iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

✅ first Chicago show Couldn’t have asked for a better group of Sad Girls™️ to play with last night. 📸: @thatcallisto.bsky.social

Four women are mid-bow in a small music venue; the sign behind them says “uncommon ground.” They’re smiling! Silhouettes of clapping audience members can be seen in front of them.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Got to play “model” for two of my incredibly talented friends and colleagues over the weekend. Thankful for artistic friends, women hyping up women, last-minute plans, and creative play. 📸 Jasmin Huitzil

A black and white image of a woman adjusting her turtleneck top. Her eyes are closed. An empty warehouse space is in the background.

A color image of a brunette woman in an orange turtleneck top. Her body is angled, but she’s looking at the camera. Light cuts across her face. A warehouse space is in the background.

A black and white image of a woman stretching her arms above her head. She is wearing a turtleneck and dress pants. She is posed in front of a lit window. Her eyes are closed.

A color photo of a brunette woman wearing a dark green button-up and a brown harness. She has a serious expression and is facing the camera. Warehouse windows are in the background.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Court of Ivory LARP: I didn’t take enough photos, but trust me when I say Victoria was dressed to kill for session 4. It was all fun and games until folks started declaring praxis… 😬 second pic featuring my stunning partner in crime, Sam, AKA @thatcallisto.bsky.social

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

In my unnecessary accessories era. My bartender asked if I was a photographer, and I said, “No, I just wanted to look cool.” He said, “Mission accomplished.” 🥹

A white woman with wavy brown hair is taking a full body pic of herself in a bathroom mirror with her phone. She’s wearing cowboy boots, blue jeans, a burnt orange turtleneck, and a brown harness.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Every LARP should have an in-game photographer 📷 Thank you for our portrait session, @sleepingscholar! I’ve been having too much fun playing Victoria in @ventrueminis’s Court of Ivory.

A white woman with brown hair is sitting on a platform in front of a pair of light blue curtains. She’s wearing a black dress and posed in various ways from picture to picture.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Court of Ivory LARP: ✔️ Flirting ✔️ Fierce ’fits ✔️ F*cking around ✔️ Finding out Victoria thought she has things under control, but things got a little… bloody. But hey, the beast is hard to control when the company you keep is so sweet 😉 📷: @thatcallisto.bsky.social #VtM #LARP #ChicagoLarp

A white woman with brown hair is standing against a beige wall wearing a black dress. Her arms are raised with her hands in her hair. She’s looking away from the camera and smiling.

A white woman with brown hair,wearing a black dress, is leaning against a brown railing. She’s looking away from the camera and smiling.

A white woman with brown hair is posed in front of a beige wall. She’s wearing a black dress. Her hands are in her hair and she’s looking away from the camera.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

“Patty Rae” at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights | 9.9.25 Last night was great! It was awesome to meet so many wonderful songwriters, and the Hey Nonny crew did a fantastic job of running it all. And wow, what an audience!

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Court of Ivory LARP: Victoria Barclay’s second Elysium wasn’t exactly easy — Sire issues, am I right? — but things could have been worse!

A white woman with brown hair is posed next to a statue on a wall. She has a black party dress with roses on, and she’s wearing tiny fangs.

A white woman with brown hair is posed next to a statue on a wall. She has a black party dress with roses on.

A white woman with brown hair is laughing next to a statue on a wall. She has a black party dress with roses on, and she’s wearing tiny fangs.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Court of Ivory LARP: Meet Victoria Barclay, a brand new Ventrue and former child actress studying (sort of) at the University of Chicago. Behind the facade of success stands a clueless girl who’s managed to stumble her way through life (and death) so far. In-game pic: @sleepingscholar.bsky.social

A woman in her LARP costume. She’s white with dark hair and brown eyes, and she’s wearing white Doc Martens, late 80’s/early 90’s-style light wash jeans with tan detail at the waist, a white Oxford shirt tied at the waist, and black oval sunglasses.

Two people interacting during a LARP. One person is sitting in a yellow chair, leaned over a yellow speaker so that they’re closer in discussion with the other; they have shaggy brown hair and are wearing a salmon/light red shirt, light wash jeans cuffed at the ankle, and black Converse. The other is standing and has a smile while sort of staring off into space; she has long brown hair and is wearing a white Oxford shirt tied at the waist, early 90s style jeans, and white Doc Martens. She’s also holding a red solo cup.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Took a break from crochet to whip up a few cross stitch projects 🪡

A “tiny cross stitch” that resembles Roy Lichtenstein’s “The Kiss”

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

And here’s a big ol’ horse Pattern by Elizabeth Hiddleson #crochet #doily

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“Sierra Pines” by Elizabeth Hiddleson #crochet #doily

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

“Whispering Pines” by Elizabeth Hiddleson 🧶 #crochet #doily

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Okay, Catholics and Conclave fanatics — tell me how y’all feel about the new Chicago pope. (I grew up Lutheran, so I don’t know all the ins and outs, but I’m intrigued!)

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

“Look, I’m NOT a cop.” @vhenanlarp.bsky.social’s “Cry Little Sister” Lost Boys-inspired LARP was a blast! I was Pat Bannon, 1/2 of Bannon & Butler Private Detective agency. I survived the night, but Bannon sure could use a stiff drink and to move out of Santa Carla.

My LARP costume! A woman standing in a hallway wearing wide brown pants with suspenders, a blue and white striped button-up shirt, a tan trench coat, and large glasses with curly brown hair.

My LARP costume! A woman standing in a hallway wearing wide brown pants with suspenders, a blue and white striped button-up shirt, a tan trench coat over her shoulder, and large glasses with curly brown hair.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

One banana slug quickly turned into 10 🍌

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Baby’s first banana slug 🍌

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Idk what I’m going to do when I run out of surfaces to adorn in doilies. Pattern: “Star Cluster” — Elizabeth Hiddleson, Crochet Volume 19

A circular cream and pink doily with a star pattern on a brown wooden table. A crystal bowl with shells inside of it is in the center.

A circular cream and pink doily with a star pattern laid on top of a brown wood table.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

A sneak peek at one of my newer songs, “Take Take”

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

@flashes.blue sorry if this has been reported already, but I downloaded the beta, gave it permission to access all my pics, but it isn’t updating to include more pics that I’ve saved between downloading the app and now. Tried restarting it/pulling down to refresh with no luck.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Fallen London 🪞January 2025 🐍 @goblinmkt.bsky.social ✨ I played Maisie Greycourt, “The Sheltered Starlet.” At the precipice of breaking reality, all she wanted was to be an opera star and wed her artsy emo boyfriend. Girl… same.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Had a little headache this morning, took Advil and had a bad reaction. Went to urgent care, but the symptoms weren’t as bad by the time I got there. The doc said our bodies were meant to feel pain sometimes and why did I take a painkiller in the first place.

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This is typically the mood on Tuesday - Sunday afternoons as well. Sometimes Spotify gets a lil’ flirty and adds in “pumpkin spice” or “bratty.”

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

With everything getting more expensive at the grocery store, what substitutions are you making for everyday cooking?

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

AP saw “Gulf of America” and said “nah.”

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

I’m just a baby LARPer who wants more Chicagoland LARP content — what are y’all playing/what should I check out? Here’s last night’s “but daddy I love him” character for @goblinmkt.bsky.social’s Fallen London game. I made the skirt from a thrifted curtain 🙌🏻

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

I’ve been crouched down in my pantry staring at a butternut squash for the past 15 minutes. How are your Sunday scaries going?

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

When did “Blackout Wednesday” become a thing?

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

A stranger pitched a book idea to me this morning while I was out running errands. To the future author of “Infinite Zest”: Very best of luck, and please charge more than $5 for 1000 pages!

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Mikaela @mikaelaraela.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Now what does THIS button do?

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