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Sidney Eileen
@sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Disabled neurospicy queer nonbinary trans witch, artist, and writer. Inclusive democratic-socialist, anti-fascist. (ze/zir/zem)
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · Jun 9
I have been doing these #wellness checks for some time in my discord server support group for disabled and chronically ill pagans & witches. With how difficult things are right now for so many, I felt it would be of benefit to others.

#resist #WitchSky #ChronicIllness #support #community #SelfCare
Weekly Wellness Checks In times of duress, it is extra important to take the time to check in with yourself, and honestly assess how you are doing. This helps with balancing self-care needs, and also with giving yourself credit for what you accomplish even when it feels like you have accomplished nothing. To that end, on different days of the week I post prompts to help others find voice for their needs, joys, and victories, and so community can provide support. Remember! When replying to others, support and compassion first. Advice only if requested. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Made-It Monday! The deliberate double entandre is for anything and everything you have made, or made it through, during the prior week. This is a way to celebrate victories and accomplishments, big or small or seemingly inconsequential, be it meeting a major life goal, remembering your medication, making it through the work week, creating or working on a piece of art, making yourself a sandwich, making it out of bed when it all feels like too much, or anything else. Look at you, surviving the week and getting things done! I’m proud of you! sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Wellness Wednesday! This prompt looks for the honest answer to the question, “How have you been?” Good, bad, neutral, or complicated, it all matters. By honestly checking in with yourself, you can adjust your activities, engage in needed self-care, and hopefully avoid or recover from burnout and despair. Living is hard, but dying would be a pity. No one is genuinely OK right now unless there is something seriously broken in them. It is OK to not be OK. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Fun Friday! Western cultures tell us that we are not allowed to be happy when things are bad, or we are not giving the bad things the gravity they deserve. The reality is that the worse things are, the more important it is to find fun and joy and happiness, no matter how trivial or fleeting. Without moments of joy and of peace, the weight of oppression and misery has the ability to utterly crush us. Treasure the joys that make each day bearable. You are worth it! sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 7h
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip 5

Five colors down. Two to go. Pattern is my own.

I'm a lot happier with how v2 is filling the bookmark blank, compared to v1.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #wip #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark #squirrel #art #ArtSky
Cross stitch embroidered bookmark of a squirrel standing on a branch. The branch is finished and the squirrel is developing. Wip by Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 17h
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip 4

4th color done - 3 to go. This was the only color found in both the branch and the squirrel. Pattern is my own design.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #wip #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark #squirrel #art
Cross stitch embroidered bookmark of a squirrel standing on a branch. The branch is finished and the squirrel is starting to appear. Wip by Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 1d
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip 3

Third color done. I love how doing each color in sequence results in abstract weirdness transforming into a coherent image.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #wip #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark #sqirrel #art
Cross stitch embroidered bookmark of a squirrel on a branch, done on a white pre-made bookmark blank. Three colors are completed. Wip by Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 1d
This little bundle of chaos and cuddles has continued to spark endorphins during a difficult week.
A pale orange adolescent kitten snuggled in a lap looking at the camera.
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 1d
Fun Friday!

What brought joy to your life this past week, no matter how big, small, or fleeting? We need to take the time to appreciate moments of happiness, especially in difficult times.

#WitchSky #QueerSky #ChronicIllness #resist #disabled #MentalHealth #SelfCare #community #depression
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · Jun 9
I have been doing these #wellness checks for some time in my discord server support group for disabled and chronically ill pagans & witches. With how difficult things are right now for so many, I felt it would be of benefit to others.

#resist #WitchSky #ChronicIllness #support #community #SelfCare
Weekly Wellness Checks In times of duress, it is extra important to take the time to check in with yourself, and honestly assess how you are doing. This helps with balancing self-care needs, and also with giving yourself credit for what you accomplish even when it feels like you have accomplished nothing. To that end, on different days of the week I post prompts to help others find voice for their needs, joys, and victories, and so community can provide support. Remember! When replying to others, support and compassion first. Advice only if requested. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Made-It Monday! The deliberate double entandre is for anything and everything you have made, or made it through, during the prior week. This is a way to celebrate victories and accomplishments, big or small or seemingly inconsequential, be it meeting a major life goal, remembering your medication, making it through the work week, creating or working on a piece of art, making yourself a sandwich, making it out of bed when it all feels like too much, or anything else. Look at you, surviving the week and getting things done! I’m proud of you! sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Wellness Wednesday! This prompt looks for the honest answer to the question, “How have you been?” Good, bad, neutral, or complicated, it all matters. By honestly checking in with yourself, you can adjust your activities, engage in needed self-care, and hopefully avoid or recover from burnout and despair. Living is hard, but dying would be a pity. No one is genuinely OK right now unless there is something seriously broken in them. It is OK to not be OK. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Fun Friday! Western cultures tell us that we are not allowed to be happy when things are bad, or we are not giving the bad things the gravity they deserve. The reality is that the worse things are, the more important it is to find fun and joy and happiness, no matter how trivial or fleeting. Without moments of joy and of peace, the weight of oppression and misery has the ability to utterly crush us. Treasure the joys that make each day bearable. You are worth it! sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 2d
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip 2

Second color in place.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #wip #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip 2 A cross stitch embroidered bookmark on a white pre-made bookmark blank that came machine edged. Two colors are stitched in on a vertical branch. By Sidney Eileen
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 3d
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip1

One color done on the larger version.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #wip #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark
Squirrel Bookmark v2 - wip1 Cross stitch embroidered bookmark on a white pre-made blank with scalloped edging. The mid-tone brown for the branch is finished. By Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 3d
Squirrel Bookmark v1
This bookmark blank is a little larger than the others, so the pattern is a little small on it. I've made another pattern (yet to be stitched) with a larger squirrel.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark #squirrel
Cross stitch embroidered bookmark of a squirrel standing on a stick, on a pre-made white bookmark blank with scalloped edging. By Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 3d
It's been a rough week. Things keep happening that require unexpected spoon expenditures, and I've been running so empty I'm burning spoons i don't even have. Hopefully the next three days will allow for rest.

Managing chronic illness is the pits.
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 3d
Wellness Wednesday!

How have you been this past week - physically, mentally, and emotionally? An honest assessment helps with managing self-care.

#WitchSky #QueerSky #ChronicIllness #disabled #resist #wellness #support #depression #MentalHealth #SelfCare #community
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · Jun 9
I have been doing these #wellness checks for some time in my discord server support group for disabled and chronically ill pagans & witches. With how difficult things are right now for so many, I felt it would be of benefit to others.

#resist #WitchSky #ChronicIllness #support #community #SelfCare
Weekly Wellness Checks In times of duress, it is extra important to take the time to check in with yourself, and honestly assess how you are doing. This helps with balancing self-care needs, and also with giving yourself credit for what you accomplish even when it feels like you have accomplished nothing. To that end, on different days of the week I post prompts to help others find voice for their needs, joys, and victories, and so community can provide support. Remember! When replying to others, support and compassion first. Advice only if requested. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Made-It Monday! The deliberate double entandre is for anything and everything you have made, or made it through, during the prior week. This is a way to celebrate victories and accomplishments, big or small or seemingly inconsequential, be it meeting a major life goal, remembering your medication, making it through the work week, creating or working on a piece of art, making yourself a sandwich, making it out of bed when it all feels like too much, or anything else. Look at you, surviving the week and getting things done! I’m proud of you! sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Wellness Wednesday! This prompt looks for the honest answer to the question, “How have you been?” Good, bad, neutral, or complicated, it all matters. By honestly checking in with yourself, you can adjust your activities, engage in needed self-care, and hopefully avoid or recover from burnout and despair. Living is hard, but dying would be a pity. No one is genuinely OK right now unless there is something seriously broken in them. It is OK to not be OK. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Fun Friday! Western cultures tell us that we are not allowed to be happy when things are bad, or we are not giving the bad things the gravity they deserve. The reality is that the worse things are, the more important it is to find fun and joy and happiness, no matter how trivial or fleeting. Without moments of joy and of peace, the weight of oppression and misery has the ability to utterly crush us. Treasure the joys that make each day bearable. You are worth it! sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 5d
I made it through the week. That's it. That's my accomplishment. Depression and chronic illness are hell.
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 5d
Made-it Monday!

What did you make, or make it through, this past week? Take time to celebrate your victories and accomplishments, no matter how big, small, or seemingly inconsequential.

#WitchSky #QueerSky #ChronicIllness #resist #disabled #MentalHealth #community #SelfCare #wellness #support
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · Jun 9
I have been doing these #wellness checks for some time in my discord server support group for disabled and chronically ill pagans & witches. With how difficult things are right now for so many, I felt it would be of benefit to others.

#resist #WitchSky #ChronicIllness #support #community #SelfCare
Weekly Wellness Checks In times of duress, it is extra important to take the time to check in with yourself, and honestly assess how you are doing. This helps with balancing self-care needs, and also with giving yourself credit for what you accomplish even when it feels like you have accomplished nothing. To that end, on different days of the week I post prompts to help others find voice for their needs, joys, and victories, and so community can provide support. Remember! When replying to others, support and compassion first. Advice only if requested. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Made-It Monday! The deliberate double entandre is for anything and everything you have made, or made it through, during the prior week. This is a way to celebrate victories and accomplishments, big or small or seemingly inconsequential, be it meeting a major life goal, remembering your medication, making it through the work week, creating or working on a piece of art, making yourself a sandwich, making it out of bed when it all feels like too much, or anything else. Look at you, surviving the week and getting things done! I’m proud of you! sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Wellness Wednesday! This prompt looks for the honest answer to the question, “How have you been?” Good, bad, neutral, or complicated, it all matters. By honestly checking in with yourself, you can adjust your activities, engage in needed self-care, and hopefully avoid or recover from burnout and despair. Living is hard, but dying would be a pity. No one is genuinely OK right now unless there is something seriously broken in them. It is OK to not be OK. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Fun Friday! Western cultures tell us that we are not allowed to be happy when things are bad, or we are not giving the bad things the gravity they deserve. The reality is that the worse things are, the more important it is to find fun and joy and happiness, no matter how trivial or fleeting. Without moments of joy and of peace, the weight of oppression and misery has the ability to utterly crush us. Treasure the joys that make each day bearable. You are worth it! sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 8d
Good doggo! 💗
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 8d
New kitten in the house is guaranteed to spark joy and raise endorphins.
A pale orange kitten with white socks and golden eyes looks into the camera.
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 8d
Fun Friday!

What brought joy to your life this past week, no matter how big, small, or fleeting?
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · Jun 9
I have been doing these #wellness checks for some time in my discord server support group for disabled and chronically ill pagans & witches. With how difficult things are right now for so many, I felt it would be of benefit to others.

#resist #WitchSky #ChronicIllness #support #community #SelfCare
Weekly Wellness Checks In times of duress, it is extra important to take the time to check in with yourself, and honestly assess how you are doing. This helps with balancing self-care needs, and also with giving yourself credit for what you accomplish even when it feels like you have accomplished nothing. To that end, on different days of the week I post prompts to help others find voice for their needs, joys, and victories, and so community can provide support. Remember! When replying to others, support and compassion first. Advice only if requested. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Made-It Monday! The deliberate double entandre is for anything and everything you have made, or made it through, during the prior week. This is a way to celebrate victories and accomplishments, big or small or seemingly inconsequential, be it meeting a major life goal, remembering your medication, making it through the work week, creating or working on a piece of art, making yourself a sandwich, making it out of bed when it all feels like too much, or anything else. Look at you, surviving the week and getting things done! I’m proud of you! sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Wellness Wednesday! This prompt looks for the honest answer to the question, “How have you been?” Good, bad, neutral, or complicated, it all matters. By honestly checking in with yourself, you can adjust your activities, engage in needed self-care, and hopefully avoid or recover from burnout and despair. Living is hard, but dying would be a pity. No one is genuinely OK right now unless there is something seriously broken in them. It is OK to not be OK. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Fun Friday! Western cultures tell us that we are not allowed to be happy when things are bad, or we are not giving the bad things the gravity they deserve. The reality is that the worse things are, the more important it is to find fun and joy and happiness, no matter how trivial or fleeting. Without moments of joy and of peace, the weight of oppression and misery has the ability to utterly crush us. Treasure the joys that make each day bearable. You are worth it! sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 10d
It's been rough physically and emotionally this past week. Chronic illness sucks.
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 10d
Jack-O-Lanterns Bookmark

Pattern is my own. "YR" for Yolo Reads, a local literacy program it will be donated to.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark #art #moon #halloween #jack-o-lantern #pumpkin #samhain
Cross stitch embroidered bookmark - three stacked jack-o-lantern pumpkins and a crescent moon, on a black bookmark. By Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 10d
Wellness Wednesday!

How have you been this past week? An honest assessment helps with self-care.

#WitchSky #QueerSky #ChronicIllness #resist #wellness #support #depression #MentalHealth #SelfCare #community #disabled
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · Jun 9
I have been doing these #wellness checks for some time in my discord server support group for disabled and chronically ill pagans & witches. With how difficult things are right now for so many, I felt it would be of benefit to others.

#resist #WitchSky #ChronicIllness #support #community #SelfCare
Weekly Wellness Checks In times of duress, it is extra important to take the time to check in with yourself, and honestly assess how you are doing. This helps with balancing self-care needs, and also with giving yourself credit for what you accomplish even when it feels like you have accomplished nothing. To that end, on different days of the week I post prompts to help others find voice for their needs, joys, and victories, and so community can provide support. Remember! When replying to others, support and compassion first. Advice only if requested. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Made-It Monday! The deliberate double entandre is for anything and everything you have made, or made it through, during the prior week. This is a way to celebrate victories and accomplishments, big or small or seemingly inconsequential, be it meeting a major life goal, remembering your medication, making it through the work week, creating or working on a piece of art, making yourself a sandwich, making it out of bed when it all feels like too much, or anything else. Look at you, surviving the week and getting things done! I’m proud of you! sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Wellness Wednesday! This prompt looks for the honest answer to the question, “How have you been?” Good, bad, neutral, or complicated, it all matters. By honestly checking in with yourself, you can adjust your activities, engage in needed self-care, and hopefully avoid or recover from burnout and despair. Living is hard, but dying would be a pity. No one is genuinely OK right now unless there is something seriously broken in them. It is OK to not be OK. sidneyeileen.bsky.social Weekly Wellness Checks Fun Friday! Western cultures tell us that we are not allowed to be happy when things are bad, or we are not giving the bad things the gravity they deserve. The reality is that the worse things are, the more important it is to find fun and joy and happiness, no matter how trivial or fleeting. Without moments of joy and of peace, the weight of oppression and misery has the ability to utterly crush us. Treasure the joys that make each day bearable. You are worth it! sidneyeileen.bsky.social
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 11d
This one just delights me.
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❤️‍🔥Sandra is dancing in the lightning strikes⸆⸉ ❤️‍🔥 @punkispicegoddess.swifties.social · 11d
Progress over my weekend.
Ghost cross stitch pattern. It's a cute ghost in scream color doing it's own little cross stich of a jack-o-lantern, a crescent moon and a bat.
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 11d
Jack-O-Lanterns Bookmark - wip 1

It's definitely at the "what is that?" stage. 😆

This is as far as i got last night. Pattern is my own.

#embroidery #FiberArts #CraftSky #wip #StitchSky #CrossStitch #bookmark #pumpkin #jack-o-lantern #halloween
Jack-O-Lanterns Bookmark - wip 1 It's definitely at the "what is that?" stage. 😆 Part of only one color is stitched in, and it looks very random. Pattern is my own. By Sidney Eileen 2025
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 11d
Yay!! I'm so glad your new pcp is good!
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 11d
Wow. This looks stunning!
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Helene🐸🐸 @ilmalind.bsky.social · 12d
Made another corset, this time in Edwardian style with a whole bunch of birds and goldwork 🐥
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#corsetry #embroidery #craftsky
front view of a person wearing a yellow edwardian style corset that's embroidered with goldwork branches and various birds closeup of a person wearing a yellow corset with goldwork embroidered branches and embroidered birds back view of a person wearing a yellow corset with embroidered birds and goldwork branches the yellow corset laid out on a surface to show all the swallows, chaffinches, golden orioles, bohemian waxwings and nightingales embroidered on it
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 11d
Adorable!
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Karla 🌏 @karlaporter.bsky.social · 11d
Here's a smile, in case you need a distraction. Stitching this was mine today. #embroidery #cat
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 12d
How precious! What a lovely thing to make. ☺️
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Sidney Eileen @sidneyeileen.bsky.social · 12d
I made a couple more cross stitch bookmarks. I also made it through a particularly bad depression week, and i feel like I'm starting to claw my way back out of that.
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