Hey everyone. Can you believe that Thanksgiving is this week? I feel like this year absolutely flew by… Busy busy, with lots more in the works. I can’t wait to bust out some of my seasonal cool things for you (including some great gift ideas)… Hey speaking of, like my snow? 😀
The Salem, NH Holiday Lights Map is Back
That’s right… It’s back! This is my… Fifth? Something like that… Year putting together the crowdsourced holiday light map on Google Maps for Salem, NH. You’ll see it right above in the menu bar, but if not you can use this link to get there too.
Hope Artist Pose Pack for Trans Lifeline
Adorkastock is raising money from now until the end of the year for Trans Lifeline, which is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community. All proceeds (after fees) from the sale of her Hope pack will go to Trans Lifeline directly – and you get some great pose references to use in your art! Get it now on her Ko-fi shop.
Neal.Fun delivers exciting mini games
There’s dozens of them. I’m not joking. From “Absurd Trolley Problems” to “Draw a Perfect Circle” you’re sure to waste at least a little time on Neal.Fun’s site. I admit I got way too into the trolley problems. It started getting really absurd by the time I stopped.
A small shoutout to some creators offering some great holiday gifts
You may be looking for some holiday gifts this season, and I want to share a few ones from some small creators I think you’ll love! I found all of these creators on Bluesky… Have you made an account there yet? There’s LOTS more where this came from.
Fuckflakes
Beautiful wood-cut ornaments that also happen to have an expletive in them. Your mom probably won’t even know right away. Perfect for the holiday ornament collector! Get em now from GnomeSpun.
Extremely Accurate Birds Calendar
These gorgeous, highly realistic birds include amazing attention to detail by artist Tommy Siegel for every month of the year. You can also get prints of them too.
Hand Lampworked Ornaments
Wicked Pissah Glass is making glass ornaments as well as pendants, necklaces, charms, and more. They’re one of a kind and ready to ship to you in time for the holidays! Shop his collection now.
Pintopia 2025 is coming January 23rd, 2025!
Ready to blow your socks off with some more amazing pins? Pintopia 2025 is going to be bigger than ever this year, and I’ll even be participating with a robot-themed project (of course). You can subscribe to get notified of my project here, but you can also start browsing other projects as part of Pintopia 2025 to subscribe to in the Pintopia category on BackerKit.
Well that about wraps it for now! I’ll be back next month with more cool things to put in your inbox. Until then!
P.S. I heard Guillermo del Toro is doing a version of Frankenstein and I’m very excited about that.