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Elin & Sparkle on Graphics
@sparkleongraphics.ca
✨️ Storyteller ✨️Shoemaker ✨️ Nerd
🏳️‍🌈 Swedish Tornedalian on Turtle Island, Treaty 6 🇨🇦

How do you tell a story to change the world?

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Vårvinter. Spring winter. Thats what we call February/March in Tornevalley. Lots of snow but also lots of clear blue sky and sunshine.
When the spring wind starts to blow we hang salted reindeer meat to airdry under our roof ledge. Most put chicken wire around to keep birds out.
pic of Alberta +10°c
February 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Anyone knows who designed this poster? I tried to find out but no luck.

The art gallery of Alberta is showing the movie now during black history month and I posted about it on Camrose Arts Society's social media.
I shared the poster today and asked our artists to do their own portrait
February 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It is the year of the Wood Snake and a Tornedalian cat lady is finding her voice on the northern prairies of Turtle Island.

She's starting small:

2 reasons I like bluesky.
The butterfly icon is cute when I have a notification, and the alt text makes sure content is accessible for everyone.
February 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Epic dream life: When you get to work with art, other artists and geek out about all of it + techstuff with your co-worker 😁 and have funny conversations.

I finished the poster for our upcoming event is done, and is Jess getting details figured out - it's going to be so awesome!
February 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Making the graphic for my pewter bracelets that my grandmother's sister taught me how to make had me thinking of home. It wasn't the only reason

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February 3, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Before moving to Canada from Sweden I knew very little about Canada and its history. In school the main focus was the US and its history. Even now after almost a decade in Canada I know very little about black history in Canada and Alberta.

It's time to change that. I will share what I learn
February 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I've been tinkering with my website, trying to make it my homebase rather than meta apps. I like my blog setup now.

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All sales from my shop goes to fund my trip home to Sweden. I haven't been since 2016 and got notice the storage needs to be emptied.
January 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Growing up in northern Sweden my mom put me on skiis as soon as I could walk. Winter is my favourite season!
I now live in Canada and today my kiddo did their first ski race, only the 4th time skiing but did so good! Went around the 1.5km with a big grin & shouted "good job" to everyone that passed
January 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
How is learning chinese going?
Tried to say the weather is warmer, google translate the subtitles told me my pronunciation needs work lol 😂😬🙈
January 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It's-32 outside, -38 with windchill. It's funny I have experienced more -40 weather in central Alberta, Canada than living in northern Sweden by the arctic circle 😬 Inferno is upset that I'm not letting her outside.
I love winter but today I'll stay indoors and finish this leather hat.
January 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I made these as my graduating project at the shoemaker education in Sweden in January 2016 and now 2025 i have been in Canada 9 years and wore these 3 seasons out of 4. They're a bit too warm in summer.

I have found my way back to leatherwork and I'm working on making these shoes here.
January 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I belong to a minority population in Sweden called Tornedalians (swe: tornedaling), we have our own language, meänkieli, and flag. In Norway we are known as kven (swe: kvän)
January 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Too funny! A welcome to red note video went viral on TikTok 430k likes or something like that and everyone thought he was the CEO of red note. Turns out he was not

#xiaohongshu #rednote
January 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I hopped on there, too, even tho I'm living in Canada 😁 love the humor and the Luigi fan art and the memes
January 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I co-hosted Camrose Sketch club today - it was such a great afternoon with all kinds of art related conversations. I love when I get to Nerd out about things I love 😁

The walk there was so pretty, I love the look of the older houses
January 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As an elder millennial, fb and IG have been my go-to.
I'm an artist and disabled and just starting to build my business because I can't find a job that works for my body. But how do I do this without fb and ig?
This is what I have so far
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January 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How do you tell a story where everyone and everything are Main Characters?

Digital drawing photoshop & wacom tablet
January 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM