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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sharing a meme on social media? Don't forget to include alt text! This resource from Veronica With Four Eyes (Veronica Lewis) will help you. veroniiiica.com/2018/11/29/h...

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How To Write Alt Text For Memes | Veroniiiica

My favorite tips for how to write alt text for memes, reaction images, and other types of social media comedy content, written by someone with low vision

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Jess Taylor @loadofolbobbins.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think this qualifies as unapologetic joy, oh to reach the heady heights of Cinnamon the corgi surrounded by her favourite things! Well they were when I orginally drew this but now she prefers her roll around Santas... #ArtSky #Illustration #Procreate #PetPortrait #Dogs

A bright vibrant colourful illustration by Loadofolbobbins of a smiling corgi sat and looking up at the viewer. The background is made up of a vast array of vivid colourful socks in a cartoon style with lots of fun patterns on them.

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@Pianoartfaithb @artfaithb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

hush, the dreams of poppies ✨ ❤️ water soluble oil pastels

Oil pastel drawing of poppies amongst buttercups and forget-me-nots

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Just Kate @handmaiduns.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Morning 👋 I’ve had a very pleasant time editing together a video for an upcoming gig with @distresstolerance.bsky.social Here’s a poster of said gig And a link to our debut EP that’s as free as you fancy 🙂 distresstolerance.bandcamp.com/album/the-bl...

A Poster for an upcoming gig with a magenta and purple vibe.

Wording as follows:

ANDERSON FROM CRAZHEAD
AND THE HEADONISTS

PLAYING LATE 80’s CRAZYHEAD VIBE LIVE

FRIDAY 7TH AUGUST 2026

TICKET247.C0.UK/PAGE/LIVEWIRE-PROMOTIONS

THE GIFFARD ARMS, WOLVERHAMPTON
64 VICTORIA STREET, WV1 3NX

DOORS 7:30PM

My GREAT AFFLICTION

DISTRESS TOLERANCE

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

#2 and #4 of the fancy jasper already found homes, who wants to take home another? oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4521... Each one comes in a gift box with free international shipping. #Handmade #ShopSmall

5 spiral and gemstone bead pendants in greens, yellow, and red.

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MeerWolfRenders🧡🐾 @meerwolfrenders.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Mix and matching colours and materials until I find what works ✨ Thinking of earrings, maybe keychains, pendants, that sort of thing Even my iPhone’s photo analysis tool thinks these are caterpillars lol 🐛🐛🐛 #bugsky #woollybear #art

Holding a bunch of (fake) woolly bears in the palm of my hand. Made with fly tying techniques and materials.

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Bead Society of Great Britain @bsgb.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

the advertising & copy deadline for Bead Society of Great Britain Journal 152 is the 20th of July 2026 ~ there's still time to write an article, a review or a pattern for inclusion, if you're quick! see ALT for more #BeadSocietyGB #BeadSocietyOfGreatBritain #BSGBJournal #MembersOnly

the advertising and copy deadline for Bead Society of Great Britain Journal 152 is the 20th of July 2026 ~ there's still time to write an article, a review or a pattern for inclusion, if you're quick!

thank you to our advertisers and to the members who have already submitted articles, patterns and reviews.

if you are a Bead Society of Great Britain member and would like to place an ad or contribute to Journals 152, 153 or 154 please see page 2 of any Journal for details; the advertising and copy deadlines for 2025/26 are shown in the Journal.

formed in 1989, the Bead Society of Great Britain is open to all who appreciate beads; how they are made, how to use them & their history

if you're not a member yet please join us! see our Linktree for how to join

please note, we do not buy or sell beads but many of our members do

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Sequin World @sequinworld.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

handmade and ready to wear, Violet Hologram Mermaid Sequin Earrings from sequinworld.co.uk #SequinWorld #Sequins #EverythingsBetterWithSequins

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Rainbow tree! Making this one gave me an idea for the next project after making each branch in two colours. Dual tone trees next on the 'to create' list. #WireArt #Artist

A beaded wire tree with spiralled roots on a polished blue agate geode held up by my fingertips in front of my wooden shed. The tree branches are in almost like a firework formation with around 9 ish small beaded leaves on each. Each branch is two colours of beads so approximately half yellow and green for instance or purple and blue, forming all the primary and secondary colours of a rainbow with sections of 6 for each.

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David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

11:22 am, Hamilton, Ontario. That dot is the sun.

A photo of the thick, yellowish sky, choked with smoke from forest fires in Northern Ontario. There's the silhouette of a leafy maple tree against the sky. A small, pale amber dot above the tree is the sun.

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Meadowsweet is looking particularly fine and flouncy this year 🤍 I've just come in from the garden and this little Bumblebee has dozed off in the middle of it, (sorry for the rubbish photo). Surely you're guaranteed sweet dreams if you fall asleep on a bed of Meadowsweet 😊 #MHHSBD

Several Meadowsweet plants in bloom but still with some buds unopened.
In the background is a wooden fence with a pink Rose flower poking through and a few sprigs of Purple Loosestrife and one of Purple Toadflax.

A Bumblebee asleep in some Meadowsweet flowers with a pale blue sky in the background with a few pale grey clouds.

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MHHSBD @mhhsbd.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

We wanted to give a shout out to @craftyglassstudio.bsky.social who has been managing our MHHSBD Instagram account since it was set up 🧡 Did you know members can ask for shares and collabs so you get seen by both yours and our followers? Our Jyoti is always busy over there with requests.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 27/06/2026

Calling all artists! We don't reshare our older stuff enough, so here's an excuse to do so I'll be busy in July drawing things I can't share publicly just yet, so I'm gonna repost some of my faves following these approximate themes (interpreted broadly!) Join me? #art #ArtChallenge #ArtRepostJuly

#ArtRepostJuly
Casual art challenge to repost your art! Use the list for inspiration. Interpret as you will! Alt text: yes, please. AI: no, thank you.

1 light
2 dark
3 red
4 wing
5 wet
6 dry
7 eerie
8 lovely
9 orange
10 above
11 below
12 pattern
13 colorful
14 bone
15 green
16 joy
17 melancholy
18 invertebrate
19 eye
20 whimsical
21 blue
22 small
23 large
24 plant
25 surreal
26 realistic
27 purple
28 animal
29 environment
30 black and white
31 favorite

List by Helen Whistberry

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 15/07/2026

Happy day 15 of #ArtRepostJuly! The theme is #green I don't think I have anything greener than this one!

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.

These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need.

In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.

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tanyawarren.bsky.social @tanyawarren.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

There’s giraffes to suit everyone looking for new homes in my little shop (link I’m my bio). These gentle looking creatures are my absolute favourite and I adore making them 🥰

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

If you're new to captioning videos for your content, you might feel as if you don't know what you don't know. Meryl Evans' "Does Your Video Make These 6 Common Caption Mistakes?" is a great resource to help make your captions better. meryl.net/common-capti...

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6 Common Caption Mistakes: Is Your Video Guilty of Any?

Your captioned video has standard captions that are accurate and in sync with the audio. It could be making one of these six mistakes.

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Marie/LittleBirdOfParadise @canarylittle.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

New little bear and fish friend available on my website. They were a joy to create, I hope it shows ❤️ littlebirdofparadise.bigcartel.com/product/just... #bsnm #artsky #shopindie #originalart

A little bear made of textiles, wearing a dress and holding a little blue fish in her arms.

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Finally have both trees mounted and shaped, ready for their proper photos later. Love working on such a small scale but oh boy it is fiddly! Made with 0.315mm copper wire and size 11.0 or smaller seed beads. #Art #WireArtist

Two small bead and wire tree sculptures on peacock ore bases at either side of a larger piece of peacock ore. Tree in the foreground is in teal with dots of purple deep pink and copper to mimic the colour of the base it sirs on. The tree in the background is mostly purple with hints of blue copper and pink. All are sitting on a light wood tv stand with part of the tv screen visible in the background.

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The latest tree in progress. Just started and loving the colour mix already. It's a custom mix I conjured up myself to complement the peacock ore base it will be paired with. #Artist #WireArt

5 gunmetal coloured wire branches twisted together with peacock blue, teal purple and copper beaded leaves. The tips of two of my fingers beside it for scale, almost the same size as the branches. Teeny tiny beads and fine wire.

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Elaine at Ellie's Treasures @elliestreasures.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After a successful exhibition at The Hague earlier this month, the @paeartforacause.bsky.social online shop is open until 8 July for those wishing to purchase original postcard artworks & help support a fabulous project for those living with forms of dementia. www.postcardartexhibit.com/shop

Hand sewn, post card sized, mixed textile artwork designed for the 2026 Postcard Art Exhibit in The Netherlands.

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The Wee Owl Studio, Art 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @theweeowl.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today's theme on Folksy is 'My Favourite Piece' This is my own current favourite, my small drawing of two Japanese white-eye birds. folksy.com/find/item/86... #Birds #Folksy #ThemeOfTheDay #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #bsnm #WildlifeArt

A small drawing in colour of two Japanese white-eye birds sitting on branches with pink spring blossoms. The background is a very light shade of pink.
The Japanese white-eye, known as mejiro in Japan, is a small, vibrant bird that has long captured the admiration of birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts. Recognizable by the distinct white ring around its eyes.
An original art work, please note that the frame is not included.
Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper
5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).

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Dean @chapelsoap.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Last year we lost our Harley. This shampoo was formulated for him, it's soft and gentle, just like Harley. Today we've relaunched it in his honour. Love you Harley 🌈 #MHHSBD #DogsOfBluesky

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Tallis @shillelagh0.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Look if my feed just turned into frogs I didn’t know existed, I wouldn’t be sad about it

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

My latest fixation - peacock ore inspired trees! This is the last one of three left and just about to pack up the other two ready to send to their new homes tomorrow. 💜 #Art #Sculpture

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Yesterday was a double celebration; Twysted Roots 9th Birthday and 4 years since I brought a tiny Milo home 🥰 To mark the occasion I'm offering 20% off all trees this weekend so if you’ve had your eye on something, now would be a good time as this offer won't be on for long. #Art #Trees

A small puppy Milo sitting on my knee. He is a smooth coated collie kelpie cross, mostly black with a white patch on his chest. He is wearing a blue collar.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

“If you don’t embrace AI you’ll be left in the dust” like yes that sounds lovely one dust please

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

My latest masterpiece from a week or so ago that has now been received in its new home in the US. First time using glow in the dark beads for the entire tree and it has the most gorgeous effect, especially on this weeping style. New fixation unlocked! #Art #Sculpture #WireArtist

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Noooooo not Catherine O'Hara 😭💔 2026 can go lick rust

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Basil Wright @kobanya.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New Year, new #PortfolioDay! I'm Basil, an Afronative game designer, sensitivity consultant/coordinator, and translator. I've worked with MCDM, Hit Point Press, SoulMuppet Publishing, Brotherwise Games, and hopefully more to come! Website: towerofbasil.wordpress.com Games: kobanya.itch.io

Two page spread of "Come Out From Your Grave". The art on the left is a spirit standing over a woman praying in front of a cross tombstone with candles on its base. The ghost is pointing as if giving directions.

"The MCDM RPG" laid over a battle scene with heroes fighting against monsters using various weapons and abilities.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

New fidget pendants up! Left to right: Snowflake obsidian, hemimorphite, lemon jade, two tone lapis lazuli, carnelian, tiger's eye, and blue goldstone. oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1604... #Handmade #Stm #Fidget

Single large bead and silver wirework fidget pendants - black and white, blue, pale yellow, blue and green, orange, brown striped, dark brown sparkles.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Automatic captions make it difficult to watch videos because the viewer is forced to decipher misspelled or mistranslated words that appear in a string of text without any punctuation. These can be distracting and disorienting. Always edit your captions before publishing.

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Since we're at the tail end of January, I'm doing a thing I rarely do - a sale! Needing the space (and the funds). Discount applied automatically so no codes or stuff to remember. 💚 twystedroots.co.uk/shop

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The Alchemist 🇨🇦 @alchemistsstudio.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

From our Liminal Dreams series, "Infinity Rising" is an endless reflection on quiet transformation. This piece is a delicate blend of timelessness that speaks to renewal, perseverance, and the ways we rise and fall together in an interconnected infinite universe. #art #space #pottery #sciart

An industrial looking ceramic sculpture in the shape of an infinity with glazing in reds, yellows, violets, coppers and greens. View 1

An industrial looking ceramic sculpture in the shape of an infinity with glazing in reds, yellows, violets, coppers and greens. View 2

A closeup of the base of an industrial looking ceramic sculpture in the shape of an infinity with glazing in reds, yellows, violets, coppers and greens.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 20/01/2026

How to get into nature.

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

New trees listed over the weekend and beads ordered for a tree request. Can ease off on the making for a bit because I'm running out of storage space. 🙃 Anyway you can find this one and all the others available here www.twystedroots.co.uk/shop #Art #Sculpture

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MeerWolfRenders🧡🐾 @meerwolfrenders.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The state of our workspace 🫣 This is what happens when you give two neurodivergents many colourful beads and shiny wires without enough boxes or storage space to organize them all

Top view of a table with boxes, beads, spools of wires, and tools all over the place. And also like three different kinds of placemats that don’t even match.

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Diana D Wilder @dianadwilder.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I made these a few years ago while experimenting with string art. I wrapping thread around nails just to see what would happen. I’m really happy with how they came out ❤️⭐ #Vibrant #BlueSkyArtShow #JanuArty #JanuArty2026 #nail #fibreart #yarn #MHHSBD #Art #CraftBizParty #Random

Handcrafted string art heart made with vibrant red thread intricately woven around metal nails on a painted black wooden surface

Handmade string art star crafted from shimmering silver thread, tightly woven around evenly spaced metal nails. Set against black background, the star catches the light with a metallic glow.

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New trees! It's good to focus on art right now because the world is kinda awful and I can't do anything about it. 💚

A garnet and silver wire tree with spiralled roots sitting on my white oak effect tv unit. A green and a blue tree are out of focus behind it.

A silver wire tree with chrysocolla gemstones. Tree has spiralled roots and is sitting on my tv stand with a tv and white wall behind it.

A spring green bead and wire weeping willow tree on a piece of slate, sitting on my white oak effect tv stand. I've not measured it but it is around 3 inches high and 5 inches wide. Ish.

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Danielle Pedersen @smallwildshop.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Hitting the site today at 1:00pm (pacific) daniellepedersen.com

An assortment of handmade blue and white ceramic pendants with gold details.

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Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Who wants to snap up the last fidget pendant from this batch? Just tiger's eye left, ready to be shipped: oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1604... (If you're looking for another stone, I will be updating soon.) #Handmade #Stim #Fidget

4 gemstone and silver wire fidget pendants - carnelian (orange), rose quartz (pink), dark blue sparkles (blue goldstone), brown stripes (tiger's eye).

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

My Art v Artist 2025 Great year for larger tree sculptures. Terrible year business wise. Here's hoping for good things in 2026. #Art #Hope

Some of my favourite bead and wire trees from 2025.

The trees shown from top left to bottom right With Me Always. Two trees forming the shape of a heart with the beads in sunset colours from deep blue at the top with small Swarovski stars, then lighter blue, purple, and pinks and a Swarovski moon pendant hanging in the middle. Tree as always has spiralled roots and is mounted to a slice of smooth olive wood.
Pure Spirit, amethyst tree on amethyst base
The enormous pink weeping cherry tree, my top favourite of this year.
Springtime Sunshine, yellow bead tree on tiger eye base.
Autumn Inferno, red bead tree on a stone base.
All is Not Lost, purple wisteria on a slate base with amethyst, my second favourite of this year.
Replenish, rutilated gold quartz tree on a tiger eye base.
And lastly a large bead and wire Christmas tree on a natural agate slice.
And me in the middle, wavy coppery brown hair, red glasses and smiling.

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Marie/LittleBirdOfParadise @canarylittle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A new little doll brooch available on my website. She is handmade and really cute. littlebirdofparadise.bigcartel.com/product/litt... #MHHSBD #bsnm #textileart #folkArt #Christmas

A hand holding a small bust of a girl with black hair. The character is made of textiles.

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

If you need a gift for someone into gardening or wildlife, check out our seed collections. They come in tins, (easy to wrap 😊), and contain packets of seeds for flowers that are beneficial to wildlife 🐝🦋🦇🐛🌱 www.jemimasgarden.co.uk #MHHSBD #Christmasgifts #EcoFriendly

A compilation picture of our 3 different seed collections, Annual Fowers, Biennial Flowers and Perennial Flowers.
They are contained in labelled rectangular silver tins.
The photo of the Perennial seeds shows the opened tin and the seed packets that are contained within.

A compilation photo showing the flowers that can be grown from the packets of seeds contained in our Annual Seed Collection.
These are:
Borage, blue, star-like flowers, (this one has bee feeding from it)
Californinan Poppy, orange flowers
Cornflower Polka Dot Mixed, a mix of blue, pink, deep purple/pink and white flowers
Corn Marigold, yellow daisy-like flowers
Cornflower, intense blue flowers, this one has a bee on it
Corn Chamomile, white with yellow centre, daisy-like flowers
Cosmos, Large, simple flowers in shades of pink and white
Limnanthes, (Poached Egg Plant), not surprisingly, yellow flowers with a white edge
Nasturtium Alaska, vivid tubular flowers in shades from yellow to deep red and green/cream variegated leaves.
Nigella, (Love in a Mist), Persian Jewels Mixed, pretty flowers in colours of white, pink and blue.
Pot Marigold, orange daisy-like flowers in vivid orange with orange centres.
Red Field Poppy, traditional red Poppy.

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Clair @twystedroots.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I've wanted to make a larger Christmas tree for a few years now but historically been too busy to have the time or energy to do it. Its been the quietest November I've known so thought screw it, I'm throwing myself into something indulgent that I'm going to love bringing to life. #Art #Artist

The start of a bead and wire Christmas tree, XL style. A copper wire tree core with only the very top covered with deep green two cut seed beads in a fir tree style and topped with an ab Swarovski crystal star. Tree is sitting on a white sketch pad and casting a shadow on that and the white wall behind it. I'm very excited about this one!

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