Sam 🐈‍⬛

@sammakescoolstuff.bsky.social

Sustainability Analyst • Author • Illustrator 💕crochet, cross stitch, write, sew, knit, sketch, scrapbook💕 Former food blogger, current cat enthusiast 🐈‍⬛ She/Her Charity Anthology: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/210317493-not-coming-out 🏳️‍🌈

I locked in last night and finished not only the Mom to Be sash but also created a bonus little ribbon bow for my friend’s husband to wear (as he was there!). I have learned SO MUCH with this sewing project. But mostly I affirmed my delusional belief that I can craft anything with no plan😌 🧵🪡

A gorgeous green “Mom to Be” sash featuring white florals. Paired with it is a green bow with light pink heart ribbon attachments and a tulle flower centerpiece.

My best friend is having a baby shower this week and I want to get her a “Mom to Be” sash to add to the ✨festive✨ vibes. Yet all sashes I found were awful neon monstrosities?? So armed with nothing but an audacious belief that I can craft anything, I’m going to try to make one by Wednesday! 🧵🪡

THREAD. A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...

The Girl With The Cat Earring, featuring my mum and dad's cat Bridget.Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

You can now sign up to be notified when our Kickstarter is launched. We'll be announcing rewards in due course, but we can let you in on a secret now 🤫 There'll be merch with artwork from an amazing disabled artist, and a second chance to get something from our first anthology 👀 Link in comments.

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Introducing: NOT/FEELING BETTER To be honest, we're fed up of people being surprised that we haven't been miraculously cured. No, we're not feeling better. But, on some days, we are. This is life as a person with disabilities. It's exhausting. But it's real and it's important.

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our next charity anthology will be called:
NOT/FEELING BETTWE
we can't wait to work on it with you!

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't overwhelmed and scared of the process of re-reading and revising my drafts, finding an agent, finding a publisher, and marketing my first book. But that ain't gonna stop me.