Emma Mitchell
@silverpebble2.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling author: how nature & craft improve #mentalhealth |
BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD 🏳️🌈| Agent: Juliet Pickering
BBC Springwatch | Etsy (silverpebble)| Creative & mental health workshops #AuDHD 🏳️🌈| Agent: Juliet Pickering
Daughter climbing a huge ancient willow tree earlier👇🏼.
Her: ‘This could be our tree’
Me: ‘I think it already is.’
We took a blanket & sat in our willow nest till an hour after sunset, ate chocolate in its branches and made eachother wreath bracelets from two of its slenderest twigs. 🌿
Her: ‘This could be our tree’
Me: ‘I think it already is.’
We took a blanket & sat in our willow nest till an hour after sunset, ate chocolate in its branches and made eachother wreath bracelets from two of its slenderest twigs. 🌿
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Daughter climbing a huge ancient willow tree earlier👇🏼.
Her: ‘This could be our tree’
Me: ‘I think it already is.’
We took a blanket & sat in our willow nest till an hour after sunset, ate chocolate in its branches and made eachother wreath bracelets from two of its slenderest twigs. 🌿
Her: ‘This could be our tree’
Me: ‘I think it already is.’
We took a blanket & sat in our willow nest till an hour after sunset, ate chocolate in its branches and made eachother wreath bracelets from two of its slenderest twigs. 🌿
Berry palette, November.
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Berry palette, November.
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
Last chance to join my small museums & mental health w'shop tomorrow.
I'll teach you the recent neuroscientific evidence that these activities *really* benefit our brains,making us far more resilient to stress
We'll also make arrangements like this together👇
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
I'll teach you the recent neuroscientific evidence that these activities *really* benefit our brains,making us far more resilient to stress
We'll also make arrangements like this together👇
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Last chance to join my small museums & mental health w'shop tomorrow.
I'll teach you the recent neuroscientific evidence that these activities *really* benefit our brains,making us far more resilient to stress
We'll also make arrangements like this together👇
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
I'll teach you the recent neuroscientific evidence that these activities *really* benefit our brains,making us far more resilient to stress
We'll also make arrangements like this together👇
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
It's been a v rough year for me with a full breakdown & trying to get back on my feet financially since then. If you come across this post it would help me *so much* if you could retweet my post above👆 about my Etsy shop-it will put the things I make in front of more eyes. Thankyou 🌿
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's been a v rough year for me with a full breakdown & trying to get back on my feet financially since then. If you come across this post it would help me *so much* if you could retweet my post above👆 about my Etsy shop-it will put the things I make in front of more eyes. Thankyou 🌿
Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Winter-flowering cherry, Prunus subhirtella, just coming in to bloom
04.11.25:
04.11.25:
November 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Winter-flowering cherry, Prunus subhirtella, just coming in to bloom
04.11.25:
04.11.25:
Last few spaces on my small museums & mental health w'shop this Sat 8 Nov
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
November 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Last few spaces on my small museums & mental health w'shop this Sat 8 Nov
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
I'll teach you neuroscience of how Tetris,Lego & arranging collections like this👇 help our brains deal with stress & lift mood;we'll make small museums together.
Also:30% off my Etsy:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/copy...
Sometimes I have to bring a bit of science to the utter cobblers posted on social media. Just a bit. This person thinks nowt collides with earth. Um…
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sometimes I have to bring a bit of science to the utter cobblers posted on social media. Just a bit. This person thinks nowt collides with earth. Um…
Around half of my Victorian ink bottle creative kits have now sold.
Kits include a booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health, tiny dried flower posy in a handprinted gift box.
Dispatches in time for🌲-I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Kits include a booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health, tiny dried flower posy in a handprinted gift box.
Dispatches in time for🌲-I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Around half of my Victorian ink bottle creative kits have now sold.
Kits include a booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health, tiny dried flower posy in a handprinted gift box.
Dispatches in time for🌲-I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Kits include a booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health, tiny dried flower posy in a handprinted gift box.
Dispatches in time for🌲-I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Shifting gears to something more positive about autism-when my thoughts are v. noisy, angsty & low I arrange small good things neatly as mental medicine. It really relaxes my brain & it turns out the resulting photos also relax the brains of those look at them.
An example, in case anxiety's lurking:
An example, in case anxiety's lurking:
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Shifting gears to something more positive about autism-when my thoughts are v. noisy, angsty & low I arrange small good things neatly as mental medicine. It really relaxes my brain & it turns out the resulting photos also relax the brains of those look at them.
An example, in case anxiety's lurking:
An example, in case anxiety's lurking:
Just a reminder that questioning or negating a person's autism diagnosis,especially that of a woman*:
1 invalidates that person's lived experience-something that's has been shown to worsen a person's mental health
2 stigmatises what is a neurodevelopmental disability that they've had from birth 1/2
1 invalidates that person's lived experience-something that's has been shown to worsen a person's mental health
2 stigmatises what is a neurodevelopmental disability that they've had from birth 1/2
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Just a reminder that questioning or negating a person's autism diagnosis,especially that of a woman*:
1 invalidates that person's lived experience-something that's has been shown to worsen a person's mental health
2 stigmatises what is a neurodevelopmental disability that they've had from birth 1/2
1 invalidates that person's lived experience-something that's has been shown to worsen a person's mental health
2 stigmatises what is a neurodevelopmental disability that they've had from birth 1/2
Research shows that watching footage of animals we find cute is relaxing.
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Research shows that watching footage of animals we find cute is relaxing.
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
Fat squirrel week has just taken place. Chunkosaurus Rex 🐿️👀beat stiff competition, including the extremely beefy Bingus (👀) & indisputable nut-nibbling rotund unit Chunk Norris to claim the title.
Important: www.instagram.com/reel/DQXvMJ2...
Important: www.instagram.com/reel/DQXvMJ2...
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fat squirrel week has just taken place. Chunkosaurus Rex 🐿️👀beat stiff competition, including the extremely beefy Bingus (👀) & indisputable nut-nibbling rotund unit Chunk Norris to claim the title.
Important: www.instagram.com/reel/DQXvMJ2...
Important: www.instagram.com/reel/DQXvMJ2...
No matter how broken & tired your brain may feel you’re a valuable human.
I’m saying this to myself as well as you 🌿
I’m saying this to myself as well as you 🌿
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
No matter how broken & tired your brain may feel you’re a valuable human.
I’m saying this to myself as well as you 🌿
I’m saying this to myself as well as you 🌿
There are still some v collectible Victorian ink bottle posy kits in my shop:cobalt blues, jellies, Derby pyramid & a little Windsor & Newton ink pyramid. These kits make 💯 presents (if you’re in the US these bottles cost…a pretty penny👀). I ship anywhere in time for 🌲
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There are still some v collectible Victorian ink bottle posy kits in my shop:cobalt blues, jellies, Derby pyramid & a little Windsor & Newton ink pyramid. These kits make 💯 presents (if you’re in the US these bottles cost…a pretty penny👀). I ship anywhere in time for 🌲
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
Kerivoula picta, the painted bat, looks like a figment of Halloween's imagination, but is real. Very sadly they're endangered, but the fact they exist is a pretty magical thing to think about today: www.batcon.org/bat/kerivoul...
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Kerivoula picta, the painted bat, looks like a figment of Halloween's imagination, but is real. Very sadly they're endangered, but the fact they exist is a pretty magical thing to think about today: www.batcon.org/bat/kerivoul...
👆This collection of Victorian ink bottle kits in my Etsy shop includes some beautiful cobalt blues,a little embossed Windsor & Newton ink bottle & very collectible 'jelly' ink bottles.
It would be *so* great if you could RT my post above about my mental health kits.-they make really great gifts for🌲
It would be *so* great if you could RT my post above about my mental health kits.-they make really great gifts for🌲
October 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
👆This collection of Victorian ink bottle kits in my Etsy shop includes some beautiful cobalt blues,a little embossed Windsor & Newton ink bottle & very collectible 'jelly' ink bottles.
It would be *so* great if you could RT my post above about my mental health kits.-they make really great gifts for🌲
It would be *so* great if you could RT my post above about my mental health kits.-they make really great gifts for🌲
My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Sometimes I come across photos in my camera roll that make my heart hurt bc these little people are now young adults but it also makes me glad that I recorded these small good things. This is from 2016:
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Sometimes I come across photos in my camera roll that make my heart hurt bc these little people are now young adults but it also makes me glad that I recorded these small good things. This is from 2016:
11 of the Victorian ink bottle kits I posted about yday have sold but I've a few I'll be listing in my Etsy shop at 8.30pm this eve👇.
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
11 of the Victorian ink bottle kits I posted about yday have sold but I've a few I'll be listing in my Etsy shop at 8.30pm this eve👇.
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Kits incl a booklet I've written on how creative activity improves mental health+dried flower posy+giftbox.
I ship anywhere,incl the US: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
If you’re struggling with uncertainty, low mood, struggling to like yourself today or are just exhausted & overwhelmed by everything, hey, me too, you’re not alone-this photo’s for you and your brain. Sending love 🌿
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If you’re struggling with uncertainty, low mood, struggling to like yourself today or are just exhausted & overwhelmed by everything, hey, me too, you’re not alone-this photo’s for you and your brain. Sending love 🌿
5 of these Victorian ink bottles now reserved but still 9 left.Each comes in a creative & mental health kit-kit booklet contains recent academic findings on how creative activity is like taking 3 mental health meds.
Click 'contact' at the top of my etsy to reserve one: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Click 'contact' at the top of my etsy to reserve one: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
October 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
5 of these Victorian ink bottles now reserved but still 9 left.Each comes in a creative & mental health kit-kit booklet contains recent academic findings on how creative activity is like taking 3 mental health meds.
Click 'contact' at the top of my etsy to reserve one: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Click 'contact' at the top of my etsy to reserve one: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Oh my goodness of course!- maybe you missed the instructions for messaging me in the 1st post above...Click over to my Etsy page in the link I'm including here in this post & click the 💬contact button at top of page.You can message me there whether my shop's open or not:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Oh my goodness of course!- maybe you missed the instructions for messaging me in the 1st post above...Click over to my Etsy page in the link I'm including here in this post & click the 💬contact button at top of page.You can message me there whether my shop's open or not:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...