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Claire
@cbellecats.bsky.social
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
My individually handmade recycled silver jewellery including intricate casts of real flowers (snowdrop, bluebell etc), casts of dragonfly Wongs & jay feathers & my tiny wearable sculptures of much-loved British bird species One of my best-selling mounted art prints of flowers I grew & bought from an honesty florist Victorian ink bottles that form part of my tiny posy-making mental health kits-they make great gifts The 12 photos that make up my 2026 botanical calendar-each image is designed to improve mental health
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
cbellecats.bsky.social
@jortsthecat.bsky.social hello Jorts, I thought you might like to know that today is #bogday

bogday.org
Bog Day
Celebrating the brilliance of bogs
bogday.org
July 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
MailyEXPRESSOgraph TRIUMPH FOR REFORM AS IT SWEEPS INTO THIRD PLACE by Our Political Correspondent Hugh Kip In the most seismic upheaval in the history of politics, Nigel Farage's Reform party continued its inevitable march to Number 10 by spectacularly coming third in the Hamilton by-election. After a disastrous night for Labour which saw the party only come first and win the election, it was clear that Starmer's days are numbered. If this result were replicated in a General Election, Reform would win a massive no seats, while labour would be consigned to the dustbin of history with another massive majority. The records will show that our prediction that it would be a two horse race between the SNP and Reform became a reality - as the Scots rejected the discredited SNP and consigning them to second place. This proved, as we said, that Reform is the only option north of the border, apart from Labour. A bruised and battered Starmer was clearly on the ropes as he addressed cheering crowds, and he must now only be days away from resigning - thus paving the way for Nigel Farage and his four MPs to sweep to power.
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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robpalk.bsky.social
Why are we always trying to win them over, its not like they're especially on a charm offensive with the rest of us
June 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
If you could retweet my tweet below linking to my Etsy shop (2025 half calendars, July-Dec) it would put my shop in front of more eyes and would help more than you know. I'd appreciate it so much. Thankyou 🌿
silverpebble2.bsky.social Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · Jun 1
My Etsy shop's now open for a v. limited print run of half calendars of my tiny posy & botanical photos.
I design my photos using recent neuroscientific research so that looking at them alleviates stress & lift mood.
Each calendar=6 very high quality frameable prints:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
6 of my photos designed using neuroscientific research to lift mood, of my tiny posies and botanical collections
June 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I was unable to work between December & April due to a breakdown. Every single RT here helps put my creative & mental health workshops in front of more eyes & helps me get back on my feet financially. It would help *so* much if you could RT my workshop below if you have a few seconds. Thankyou 🌿
silverpebble2.bsky.social Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · May 19
My 14 June botanical illustration & mental health w'shop's now enrolling
I'll teach you:
🌿How to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health.
Limited spaces,earlybird price:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
A selection of late spring garden finds and my illustrations of them & their names in calligraphy alongside. A selection of autumnal nature and botanical finds, my illustrations of them and their names alongside on a double page spread of a sketchbook. Drawing materials and other small nature finds are nearby. Cornflowers, Nigella, sweet peas and Russian sage in shades of blue, mauve and purple on one page of a sketchbook and my illustrations of them on the opposite page, along with the fountain pen I used to draw them nearby on a wooden table. Various spring nature and botanical finds with my pen and ink drawings and watercolours of them on pieces of sketchbook paper. A watercolour palette and fine paintbrush are nearby.
May 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
cbellecats.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social hope you’re having a great Easter. This last week you recommended a fiction author who was on a par with Mick Herron and I didn’t write the name down. If you have time who was it please?
April 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
Tmrw evening at 8 I'll be opening my Etsy for a limited no. of Victorian ink bottle posy kits designed to👇 anxiety while you make something lovely.
Contents:
Victorian ink bottle
booklet:neuroscience of improving mental health with creative activity
tiny dried flower posy.
A RT would help so much🌿
A collection of handmade Victorian ink bottles A tiny posy of fresh flowers in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle A tiny posy of blue & purple spring flowers in a cobalt blue Victorian ink bottle The front cover design of a booklet I've written on how making a tiny posy in a beautiful little antique bottle will improve your mental health, along with a brief guide to/history of Victorian ink bottles.
April 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I'm recovering from a breakdown atm-finances bit worrying atm.
I teach illustration & how creative activity improves mental health-I've taught on BBC Countryfile & the V & A.
I've 3 w'shops atm-learn sth new & support me at same time-enter THANKYOU15 for 15%off. Pls RT,ty:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk
My illustration of a coal tit Small collection of blue & purple summer flowers on a sketch book - cornflowers, Nigella & sweet peas laid out with my illustrations of them on the opposite page & a small pale blue fountain pen I used to make the drawings nearby A collection of spring nature finds such as forget me nots, wood avens, borage etc. with my illustrations of some of them nearby, along with a watercolour palette, paintbrush Five of my pen and ink illustrations of British birds: blackcap, redwing, coal tit, long tailed tit & wren, some with scientific names & the dates I made the drawings
April 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
My May botanical illustration & mental health w'shop’s now live. I teach you:
🌿how to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health

There’s 15% off atm with the code THANKYOU15:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
March 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
cbellecats.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @carolvorderman.bsky.social I hope you haven’t started yet we are all stuck outside in the cold cold rain
February 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
My limited edition mounted & signed fine art prints are a way to have an image on display that shifts your brain away from fight/flight & into relaxation mode-it’ll alter your brain activity for the better when you catch sight of it.

My shop will close 11pm tmrw eve:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Mounted limited edition signed art print of my best-selling photo of an autumnal collection. Mounted limited edition signed fine art print of my brightly coloured garden flower collection on a chipped black enamelled background. Mounted signed limited edition fine art print of my March garden flower collection/arrangement in a selection of Victorian ink bottles. Mounted signed limited edition fine art print of my September garden & hedgerow labelled floral collection on a pale blue-grey painted background.
February 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
We're right at the beginning of the floral calendar: snowdrops (Candlemas bells), hellebores & the first primroses are opening. The whole botanical year is ahead of us & yesterday I saw a bumblebee-it was *just* warm enough for it to forage.
We're on the verge of spring...
An early spring nature collection including a green hellebore flower, primroses, heather, green ivy berries, hellebore, pulmonary, snowdrop, comfrey & a very early grape hyacinth on a dark grey linen background.
February 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
My Etsy shop will be open for a few more hours for my greetings cards & fine art prints-an opportunity for you to own a physical version of my photos that I design to shift your brain away from fight or flight 🌿👇🏼
February 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
cbellecats.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social hi James, just listened to todays whole show podcast, fabulous stuff, and it reminded me to ask - how long is the Carol Vorderman event at LSQ Theatre? I need to book dinner for after. Ta x
January 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
cbellecats.bsky.social
Oh America, I’m so sad for you. This isn’t a president. Just rambling nonsense, it is awful.
January 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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garydelaney.bsky.social
I bought a Russian advent calendar. Every time you open a window an oligarch falls out.
December 4, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
My February beginners' botanical illustration & mental health w'shop is now open.

I'll teach you:
✒️🌿How to break plants down into simple shapes & add shading
🧠How time spent creatively improves mental health

Limited spaces. Earlybird price expires 1 Jan:

workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...
Cornflower, Nigella Russian sage & sweet peas, all shades of blue & purple on the LH page of a sketch book, with my fountain pen illustrations of them on the RH page One of my nature diaries with various finds: a feather, a pressed leaf of pignut, A sprig of feverfew & dried hydrangea, stems of lavender & a pheasant feather on a sketch book with my detailed drawings of them alongside 4 winter flowering plants: heather, hellebore, winter-flowering cherry and Viburnum tinus and pink snowberry, each on a piece of sketch book paper with my detailed drawings of them alongside A series of nature finds & botanical specimens including Geranium phaeum,a song thrush's egg, empty grove snail shell & wood avens found on walks & in my garden during the summer, with my detailed drawings of them alongside
December 20, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening at 8pm UK time I’ll be putting the last of my 2025 botanical calendars in my Etsy shop. I design my photos using recent research to move your brain away from fight or flight by just looking at them. Small print run, dispatched by 🎄. Previous print runs sold out v. quickly 🌿
December 2, 2024 at 9:36 AM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
Early winter berry palette, for the possible dopamine it might trigger in your brain. The colour of spindle berries (bottom rightish) never seems quite real...
November 23, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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November 23, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
I know it's a little early for an advert on here but this evening I'll be opening my Etsy shop (silverpebble) to take orders for🌲.

I cast real flowers & nature finds in recycled silver & make tiny wearable versions of much-loved bird species.

I'll link to my shop this evening...I ship anywhere🌿
November 17, 2024 at 10:14 AM