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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I never do lino cuts but I’m doing lino cuts this year for holiday cards. It’s early yet so I might do a third card, too. I truly enjoy sending sending cards out at Christmas time. I even bought stamps prior to the last price hike in preparation 💚

Two holiday cards printed from linoleum cuts. The card on the left is a cabin against the night sky and the card on the right is a Christmas tree on a green background.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had to print it out a little. Snow is accumulating. As soon as I clean up, I’m putting my kicking it pants on and making tea. ❄️

A letterpress print that states, Snow. I am not ready.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Muskrats have the most frightening nails

A photograph of two muskrats out of the water. One is looking directly at the camera and has long nails

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sometimes a happy little moon waxing towards full is all I need (it was last night) 💕

Moon rising over the Chugach Range near Kenny Lake, Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When the swans took off yesterday afternoon, one banked left while the other continued straight. The one that went straight soon turned to follow the other over towards Willow Lake and the Richardson 💕

A photograph of a trumpeter swan in flight near Kenny Lake, Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The drive thru at the Palmer McDonald’s was a worthy stop yesterday 💕

A photo of a Hello Kitty x Godzilla figurine

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Today’s print was going to be a congratulatory note for my sister, but after I printed the corners, I heard the news and switched tack. I might do another layer, I might not. Dolly, you will be missed.

A letterpress print that simply states, Dolly

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My husband preferred this shot of ‘em. (Thanks to the University of Nevada, Reno swans of the ‘90s, I will always think swan pairs are named Sigmund and Olivia 💕)

A pair of swans in flight near Kenny Lake, Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oh how I love the trumpeter swans. I happened to have my camera out while I was drinking coffee this morning, and good thing too (Kenny Lake, Alaska) 💕 #alaskasky

Two trumpeter swans in flight near Kenny Lake, Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Taught hubby how to use an old strainer to make a rudimentary pinhole camera to view the eclipse 💕

A man holds an aluminum strainer to cast a shadow on a piece of paper as a method of viewing the partial eclipse from Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Going through some totes to weed out stuff and found this pic, the border crossing into Hyder, Alaska, circa November 1978. Pretty sure the dog on the right is Baranof 💕

A November 1978 photograph of the border crossing into Hyder, Alaska, with two dogs in the foreground.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A flower for Friday because 💕

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Since 2019, I’ve done a near yearly photographic series on the flowers in my yard. I went out and photographed a little this morning. Flowers make me damned happy, flowers in Alaska especially so 💕 This year’s series so far can be viewed here: www.bluemashstudio.com/photography/...

A photograph of a blooming poppy in Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Today’s hand soap delivery. Canadian-made is everywhere 💕

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

It’s been a minute since I’ve been on the press. Oh, how I’ve missed handling wood type 💕 #letterpress

A photo of a letterpress print that states three times on the left in grey, ‘have faith’; and once on the right in orange, ‘love is the best’.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Living in a dry, off-grid cabin can be challenging. I look forward to the day we have a water tank and no longer have to fill a small army of aquatainers every week 💕

A select-focus image showing a man filling a container with water at the Kenny Lake, Alaska, community well.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Daisies that sat for weeks in the kitchen and weeks outside, these daisies still have love to give (don’t knock Palmer Fred Meyer daisies) 💕

A photograph of daisies very much past their prime

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Babies were fully debuted yesterday 💕

A photograph of ducklings and a mother duck tucked up on the shore of a pond in Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

My husband was in front of me so I didn’t immediately see the eagle. Once I did, I said a quick thanks to the eagle gods for the magic of being close and a prayer that a nest wasn’t nearby (because I in no way want to have to react to a protective eagle) 🦅💕

A bald eagle is perched on the ground on a bluff overlooking the Copper River in Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

On our way back from Valdez on Saturday, we stopped to drive a dirt road we like to drive on occasion, and the wild crocuses on the side of the road were awake 💕

A close up, slightly blurry photograph of a purple wild crocus alongside a dirt road in southcentral Alaska

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Swans so small, mountains so tall 💕 Despite the still-mostly-frozen pond, the swans are here. Dang, it looks fall-ish today 🍂

A photograph of three swans on a frozen pond with the Chugach Range in the background.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The pond is still iced over in the morning, but by evening the muskrats have plenty of water to glide around in 💕

A photo of a muskrat gliding through water in late evening light.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

I have been doing an annual photographic series of flowers in my yard since 2019 (I think). Flowers aren’t yet blooming in Kenny Lake so this year I’m working with the discarded cut flowers that Mike has given, flowers that have been sitting outside in snow and subzero temps for months 💕

A photograph of a cut rose that’s been sitting outside in south central Alaska since December 2025.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

My wish is for all of us to keep ourselves weird (Alaskans especially though) 💕 #letterpress

A multi-layered letterpress print whose final layer is, keep Kenny Lake weird.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My little sprouting pepper is giving out free love 💚 This year is the first time I’m growing from seed, and I am incredibly excited to see sprouts sprouting. I bought my seeds from Foundroot in Haines, and fingers are crossed for full-fledged peppers in a few months. It all starts with love 💚

A hazy photograph of a sprouting Hungarian hot wax pepper, its two leaves forming the shape of a heart.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Morning printing project, another addition to my ‘signs’ series. Printed on Yupo, so they could go outside. Luckily, the folk who come over aren’t the muskrat-harassing type 💕 #letterpress

A letterpress sign stating, Do not harass the muskrats.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

This also came across my FB feed—snow totals going back to 2001-2002 for Stewart, BC (which would give a rough estimate for what Hyder, AK received). Sometimes they get a lot of snow for being at sea level 💕

Snow totals going back to 2001-2002 for the Stewart, BC area.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

15.7 feet of snow so far this season for Stewart, BC. Presumably Hyder is right around the same. Not record-breaking, but still a fair amount to shovel.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

We’re sitting at -21F and I’m very much ready for a non-winter color palette. I can’t wait for the swans to return and the muskrats to come out and to feel the sun warm my skin. Until then, I’ll just continue to enjoy the stillness and quiet and be thankful for the growing daylight hours 💕

A photograph of a snowed-over pond with a low horizon of mountains and trees in the distance looking very gray under a gray sky in the morning hours.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Me, trying to sell our 1991 snowmachine through letterpress. 🙃 Flyers go up in Glennallen tomorrow and maybe at Wenger’s and the Merc on Friday. 💕

A letterpress-made flyer that gives details on a 1991 snow machine that’s for sale in Kenny Lake, Alaska.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

This morning has us at -40 degrees; since I can’t stay in bed forever, I’m printing to keep warm. These will go in the shop eventually. In the meantime, I’m at least not freezing (but I haven’t gone out to the unheated outhouse yet, so freezing is likely coming) 🥶🙃💕 #letterpress #alaska

A white notecard that says in letterpressed neon orange ink, love lives here with us.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Until I was 30, I was incredibly nearsighted. Without glasses or contacts, everything around me was just big, fuzzy blobs; sometimes I miss that lack of definition. My 𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘢 series is a bit of a throwback to how I used to see the world. This image is from the other night 💕

A blurred-focus night photograph in winter of the aurora borealis and Orion.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Filling in the letters-didn’t-quite-print-enough areas with a bit of neon yellow thinned with linseed oil. Truth be told, I’m just making it up as I go (in #letterpress as in life) 💕

A pic showing my painting station where I’m trying to paint a little bit of neon yellow that’s been thinned with linseed oil into areas of a letterpress print where I don’t feel the letters printed legibly enough.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

This was always going to happen: messy, exuberant printing on darkroom-printed medium-format film images. Let love rule, in my little corner of Alaska and everywhere 💕 Photo taken in 2019 (Reno, Nevada), printed in 2020 (Reno, Nevada), and printed on in 2026 (Kenny Lake, Alaska). #letterpress

A black-and-white medium format image of two sunflowers (one out of focus in the foreground, the other in focus in the background) with the words ‘you are my heart’ printed beneath in bright blue.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

When the husband asks me to make him a sign 🤣 I’m going to try out the sample 3-pack of yupo paper for the final prints, which excites me because I haven’t been sure how to use it. It’s a plastic paper that will hopefully hold up outside in sun, rain, snow, and fifty below 💕 #letterpress #alaska

A letterpress print that says, established trap line, in neon red

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My latest Stewart, BC postcard acquisition is a good one because it shows a wooden bridge over Rainey Creek (now it’s asphalt with a culvert, but in the same spot) and a 20 mph sign from Canada’s pre-metric times. This view is coming from the Hyder, AK side 💕

A real photo postcard looking towards the Stewart, British Columbia, Canada, main street from a wooden bridge crossing Rainey Creek. Above the bridge hangs a sign that says, Stewart, 20 miles per hour. To the photographers back, the road continues 3 kilometers to Hyder, Alaska.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I have to laugh at myself a little because I have a lot of love I seem to need to print out. This one is very much for my husband to whom I am always saying these two things 💕 #lettterpress

A letterpress print that states in light blue in the background, you are a blessing; and in bronze in the foreground, I love you more than love.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

A cow and calf were out traversing the pond complex a few moments ago. I love it when the moose make an appearance 💕

A photograph of a moose walking behind a flank of brush

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Your heart is where magic lives too 💕 #letterpress

A letterpress print that says, My heart is where the magic lives.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

So far, my 2026 printing has been revolving around love (I’m only five prints in, so that could change). Also, I’m using an out-of-the-package, untrimmed-by-me, letter-size, index-card-weight paper that I’m really digging 💕 #letterpress

A letterpress print that reads, I am always connected to my heart.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Today’s print is pretty straightforward. I’m not adding anything more 💕 #letterpress

A letterpress print that states, ‘be a sunday kind of love’.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I told my mom that my husband thinks she’s a secret survivalist and she texted me back saying that one of the influencing events for that was sewing doggie booties for the 1974 Iditarod 💕 (She’s not secret about it; she is a woman who likes to be full-on prepared for emergencies and disasters 💕)

A text message from my mom to me briefly discussing her volunteer work making doggie booties for the 1974 Iditarod.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Working on my first print of the year. The third layer is yet to be determined. My goal for 2026? Be the love I wish to see (and be). I’m using new paper this year and a different size. I’ve gone from 6x8” to 8.5x11”. We’ll see how it goes. Letterpress journaling in Alaska continues💕 #letterpress

A letterpress print that is in progress. One layer states, 2026; the other, another year of love. A third layer is TBD.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Planes still flew 💕 I was super surprised we were able to fly into Juneau yesterday. I’m glad for the snow, though. It’s such a reprieve from the way-below-zero weather we’ve been having in Kenny Lake. What does one do on a snowy Sunday in Juneau? Hopefully it includes making snow angels 💕

A screenshot of a FB post by NWS Juneau stating the Juneau airport received 7.8 inches of snow on December 27, a record.

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

When we went to get water Sunday, the community well wasn’t working (it was -40F & dark, and we were completely out of water). After a few phone calls & 30 mins sitting in an unheated truck, we were able to get water at the community hall. There’s no ETA when the well will be up again. #letterpress

A letterpress print that states, No water for you, in the background in neon yellow; and in the foreground in neon red it reads, The little well needs service. (Don’t try to get water at the little well in Kenny Lake, Alaska, anytime soon. The well isn’t working.)

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The sun poked up at 10:44 am and will disappear again around 2:15 pm. I am so thankful the days are about to lengthen. Alaska this time of year is tough on this former desert rat 💕 #letterpress

A letterpress print with an inky blue background that says in gold text, “solstice <3”

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Kirsten Lawrence @mashinter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I can’t quite bring myself to print on my Hyder or Stewart postcards yet—that time will come—but I did do a few in my Juneau collection 💕

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