Sarah Robinson (@sarahdesigns) — Bluesky Profile

10 hours ago

This is a photo of a greeting card featuring Glastonbury Tor which is reproduced from my acrylic painting. The card is on a wooden table surrounded by colourful flowers, a spotty feather, shells, crystals and stones.

I loved photographing this greeting card and enjoyed finding all sorts of flowers, crystals and trinkets to decorate the table. I hope they lend a sort of Glastonbury Tor vibe 💚
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1 day ago

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

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23 hours ago

This is a photograph of a colourful greeting card featuring a semi-abstract design of chicks, eggs, shooting stars and other cosmic elements. It's standing on a wooden shelf along with glass bottles and a vase with white hellebore flowers.

This design is an oldie but a bit of a favourite of mine as I had such fun making it 🐤🥚 Inspired by folk art and new life bursting forth, it makes an unconventional Easter card, or simply to celebrate spring! I call it my 'Cosmic Egg' 😁

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1 day ago

This is a photo of 6 greeting cards reproduced from my linocut design of Campion flowers. They are fanned out on a table with their envelopes and have a variety of different coloured backgrounds in blues, pinks, greys and greens.

My Campion designs come in a pack with 6 gorgeous colours. It's really useful to have some cards handy for birthdays, notes and thank-yous 🌿💚

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1 day ago

This is a photograph of wild primroses and celandines growing under an old hazel tree.

This is a photo of some sherds of pottery found on some common land near where a house used to stand. They are a mix of colours and patterns, in pink, blue and green.

This is a photo of a newly opened little campion flower.

This is a photo of a little white flower from a wild strawberry plant, sitting among a patchwork of leaves.

A few finds from yesterday's walk 💚

#springiscoming

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3 days ago

This is a photograph of an oak tree, taken in late afternoon with a moon above it in blue sky and with some large clouds behind. It's taken from a crouching position with some grasses in the foreground.

There were some beautiful skies a couple of days ago which provided a gorgeous backdrop to this beautiful oak 💚

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4 days ago

What gorgeous colours! #UKGiftAM

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5 days ago

A 1944 map by geologist Harold Fisk charts a 40-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Friars Point to Gunnison, Mississippi. Fisk used aerial photos and maps to estimate the past and then-present channels. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYXkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZ2JBT2tWdVlXMmEzNU5Uc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsbjW-Yuubr_o_Kfeh0Elzc94geDwfXIZmeNL7NyljEBAOEjH53m2QLSo1NF_aem__4NkCIJ_D8J6mI1e8eMByg

Rivers are living beings.

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4 days ago

This is a flat lay photograph with lots of elements. The main subject is a set of colourful bunting with the theme of peace including doves, stars, crescent moons, flowers and a winged heart. On the wooden table there's also some coloured pencils, scissors, thread and some flowers.

🕊️💚I don't think I'm alone in just wanting a simple life 💚🕊️

This bunting set is available for you to download and colour in here:
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5 days ago

Thank you!
Yes, when I was drawing and printing them, I took a really good look at the colour and concluded that they really should be Purpley-bluebells! 😁The top right is the most accurate but I think they all give the impression of a bluebell wood💚

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6 days ago

UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say Ministers urged to abandon plans to let tech firms use work of novelists, artists and writers without permission The UK’s creative industries must not be sacrificed in the pursuit of speculative gains in AI technology, a House of Lords committee has warned, as the government prepares to reveal the economic cost of proposals to change copyright rules. A report by peers has urged ministers to develop a licensing regime for the use of creative works in AI products and abandon proposals to let tech firms use the work of novelists, artists, writers and journalists without permission. Continue reading...

UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say

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5 days ago

This is a photograph of 4 greeting cards with a Bluebell design. They are reproduced from a linocut which is carved in white and printed with different coloured backgrounds in blues, purple and green. They are on a table with wildflowers including cow parsley, campion, forget-me-nots and, of course, bluebells.

I saw my first Bluebell yesterday!
This morning I'm printing some cards 💙💚

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6 days ago

This is a photo of a greeting card. It features a repeat pattern of trotting white horses with black spots, against a red background. It has a black and white decorative border of black and white squares. It's lying on a wooden table with some flowers on either side.

Colourful spotty horse card available here!
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6 days ago

This is beautiful. You can replay your writing, if not the dream.

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6 days ago

Here's a card which would brighten up a horse or
pony lover's birthday!
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1 week ago

This is a photo of a greeting card. It features a repeat pattern of white birds against a blue background, with a black and white decorative border of angled triangles. There are flowers on the wooden table on which it lies.

It's a bright and sunny start to the day here today!
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1 week ago

This is a photograph of some of my collected objects used as props, on a wooden table along with a greeting card featuring 4 birds carrying sprigs of leaves and a crescent moon as the central motif.
The props include old glass bottles, fossils, stones, bird's egg shells and dried plants and flower heads.

I don't have any technical know-how when it comes to product photography and the light was pretty awful for this one, but I like how the grainy quality lends an atmosphere to the scene.
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1 week ago

💬 "The actions that have been taken by the US and Israeli government are not making the world a safer place. They are making it more dangerous. "

@elliechowns.bsky.social MP on Trump and Netanyahu's attacks on #Iran.

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1 week ago

Kind of incredible. I was just sitting down to write about how Starmer should be given credit for keeping us out of this mess when he does this. Unutterably foolish and obsequious. Why in God's name should we have anything to do with this shortsighted madness.

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1 week ago

Thank you Julia 😊x

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1 week ago

This is a photo of a greeting card featuring a repeat pattern of suns and moons with faces on a white background. It's lying on a wooden table on a recycled brown envelope.

Such a lovely review!

''I adore these cards, the added bookmark for myself, the message was a lovely touch. I will cherish them! My bridal party adored the cards today 🎉 quality is incredible, artwork is gorgeous... cannot recommend any higher!''
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1 week ago

Thanks so much! 💚

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1 week ago

This is a photograph of the back of 3 greeting cards lying, fanned out on a table. They all have a strip of design elements which can be cut out and used for bookmarks or gift tags. The illustrations are of birds, suns and moons and oak leaves with acorns.

This is a photograph of the front of 3 greeting cards lying, fanned out on a table. Because of their repeat patterns, they all have design elements which can be cut out and used to make attractive bookmarks or gift tags. The illustrations are of birds, suns and moons and oak leaves with acorns.

My new greeting cards all have an extra design feature on the back, with a bookmark or gift tag that you can cut out after use.
Of course, you can do the same with the front too - great to get as much possible use before recycling what's left 💚

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1 week ago

It seems that my customers are also keeping with a green theme today - it's lovely to have sold a pack of these! 💚
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#shopindie #shopsmall #green

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1 week ago

Manchester Green Party graphic on a green background with hannah spencer. it’s a green win! the gorton and denton residents chose hope, not hate. here’s to change. thank you very much to all of our volunteers that helped elect hannah, our 5th Green MP and 1st in the north!

✅ Hope HAS WON!

💪 Only the GREENS can take on Farage

🇬🇧 Politics has changed forever

🪠 Hannah the Plumber is now Hannah Spencer the MP for Gorton and Denton!

🐝 The FIRST NORTHERN GREEN MP

🥀 Labour have been replaced

🚫 Reform's rise has been halted. Hate has been defeated.

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1 week ago

This is a photo of 4 linocuts, printed in a grass green colour, with the subjects of seed heads. They are each lying on a wooden table and surrounded by flowers.

Sharing the greenest photo I could find this morning to celebrate the win of the Green Party in Manchester! How amazing to wake up to some hopeful news for once!! 💚💚💚

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1 week ago

This is a photo of a table full of greeting cards which I printed today from my original designs. They all feature birds, flowers or some of both!

Can you tell that I like flowers and birds?!

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2 weeks ago

This is a photo of a greeting card on a wooden table with some flowers. It features a repeat design of white birds against a background of bright blue. The card has a border of black and white and overall it's a striking graphic design.

The forecast shows that we might get some blue sky today! Hurrah! 💙

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2 weeks ago

Thank you! 😊

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2 weeks ago

This is a photo of 5 greeting cards with a dandelion design in different colours. They are lying on a rustic wooden table with envelopes, twine and wild flowers. They are reproduced digitally from a handmade linocut.

I'm not sure who does the choosing but it's gratifying nonetheless to see that my Dandelion cards are currently one of Etsy's picks! 💚

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