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@crosscritters
Meet our newest figment Kaelin! Our genderfluid dreameater. They eat bad dreams and leave you good dreams in their place. #crosscritters #figments #figment #otakon #otakon2018 #art #artistalley #artistalleylife #plush #plushtoy #plushthug #handmade #dreameater #etsy #uglydoll #monsterplush #creepycute #dreamer #dreams (at Walter E. Washington Convention Center)
#Poultrygeist is unsure what nemesis he is facing.... Off note LOOK AT THIS AMAZING LATE BIRTHDAY CAKE I GOT FROM @bunnies_n_cream IT'S A CHICKEN #chicken #art #artist #plush #plushthug #kawaii #cake #kawaiicake #crosscritters #figments #nemesis
Emery and I are back after an awesome weekend at #Blerdcon Emery is relaxing in their favorite field and I am cuddling my favorite #bird Kiwi! #crosscritters #figments #artistalleylife #art #birdsofinstagram #birbs #plush #plushthug #tired #naptime
Draw me like one of your french pigs! Last day at #Blerdcon and I have had a blast!!! If you're here stop by to say hi!! #blerdocn2018 #crosscritters #figments #french #pigs #ferriswheel #titanic #artistalleylife #art #artistalley #letspartylikeits1999
Cross' Critters is all set up and ready to go at #Blerdcon Stop by to say hi and spin the ferris wheel and meet our newest creature the #poultrygeist #crosscritters #plush #plushthug #artistalley #artistalleylife #art #artist #handmade #blerdocn2018 #needcoffee #ferriswheel #figments
Adelaide is enjoying spinning her friends on our new ferris wheel at #Anthrocon! 🎡 Come by and give our Figments a spin. 😊 #crosscritters #artistalley #art #convention #circustheme #ferriswheel #tabledisplay #artist #plush #stuffedanimal #monsterplush #monster #cute #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #plushinthewild (at Anthrocon)
Adelaide is enjoying spinning her friends on our new ferris wheel at #Anthrocon! 🎡 Come by and give our Figments a spin. 😊 #crosscritters #artistalley #art #convention #circustheme #ferriswheel #tabledisplay #artist #plush #stuffedanimal #monsterplush #monster #cute #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #plushinthewild (at Anthrocon)
Adelaide is enjoying spinning her friends on our new ferris wheel at #Anthrocon! 🎡 Come by and give our Figments a spin. 😊 #crosscritters #artistalley #art #convention #circustheme #ferriswheel #tabledisplay #artist #plush #stuffedanimal #monsterplush #monster #cute #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #plushinthewild (at Anthrocon)
Adelaide is enjoying spinning her friends on our new ferris wheel at #Anthrocon! 🎡 Come by and give our Figments a spin. 😊 #crosscritters #artistalley #art #convention #circustheme #ferriswheel #tabledisplay #artist #plush #stuffedanimal #monsterplush #monster #cute #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #plushinthewild (at Anthrocon)
I had the most amazing start to my third decade on Earth today. We amazing group of friends and I started the day at the aquarium where I got to meet the cutest little kookaburra. Next stop was the wonderous place called Cannoli World, where we got the most delicious cannolis and Teef eyed up the cookies. Then we got to pretend to be adults at a wine tasting and enjoy the nice weather outside. Last stop was a amazing restaurant I cannot wait to visit again, I got to enjoy the lamb with a port wine sauce and a mocha espresso creme brulee. I am so thankful to everyone who came together to celebrate my birthday and make it magical. I am going to go cry tears of joy now and look forward to the rest of the weekend I get to spend with the rest of my amazing support group. Thank you everyone for being in my life. <3 #birthday #30birthday #whitehorsewinery #adulting #winetasting #cannoliworld #cannoli #magical #friendship #foodcoma #nomnomnom #adventureaquarium #aquarium #kookaburra #birds #plush #figments #crosscritters #lamb #roccohouse #sew #art #wine #pretend #happy #games #dessert #fornporn #mushy #gross
Celebrating the awesome and wonderful that is the community coming together and creating the Cogs Steampunk Expo this weekend. 🎪❤🧡💛💚💙💜🎪 #crosscritters #art #artist #plush #artdoll #arttoy #toys #stuffedanimal #monstertoy #monsterplush #monster #cute #kawaii #sewing #sew #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #circus #cogsexpo #plushinthewild #steampunk #cogssteampunkexpo2018 (at Radisson Hotel Piscataway)
I love kids they’re all like.. “when i grow up i’m gonna be an astronaut and a chef and a doctor and an olympic swimmer” like that self confidence! That drive! That optimism! Where does it go
It gets destroyed by adults not believing in you and telling you to pick a realistic career. And by society creating all these obstacles to the point that you’re too tired to try.
But they’re not really unrealistic, SOMEBODY is going to be an olympic swimmer and it might as well be you.
Actually I want to talk about this a little more than I did, because olympic swimming is incredible and works perfectly to talk about attaining goals.
I used to be a varsity swimmer, and I was damn good, but I was forced into it by my parents and completely lost my love for it and therein my drive. But in high school I was swimming against such talented swimmers like Olympic Swimmer Missy Franklin. I’ve met her, and the main difference between her and me was that I was strong but had no passion, but she was strong BECAUSE she had passion.
And I could have been good, really good, maybe even Olympic good. I even have the predisposition for it, been swimming since I was 2 years old, have a mom who was almost an olympic swimmer. Missy didn’t have either of those things, she just wanted it, loved it, had been doing it for a long time, and decided she was going to kick ass at it.
Right, that’s great and all, but I completely missed my opportunity to be an olympic swimmer, yeah? and can never achieve those dreams I had as a kid? No, not even though. There was this whole thought that female athletes peak when they’re 17 years old and lose their skills quickly after that, and male athletes peak around 19. But then Olympic Swimmer Dara Torres shows up. She was an olympic swimmer when she was 17, 21 and 25. Pretty normal age for retirement. She had a few kids. She kicked butt at being a mom.
And then at 33 years old she decides she’s bored or something gets back in shape and kicks so much ass at the trials that she lands herself on the Olympic Team ONCE AGAIN. And then 8 years later, she decides, heck I’m 41 now, no one has ever made the olympic swim team as old as I am, I want to get in shape yet again and teach these children how sports work.
And she still has the record for oldest US Olympic Swimmer, not even any men have beat out that record.
So basically what I’m saying is you could be an olympic swimmer, you really could be. And there are obviously a lot of things stopping you and trying to get in your way: your brain, society, too much chocolate cake for example. But if you really dedicate yourself to it and love it with all of your heart you could, you really could.
And lets say olympic swimming isn’t your jam? That’s cool too. There isn’t a single skill in this world that you can’t learn if you absolutely love it and want to. Any skill you want is going to take time. There are countless famous people who started learning a skill after 20, 30, 40, or even 50. Not a single person has even been president under age 35 (most likely because you’re not allowed to be, but there’s a reason for that). Whatever you want to do you’re probably going to be bad at first, and I’m talking really shitty.
Van Gogh got started in his 20′s and was thought to have no artistic talent at first and was forced to sit in the back of classrooms where the worst artists in the class sat. So yeah you’ll probably be bad, like really bad and everyone including you will think you’re bad. If you stick with it though, if you’re willing to work for years and years, if you keep loving it after all the pain it’s given you,
then you might just paint Starry Night.
#looks like there’s still time for me to learn how to draw … YES. As someone who started drawing at 35 and who always was like: ‘eh, I can’t draw a stick figure to save my life, but I would love to be able to’ this is near and dear to my heart. If you want to draw, start drawing. Keep drawing. Be shit at drawing at first. Keep it up, doodle things on scraps but also draw stuff you don’t think you can draw. Challenge yourself, you will be surprised what you can do. It will be frustrating at times, but it will also be awesome. It is SO much a matter of practice and dedication, not talent.
This applies for writing, too.
Don’t ever think for a second that it doesn’t! Want to start writing? Then write! You will get better the more you write, the more often, and you will improve, all of the time, as long as you dedicate yourself.
The worst lie we tell ourselves is “it’s too late.”
Society forces their narrative of time onto our shoulders and that is why people give up when they hit their 20s.
Adelaide is feeling very introspective. A.K.A being her usual majestic broody-ness. She loves going to the lake to think. Where is your favorite place to think? #crosscritters #art #artist #plush #artdoll #arttoy #toys #stuffedanimal #monstertoy #monsterplush #monster #cute #kawaii #sewing #sew #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #nature #broody #royalty #thinkingplace #introspective
COME ONE, COME ALL--enter the fantastical world of the Figments. The Figment crew is all set up and ready for the show! Are you? Let us know what your favorite thing about the circus is! #crosscritters #art #artist #plush #artdoll #arttoy #toys #stuffedanimal #monstertoy #monsterplush #monster #cute #kawaii #sewing #sew #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #circus #show #circusarts #favorite #plushmaker
Sir Leopold the Owlforce is joining me in my D&D game tonight. He trapped Barb in the closet. He's outta control. #crosscritters #art #artist #plush #artdoll #arttoy #toys #stuffedanimal #monstertoy #monsterplush #monster #cute #kawaii #sewing #sew #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #dungeonsanddragons #game #roleplayinggame #roleplaying #littleshit
Emery wants to know why so much green!? He wants to wish everyone a Happy Earth Day!! #crosscritters #art #artist #plush #artdoll #arttoy #toys #stuffedanimal #monstertoy #monsterplush #monster #cute #kawaii #sewing #sew #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushies #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #earthday #earthday2018 #nature #hiking
I tried to offer Franklin some spaghetti for dinner but he told me noodles are his friends!!! He was appalled when I sat down and ate them anyway. #crosscritters #art #artist #plush #artdoll #arttoy #toys #stuffedanimal #monstertoy #monsterplush #monster #cute #kawaii #sewing #sew #creepy #creepycute #handmade #handmadedolls #plushartist #plushies #plushtoy #figments #uglydoll #etsy #figment #frend #snek #noodles #snake
