recalibrate ~ video diary

 anxiety sucks, take time to recalibrate

vlog of dead vlogs ~ video diary

 

a video diary made from all the video diaries that didn't quite make it alone

You Gotta Eat issue 2 ~ zine

 

issue 2 of You Gotta Eat exists! it's companion zine this time is Idols Gotta Eat Too.

i'd wanted to make a food zine for years and then when i finally got around to it with issue 1 it felt so discombobulated but i just wanted it done and then i've had a weird year since then and issue 2 came together a little easier but still feels a little, forced maybe? but i also feel like i know what i want this zine to be now. and i feel like i've been working on a lot of habits that will make my creative endeavours flow a bit better (fingers crossed)(it's an ongoing effort!)(that will have ups and downs, no judgement!!)

some people can plan and make all the decisions and produce something that is this fully formed version of itself straight away but i need to do things to work them out so the first two issues feel to me like they're in a pupal phase and now they've hatched and i can get on with the next one knowing what i'm doing. although i may well be here a year later with issue 3 like, uh it took ages and i got stuck on it and it feels weird lol. but right now i feel good about it :) 

i enjoy this small, almost square format. i fit 3 spreads on one a4 sheet of paper which also makes it cheaper to print. and cute to hold.

even if it does feel pupal stage (which doesn't mean it's bad) i still made a thing and that's always worth it.
 

recent shop bits

some shop orders all laid out looking nice before, here they come, the newest items i've added to my shop...

crabby apple stickers

snail keyrings

and now some embroideries, horse and corpse

king's head

sun and moon

and some more orders all laid out to end because i always think it looks really cool :)

charity shop, embroidery, spend the day with me

a week in May ~ video diary

 

may zine club

 

May zine club scans are here, free tier on my patreon :)

hermit does more in a week than normally does in a month ~ video diary

 

april vlog

 

  

🖤Zak and Jonathan🖤

 

when they announced this episode last year some time i was so excited, i've been waiting for it to turn up ever since. so much fun. i was obsessed with Korn when i was a teenager and Ghost Adventures is just so fun, spooky and silly. perfect combo for me.

i had a good time, they did not disappoint <3

sketchbook snippets

 

a couple of bits from my sketchbook in April. every page is scanned and shared here.

sky knowledge

snail friend

 

i made myself a chunky little crochet snail friend keyring and i love them. i think if i made another i'd move the eye stalks a little further forward but i actually really enjoy that this guy has a slight bunny feel, very cute imo.

now to decide where to hang him. my backpack is green and has a Kirby keyring so colour-wise he'd fit right in. sometimes i'm not interested in matching colours because i like all of them and don't like to be tasteful at all but also sometimes all one (or two) colour is pretty intense and cool. plus, snail does deserve to go on main bag...

i took these photos over in the meadow and i didn't see any snails but i did see a lot of rabbits and bumblebees. there's normally always lots of dog walkers over there but it was so quiet and i had the whole place pretty much to myself and the rabbits weren't so spooked so i got to see them up close and cleaning themselves and it was perfect.

hourly comic day 2025 zine

hourly comic day 2025 now in zine format for our paper touching pleasure. these are all posted on my bluesky but we all know zines are better than social media.

in the shop here

Little Bits issue eight

Little Bits issue eight!!!!! every time that number gets bigger i'm sort of surprised i'm still making them but i love my perzine, i would like to give it a bit more attention but even scooping together some stuff every 6 months is very nice for me. maybe they're fine and i just feel like i don't put enough effort into anything?...

in the shop