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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

There are now just 4 spaces left on my botanical illustration & mental health zoom workshop,10 Jan. I teach you: 🌿how to draw plants 🧠how creative activity improves mental health I trained as a molecular cell biologist & am also a professional illustrator: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Cornflowers, nigella, sweet peas & Russian sage on the left hand page of a brown paper sketch book and my pen and ink illustrations on the right hand page with the cartridge pen I used to make the illustrations nearby

Four winter flowering species and pink snowberry arranged on sketch book paper with my hand lettered labels for them and pen illustrations alongside. The pen I used to make the illustrations is also nearby

Spring flowers and a series of nature finds with my illustrations of them alongside and my watercolour palette in the corner of the image

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

There are still a few spaces left on my botanical (10) & bird illustration (24) & mental health w'shops in January I'll teach you how to draw🌿🌱 or🐦‍⬛👇 AND how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health I'm an molecular cell biologist & illustrator: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

cornflowers, sweet peas and Russian sage on a Kraft paper sketch book with my drawings of them alongside and the pen I used nearby

My pen and ink drawings of 5 much loved Uk garden birds: wren, long tailed tit, coal tit, redwing & blackcap

My drawing of 3 long tailed tits in a winter hawthorn

5 plant varieties that flower or bear berries in the winter on white sketchbook paper with my illustrations of them alongside and the pen I used nearby

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Just added to my Etsy shop: 🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars 🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers) 🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos 💐tiny posy mental health kits Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

My individually handmade recycled silver jewellery including intricate casts of real flowers (snowdrop, bluebell etc), casts of dragonfly Wongs & jay feathers & my tiny wearable sculptures of much-loved British bird species

One of my best-selling mounted art prints of flowers I grew & bought from an honesty florist

Victorian ink bottles that form part of my tiny posy-making mental health kits-they make great gifts

The 12 photos that make up my 2026 botanical calendar-each image is designed to improve mental health

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics. This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.

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TRIUMPH FOR REFORM AS IT SWEEPS INTO THIRD PLACE

by Our Political Correspondent
Hugh Kip

In the most seismic upheaval in the history of politics, Nigel Farage's Reform party continued its inevitable
march to Number 10 by spectacularly coming third in the Hamilton by-election.
After a disastrous night for Labour which saw the party only come first and win the election, it was clear that Starmer's days are numbered. If this result were replicated in a General Election, Reform would win a massive no seats, while labour would be consigned to the dustbin of history with another massive majority.
The records will show that our prediction that it would be a two horse race between the SNP and Reform became a reality - as the Scots rejected the discredited SNP and consigning them to second place. This proved, as we said, that Reform is the only option north of the border, apart from Labour.
A bruised and battered Starmer was clearly on the ropes as he addressed cheering crowds, and he must now only be days away from resigning - thus paving the way for Nigel Farage and his four MPs to sweep to power.

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Why are we always trying to win them over, its not like they're especially on a charm offensive with the rest of us

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

If you could retweet my tweet below linking to my Etsy shop (2025 half calendars, July-Dec) it would put my shop in front of more eyes and would help more than you know. I'd appreciate it so much. Thankyou 🌿

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

I was unable to work between December & April due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a few seconds. Thankyou 🌿

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Claire @cbellecats.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

@mrjamesob.bsky.social hope you’re having a great Easter. This last week you recommended a fiction author who was on a par with Mick Herron and I didn’t write the name down. If you have time who was it please?

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Tmrw evening at 8 I'll be opening my Etsy for a limited no. of Victorian ink bottle posy kits designed to👇 anxiety while you make something lovely. Contents: Victorian ink bottle booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity tiny dried flower posy. A RT would help so much🌿

A collection of handmade Victorian ink bottles

A tiny posy of fresh flowers in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle

A tiny posy of blue & purple spring flowers in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle

The front cover design of a booklet I've written on how making a tiny posy in a beautiful little antique bottle will improve your mental health, along with a brief guide to/history of Victorian ink bottles.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I'm recovering from a breakdown atm-finances bit worrying atm. I teach illustration & how creative activity improves mental health-I've taught on BBC Countryfile & the V & A. I've 3 w'shops atm-learn sth new & support me at same time-enter THANKYOU15 for 15%off. Pls RT,ty: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

Small collection of blue & purple summer flowers on a sketch book - cornflowers, Nigella & sweet peas laid out with my illustrations of them on the opposite page & a small pale blue fountain pen I used to make the drawings nearby

A collection of spring nature finds such as forget me nots, wood avens, borage etc. with my illustrations of some of them nearby, along with a watercolour palette, paintbrush

Five of my pen and ink illustrations of British birds: blackcap, redwing, coal tit, long tailed tit & wren, some with scientific names & the dates I made the drawings

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My May botanical illustration & mental health w'shop’s now live. I teach you: 🌿how to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading 🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health There’s 15% off atm with the code THANKYOU15: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

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Claire @cbellecats.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @carolvorderman.bsky.social I hope you haven’t started yet we are all stuck outside in the cold cold rain

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

My limited edition mounted & signed fine art prints are a way to have an image on display that shifts your brain away from fight/flight & into relaxation mode-it’ll alter your brain activity for the better when you catch sight of it. My shop will close 11pm tmrw eve: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Mounted limited edition signed art print of my best-selling photo of an autumnal collection.

Mounted limited edition signed fine art print of my brightly coloured garden flower collection on a chipped black enamelled background.

Mounted signed limited edition fine art print of my March garden flower collection/arrangement in a selection of Victorian ink bottles.

Mounted signed limited edition fine art print of my September garden & hedgerow labelled floral collection on a pale blue-grey painted background.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We're right at the beginning of the floral calendar: snowdrops (Candlemas bells), hellebores & the first primroses are opening. The whole botanical year is ahead of us & yesterday I saw a bumblebee-it was *just* warm enough for it to forage. We're on the verge of spring...

An early spring nature collection including a green hellebore flower, primroses, heather, green ivy berries, hellebore, pulmonary, snowdrop, comfrey & a very early grape hyacinth on a dark grey linen background.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

My Etsy shop will be open for a few more hours for my greetings cards & fine art prints-an opportunity for you to own a physical version of my photos that I design to shift your brain away from fight or flight 🌿👇🏼

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Claire @cbellecats.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

@mrjamesob.bsky.social hi James, just listened to todays whole show podcast, fabulous stuff, and it reminded me to ask - how long is the Carol Vorderman event at LSQ Theatre? I need to book dinner for after. Ta x

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Claire @cbellecats.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Oh America, I’m so sad for you. This isn’t a president. Just rambling nonsense, it is awful.

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

I bought a Russian advent calendar. Every time you open a window an oligarch falls out.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

My February beginners' botanical illustration & mental health w'shop is now open. I'll teach you: ✒️🌿How to break plants down into simple shapes & add shading 🧠How time spent creatively improves mental health Limited spaces. Earlybird price expires 1 Jan: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Cornflower, Nigella Russian sage & sweet peas, all shades of blue & purple on the LH page of a sketch book, with my fountain pen illustrations of them on the RH page

One of my nature diaries with various finds: a feather, a pressed leaf of pignut, A sprig of feverfew & dried hydrangea, stems of lavender & a pheasant feather on a sketch book with my detailed drawings of them alongside

4 winter flowering plants: heather, hellebore, winter-flowering cherry and Viburnum tinus and pink snowberry, each on a piece of sketch book paper with my detailed drawings of them alongside

A series of nature finds & botanical specimens including Geranium phaeum,a song thrush's egg, empty grove snail shell & wood avens found on walks & in my garden during the summer, with my detailed drawings of them alongside

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Tomorrow evening at 8pm UK time I’ll be putting the last of my 2025 botanical calendars in my Etsy shop. I design my photos using recent research to move your brain away from fight or flight by just looking at them. Small print run, dispatched by 🎄. Previous print runs sold out v. quickly 🌿

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Early winter berry palette, for the possible dopamine it might trigger in your brain. The colour of spindle berries (bottom rightish) never seems quite real...

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I know it's a little early for an advert on here but this evening I'll be opening my Etsy shop (silverpebble) to take orders for🌲. I cast real flowers & nature finds in recycled silver & make tiny wearable versions of much-loved bird species. I'll link to my shop this evening...I ship anywhere🌿

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I plan to post at least one of my photos a day here on Bluesky. I design each of my photos using recent research into the benefits to mental health of looking at plants & patterns in nature. Making my collections relaxes my noisy autistic+ADHD brain & they'll relax yours by looking at them here:

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Claire @cbellecats.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

The problem with it being dark by 4.30pm here in the UK is that you then have two and a half hours of the cat trying to convince you it’s 7pm, and you start to doubt yourself and believe the cat is better at telling the time than you.

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jake-o’-lantern 🎃 @baronduki.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

all my mint enthusiasts, please rise 🙌

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