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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I do NOT have a problem. I can stop whenever I want.

A group of crochet pumpkins with a ball of yarn and another started.

Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Things the crafter side of me know that make the mathematician side of me angry and/or deeply uncomfortable #39: A half double crochet stitch is NOT the same stitch as a single crochet. NO THANK YOU.

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☠️FEARPUNK☠️ (post-comic break 10/12) @gearpunk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Skilled, not talented Skilled, NOT talented. SKILLED, not talented!!!! ✨SKILLED✨ is the word you're looking for. Talented implies these things were given freely, when in fact, EVERYONE is capable of obtaining the thing you think is talent. Talent is given. Skilled is earned!

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Works colliding! One of my favorite local jewelry makers is going to a festival in the city where I grew up!

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

….I have a problem. New craft fixation.

3 crochet pumpkins with cinnamon stick stems.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Finally posting my amazing goodies from the Murder Book Patron Auction/Pop-Up shop. I love them so much, and I can’t wait for the book their purchase will support! Love me some @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and @totallydonna.kitrocha.com books!

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How many unfinished projects do I actively have going right now? ….not a small number. Did I immediately ignore them and start working on crochet pumpkins when a tutorial came across my feed? ….no comment.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Late posting this, but another happy-making box from @peculiarityshop.bsky.social arrived this week! This time with bonus slinky in my favorite color!

Mini purple slinky and box, sticker, bat earrings, bunny on scooter, bag of beads.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ok but where do we get a couple hundred more of him? This shit is possible y’all. I want to live in this world.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Credit to the school where I work for making flu and Covid vaccines available at school during our work day. Free and easy.

Freckled white arm with 2 upside down Walgreens bandaids.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

On today’s episode of baking for my mental health (and for Middle Eastern themed potluck): pita.

Dough on wooden island top. Some in balls, some rolled into disks, some after the final stretch.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Newest insurance fuckery: they don’t want to pay for the scans the doctor ordered to see if the chemo (the chemo it took fighting over a month to get them to pay for) is actually working Like, thanks, the stress and irritation caused by the actual chemo wasn’t nearly enough.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My emotions are weird and twisty and sparky this week, but I made cookies and M is home. Homemade pita stillto be made for dinner with friends tomorrow. Baking still feels like me.

Small, round, pale cookies with a single pistachio pressed into the top of each.

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truerg.bsky.social @truerg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just a reminder, if you don't think trans people deserve equal rights you should lose your genitals to a moose attack.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I have crossed everything off my weekend list EXCEPT the thing that’s been on my list for at least a month: “reply to texts and emails”. And it’s not like a huge number of long responses. It’s maybe 15 minutes. Of replying to people I GENUINELY LIKE. Brains are dumb.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Spooky season decorations have begun - @solarfish.bsky.social with the excellent purchase, me with a glue gun and a dream. (I love the way my holiday-adverse person supports my love of all things themed.)

Skeletons capering on flamingos in a yard.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There’s a lot of stuff you want on the @peculiarityshop.bsky.social feed right now. Go buy pretty things so I can love vicariously through you. Box I got from them this week, a thread.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s lovely to be a part of the @peculiarityshop.bsky.social community! (Pay no attention to the table in the background)

Mini Middle finger on a middle finger

Flamingos and skeletons in the ba ground.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It’s going to be a 3 dog vet month for our household. Tesla is recovering great, but old man Mal now has a nasty cough.

Black/brown dog that is muppet-level shaggy on a blue blanket

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Today’s @beckymew.bsky.social brooch is not necessarily stealth, but it IS on theme.

Spaceship brooch with colored stones on a black top with white stars.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What would you bring to a “bring your favorite food encasing other food” potluck? I’m bringing hand pies. Savory and sweet.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We had to take @solarfish.bsky.social ‘s emotional support animal to the vet this morning because she’s been acting very not herself. Apparently, she has twisted her back or neck. Thankful it’s not something more serious. Researching ramps for the bed. She’s going to be very high for a week.

White lady and perfect black dog with tongue out in the car.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Bought this for our office and anyone who comes by has been adding a sticker or two when they need a break.

3 complete Dolly Parton mosaic sticker art pages and one just started.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@beckymew.bsky.social is in my thoughts today, so wearing one of my favorites pieces of theirs.

Wire wrapped rainbow stone pendant, rainbow and star beads. Black shirt. White neck with subtle rainbow necklace and M initial necklace.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ok. Ok, but what if…WHAT IF whatever higher power(s) is running this mess is collecting all their favorites before exploding the world? Have we thought about that yet?

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The lesson I’m choosing to take from the last couple of days is that I should never let the world keep me from being loud and kind and weird and too much for some people.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I live in Houston, so I’m not one to root for hurricanes, BUT…..

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Something bringing me joy today: a story. There are bats living in a wall at school. All is safe, cant get into the building, etc, but they can’t be moved until next week (when mating season is over). So, today, these started popping up in random places:

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Itching to do what I always do when I’m sad: bake something. I want to make Dolly’s biscuits, but no buttermilk. Maybe biscuits happen tomorrow.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On today’s episode of “in my brooch era, but make it stealth”, this dapper bunny from @beckymew.bsky.social @peculiarityshop.bsky.social

It’s a very sparkly brooch. Blue bunny, old-timey bike in pinks and golds. Patterned shirt in the same colors.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Best part of my first day of school ‘fit, curtesy of @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and @beckymew.bsky.social. Entering my brooch era.

Purple shirt, sparkly purple spider brooch.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Came across this photo that I don’t remember being taken while looking for a different one. But, yup, that’s accurate.

White woman, pirate hat, white and purple hair, purple hard, mug in hand, sitting comfortably at Ren Fest.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The way I have like $500 of @peculiarityshop.bsky.social pretties in my cart, sitting here hoping other people will buy them and keep me from having to make my own decisions 🤪

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Me: I think my lemongrass is dying. M: you can’t kill lemongrass. Me: …have you seen my mint?

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I bought a @beckymew.bsky.social brooch about my feelings today.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Shopping for “crying under my desk at work” pillows

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Me, to a coworker, after scolding her for not getting enough sleep and sending emails at 4:30am (via email, at 4:32am): Hey. I might be a hypocrite, but I’m not wrong 😜

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

My lovely coworkers arranged for someone to come clean my house today, as they know I’ve been struggling this year and are caring, thoughtful people. So, I’m sitting downstairs reading while she’s upstairs cleaning, feeling like the most awkward person ever and reminding myself I can’t go help.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

No cheating, post your lock screen.

Lock screen. Date, time, etc. Three ladies dressed as pieates watching the sunset

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s “bake for the new teachers” day! First up, guava and apricot rugelach with jam I made earlier this summer.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The whole pack got baths today. Now they’re napping in their bathrobes.

2 dogs on a couch with pillows and blankets. Little black puppers giving side-eye in a purple robe. Beagle doing a stretch while using her butt as a pillow in a blue robe.

Fluffy black dog in pink robe on blue chair with purple blankets.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My @romancingthevote.com auction wins are showing up in this lovely, scattered series of gifts I forgot I bought for myself, and it’s the most fun.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Ooooof. Traveling has been brutal for me this week. Today’s adventure involved my flight from Houston delayed an hour and an ill-advised run from gate C14 to D2 in ~10 min to BARELY make my connecting flight. I might have died a little, but I’m at the beach with my family, not still at DFW, so, win?

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Ok, deep breathing is not helping the intense anger caused by insurance continuing to deny the chemo drugs prescribed to my favorite person by his VERY GOOD neuro-oncologist. I hate the “healthcare” system in this broken country. I’m going to go scream into a pillow about it.

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Me, looking at a lovely piece at Boston MFA: “these are so awesome, why don’t we wear these anymore?” Hillary: “….I just ordered some.”

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Kelsey @flourandmetal.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I have realized that I’m going to be getting random @romancingthevote.com boxes for A WHILE, and this makes me happy. I love, LOVE, this mug from @perfectmugpottery.bsky.social, and appreciate the sweet note, recipe, and tea that snuck in there with it.

Gorgeous handmade mug with anti-fascist AF ON IT.

Inside of mug - blue-ish gradient glaze. Very pretty.

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