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Elvissa
@elvissa.bsky.social
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Cultural heritage preservation professional. Knitter. Weaver. Prolific paint by number “artist.” Lover of audiobooks, cats and tv. Progressive. Late diagnosed autistic.
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My #Halloween #PaintByNumber. Happy Halloween, y’all!
A paint by numbers painting of a little ghost in a white sheet with black eyes in a claw foot bathtub with a black kitten. The ghost and the kitten are both staring out at you. It is a very sweet painting but also a little sad.
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Baby’s first krokbragd. Those selvages are so hard to keep tidy, which is why you can’t see them. #handweaving
The beginnings of a weaving project in blue, mustard, rust and sand.
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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These are the instructions my Nanny kept from the polio hospital my dad was in for almost a year as a boy. The had to have entire hospitals for kids with polio. I can’t believe we are on our way back to this. #vaccines #polio
A typed sheet of instructions from a polio hospital in the early 1940s. Some of the rules include that parents could only bring washable toys for their kids and all toys would be destroyed when the child left the hospital and that parents could only visit for five minutes at a time, twice daily. It is heartbreaking.
September 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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It is your last chance to see me build a box for free! I promise it will be a good time! And if you attend, you are registered to win a fabulous door prize!

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A social graphic inviting you to register for a webinar to learn to build a box with dividers.
August 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Jean-Ralphio is sooooooo long today! #caturday
An orange tabby cat with white feet, belly and stripe down his little nose lies on a shelf, stretched out as far as he can— all the way down to his back toes which are pointed with the toes spread. It’s a good thing he’s so cute because he’s kind of a bastard about 80% of the time.
August 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Jean-Ralphio won’t let me throw this box away.
An orange cat sits happily in a cardboard box that is exactly the right size. Brown packing paper swaddles him and flows out onto the table.
July 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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My latest paint by numbers project. Obviously, it is called The Yowl. It feels like the perfect expression of what it feels like to be a person living in the world right now.
A parody of Edvard Munch’s The Scream featuring a black cat. He has giant yellow eyes a yowling red mouth, and an expression of alarm on his face. The sky is orange, and the cat is walking on a bridge over the river.
June 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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My lanyard is all ready to go with buttons of festivals past. If you’re going to be at #atxtvs14, say hello!
A lanyard and credential for the ATX TV Festival with a half a dozen buttons featuring in jokes from past festivals.
May 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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My latest paint by numbers project. I call it “Ennui.”
A completed paint by numbers kit of a white cat wearing a crown of sunflowers that has slid to one side. Her paws are curled under her chin and her big green eyes and pouty mouth look bored and sulky. She is adorable.
May 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Happy little springtime paint by number of a cat. #paintbynumbers
A completed paint by numbers kit of a black cat sitting in a field of yellow and orange flowers against a clear blue sky. It’s very sweet.
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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These three are going to be sorely disappointed when they discover that I plan to take a nap right there in about 2 minutes.
Three cats all snuggled up against the pillows on the bed enjoying the clean sheets, never suspecting that they are going to have to move because there’s no room for me to lie down.
May 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Putting a new warp on the loom is one of the best feelings in the world. Alll that counting and precision makes everything else in the world just melt away. #handweaving
A warp on a loop before any weft threads are thrown. It’s bright colors and just perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Who is the handsomest boy? And the bestest boy? #caturday
An extremely handsome buff tabby cat staring straight at the camera. His eyes are huge and green and he has a lighter colored muzzle. How did I get so lucky to get to live with such a good cat?
April 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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This boy is pure joy and the only thing getting me through these days. When it’s so horrible out there, cat photos make it bearable for a minute so we can collect our strength and go on.
An orange cat wearing a red and gray hoodie, sitting on the sofa like a dude with his legs splayed, and a hand draped between them to scratch his privates. He would like you to pass him the remote control and bring him a beer as long as you’re standing up.
April 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Received today from a friend’s Etsy store. Already Jean-Ralphio approved and sure to be a valuable cat accessory for a long time to come.
An orange tabby cat with white paws and nose inspecting a mini yellow caution sign that says “warning: cat barf”. Every cat caretaker needs a few of these.
April 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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About 20 feet of cloth waiting to become dish towels. What an accomplishment this was! #handweaving
A big pile of black cloth with multicolored polka dots on it.
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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A film that takes place where you’re from.
Washington, DC, as seen in Logan’s Run
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Finished another little #paintbynumbers of a cat today. This adorable little VanGogh kitty is painting the universe. #FosterCat Jean-Ralphio approves.
A finished paint by numbers kit of an adorable little orange kitten in a blue apron and smock holding a paintbrush into the air. He is standing in front of a background that closely resembles VanGogh’s Starry Night. If he didn’t have two ears, you’d swear he was VanGogh himself. An orange cat lying on a table inspecting a painting very closely. He seems to approve.
April 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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There is so much excitement in the back yard this #caturday!
Four cats huddled around a window staring intently at the intruder and wishing they could get out to catch it. Haha, indoor cats! Never gonna happen for you! A sweet little brown baby bunny going about its business, unaware that four merciless carnivores are behind glass less than ten feet away.
April 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Here’s a little blep from the sweetest sleepy boy, just in case you need to see something that isn’t horrible this morning.
An extreme closeup of a buff tabby cat with his face smashed up against a blanket. You can just barely make out his tongue through his slightly open mouth. It is so cute and sweet and peaceful that you may not be able to cope.
April 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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This just broke me tonight. If he wants a dumb sculpture garden he can pay for it with the money he uses for golfing. This is not what the NEH was established to do and diverting that money will cause so much hardship to so many institutions that run on a shoestring budget.
A New York Times headline that reads Canceled Humanities Grants to Help Pay for Trump’s “Garden of Heroes” The National Endowment for the Humanities, which supports museums and historical sites, will redirect funds to the president’s planned patriotic sculpture garden. The illustration is Trump in front of an American flag at Mount Rushmore.
April 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Finished this little pastel calico folk art kitty last night. Her eyes are mesmerizing! #paintbynumbers
A pretty calico cat on a light blue background surrounded by hearts and flowers and a couple of butterflies.
April 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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@catsofyore.bsky.social I just found this photo from the late 1920s of my Nanny in Sulphur, OK holding a kitten. It’s blurry and a little beat up, but it’s definitely a kitten. If you’d like it for your collection I’m happy to donate it.
A vintage black and white photo of two girls from the 1920s. The girl on the right has dark hair and a floral dress. The girl on the left is my father’s mother. She has blonde bobbed curls with a huge bow, is wearing a light colored checkered dress and is holding a black kitten.
March 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Here’s another #paintbynumbers of a cat. It’s funny because Cats don’t like to be wet and most of them can’t read.
A painting of a black cat wearing glasses and a pink turban reading a book in the bathtub. There is a pink towel draped over the front of the tub, and a shelf with toiletries above it. The wallpaper is pale green with pink roses.
March 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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A new paint by numbers project— a little diptych of black cats destroying great works of art. I need the silliest paint by numbers of cats that I can find these days.
Two paint by numbers paintings sitting next to each other. On the left is a black kitten flying through the air to knock over VanGogh’s vase of sunflowers. On the right, the same black kitten swims through Monet’s water lilies. Only his head and his tail are visible.
March 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM