Patreon, Squarespace, Gumroad. What do all these online spaces have in common? A monopolizing payment processor. My hand slipped and I contacted the ACLU, the FSC, and the MA Bar Association for legal assistance. If you’ve been fucked over by draconian nsfw bans please join my Mastercard Injury Mailing List.

I tend to draw everything with the same soft pillow-like texture, so painting different surfaces is important practice for me ~ If you want to learn more about how I do this, check out my tutorial on painting different surfaces over on patreon!

just a fruity little reminder that my Ko-fi has free wallpapers for you! ʕ♡˙ᴥ˙♡ʔ

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if earth was a big blue ball, i’d toss it for you to chase it

my little brain is positively overflowing with ideas for tiny fashionable lil' outfits for stuffed animals... so far outside the reach of my sewing skills...

experimenting a bit with a pet portrait style. I haven't done digital comms in a long while, and I want to settle on something cute that I'm comfy with before opening slots...

... but do expect some spots to open up over summer and maybe the autumn as well! I'll probably do two at a time and keep the price at about $40. ʕ – ᴥ – ʔ

rainbow of scrunchies for a spring market 🌷🌸

platforming palestinian joy is just as important as sharing the suffering they're enduring during this genocide. despite continued displacement and bombardment, you cannot steal their joy and spirit. happy birthday to this sweet baby 🖤🇵🇸 may they grow up to see a free palestine

It's Gonna be May~

psst... this wallpaper is free on ko-fi ♡

Milton Glaser, Therapy With A Tomato, 1978

I love you handmade toys, I love you tiny pillows made by someone's grandma, I love you ornaments passed down for generations, I love you dog shaped bookshelf my great grandfather made, I love you vintage rabbit dolls that were made to last decades and decades, I love you sweet little heirloom objects tucked away into homes that bring joy whenever you see them I love

oooh, I went out and about today by myself and had a REALLY lovely time exploring! I specifically wanted to pop into a local quilt shop that I've never been in—if you're familiar with local crafting shops you know they have wildly limited hours lol—and had a little chat with the staff! They carry Ruby Star Society fabrics which I was jazzed to see, even though it was slim pickings. I love LOVE RSS fabrics, the colors are just!! *chef's kiss*

Afterwards I ambled around the plaza and found an awesome little art store that is like? A thrift store/art supply/consignment combo and WOW. It was just stuffed to bursting with all kinds of bits of art supplies for like, $1 each. ONE DOLLAR. In this economy? And it was virtually all things that people would have otherwise thrown away despite it being perfectly good.

L i t e r a l l y filled a tote bag with fabrics ends and scraps, a ribbon, and trim, and beads. All exactly what I am looking for, and in the quantities that I'm looking for, to keep practicing making animal dolls.

I am JAZZED out of my little mind about this new goblin hoard of fabric!! I can make things! I can experiment with tricky, slippery fabric and not be terrified about wasting a ton of money! I have so many new, inspiring colors and pattern to put together into wee little rompers and bows and bags. ; u;

happy birthday trans people!!!

I'll be at MoCCA Fest at table 68 this weekend, and I made some of my favorite, evergreen pieces of art advice into a print for the occasion! Always some nice reminders for me, but maybe they'll be helpful for you too.

(Personally, I have never been steered wrong by "follow your thirst." 😌)

thinking about how I had a few folks at my last market suggest to me (kindly and with good intentions) that I make and sell some versions of the hand knit cardigan I was wearing because people would "totally pay $300 for that!"

I appreciated the sentiment, but people don't understand what goes into handmade clothes! I don't use a knitting machine. Every stitch in that garment is created by hand on needles, and the sleeves were brioche. Even using inexpensive acrylic yarn for the whole project, and accounting for the HUGE sleeve stitches (saving me time making the sleeves)—the material cost was $55 and the labor was well beyond that.

Let's conservatively estimate the cardigan took me 30 hours to create. Currently, when pressed to put a dollar amount to my time, I use the living wage as a baseline and then go up from there $1/hour for every year I have been actively practicing that particular skill. In the case of knitting that would be 11 years, and the current living wage in my area is approximately $23/hour. Setting aside the fact that this is calculated based on a 40 hour work week and I don't believe that is ethical or sustainable, we'll just leave it at $34/hour. That would make labor alone $1,020.

This brings the "production cost" to $1,075.

Items are not sold at production cost because that would leave your profit margin at 0%. This is not sustainable because it costs money to run a business (think things like paying for computer repairs, buying tools, the tablecloth you use at markets, paying for a website, etc.). Realistically to cover business costs and still come out with a 7% "net" profit margin, which is just a number pulled from averages in the clothing retail business...

... I'd have to sell that cardigan for $1,350.

So yeah! Something to think about when you see the price of clothes that are handmade. :o)

boom boom boom boom i want you in my loom knit you into a sweater then sew it up forever