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Sanctuary. With books and cats, life is good. Mixed media with magazine pictures, die cuts, and stickers. #mixedmediaart #booksky #booksandcats

A mixed media art piece. Various shades of blue and purple for the base layer. Overtop is a silvery gray decorative napkin featuring bluebirds amid white flowers. Two birds are in flight, two are sitting alone on branches, and a grouping of three more are sitting together. A second set of birds was added with pop up 3D foam tape for dimension. Over pre-printed flowers, white paper flowers in two sizes were added with a yellow acrylic crystal in the center of each giving the look of a flowering tree. Three butterfly stickers under acrylic domes were added among the flowers.

Collage using a decorative napkin decoupaged on a canvas colored with gelatos. Cut birds from remaining napkin piece, adhered to card-stock and attached with 3D foam tape. Glued acrylic crystals onto precut flowers and glued to branches. Dimensional acrylic butterfly stickers #decoupage #napkinart

Hand stamped, embossed, and painted fancy flamingo standing in a fish pond. Vines cut from green patterned paper with coral sticker flowers hang from the upper left corner. An oversized bottle cap inked with yellow alcohol ink is layered on yellow glitter paper, and with yellow Indian cotton paper inside, is in the upper right to resemble a sun. A 3D koi sticker is below the flamingo in a pond. Semi-precious stone beads edge the pond.

Made for my sister’s birthday. Flamingo Oasis Stamp, Pink Ink Designs for Creative Expressions Boutique Designs. Die cut vines, alcohol inked bottle cap layered with glitter paper for sun, semi-precious stone beads for pond, background by gelatos. #handmadegifts #flamingooasis

Kathy's review of Shadow Curse (Shadow Destiny #3) 5/5: Lenox is finally preparing to open up to Julian about the secrets she’s been hiding. Before she can, she’s surprised by a knock on her door. Opening it, she finds her stalker, the one who’s been ...

Book 3 Shadow Curse

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Kathy's review of Shadow Betrayal (Shadow Destiny #2) 5/5: Lenox Grady is trying to reclaim her life after an attack left her with amnesia. Dealing with too many things on her plate - learning to control her newly discovered supernatural powers, having d...

Book 2 Shadow Betrayal

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Kathy's review of Shadow Gifts (Shadow Destiny #1) 5/5: Lenox Grady comes to Savannah for a new start. Recovering from a brutal attack that has left her with no memory of her past, she is looking for work and a place to stay. After meeting Giles, a gh...

Book 1 Shadow Gifts

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Shadow Destiny: Before the Fire My memories drifted through shadows, coiling like smoke— and flames danced on the horizon.

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A purple background with a drop of water. List of the signs of narcissistic abuse: constant criticism, gaslighting, isolation, blame-shifting, manipulation, lack of empathy, emotional roller coaster, double standards, control and domination, financial exploitation, fear and anxiety, low self-esteem, emotional exhaustion, depression and anxiety, physical symptoms, cognitive dissonance. Know the signs. Narcissistic Abuse Awareness

White background with purple awareness ribbon. This is all abuse: name calling, verbal insults, hitting, intimidating, sexual assault, control of money, threatening legal action, threatening to take away children, threatening your loved ones, threatening your job/livelihood, threatening to leave you, extreme jealousy, controlling who you can see or speak to, destroying your property, gaslighting.

Bird shaped word cloud in pink and yellow listing traits of a narcissistic abuser

Dark purple background with purple awareness ribbon. Abuse is t always physical. Narcissistic Abuse Awareness June 1st Visit: www.waanda.com

#worldnarcissticabuseawarenessday
#wnaad
#ifmywoundswerevisible
#knowthesigns
#narcissticabusesurvivor

A scared looking tan dog with a multi-colored collar on a gray blanket. There is an abrasion under her eye and scabs around her face. Her ears are up and back. Lily is now 7 years old and has lost both of her dog siblings within the last year.

A small tan colored dog with a white stripe down her nose is curled in the back corner under a desk. She has a missing back leg. She is on a white pillow with her head on a blue blanket. She is 18 months old and has recently been adopted after rescue from a hoarding/breeding situation.

Two small brown dogs lying beside each other in a pink sheet. On the left is Lily looking relaxed. Her ears are down. Next to her is Buddy with a white heart on his forehead. They have become tightly bonded in the month they’ve been together.

Lily is laying on an Eeyore blanket with Rusty, reddish brown chihuahua. Their sides are touching. Both are relaxed and sleeping.

Lily-girl’s anxiety got the best of her at the boarders and she injured herself. The vet & I decided to try her out on anti-anxiety meds. We know she was traumatized in her first 18 months before rescue, needing her leg amputated. Losing Buddy & Rusty within a year of each other hasn’t helped.

Front of card. On an iridescent light green background, a white table has a teacup with a flower arrangement and a bird. Two more birds sit at the edges of the table. A green banner with “Enjoy” in black script is across the front of the table with 2 pink flowers. 2 purple flowers are on the bottom left and 2 pink flowers are on the bottom right. The flowers have yellow acrylic crystal accents in the centers. A bird on a branch is in both of the upper corners. The table is hand cut from a magazine ad. The other elements are regular and dimensional stickers. A white signature watermark reads “Katherine Ross”

Interior of card. Left side a pre-printed picture from the Artist’s Almanac depicts a dark haired woman with her hair in a bun and wearing a purple shirt. Leaning over her is a blonde haired woman with her hair sticking out to the sides wearing a blue shirt. In front of the women are 3 flowers that have been painted with mica watercolors. The picture is mounted on purple cardstock with blue glitter accents. On the right side “Happy Mother’s Day” has been handstamped in elegant script and heat embossed with light purple embossing powder.

Back of card. Bottom is handstamped with “handmade” in green ink. The stamped image has a bird on top and scrollwork under the word. Hand written below in purple ink “KLR” and “2025”

Handmade Mother’s Day card for my mom. #mixedmediacollage #handmadecards

The fact that everything around us is burning to the ground & some people still have no clue that they voted for the arsonist or are complicit in the arson is absolutely mind boggling.

People are ok with it so long as the black woman isn’t their President 🤯.

America, we have a problem!

YouTube video by Katherine Ross Vintage Barbie and Friends 1970s Dramatic Living, Tutti & Friends, Montgomery Wards Reissue

New Barbie video up from our Estate Doll Unboxing collection #dollsky #barbiecollectors #genxbarbies youtu.be/lmKRxATaoH8?...

YouTube video by Katherine Ross Vintage Barbie and Friends Twist and Turn Julia Twiggy and More

#DollSky #VintageBarbies #DollCollectors
My sister bought out a friend’s doll estate. We have a new unboxing video of vintage Barbies that will be looking for new homes

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Run free, Rusty. Thanks for spending the last 9 of your 16 years with us. #rescueismyfavoritebreed #rainbowbridge #dogsofbluesky #angeldogsquad

8 by 8 inch square canvas covered in light green textured paper. Centered on the canvas is a smaller square of multicolored paper designed to look like a Monet painting in shades of blue and green with impressionistic pink flowers. Two hand-stamped and heat embossed goldfish are on the smaller square. The fish are bright orange with an iridescent layer from the embossing. They each have a black plastic jewel for an eye. One is larger than the other. A small gold-toned goldfish charm is below them. Surrounding the smaller paper are buttons in shades of brown and black to simulate rocks. A silver-toned dragonfly charm is placed on the buttons on the upper left side. Barely visible is light blue iridescent paper under the dragonfly wings. A small lily pad is stamped in green ink on lighter green paper and placed in the pond above the fish. A resin pink flower is attached to it.

Koi Paradise made for my sister’s birthday last November. Was in a creative slump for a while but thankfully coming out of it. #craftsky #mixedmediaart

On a background of green, purple, and yellow, twenty book covers are arranged in four x five rows. Row 1: Defenders of Spirits - Laura Greenwood; Matchmaking With Cupid - Laura Greenwood; Heirs and Spares - Laura Greenwood & Arizona Tape; No Justice For Thieves - Laura Greenwood; Snap, Spirit, Murder - Felicity Green. Row 2: Broomsticks and Blooms - Lucinda Race; Treasure and Treachery- Annee Jones; A Love of Crime Scenes - Felita Daniels; Her Amethyst Pendant - Sarah Biglow; Fudge and Felonies - Lisa Siefert. Row 3: Matcha Murder - Kirsten Weiss; Antiques and Adversaries in the Azores - Victoria Tait; Inheritance and Intrigue in the Cotswolds - Victoria Tait; Antique Shop Ephemera- Keely O’Brian; My Personal Trainer is a Demon - Annee Jones. Row 4: Of Memories and Murder - Candy Baxter; Between the Sheets - Bonnie Hardy; Khan’s Clerkenwell Kidnapping - KJ Cornwall; A Weiner Dog Wedding - M Alfano; But First, Murder - Bee Littlefield. March ARCs is written over the picture in green script. Watermarked Pic•Collage

Booked for March. 21 ARCs to read and review. #Booksky #Cozymysteries #fantasy #romance

Having grown up in the Cold War, when USSR/Russia were the ultimate bogeyman, I simply can't comprehend how so many of my generational cohort are just fine with cozying up to Putin. Who was frigging KGB, ffs.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

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Ooh are we getting another Bernoulli Chesneyy @servicerotties.bsky.social crossover? 💘💘💘

The Duke Who Didn’t was fabulous. I definitely need to read the rest of that series.

Screenshot from Goodreads. 2024 My Year in books. 69,052 pages read. 362 books read. Illustration of calendar and a stack of books at the top.

Screenshot from Kindle’s reading challenges. Blue line with fire icon with white text You’re on a 772 day streak. Year end Kindle challenge 0 days left 15/15 achievements collected. Illustrated bookmark with perfect month x3 under it. Illustrated bookmark with perfect week x13 under it. What you’ve finished 395 of 250 books read 0 days left

Screenshot from Kindle You beat your record reading streak 129 weeks in a row 772 days in a row

Screenshots of 2 book covers Wedding Blitz by Sam Cheever (first book of the year) & Danger in Point Dover and Nanna Takes Over by A.R. Winters (last book of the year)

#Booksky
Finished my last book of the year. Goodreads total is 362, Kindle tracks it at 395. 267 completed reviews on Booksprout with another 20 on independent ARC teams.
#readeveryday #cozymysteries #romance #poetry #artsandcrafts #selfhelp #comics #humor #urbanfantasy

I lost his brother, Buddy, a few months ago from CHF & pulmonary edema, after a rapid decline, so I’m a bit worried about Ru. Struggling financially due to my C-PTSD, but my dogs saved me after my assault so I’ll do what it takes to save them. @peytonreads.bsky.social @theherdhouse.bsky.social

Rusty, a reddish brown, small chihuahua mix dog is standing outside looking down. He is wearing a blue Christmas patterned sweater.

Rusty, my 15 year old chihuahua mix, is in the early stages of congestive heart disease and has tracheal collapse. Currently boarded at the vet for meds and observation. Vet is optimistic that we caught it early, but Ru also has vestibular disease and nearly blind with cataracts. (1) #skydogs

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Mixed media-background Gelatos & Distress Mica Spray, stamped & heat embossed stars. Stamped images painted and colored with gel pens. Details of supplies used in screenshot from my Insta
#mixedmediaart #lookatthestars

So sorry to hear this, Rex. Much love to you and your family. May you have some beautiful adventures in the time you have left.

Photo of a built in double wide bookshelf. Along the top shelf are a variety of dolls and figurines with literary themes. Included are Funko Pops- Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, Snow White and the Evil Queen, & Coraline; Hallmark Ornaments- Madame Alexander Cinderella, Red Ridinghood, & Clara from the Nutcracker, plus Snoopy reading a book, the Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues, & Where the Wild Things Are 3D scene; Hallmark Miniatures- Madame Alexander Prince Charming, Princess, Sleeping Beauty with spinning wheel, & Red Ridinghood; a Precious Moments Tinkerbell Ornament hanging from a moon shaped stand; vinyl dolls- Red Ridinghood & wolf, Anne of Green Gables, Heidi, Jo March, Fern from Charlotte’s Web, a steampunk girl, Coraline, Tinkerbell & Tick Tock Croc; and a variety of Alice in Wonderland characters and artwork. The remaining shelves show a collection of hardback and paperback books, some upright and others stacked on their sides. The books are grouped by genre with the second highest shelf containing fantasy and science fiction, the next two are cozy mysteries, and the bottom two romance.

#booksky #bookshelves #bookjoy #Alice
The bookshelf in the bedroom of my former house. My bookish pop culture collection on the top shelf, especially my Alice in Wonderland items. I haven’t had a chance to set it all up in my new place, but hope to soon. Fantasy, sci-fi, mystery, & romance.

Cover for “A Mythical Case of Murder” by Melissa Erin Jackson. Cartoon style drawing of a brown skinned young woman with dark hair in a ponytail. She is wearing a front baby carrier holding a fuzzy blue, pink, and green Yeti, and is holding a baby bottle. A gold a pink dragon floats next to her. Behind her is a full moon and stars above a row of houses on a pink background.

Black and white drawing of Havoc the baby dragon sleeping on a dog pillow bed. Drawing is by Etheric Designs for Melissa Erin Jackson’s book “A Mythical Case of Murder”.

Black and white drawing of Kiwi, a baby Yeti, riding on the back of Havoc, a baby dragon. Kiwi’s arms are up and he has a big smile on his face. Havoc is standing on his back legs with his wings outstretched. Drawing is by Etheric Designs for Melissa Erin Jackson’s book “A Mythical Case of Murder”.

Black and white drawing of the meeting of Havoc the dragon, & Kiwi the baby Yeti. Havoc is crouched in a play stance like a dog and facing Kiwi. He is smiling. Kiwi is in profile with his arms outstretched. He has a neutral expression on his face. Drawing is by Etheric Designs for Melissa Erin Jackson’s book “A Mythical Case of Murder”.

ARC review for Melissa Erin Jackson’s “A Mythical Case of Murder”. Look how adorable Havoc the dragon & Kiwi the Yeti are. Artwork by Etheric Designs. This book was so much fun to read. Dee is a fabulous character. www.bookbub.com/reviews/1877... #booksky #paranormalcozy