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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · 1d

A closer-up shot of one of my new favourites for this season. I'm going to try to photograph them all as I card them and schedule a bunch of posts. I'm so bad about sharing what I'm actually making, lol.

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · 15d

My Fall/Winter lineup for 2025 is short, but sweet. 😘

#showschedule #2025shows #schillustrations

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · 25d

You can find me at Stop 15 in La Grange at l'Acadie de Chezzetcook (79 Hill Road, West Chezzetcook) this Sunday from 10am-5pm for this year's Surfside Studio Tour! I'm sharing space with @muddysquirrelstudios, @jessedunleavy, and @chezcraftartisancrafts this year, come by and say hi!

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 23

Cheering you guys on from the east coast! Bell's booth is almost as ridiculous as calling the cops on a bunch of artists holding "no AI" signs

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 19

You can find me at IKEA with Dartmouth Makers for my last show of the summer this coming weekend! We'll be upstairs in the Community Room, which is next to the food court, and admission is free! Bide a While will be accepting donations at the entrance (vote cats vs dogs!!!)

11am - 4pm both days!

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yes! Sorry for the super late reply I forget bluesky exists half the time 😅. It's just Hookers Green, Iradinizone Brown, and a touch of ultramarine. And a random gold that was not labelled with any pigments or names so...hope it's not toxic! 🤞🤞🤞

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 7

It was such a good time in the spring that Sips & Sorcery and Propeller got together to make it happen for a summer version! We'll be in the lower part of the Arcade from 10am - 4pm on Saturday, August 16th! Admission is free if you just want to pop in to look around 🌈

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 5

A little sketch-painting I did in an attempt to simplify, both in the shapes/details and colours. This is mostly hunter green & imidazolone brown with tiny touches of ultramarine. My challenge is figuring out a way to get the gold to scan nicely, which you'd think I would know by now, haha

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 4

Another peek at a new notepad design, this one is the Frog Pond, which has already been introduced to the world as a sticky note. I just love these little froggies, I've also turned them into bookmarks! 💚 🐸 💚

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Aug 1

Little snippet of a new notepad design! ✨ I have a bunch of new notepad designs ready for this fall - some more nerdy designs, but also some froggies, lupines, and moths! I'm so happy that people are loving the notepads, they are a blast to make!

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 17

I know I've posted this original before but here it is again because I love it. Ever since I mentioned in a reel that the shape of it would make a nice ornament, I've had requests to follow through with that thought, so expect to see it added to the ornament lineup for 2025!

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 15

So, here's a red oak leaf bookmark in the making. I'm hoping to have enough designs completed by the time shows start back up again in the fall to fill a new display! I'm so happy that people are loving stationery like bookmarks and journals again, they're some of my favourite things to make!

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 15

A little WIP Wednesday on this Tuesday afternoon. It's stalled for a bit as I'm trying to fight off a migraine, 🤞 meds + guzzling water helps, haha.

I use oak leaves a lot in my art, and I've been switching through diff kinds of oak - I've never done red oak, which is the native species here.

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 15

I tried to make that sound like a joke, but I'm so tired it may have just passed through joke realm and into sad realm. I promise, i do like the making order from chaos that is weeding.

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 15

Entering a roughly 2 week period where every day is scheduled, lol. I've been REALLY embracing planning things out in detail this year & it is saving my sanity. I don't just plan out work, but also things like going out in the garden to weed, because even my rest has to be work of some kind I guess

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 14

The Stardew Valley Farmhouse and scroll through to see the painting I used for the backside of the charm version. I now wish I'd just painted the whole sky and mountains out in a square frame instead of to fit the odd silhouette of the Farmhouse, but it is what it is.

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 9

My plan this month is to finish mudding and painting the second half of my painting area/studio, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to try to address the *cough* backlog of paintings I've never posted, or was never able to post nice photos.

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is the original of the frog pond sticky note. As I was setting it up for print, I realized the treeline was too dark & all my edits to make it easy to write over didn't look right. It worked out in the end though! This is one of the originals I'm bringing with me to HalCon this year 🐸 💚 🐸

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jul 3

I am probably on the road with @anoddityortwo as this is being posted, on our way to New Brunswick for #Animaritime ! This year, I'll be in Booth V11 (she'll be in booth V10) with all kinds of new D&D and nature-themed goodies, so stop by starting tomorrow at 1:30pm! See you there, friends! 😀

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jun 30

Another Keychain! I have way too many hours in Stardew Valley, but I feel that's probably a normal experience given how many people still love and play it so many years after it came out! I was going to marry Penny in my latest playthrough but shifted in the 11th hour and now I'm dating Sebastian.

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jun 27

I don't remember if I posted this or not before, but here's a sample pic of most of the 4x6 notepads I'll have with me at Animaritime. I'll also have limited quantities of the Initiative Tracker pad so 🤞 it's enough stock for the show!

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jun 27

Well, sometimes when you schedule posts, something goes wrong and you don't notice that they never posted... 🤦 My Summer 2025 lineup! I only have two shows in HRM this summer and one is this coming weekend!

#showschedule #2025shows #schillustrations

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jun 25

This is a reprint of an old sticker design - I've changed around the base material as well as the type of holographic treatment and I'm really happy with how this turned out! Set against some of my favourite childhood books, do you recognize any of them?

#books #Ilovebooks #reading #rainbow

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Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jun 24

This weekend you can find me at the Lighthouse Centre for Different Folks' Rainbow Vision Market! Saturday hours are from 11am - 5pm, Sunday is from 10am - 4pm!

There's a 5$ admission fee this year, BUT you will be handed a 5$ NS Loyal voucher in exchange as well as an entry into a prize draw!

Sarah Christie Illustration @sarahcillustration.bsky.social · Jun 23

I've had this little Acorn House Charm (Keychain) for a couple months now, but it never had a proper photoshoot, so here it is, outside on my battle-damaged oak tree.*

*the battle-damage is from being several cats' favourite tree to climb...😅

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