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I filled out the paperwork to renew my passport and sent it for processing today. I strongly suggest if you're a U.S. citizen and you have a passport expiring soon-ish (mine was late 2025), you do it now, while the Biden administration is running the State Department. There are some fiddly bureaucratic requirements. If you don't have a passport and you're eligible to get one, consider getting one now. It typically takes several weeks to a few months, and the upcoming holidays probably will impact turnaround time. For eligible children who've never had a passport, plan ahead since in most cases you'll need documentation and both parents to sign off and attend an appointment with a passport employee.

I don't want to sound like an alarmist, it's just that if you need to leave the country in a rush because things have gone really south for you and/or loved ones, there likely won't be the luxury of time. Do it now, while there's a competent Democratic government in place, and no immediate threat. Don't do it when some blood and soil Trump appointee is heading up State.

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Different from my usual projects, but I got a kit to make a chainmaille fish plushie! Rings are 18swg aluminum and rubber. Doesn't look like much yet but I'm almost done with the main pattern piece

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"make your own post-" No. Maybe you hate seeing irrelevant headcanons and personal anecdotes on your posts but I'm different. To me they are like seeing a strange and beautiful wild bird.

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invertober day 29, bold jumping spider! real darlings

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fishy meme edit

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Working on pinguino number 2! Straying from my usual choice of felt by making this one out of some cut up old tshirts. Not used to working with fabric that has stretch, but it's a good skill to work on I think.

Pattern - Fatty Penguin by ArttonyToys

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Penguin 1 of 2 I'm making for my partner cause I'm indecisive and couldn't decide between two patterns ^.^ This guy came out pretty stinkin cute...

Pattern - Penguin by 10x2 Studio

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Just finished this cute little floral isopod friend! I'm obsessed I want to make an army of them

Pattern - Pillbug by @livvi3love

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Really liking it so far :)

Cutting pieces for the latest project - a lucent moth for my friend who adores them. Hoping the strips I'm cutting for the wings all line up and end up giving something of the crystalline effect that the lucent moth wings have? It oughta look better once I do all the detail stitching

Pattern - Moth by @itsthebeastpeddler

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Cutting pieces for the latest project - a lucent moth for my friend who adores them. Hoping the strips I'm cutting for the wings all line up and end up giving something of the crystalline effect that the lucent moth wings have? It oughta look better once I do all the detail stitching

Pattern - Moth by @itsthebeastpeddler

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Cutting pieces for the latest project - a lucent moth for my friend who adores them. Hoping the strips I'm cutting for the wings all line up and end up giving something of the crystalline effect that the lucent moth wings have? It oughta look better once I do all the detail stitching

Pattern - Moth by @itsthebeastpeddler

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The fishy! I'm really happy with this little friend. The embroidery came out just how I hoped, although next time I might space the scales out a bit more. The body and dorsal fin are made with glitter felt, which in person adds these pretty blue-green flecks, but unfortunately on camera just looks like dust :/

Pattern - Fancy Goldfish by Astrocat

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Snogress (Snail Progress)

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I finished the goldfish plush last night but I wanted to wait till today to take some photos in natural light. Unfortunately it's been dark and rainy all day :/ So gonna have to wait a bit longer

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I have made the mistake of doing one embroidered project and now I am compelled to keep embroidering things >.<

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Day 2 of @fish-daily 's Fishuary - Salmonid- a couple days late lol. But I started it on the second I swear!

Based off the free Chinook salmon pattern by Downeast Thunder Farm, modified with an extra belly panel to round it out a bit and allow me to add all the paired fins.

Bonus: crotchety old man front view