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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 27/09/2026

We sure have statues alright

Metal statue of a rhino riding a bicycle. Behind it is a man and woman also riding the bike. The man has a dog head while the woman has a bunny head.

Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 23/09/2026

Forgot to update this over the weekend but they're now set up at Artisan MRKT on Parliament St :D They'll be hitting Paper Marché shelves closer to Canadian Thanksgiving 🍁

Four different stamp designs for pre inked stamps at Artisan MRKT in Cabbagetown. 20 stamps sit in rows along a shelf next to an info card about the stamps.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 19/09/2026

Come say hello at the Pin + Patch show ✨

Calico Cocoa's table at the Pin and Patch Show.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/09/2026

Every show I grow one step closer to having an actual catalogue but please know I'm also bringing some apparel goodies as well as my plush pouches and Bibi to help pad out the rest of my table.

A list of all of Calico Cocoa's enamel pins and ita bag. Her liquid glitter and sliding owl legs pins are highlighted.

A list of all of Calico Cocoa's embroidered patches and falling cat embroidered keychains.

A photograph of Calico Cocoa's wooden pin, a bird perched on a cluster of blooming cherry blossoms. It's a two-layered wooden pin with a note that while supplies last, you can get a free wooden bird pin with any purchase including an ita bag or plush item. Each pin is about 2.5 inches wide and tall.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/09/2026

GUESS WHO HAS A SHOW THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY? It's me. I'm at a show :D Find me and a ton of other amazing pin and patch designers at the Pin + Patch Show Toronto September 19 from 10am to 5pm ✨ #CalicoCocoaMerch #ArtistAlley

Pin and Patch Show Toronto: I'm a vendor! The show has free general admission and swag bags. September 19, 2026 from 10am to 5pm at The Parkdale Hall, located at 1605 Queen Street West.

Find me, Calico Cocoa, at table 18a. A map shows that the table is located at the end of the middle aisle.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 10/09/2026

New stamp friends! Will be listing these online soon and bringing them to where my consignment stuff is in October ✨ #CalicoCocoaMerch #ArtShop

Four stamps and four different colors. Three of the stamps, in yellow, black and red ink, feature cats. The last stamp is blue and features a bird.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 06/09/2026

Bonus posters from the Graffiti Reef exhibit. Whoever decorated the "poles" was honestly a genius.😂

A poster of a frustrated man standing next to a very large and very ominous looking black hole in the ground.

Text above it reads: Frustrated with work? Kids waking you up early on the weekends? Come and scream into the abyss!

Text below the image reads: The abyss will open soon. And you will be compelled to look down. Deep, deep down into the core of the Earth. A slithering mass thousands of creatures. Our fear will awaken them.

A poster of a black and white cat with green eyes.

The poster reads, in all caps, at the top: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CAT???

Below it in smaller font but still in all caps: HE'S BEAUTIFUL.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 06/09/2026

My friends and I went to look at fish 🐟

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 03/09/2026

Hopefully these will be in by the Pin + Patch Show on Sept 19 👀👀👀

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 19/08/2026

ARTISTS, what is your most popular artwork from 2026 so far? 🪶 Probably this one! Tbh I have started to forget when the bird art begins and when it ends but it's definitely some sort of bird related artwork lol.

Two Canada geese stand in a group of white trilliums on the ground. The two touch beaks, a small ring of flowers being shared between them. The goose on the left is wearing a lovely red ribbon around its neck while the other is wearing a crown and wedding veil.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 17/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to say hi 🫶 Have a mini zine my table partner and I did. It doesn't make sense and isn't supposed to since we each took two pages but weren't allowed to look at what the other did! We only knew there was a cat and birds, questionable plural 😂

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/08/2026

Also I will have stamp rally leftover stickers! Free me of the stickers!!! 😩😩😩

Didn't catch me at an animethon? That's okay, I'm basically bringing everything I brought there here.

Illustration of a bird macaron featuring a pink robin between the macaron pastry with cream and a strawberry on top of its head.

Text below the illustration reads: ooooh a stamp rally sticker leftover, you really want it oooooooo.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/08/2026

Surprise surprise, another market ✨ You can find me and @borbemporium.bsky.social at the Ghibli Summer Market this weekend at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre! Come say hi, we don't bite. We just yap. #ArtShop

Ghibli Summer Market market, from August 15th until August 16th from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

A picture of Muta from The Cat Returns has him sitting in a cup he definitely doesn't fit in, and yet he persists. Text below. The illustration reads: this one was my favorite because muta is round.

A map showing how to get from the entrance of the Japanese Canadian Cultural center in North York to table i-5, where Calico Cocoa and Borbemporium are located in the artist alley.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/08/2026

Not avian august but I present chicken in hat 🪶🐓👒 #CalicoCocoaIllust #SilkieChicken

An orange silkie chicken wearing a small straw hat with a sunflower on it. It also has a white and red plaid ribbon.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 12/08/2026

undertale.jadenthejaded.uk This was super fun and I'm glad I had audio on for the sound change on that one question 😤

Calico Cocoa's soul trait extraction was Kindness (green).

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 11/08/2026

Soooooooo there's a new 50% tariff that now includes paper goods and artwork for any Canadian made stuff. I'm going to be toggling off US shipping at the end of the week again :') Full list of things here: chitchats.com/blog/us-ship...

ChitChats blog header that reads:

U.S. Shipping Updates: Tariffs, Duties, Compliance & More
Find all the latest updates regarding U.S. shipping specific to tariffs, duties, regulations

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 10/08/2026

That's a wrap! I didn't expect to sell out of some of my more unpopular designs so it was a pleasant surprise. Thanks for a fantastic Animethon 🥺🫶

Robert the crochet chicken sits under handle of a backpack.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 09/08/2026

Got a tummy ache yesterday (I heard some artists got food poisoning??? 😭) but got some nice food for dinner with cool vibes and amazing company!

Robert, the crochet chicken, is placed atop a vintage rotary public telephone.

Sashimi and pressed (rectangular) sushi.

Robert, a crochet chicken, is being threatened with being thrown into a chicken ramen bowl.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 08/08/2026

Day one is officially finished. See you tomorrow at Animethon!

Robert, a crochet chicken, being held over a hot pot.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 07/08/2026

See you later today for day one of Animethon 2026 👁️👁️

The Animethon 2026 exhibitor pass, labelled with Midknight Ink and Calico Cocoa's names and table number (21-C), is posed next to Robert the convention chicken.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 06/08/2026

Wednesday foods of Calgary before the ride down to Edmonton Thursday (today)!

Korean bibimbap with potstickers and two types of meat and strawberry bungsu.

Hell's Chicken, a very spicy breaded chicken dish soaked in hot sauce and comes with a single lemon slice to tone down the spice. Behind it is Robert the crochet chicken.

Robert watches the Hell's Chicken in horror.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 05/08/2026

Finally after almost a whole day of patiently waiting, my friend's kitties are not as wary of me and are allowing me to pet them 😭😭😭 This is Maki. He is soft.

Robert the crochet chicken sits next to a loafing ragdoll.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 05/08/2026

The Calgary Library was really cool 👀

A small selection of hiking related pamphlets and books about Calgary and the surrounding areas. It's displayed within a glass case.

Vintage advertisement and informational pamphlets about theatre in Calgary. It's displayed within a glass case.

An art installation of a bison. It's made up of metal words, forming the shape.

An interior shot of the library. It shows the wooden steps and benches near the entrance. The stairs and upper floors are partially visible, prominently showing off the wooden aesthetic and a part of the glass ceiling of the building.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 04/08/2026

And so begins the #Animethon thread (albeit an early start in Calgary first) 👁️👄👁️

Robert the crochet chicken by the airplane window.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 04/08/2026

(please free me from having to try and re-tetris the ita bags into my luggage again)

All the enamel pins that Calico Cocoa has for sale. They include regular pins with small special effects and more specialty pins. The specialty pins include a liquid glitter pin filled with mineral oil and glitter and sliding owl leg pins where their legs slide up and down.

Embroidered patches that Calico Cocoa designed. Some patches are made of fabrics and are fluffy.

Calico Cocoa's book-shaped ita bags. They come with faux leather straps that can be repositioned. They're made of canvas with golden embroidered details on the front and side of the bag. Only four will be at Animethon. A small note underneath it reads "I tried to fit more than four, but it didn't work out :')"

A variety of stamp washi, 4x6" postcard sized prints, embroidered keychains, stickerbooks and an ita bag are thrown onto the same image in a collage. Between it, text reads "Still in a bit of a packing panic so enjoy the unorganized chaos of “I'm pretty sure these will all fit in the suitcase and not be overweight.” A smaller note reads “I also will have stickers, lanyards, t-shirts and some blind bags... if it all fits.”

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 04/08/2026

Hi Alberta! I am currently the highest cortisol level possible but I will be there soon! Tomorrow morning to be exact (hence the panic packing). Products in reply!

Animethon 2026: August 7 through August 9. Visit animethon.org for more information.

Calico Cocoa and Midnight Ink will be available at Table C-21 at the Edmonton Convention Center (9797 Jasper Avenue North-West, Edmonton, Alberta). Their table is located at the edge of the aisle.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 25/07/2026

Okay so I *did* leave USA shipping open as an experiment to see what would happen to Chinese produced goodies and Yikes. That's more than a whole sticker book. FYI I will keep flat objects like stickerbooks and paper goodies open, but I don't think I can for other products... 😭

A screen shot of how much it costs to ship two stickerbooks into the USA. It reads:

USPS First-Class Mail®: $8.36
Tariff Total: $14.25 (Section 301: $9.50 + Section 301 Forced Labour $4.75)
Customs Processing: $1.90
Broker Line Item: $0.21

Shipping Total: $24.72

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 25/07/2026

Every time I pack them for shows, I feel bad but they must be protected and encased for travel 😩

Multiple Bibi the plush bee keychains have been packed into a bag that definitely was not meant to hold that many plushies.

The one on the bottom left especially looks like he's saying "but mother, why?" Or maybe I'm just projecting my imminent panic to doing a back to back show speedrun in August. Who knows!

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 15/07/2026

Despite the world conspiring against me, my ender magnolia vinyls arrived in one piece and unwarped!! Also the case for it is ginormous and I have no idea where I'm storing this 🥲

The deluxe 4-disc vinyl collection of ENDER MAGNOLIA Original Soundtrack. It features the album art prominently, a single white flower against a black background, in the center of the case.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/07/2026

If you like #OriginalCharacter stuff, I also post some of that on my @lorekeeper.calicococoa.ca account! I post both artwork and written stories to the account (when I remember to actually update there 😂)

Mirsisi Beaucoup, ranger that looks like a normal human, draws back an arrow on his bow. He's facing to the side, only showing the right side of his body and face.

He has dark skin and black hair. His right eye is grey and is wearing a dark brown gambeson over top of an off-white long sleeved shirt. He also has on arm bracers, a shooting glove and a cape that's slung over one shoulder and is pinned around his chest with a golden medallion.

Etia is a young teenager with cat like features, specifically a tail and ears. Her mouth is also semi curved into a cat's mouth but otherwise appears like a human girl. She has her hand on her chest with a smile as she announces something.

She has green eyes and long brown hair done in two loose pigtails that drape over her shoulders.

A sketch of William and Corvin. William holds out his arm for Corvin to perch on.

William is a young looking man with short hair. He's wearing a shirt with a tall collar and a cloak over that. On his outstretched arm is some protective padding over his cloak's sleeve.

Corvin is a raven. He is a very good boy and a fantastic familiar.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 14/07/2026

Happy #PortfolioDay 🎉 Unironically product design and graphic design are my passions!!! I also really enjoy a good small creature with bonus points if they have on a funny little outfit Portfolio: portfolio.calicococoa.ca Shop: calicococoa.etsy.com Commissions: comm.calicococoa.ca

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 12/07/2026

More silkie chickens because I was sad when they were herded away from the fence and back inside 😩

A group of three silkie chickens in the grass beneath the shade of a tree.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 12/07/2026

Took some not so great reference pics but it was all worth it to see the silkie chickens!

A metal sculpture of a woodpecker attached to a tree. It is filled with dried grass that birds can pluck out of it.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 10/07/2026

My shelf! (Now currently missing some stamps because those got bought but aaa looks so nice)

Calico Cocoa's shelf of goodies. They include sticker books, embroidered cat keychains, stickers, stamps, and more!

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 08/07/2026

Guess who is stocked in Kitchener, ON 👁️ 👁️ I had a focus on getting my stationery goodies in there but I also have an enamel pin and some kitty keychains there too! You can view my whole list of stuff online through their shop here: papermarche.ca/collections/... #CalicoCocoaMerch #ArtShop

I'm a vendor at Paper Marché! 132 Ahrens Street West in Kitchener Ontario.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 22/06/2026

Preview of what's coming for August 🌞 Rare #StudioGhibli fanart, but I still have more to make for a Ghibli specific summer market~

Characters from Spirited Away sitting in Japanese style tea cups and characters from The Cat Returns sitting in handled tea cups.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 13/06/2026

Local tea place is now selling drinks with collectible mahjong tiles with each drink. I already started off strong with bird. My wallet is doomed.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 10/06/2026

My phone did not enjoy having yellow light *and* off white/cream paper so I'll probably have to retake these or otherwise edit on not my phone... But riso is here!!!

Letterhead that goes inside the envelope. It has ruled lines with an image of orange avens in the bottom left corner.

The letterhead and the back flap of the envelope. It shows a calico cat hugging a bouquet of orange avens.

The front of the envelope and the letterhead. An orange striped tabby rests their paws on a tree stump as they watch two butterflies fly off.

The letterhead inside the envelope. It's partially visible through the paper.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 01/06/2026

New things are now available at Artisan MRKT! Also I do realize that I printed my sticker sheet sign wrong so I have to go back and fix that since only one of them is 4x6... They're mostly all 4x4 🥲

Displayed items on Calico Cocoa's shelf at Artisan MRKT. They include a glitter-filled liquid enamel pins, normal enamel pins, and sticker sheets.

A display of embroidered cat keychains on Calico Cocoa's shelf at Artisan MRKT. They feature six different designs of cats that look like they were falling and trying to claw their way up the keychain.

A close-up of Calico Cocoa's glitter liquid filled enamel pen. It features bunnies and marshmallows on top of a mason jar cup with flowers inside. The glitter part is supposed to imitate liquid inside of the jar.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 22/05/2026

They have arrived ✨🐇✨ This will be going up on my etsy once I can take a good video of them! They'll also be heading down to Artisan MRKT so you can shake 'em there too!

The finished liquid pin, now with screen printed flowers on it!

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 21/05/2026

Truly the birding experience 😂😔

A bird perched in a branch. Its butt is facing the camera.

The bird has moved further back on the branch, now slightly out of focus as it looks upwards.

The bird has flown to another branch, taken as the bird is landing. But it's still facing away from the camera.

The bird is barely visible behind a leaf.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 18/05/2026

I forgot everything was on a multiply layer and turned all the images on and actually I kind of like it like this? aaaaaaaa product design

Watercolour cats and orange geum flowers. One cat is an orange striped tabby with white socks and tummy perched at a tree stump. The other cat, a calico, is lying down, hugging onto a bouquet of flowers.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 17/05/2026

In the mood to draw some summer vibes 🦋

A half-finished lineart of a cat resting on a small tree stump and aven flowers.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 16/05/2026

TIL that killdeer are not just confined to The Sea, they also like parking lots.

A killdeer vibes in a very shallow puddle in the middle of an abandoned parking lot.

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 12/05/2026

These didn't post before I went to bed. Amazing 😭 Prices are based on rendering style! If you have any Qs, please feel free to ask them here or in DMs 🫶

Step 1. Pick a creature of your choice: give me a reference image or name a species.

Step 2. Now pick a hat to bestow: tell me what hat you want or let me choose.

Step 3. If you want your art as a mono-sketch ($25 per creature) or a painted sketch ($40 per creature).

How to request your creature(s).

Fill out the commission request form through my Google form at comm.calicococoa.ca.

Additional information: All prices are in CAD, Commissions are NOT started until paid in full and are accepted through SquareUp or PayPal invoices, If I’m uncomfortable with drawing a certain creature or otherwise unable to work on it, I may refuse your commission, Turnaround times, Up to 4 weeks after receiving your commission to complete, “Trading card” commissions might take additional time to arrive once completed; estimates listed below: Canada: 5-7 days, International: 1-2 weeks.

For more information, please check out the site above!

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Callie 🐾 @calicococoa.ca · 12/05/2026

And we're back! This time these will be open until the end of August 2026. Get your own fancy creature sporting a fancy hat at comm.calicococoa.ca 🎩🧢👒🎓 My #ArtCommissions now include two styles: mono-sketch (single colour + shades) or painted sketch (many colours + light shading)

Small Creatures With Small(er) Hats: “Surprise Me!” Commissions by Calico Cocoa. Open until end of August, now with colour (oooooh~).

Examples on the page include two black and white sketches of a european robin and a snake. The coloured sketches include a horned owl and a field mouse. They're all wearing very nice hats.

Choose how you receive your fanciful creature(s): digital file or physical “trading card.”

Digital file: 1500×1500px, 300dpi, PNG, delivered by email.

Physical “trading card”: pencil/pen sketches, coloured with markers/watercolour paints, about 63×90mm, 300gsm cardstock, comes in card sleeve protector.

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