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Winterheart
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Crafter, Skill Collector, WoW classic /SoD/Anniversary player, oh and political snowflake. she/her

Expanding into substack for my crafting tutorials. So come check me out there: https://winterheartcrafting.substack.com/
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Was walking to school yesterday and noticed this leaf with the green still between the veins. I didn't have time to stop but I looked for it on the way home and it was joined by these 3 friends. Today's #BeautifulThings are Fall leaves on the Sidewalk.
Yellow autumn leaves a large and small maple like shape and a 2 of the fat but pointy variety. The interesting thing is that the round fat ones have a dark green between all the veins except right at the edge. All on a varigated grey background of roughly squarish cobblestones.
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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'The Welcoming Glow: Portals and Hearths' tutorial out now.
My Cosy Fairy Room build on Substack has progressed to the installation phase. The fireplace & front door and the floor is getting stained.
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#fairies #Miniatures #Crafting 🧶
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Close up picture of a full painted fairy door. It comes to a jaunty pointy top and is painted a wonderful pumpkin colours. The door frame is wide and follows the curve of the door. It’s painted a chocolaty brown and to either side has a few autumn leaves hand painted on. The door handle is a straight twig and the hinges are lyrically curved making a stark almost viny pattern against the door. If you had subscribed last week you would know how to make this. But if you want to learn how to install it in a Cosy Fairy Room, the tutorial link in the post will enlighten you. Top down view of a Miniature Fairy Room just getting its act together. A parquet floor has been laid but it’s bare wood. There is an obvious hearth shape blank on the floor where the fireplace is missing and the wainscoting area of the wall is merely black. There is pretty wall paper of a mottled green leaf motif with larger copper leaves throughout. On the right hand wall is the hint of a black outline that might be a door. If you want to find out how it got this way and what the next steps are, follow the link in the post to my tutorial and all its secrets will be yours.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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'Whimsical Walls and Weaving Parquet Patterns' tutorial out now; as I continue my Cosy Fairy Room build on Substack.
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A smallish piece of scrapbook paper in a mottled green with a copper leaf motif laying on a purple cutting mat, a hand holding a black pen is pointing out a yellow dashing line superimposed on the paper. Why is that? What could it possibly be signifying? Might be a good miniature wallpapering tutorial that is linked in the post - I’d go check it out if I were you. A mysterious black painted miniature floor. On it a row of short boards in groups of three. Each section alternates directions. Further into the floor is a squiggle of glue delineating the next row of boards and a giant hand with a paint brush artistically is smearing the glue. This looks like a picture lifted from a really good tutorial, good thing it’s link above and you can find out all about this project there.
November 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Being good and getting my Deutsch homework done first before playing with my crafting.
Focused on a black cup of coffee next to an open German language workbook. All of this sits on what is obviously a craft table - large purple cutting mat, various glue bottles in the background and what might be yarn and a emery board directly around the cup area. Yup, small spaces serving 2 masters.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Design talk and testing in prep for tomorrows tutorial out now.
As I continue my Cosy Fairy Room build on Substack.
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Several pictures. One of a piece of cardboard stripped to the coorugation and being rubbed clean with a coffee stirrer, sitting on a brown piece of craft paper with a tube of brown paint near by. Another with the corrugation painted a yellowish brown, brown, white and unpainted. Then 2 smaller pictures - 1 of blob of white paint, smaller dot of tan and some dirty reddish brown tinted water (from a paint brush cleaning jar at hand). then a shot of the mixed colour which is an exciting dark mustard tan. And the thrills are just beginning - subscribe :-P a bright pumpkin orange fairy door propped up against a wall papered in a greeny-blue wallpaper with a leaf motif. The floor is cardboard and next to the door is a piece of cardboard with several small twigs clipped to it by 2 purple clips holding another strip of cardboard to keep the twigs upright. If you want a clue as to why this is happening, spoilers, I explain it in my substack.
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Timeline brain cleanse #cats
Seen on substack - sweater weather
Cat face peaking out of the middle of a stack of colourful cable knit sweaters.
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Throwing Rugs and Slamming Doors
Tumult of Autumn Leaves and Creativity Visits the Fairy Room, Ep 4.3. is now live with a bonus tutorial on how to make these cute miniature braided rugs.
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New Episode every weekend, no sub fee, come check it out 💙
Miniature Fairy room in process of being constructed. Carboard walls are visiable with some scrapbook paper up against the walls and a stone fireplace against the back wall. A bare plank door with cardboard frame is being held up against the wall with a toothpick and clip at the top. A dark wood step is directly in front of the door. And in the center of the room is a bright yellow, red and brown braided rug.
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Little things count! A smile, a kind word, a little helping hand. Opening the window today to catch some of the fresh Autumn air these little pine cones greeted me. Today's #BeautifulThings right under my nose. Wishing you calm amidst the storm.
Close up shot of two clumps of very tiny pine cones nestled in the deep green of a conifer.
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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This weekend focusing on the fairy room door and finishing the fireplace. Hit the subscribe button at the bottom of the article to be sure to get the whole episode parts 1,2 & 3 delivered directly to you. Full Tutorials and no subscription fees. #Miniatures 🧶
Fairy door made out of coffee stirrers glued together with a paper trace out of a fancy hinge laying on top A cardboard arch meant to fit over the previous fairy door currently being decoupaged with plain brown packing paper. There is a small container of glue and you can see someone's hand holding a paint brush dabbing paste onto the project.
November 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Seen on substack and just had to share...
/wicked grin
White block over the main portion of a painting of a round faced woman with flowers in her hair and large pearl drop earring and a thin gold chain acroos her forehead set with a green gem, obviously some Renaissance painting. In the block in black letters read, "Why does everyone force introverts to leave their comfort zone, but no one forces extrovert to shut up for a while?"
October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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We're in a full fall leaf rain. But last weekend the tree were just turning & I had to take a picture as we were leaving the #NoKings protest in Berlin. Amazing Linden trees! I never knew they turned from the outside in like this. Just a wonder of nature and today's #BeautifulThings
A shot up into the canopy of a linden tree where the heart shaped leaves are edged in autumnal red, then a brilliant yellow and the heart of the leaves are a deep green.
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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I'm very torn up about what is happening to America. I'm also very invested to #Resist that change in all the non-violent ways possible. But one also needs to take care of ones emotional/mental wellbeing. I do that by #crafting I'm currently away from my craft room so with everything going on... 1/5
A small rectangular folding table crowded with crafting supplies. There is a purple cutting mat (my first ever!) in the center with a lamp, an under construction miniature fireplace, a cardboard miniature room box with a window cut into & measurements on the wall Scissors, rotary cutter pencils, craft stick - on the right a set of acrylic paints is open with a palette sitting on top. In the back glue bottles & egg carton, packing paper covering a bag of craft twigs, a quilters ruler and some look at these tiny things glasses. With all this I will change the world!
October 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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I'm confused I though we were well funded, had professional printed signed handed out to us as we were bused in which evidently in only the case when they are trying to stir up fear. But when they are worried because we march in the millions, we're just lonely people with our homemade signs.
young woman holding up a sign which reads: Thanks Trump you turned me into an activist.
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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More Berlin #NoKings Pictures - #Resist #CourageIsContagious #Protest Hosted by American Voices Abroad #AVA-Berlin 2/2
Crowd of people holding homemade signs, listening to a speaker out in front of the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany Man in a plumbed out nude unitard and a presidential mask. He's wearing a crown and holding a scepter, has a long red necktie that hangs down past where 2 walnuts are tied into his suit and a little Vienna Sausage. Posing for the re-enactment of the Emperor's New Clothes. All in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany Man wearing a bright green froggy hat holding a sign, "American Amphibians Abroad" Crowd of people holding homemade signs, listening to a speaker out in front of the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany Crowd of people holding homemade signs, listening to a speaker out in front of the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany -
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Friendly #NoKings protest outside the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany. We have the Frog & Tyrannosaurus-san-rex (wonam in front has a baby on her chest who is giggling over them). And Bubbles! #50501 #Indivisible @maddow.msnbc.com. #Resist #CourageIsContagious #Protest 1/2
Person in a Frog Blow up costume and a person in a T-rex blow up costume with a lady in a large puffy coat which obscures the baby being entertained by the two costumed people. Young man with a rope with loops on it making a barrage of bubble which a gaggle of children are chasing around.
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Saturday is coming soon. I hope you have your plan in place. Find a protest buddy. Leave your phone at home if you can or shut it off completely while you are at the protest and WEAR YELLOW if you can to show your solidarity with protests across the nation. #NoKings #Resist
October 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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I was looking for something little different for tonight's #BeautifulThings looking thru my own photos I found a misplaced gem in very old vaca stuff. 2 picts the moral is sometimes you go places & see great things, sometimes you notice the great things around you. Guess which made me smile the most
7 moai statues in the morning sun casting long shadows, 4 still have their red caps on one without a cap stone and 2 broken. Barren brown hillside in the background and sandy foreground. Young child caught mid-air bouncing on a trampolene with long hair flying around their head. Red shirt, tan cargo shorts and bare feet with lush green lawn and trees as a backdrop on a summer day.
September 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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"Every Democratic leader in America immediately condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah. Still waiting on Trump to condemn the June assassination of Democratic Representative in Minnesota."
September 11, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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So happy to see people making their voices heard! Peaceful protest inform, gather support & tell the world we are not taking this laying down. This is a great sign I saw in another post out of #Austin #TeslaTakeDown People are out there all the time. What are you doing?
A posterboard sign held up next to the street on a clear day. Sign reads: What would your sign say? Join us Saturdays 11am.
August 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Acknowledge the past, Build for the future, AND Honor Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. I believe it can be the American Way because we all have a dream.
“Juneteenth Freedom Day” white letters on a golden yellow background with the dry-brush stripes of red, black, & green turning into doves.
June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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An FYI Post: Here is some fact check protest safety info in a convenient form for all the newly upstanding.

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June 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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People still arriving when this introvert reached her crowd limit. Lastest total turn out numbers in the US are 8.3 million. Everyone body counts; we will not be denied.
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Packing them in if front of the Bellingham City Hall - no sure who was speaking but she was good!
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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This is maybe a third of the crowd when I arrived.
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Attending the #NoKings Protest in Bellingham, WA. Everyone is posting signs. Here's no that's important. Published with permission of course. @maddow.msnbc.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM