Make a Mess

Realized I hadn’t posted this final piece yet but I finished it a while ago! I had fun experimenting with different fiber techniques to make it. In it, I used punch needle, embroidery, and weaving. I’m loving the color palette and might be sticking with it for a while 🙈 What’s your favorite part of this piece?

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 !! My own two cats refuse to wear costumes so have these drawings I made of kitties in the spooky spirit! I meant to have these done in time to be stickers but maybe next year 😅 which spooky kitty is your fave? 😻

Just dropped some new pieces in my shop! Add some galaxy vibes to your walls 🌌 Needle felted embroidery pieces, ready to hang. This one started off very different but then I messed up the moon and decided to change it up to a foreign world where some cool neon pink planet hangs in the sky and I kind of love it. I think it’d look lovely in your home ☺️ Dm me or buy on my shop (link in bio)- local pickup is available for Boston folks!

The Fixtapes collection coming at ya on Saturday! Make sure you check my stories for the countdown and grab some stickers, patches, and a few more things dropping!

Still trying to find a name for this one but here’s another weaving creation I made recently! I’m in love with the sunset vibes color palette and definitely want to make some more circular loom weavings in the future. Any name suggestions for this fella?

🎉 Finally sharing pics of a weaving I finished forever ago. Named it ‘Piñata Party’ because that’s the vibes I had while making it! Trying to have it in my next drop, hopefully soon 💕

Realized I had never posted this, oops! This is the final piece from my reel/vlog and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I haven't given her a name yet but I know she is a celestial goddess and I want to give her the universe ✨

I've been feeling really productive this week. Got a vlog done (just posted!), finished gluing the back of this punch needle, made lots of progress on my weaving and worked on Patreon rewards! I love weeks like this but sometimes worry about when the other shoe will drop and my art block will return. It's definitely helped to jump around different mediums; punch needle is so fun and very different from illustration which helps. I know I can't always be moving at this pace but I kind of love it?

Oh well. I'm happy with how this piece turned out; it was inspired by a piece by .almeida who is extremely talented!

I posted a sketchbook tour for July on my Patreon yesterday, patrons can see it starting at the $2 tier! I also still have my July rewards up for grabs, subscribe any time this month to the Sticker Club or Sticker & Print Club and you'll get the rewards 👀
✨ patreon.com/stephmakemess

July's theme is AQUARIUMS! 🐠🐟 One of my favorite places in the world, I wanted to capture the feeling of visiting an aquarium (until I can go back 😢). Become a patron before July 1st and the Sticker Club/Sticker+Print Club tiers will get these rewards. Link in bio! Let my patreon career officially begin 😄

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I couldn't stop thinking about this dream gamer girl set. I'm not happy with the composition of it but such are the woes of traditional art. I may mess around in Photoshop and make a print out of this 👀 any other gamers in the chat? What colors would your dream set be?