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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Sep 6

September is here and we have a newly updated in person events schedule for you all! We’ve added some events and dropped some. As always, you can check our website for our events schedule, as well.

#montanaevents #renaissancefestival #shopsmall #shoplocal #art #montanaartists

An illustrated schedule stating that Star Berry Hollow will be at the Belgrade Fall Festival on September 13th from 10-4 at Lions Park and at the Missoula Renaissance Festival on September 20th and 21st at the Missoula County Fairgrounds

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Aug 20

This weekend we will be returning for two fun filled days of merriment at the Bozeman Renaissance Festival! Last year was fantastic and we're so looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones!

#renfest #renaissancefestival #bozemanevents #bozeman #montana

An event announcement declaring that Star Berry Hollow will be at the Bozeman Renaissance Festival August 23rd-24th accompanied by a map of the event

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Jul 25

Having a great time at @ookiisoracon ! Swing by and say hi! #conventionartist #merchanthall #dealershall #artistalley #whimsicalwares #fairywares

A photo of an artist alley booth for Star Berry Hollow with mushroom witch hats, greeting cards, stickers, prints, curiosities, knitware, jewelery and more.

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hello @ookiisoracon.bsky.social we're excited to meet you this weekend! Stop by table #21 for some whimsical wares! We have dragon scale wrist warmers, mushroom witch hats, pinecone pendants, curiousities, stickers, greeting cards, and more!

#ookiisoracon #helenamt #fairywares #smallartists

A map of the Ookii Sora Con Dealers Hall pointing out the location of Star Berry Hollow at table #21 for the convention dated July 25th-27th

A photo of Star Berry Hollow's vendor table set up, featuring mushroom witch hats, curiosities, stickers, greeting cards, jewelery, knitwear and more.

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Jun 16

We’re so excited to be selling at Miscon as our first convention since 2019! Stop by and say hi!

In the meantime, our shop will be closed starting on Wednesday and reopen sometime next week.

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Jun 9

We’ve got a busy summer ahead! We hope you’ll come see us!

We sent out our first newsletters this morning. You can sign up for those through our website - they’ll have all the information we share here in one place.

Have a great week!

#smallbusiness #artvendor #montanabusiness #montanaevents

An illustrated summer events list for Star Berry Hollow. It reads “ Summer Events” “Summer Art Markets N. Bozeman Avenue June 13th, July 11th, August 8th 5-8pm.” “Miscon 39 June 20-23”. “OokiiSora Con Delta Colonial Hotel, Helena, MT July 25-27” “Bozeman Renaissance Festival August 22-23” “Magpie Renaissance Faire September 13-14”

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Jun 1

Welcome to Star Berry Hollow! We are a family art collective based in the Gallatin Valley, MT. You may have seen us at Markets and Festivals in the area, we’re excited to announce that we’re now online as well! You can learn more about us, see our event schedule, and shop at www.starberryhollow.com

A digital illustration of a pair of purple trucked trees whose foliage makes an arch. The background is a purple night sky with yellow stars and in the foreground is a carved wooden purple sign that reads welcome to Star Berry Hollow

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 31

My Hex Girls tour posters have officially sold out! I will be donating that money to Gaza Soup Kitchen, again. Thank you to everyone who bought or shared a poster! I apreciate you sooo much!

Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Jan 22

I still have 2 of these Hex Girls tour poster prints left!

All proceeds donated to Palestinian relief because I'd copied the tour list & included Israhell without knowing better at the time.

They're on clearance but you can pay what you want & I will donate it all.

ko-fi.com/s/ef9444884f

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 31

As always, sending love and support to my trans siblings!

A photograph of a tri-fold greeting card spead out on a brown kraft envelope on the grass. The greeting card is in the shape of a cartoon moth with pink cheeks and it's wings are the colors of the transgender flag with heart accents. In the center of the card is a white heart that the moth is holding with all 6 of it's legs. On the white heart, the text "Happy Trans Day of Visibility from the Pride Moths!" Is added over the photo digitally in pink.

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Mochi Peachu @mochipeachu.bsky.social · Mar 31

Hey artists!! Your art deserves protection.

Glaze = style camouflage

Nightshade = silent sabotage

Together, they mess up AI training.

Use them. Share smart.

nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/whatis.html

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Maren @paarsec.com · Nov 27

I want art that looks worse made by real people who are paid a universal basic income and who don't have to compete for the bare minimum and I’m not kidding

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✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · Mar 18

Artists running their own business: I'm exhausted, I'm so close to snapping. I work 80 hour+ weeks to keep this business afloat, I do everything myself, I haven't gotten to draw or get 8 hours of sleep in weeks...

Someone: ah, yes. The artists aren't sharing info because of the elitism.

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Nicole 🐸🌿 shop update live! 🎃 @munespice.bsky.social · Mar 20

frogs are so vital to ecosystems!! but they’re a majorly threatened class of creatures!! one small way we can help is wiping our shoes/boots down before exploring outside areas to decrease spread of toxins/pesticides, harmful fungi & bacteria, and even invasive plant seeds. part of leave no trace 🫡

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Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · Mar 22

anyway, find your local independent bookstore, or any independent bookstore, and support them however you can. you don't need to spend money! book clubs and storytimes are free. author events are often free! asking for help is free. community is free ❤️ bookshop.org

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

bookshop.org

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Mar 24

Remember how that turned out, though?

Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 22

I made a cara and it feels like deviantart did when I was 13.

Anyone else on there?
cara.app/emmikatjohnson

Emmi Kat Johnson (@emmikatjohnson) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform

Artist w/ a degree in animation I sell stickers, cards, silly hats & dead things linktr.ee/emmikatjohnson

cara.app

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 23

It always sucks to break an art piece, but tbh I didn't really like the layout before I redid it!

#natureswonders #curiosities #vultureculture #forestcore

A vertical photo featuring a round squat goblet of clear glass with a junky clear glass lid on top. It contains moss and bones and mushrooms. It is captioned, in pink, "the struggles of working with glass..." "I glued it and left it and when I came back I noticed the crack. Oh well. I'll rehome the inhabitants."

A tall photo featuring a pink sleeved hand holding a squat broken glass goblet with dirt in the bottom of it above a new goblet filled with moss and bones and mushrooms and a snail shell. There is an untidy craft table and couch in the background. It is captioned, in pink, "Cheers ~" I added some things and I like it better than I did before, anyway! "

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Edmonds Scanner @edmondsscanner.bsky.social · Mar 22

Don't hide your voice from the world.
Use it to draw folk deep into the forest so they can enjoy your terrible splendor, and you can enjoy their mossy doom.

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 23

To myself: You've gotta post stuff for people to know about it, you've gotta post stuff for people to know about it...

Hey! I sell art! Stickers & greeting cards & curios & jewelery! I'll be raising some of my prices with my next update so get tlem while they're cheap!

ko-fi.com/emmikatjohns...

A photograph showing the semi opaque nature of a sparkly sticker. The sticker itself is of a corset made of glass with a gold lock on the front. You can see through to the other sides of it and see the stems of the flowers that are held in it like a vase. There is a hand holding the sticket and you can see through the sticker to see the fingers behind it. In the background there are more stickers and glitter scattered across a green cutting mat. There is a watermark for Emmi Kat Johnson, emmikatjohnson@gmail.com, https://ko-fi.com/emmikatjohnson/shop

A standard greeting card laid out on dark green velvet. There is an illustration of a cherubic jester figure in all yellow with red shoes and a blue belt with stars and moons on it. They are wearing bells at their collar, wrists, ankles, and the tip of their pointed hat. The background is cream colored with a border of alternating red and warm yellow tiles. The corners are marked with blue tiles featuring either stars or moons. The card is laying atop a kraft paper brown envelope with a straight flap. There is a watermark for Emmi Kat Johnson, emmikatjohnson@gmail.com, https://ko-fi.com/emmikatjohnson/shop

A rectangular wooden frame laying longways with ornate filigree at each corner. In the frame on dark green velvet there is a real cobweb painted gold, atop which lay pressed flora in alternating corners, and a preserved mourning cloak butterfly. There is a watermark for Emmi Kat Johnson, emmikatjohnson@gmail.com, https://ko-fi.com/emmikatjohnson/shop

A photograph of a pair of silver clip on earrings with a real tiny pinecone whittled into the shape of a mushroom dangling from each one. There is a watermark for Emmi Kat Johnson, emmikatjohnson@gmail.com, https://ko-fi.com/emmikatjohnson/shop

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 12

I've got a bad habit about keeping all of my projects a secret (something to do with the fear of failure and disappointing people or whatever), but last year was a big year for my sister and I selling our art, so we started an LLC and we just got the domain for our website starberryhollow.com!

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Mar 9

💕💕💕

Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Mar 9

A photo of a tri-fold greeting card shaped like a cartoon moth with it's wings outstretched. The interior of the wings have the colors of the trans flag with white and pink hearts visible on the blue part. There is a large central white heart being held by the moth's legs on which is digitally transposed in a cursive font "Happy International Women's Day to all the women who have, nevertheless kept on truckin!" There is a physical sticker sitting on the card as well that features 70s stars and swirls and the text "Nevertheless, She Kept on Truckin!"

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Mar 2

We’ve been hard at work and we’re almost ready to share our new website with you! We’re so excited to show you everything we’re about!

#artistsofbsky #smallbusinessesofbsky

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Star Berry Hollow @starberryhollow.bsky.social · Feb 21

Meet one of our co-founders!

Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Dec 28

Hi! I'm Emmi! I haven't done a meet the artist in soooo long, and this is a new to me platform so I figured it was time as we prepare to start from in the New Year. I have a degree in animation but never worked in the industry. 1/5

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Jan 22

I still have 2 of these Hex Girls tour poster prints left!

All proceeds donated to Palestinian relief because I'd copied the tour list & included Israhell without knowing better at the time.

They're on clearance but you can pay what you want & I will donate it all.

ko-fi.com/s/ef9444884f

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Feb 7

I designed a new Valentine for this year, but am late to releasing it so here's the one from last year!

Get it for your Love Bug!
ko-fi.com/s/b434c926da

A photograph of a hand holding a bright orange envelope and an illustrated greeting card that says "you wormed your way into my heart". The illustration features 2 worms making the shape of a heart in a patch of soil that is also heart shaped. The watwrmark for Emmi Kat Johnson with the email emmikatjohnson@gmail.com is in the lower right corner

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Emmi Kat Johnson she/her @emmikatjohnson.bsky.social · Feb 9

I have done the worst job of promoting these poor sticker sheets. I started selling them last summer but forgot to list them online til fall! They're available now, though!

ko-fi.com/s/086149c4cb
#smallartist #smallbusiness #stickers #stickersheets #celestial #sunandmoon #starry #whimsigothic

A pile of sticker sheets laid our on the green grass. The stickersheets have a purple/blue galaxy background with little white stars. The stickers include yellow stars, sparkles, shooting stars with multicolored tails, a crescent moon, a beaming sun, and a sun and moon kissing. The suns and moons have faces. A hand is peeling a sticker off of the top sheet.

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