). history: scarf and warm hat (T). biography: Abraham Lincoln hat and beard (B).
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Baker & Taylor
middle-aged librarian with mask and con badges standing between a pair of anthropomorphic Scottish Fold cats, one gray and white, the other brown and white
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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cartoon of a kiwi bird: a bit lost, over-tired, crying a lot, AND HANDLIN IT
October 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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drawing of a cat curled up, with stardust around it. caption: you are doing enough. It's going to be okay.
October 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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A painting I did last winter and just unearthed.
acrylic painting of three lighted, dark navy pillar candles against a black background. This is greenery and fruit around their bases: three oranges and two lemons.
September 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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winter holiday angels
3 paint-your-own little ceramic angels. one is in blue, with a six-pointed star on her chest in white and white dots around the lower part of her dress; she is blonde and blue-eyed with pale skin. the second is wearing red, with a yellow five-pointed star and yellow dots; she dark-skinned with dark brown hair and eyes. the third is wearing green, with a yellow star and red dots; her skin is golden brown, and she has medium-brown hair and eyes.
September 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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So very relatable.
(If I can't find out where to buy this shirt, I may have to make one.)
t-shirt. LET ME GUESS. boxes checked for +my labs are normal +I should lose weight +I need to drink water +I might have anxiety
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Jellyfish cross stitch!

No one but me will ever notice the oopsie on one of the tentacles.
small cross stitched jellyfish, in shades of pale lavender on navy aida cloth. the six tentacles are three different colors of floss, although it hardly shows.
September 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Newest cross stitch!
18-count aida cloth is Too Damn Small
small cross stitched lighthouse in a white frame. the lighthouse is striped red and white, standing on a cliff in two shades of brown, overlooking a sea in two shades of blue. there are puffy blue clouds outlined in blue backstitching, and three stylized birds flying in the sky
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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No kidding
flyer: Now hiring postal inspectors. application window: Sept 8 - Sept 17, 2025. Positions available nationwide. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is an equal opportunity employer (image of three people in suits: Black man, white woman, white man)
September 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Cross stitch narwhal!
2" wide cross stitch of a rather cute narwhal. it is blue with white underbody and horn, plus a black eye and a pink blush on its cheek. the aida cloth background is black, and it's in a white hoop.
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Finally finished the backstitching on this cross stitch that's been languishing since October when I started packing to move.
cross stitch with stylized images of the first three Doctors Who
August 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM