Nicolele

@nic0lele.bsky.social

She/her Illustrator | nicolevolbeda.com Shop | www.etsy.com/shop/NicoleVolbeda the Netherlands

I was about to reboot my shop with new prints and paintings. But then the import tariffs happened, and yesterday the #PPWR regulations. Throw in some exploitative AI on top of that...it's so f'ing bleak for artists. So my shop's closed until further notice 💔

Mental stability? In this economy? Dolphin and stars.

I'm back from vacation, missing the beach already. But I'm also very much looking forward to painting, sewing, and baking for the next two weeks. Creativity is pouring out now that I finally have some free time.

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I have a bake-off competition AND a potluck at work this week. So I've made 18(!) passion fruit coconut cupcakes and 2 batches of orange chocolate brownies. Let's get fruity!

Cupcakes with passion fruit buttercream and coconut shavings and a blue marzipan flower

Finished one project, hanging on for dear life to finish a 2nd dwadline this week. Meanwhile, my balcony garden is suffering from a vicious spider mite attack. I can't, my babies have to wait 😭

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I've received the books 🥰 The first book starts with a few chapters of context about the writer and French politics in the 19th century and I'm so glad they did. It really helps to understand why someone would start such an elaborate hoax lasting 12 years 🫣 prank of the century!

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Nicolele@nic0lele.bsky.social · 11mo ago

An old French hoax about the devil, the pope and freemasonry in gorgeous binding? Don't mind if I do 💜 The Devil in the 19th Century: A Lost Satanic Hoax. www.kickstarter.com/projects/laz...