🕯️🎀 Stefhof de Pieten 🔔🎄
thepolishartist.bsky.social
🕯️🎀 Stefhof de Pieten 🔔🎄
@thepolishartist.bsky.social
EST. '92 | Slav | Pan/Demi | I'm just a conceptual artist w/ an ongoing experience in the local musical arts. Working on Het Drostes. Pfp by Teevz

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Not doing +ALTs on all of this but the sea green-like gemstone is pure Amazonite, probably my favorite of all the purchases, even if containing lead, it's safe to handle from what I've read.

There's more I got but are rather gifts and stocking stuffers so I wanted to get those delivered right away.
December 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
2 weeks later into Advent and here's my Chicago trip haul!

(Meant to post it soon afterwards but whatever)
December 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
In the Netherlands and Belgium, the Pieten takes the place of elves as Sinterklaas' helpers, known for their Renaissance-style page outfits and feathered berets, along with chocolate letters given out that're to represent the child's first initial, they also delivered toys too.

#SaintNicholasDay
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It's the feast of Saint Nicholas, also known as "Sinterklaas" in The Netherlands where he comes over from Spain on steamboat with his helpers the Pieten where they bring sweets like chocolate letters in exchange of carrots inside shoes for the white horse

watching Trippel Trappel for the occasion
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
December 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Digimon
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
UPDATE: what the hell am I doing with my life?

(On the flip side, I won't get charged until it ships in September)
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I guess it's that time of the year again. The second time now I had to be put through a queue when opening up a new page onto the site.

First time was over an hour and a half wait.

#Pokemon
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's beyond tiring at this point.
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here's some downtown shots of Chicago I took while strolling through the area some days ago.
November 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Trip is coming to a close.

Me and Dooly are fairly pooped out.

#popmart
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Chandelier at the Shedd Aquarium.

It was a kind administrative worker that came up to me and shared a story on these lights. According to her, they were purposely built to have shades but because the aquarium was first in the city to boost electric light in 1930, they left them off.

#neoclassicism
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I want to say,

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey is initially and in true spirit a Thanksgiving movie.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Watching Ne Zha 2 again,

it's so, so good.
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Twinkle Twinkle

This is the only one I care for the most. I ended up purchasing some things from this section of the store.
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Pop Mart store had my eyes on them, few of these I know of. Again, there's Twinkle Twinkle as well as Dimoo and Crybabies I think, all IPs under the Pop Mart brand, the rest I never heard of.
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I must've seen at least 4 or more people with Labubu keychains clinging onto their backpacks, not surprising...

I had Dooly with me again as my personal backpack so I guess I'm just as much as that type of "consoomer" to be attracted in walking in a place like this as they are.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I had to get a picture of the Labubu statue,

even if I'm more of a Twinkle Twinkle person myself.
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Went shopping into a Pop Mart!

First time shopping at Michigan Ave's "Magnificent Mile".
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Saw this the other day at the Shedd store and, you got to be kidding me.
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM