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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have never been busier in my life than I have this last year - social media has been the thing that slid to the bottom of my to do lists. I'm still here but more lurking than participating in a few spare moments here and there.

A list of events that I will be attending on a cream colored back ground with sepia flower outlines. 10/11/2026 - Psychic Fair at 1801 National Road, wheeling, WV. 10/17/2026 Shadows of the Panhandle at 689 Gas Valley Road New Cumberland, WV. 10/18/2026 Psychic Fair at the Holiday Inn in Weirton, WV. 10/30/2026 Shadow Veil Night Market at the Blue Wave Center in Follansbee, WV

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I'm a little late in posting but I'm in a new antho!! And, we're having a little online reading on September 20th... I love the story I have in this. Inspired by one of my favorite rocks in my collection no less. #author #writer #publication #reading

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I keep forgetting to post my market days! I'm in Weirton wv today at Weir High for the FBLA market

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We went antiquing yesterday. That always ends in a making day... #repurpose #handmade #oddities #mink #skull

Vintage twin Bell alarm clock body repurposed as a curiosity box with a mink skull, moss, and sculpted amanita mushrooms.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I really need more hours in my days without losing sleep hours. I'm so far behind on updating my shop. And so far behind on my personal goals on the writing.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I've got a cat in a box 😆 I had to give Thursday a box just to keep her off my craft table for ten minutes. 🙃 busy working on something neat!

Small black cat resting in a cardboard box.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Made a new art. It was more work than I expected it to be but I really just love it. #handmade #art #babayagahouse #summerween

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I made these as plant stakes but they make great fidgets.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I love my new sign. It's a little Crooked on one side lol but it suits me. We'll see how it survives the market season lol

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Sometimes it seems like you were just supposed to be a particular place.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm at a local dinner market today. First outing for my goblin mirror. I might be a little too pleased with how it came out. #author #maker #artist #crafter

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'm playing around with bones today. Some fox, some raccoon, and some rattlesnake. I'm thinking I'll use some silver thread and some glue to affix it to the velvet.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I'm not sure if he's jealous of me or the cat. Not pictured, the blue pibble that is pressed against my side. I really do have things to do today...

Picture of a lady with a small black cat on her chest and a very sad looking pitbull being a little jealous (that the cat is snuggly with me and not him)

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The Top of WV did a beautiful job putting together a great art show and I'm really pleased to have one of my favorite photographs in it. It's my night heron, the picture I based my brother's holiday present painting on.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

There's something lovely about starting the market year at a psychic fair. Good atmosphere, great people. I'm very lucky to be able to be part of it twice a year. T'was a good day but now I'm going to slather my hip and knee with salve and go to bed.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

First market of 2026 getting started. 💜 I think the new runners are a great addition.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I'm getting more and more excited for my first market of the year. Finishing up an herbal eczema salve and a frankincense tallow whip, packing up my new art, and ironing my new table runner signs. Busy me is a happy me! #smallbusiness #handmade #psychicfair #market #weirton

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

New thing. Not sure if it'll end up i in the shop or be a local pickup only thing. I can't imagine shipping it. But, maybe. Anyway. Altar piece or object of art... haven't got its name just yet. Found raccoon skull and turkey feathers. Preserved moss. Wire. Soba wood rose and hellebore.

Found raccoon skull and turkey feathers. Preserved moss. Wire. Soba wood rose and hellebore.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I do a lot of making, mostly I don't keep what I make, but sometimes, I just have to. Made myself some witch wishes. Fluorite and rattlesnake. A little long, but so light. #making #handmade #earrings

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

First market of the 2026 is coming up fast!! I think I'm going to make a few more things to have ready to go including garden friendly, salt free Witch's Black NotSalt", a tallow whip, and who knows what else...

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

It's definitely a making day. Howlite skull bead, rattlesnake vertebrae, and silver toned spacers. I'm going to do several pair of these. In shop later today. #handmade #jewelry #earrings #crowshollow

Stainless steel hooks, silver toned wire and spacers, howlite skull beads, and rattlesnake vertebrae earrings

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Zebra jasper, possum jaw piece, copper wire, coated chain. For perspective shifting, grounding, and cleverness. It'll be up in the shop soon. Maybe later today. #making #crowshollow #jewelry

A piece of found possum jaw with teeth and a triangular piece of zebra jasper in brown tones.

Necklace made from a piece of found possum jaw, zebra jasper, and copper wire.

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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? Right now my horror novel BEDFELLOW is on sale for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long the sale will last. www.amazon.com/Bedfellow-Je... bookshop.org/p/books/bedf...

Here's the cover of Bedfellow by yours truly. The cover is black with a black and white illustration of a bald creature with his face in shadow and tiny white eyes. He's playing with little figures beside a two story doll house.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I got some rattlesnake vertebra in the mail today... they're going to be jewelry of some kind. I think I'll call this part of the line the "tread on me, daddy" line😆

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Intentionally vague for the time being but I just signed a new contract💜. More details coming soon by there will be a new book sometime in 2027. #writing #novel #publication

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Working on my events calendar. My first one is coming up faster than I expected! I need to update my website calendar once I remember to do it when I have the time to 😆. Every year, my goal is to widen my travel circle. Last year I succeeded. Hoping to do so again this year.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

You can't go wrong with jaw work when there's so much that needs said in the world. But seriously. Keeping busy. Mink jaw, copper wire, and faceted fluorite. #crowshollow #wearableart

Image of a pendant made from a mink jaw bone with copper wire and faceted fluorite beads in shades of pale green.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

This one is less making things and more putting things together but I put the crow charms on the tea balls as I've sold out again💜 #crowshollow

Several tea balls with crow charms on their chains

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

My options today are sit in my house and rot on my couch or make stuff. I'm picking make stuff because I fear if I rot in my anger and disappointment today, I'll never dig out. I've got some bones and shadowboxes and lanterns to play with.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It's disheartening to see how many people are just willing to believe the spin over their own eyes, again and again. I don't understand how they can. I think I'm going to limit my nonbluesky social media for the next three years or so. wtaf.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Therapy is hard. I know it's supposed to be, but ugh. Now to the vampires office! Gotta get the pokes to make sure my meds are working and not trying to kill me, lol. #joysofchronicillness #ra #metalhealth

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Leaving the house for work is dumb. How am I supposed to be away from this face for hours?

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I might end up being a ridiculous cat mom. First mani pedi in the books, and a rechargeable flipping fish reward 😆

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Adopted a new baby from my local shelter. I did not name her but I think I'm keeping it. Meet Thursday! I know pets shouldn't really be presents but... she's my holiday present this year (technically I got cat litter and an anyway filed application) 💜

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I really should remember to film my dogs more. Bruce was outside, found a great stick in the snow. Picked it up, shook his head, the stick flew out of his mouth, into the air, over him, and landed on his butt. Immediately ran on to the porch like the stick was chasing him. #pibble

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Looked at last year's 13 card spread for the year and it was pretty well on the nose for me. Did this year's and I'm mostly on board with it. Lots of creative energy and work related cards interspersed with optimism. #tarot #theyearintarot

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

My brother has his present now so I can share it with you! Night heron in acrylic. The canvas is 24x36.

Night heron in the woods painted on a large canvas in acrylic paint.

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I didn't get a lot of writing done today but I did get some world building done. It's been a while since I made up a whole new magic system and social structure. Sometimes I forget just how much fun it is. Now I just have to make the story make sense. #amwriting

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

There were words again today. I don't know how long my streak will continue but I'm enjoying it while it lasts. I've got a couple of characters, some world building going, and I think I'm standing on the edges of a plot thread! Quite promising. #amwriting

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I haven't gotten a lot of writing in but I've gotten a lot of thinking about it in while I was helping my grandmother prep for holiday stuff. Little world building thoughts that might never make it into the book but that I need to know to write it. Progress is progress. #amwriting (sort of)

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I don't know where it's going, but I'm actually writing again, so I don't care. Working title: Birds of a Feather. Mc: Lark Rubel. And she's magic. I know very little else, but I wrote words today. #amwriting #writersblockcankissmyass

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Naming characters is weird. I want something vaguely (or not) bird. My favorites are overdone. Raven. sparrow. hawk. Right now, leaning to wren but super open to suggestions if anyone has em. Probably paranormal in genre. #writing #naming #bird

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Shade53 @shade53.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

This habit of mine of making things is fun but it just leads to wanting to make more things. This is what happens when the stories aren't speaking to me. Creativity has to get out somehow I guess.

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