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Amanda (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠✧⁠*⁠。
@howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
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chilling, smiling, having fun • she/they • DFW
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howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
🫒 I've created a zine with donation links to aid those in Palestine! 🍉 #zine #mututalaid #gaza
Palestinian flag followed by "Aid For Palestine" title, and a quote “Wherever you are, whatever sand you can throw on the gears of genocide, do it now. If it’s a handful, throw it. If it’s a fingernail full, scrape it out and throw. Get in the way however you can. The elimination of the Palestinian people is not inevitable. We can refuse with our every breath and action. We must.” Rasha Abdulhadi a pencil drawing of Abod and Leen, with a QR code to donate to their fund. text reads "Abod Hajjaj is a Palestinian man from Al-Maghazi camp in Gaza. He and his wife are expecting their second daughter in October 2025. They are saving up to evacuate but also need money to purchase food and medicine for their growing family. Anything helps!" a crayon drawing of a Palestinian sunbird, a QR code to donate to esims for Gaza, text reads "eSims allow those in Gaza to communicate digitally and access information online despite the IOF incessantly cutting off wireless communication services. eSims cost around $36 each, but any amount is helpful!" a crayon drawing of watermelon, water, and rice, qr code to donate to WCK, text reads "World Central Kitchen provides bread, water, and hot meals to folks in Gaza. On July 19, 2025 they served 80,000 meals to those in need!"
July 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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parkparr.bsky.social
crop of a recent painting
a vibrant landscape with yellow sunlight bursting through a wall of trees. the sun casts dappled light on a blue and green clearing in front. some of openings in leaves are shaped like stars
May 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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derekmballard.bsky.social
seize the day
March 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
oh but what a joy it is to see the redbuds bloom
March 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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pseudonymjones.bsky.social
the swamp of despair (from 2018)
A graph titled “The Creative Process” showing a cute pumpkin girl going through stages of making something. She starts out high up, “I just had the best idea!!!” and starts sliding down a hill “this isnt as simple as I expected.” She winds up in The Swamp of Despair (two skulls say: “this part sucks! don’t give up!”) She says, “this sucks, I suck. Why am I wasting my time.” She crawls her way out of the swamp “it’s not perfect but I’m going to finish” and crests the final hill, “it’s done??? I lived???” Finally, she walks away from it all, glittering with pride. “This turned out pretty good!”
March 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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chriskindred.com
“This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal”

Remembering Aaron Bushnell’s words and the close to 100,000 people martyred by american imperialism through israel. In the year since we’ve seen so much brutality, proving the necessity for us to keep putting our skin in the game
An illustration of former serviceman Aaron Bushnell during his self-immolation on this day last year.
February 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
I'm back to wearing Big Pants again. and it feels so right
February 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
I made a zine with lyrics from Sticky by FKA twigs! #fkatwigs #zine #collage
February 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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keymintt.bsky.social
how does one ask for kindness?
a traditional pen and ink drawing of a coyote looking upwards with eyes wide and mouth slightly open. a burst of color in white, yellow, orange, pink, and blue (painted in gouache) imperfectly bisects its head
October 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
playing around with wax pastels!! #neocolorii #crayon #pastel
a scene of space, with a blue and white comet flying through the middle, a ringed blue planet, and a blue gas giant. speckled with white stars on a black background, red underpainting peeking through the crayon.
February 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
ROYGBIV junk journal spread 🌈📓 #collage #junkjournal #mixedmedia
left page: red collage of stickers, paper, patterns right page: orange collage of receipt, stickers, patterns left page: yellow collage of stickers, magazine cutout, tape right page: green collage of stickers, paper, patterns left page: blue collage of stickers, magazine cutouts right page: purple collage of stickers, paper cutouts left page: pink collage of stickers, magazine cutouts, paper right page: black and white, filled to the brim with stamps
February 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
been having lots of fun making these little animals to tuck into bed!! 🥱💤 #mixedmedia #illustration #papercraft
a pink cat tucked into a blue and purple grid patterned bed. both made of paper. a white sheep tucked into a magenta bed. both made of paper a green frog tucked into a blue bed with a bubble pattern. both made of paper a blue dog tucked into a green checkered bed. both made of paper
February 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
"There are worse things, I think, than leaving a task undone. The oak forests of the world would not exist if squirrels did not lose track of acorns" -Margaret Renkl
February 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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craigweekend.bsky.social
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
February 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
howdyhandcrafted.bsky.social
finally made a bsky!!! here is a colored pencil/posca piece I finished recently :o)
4 different grassland plants with green stems and yellow flowers, with a subterranean look at the roots
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM