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Planning the Ultimate Girl Day

Oct 18, 2026

Uni is about to get stressful again, so it's time to plan ahead! Let's figure out how to make a proper girl day happen, even when life gets a little too chaotic.

#life #personal #self-care #cozy #gaming
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A Love Letter to Summer, and a Tearful Goodbye

Oct 16, 2026

A Love Letter to Summer, and a Tearful Goodbye Summer season has ended, but many of the memories, good and bad alike, will stay with me forever. Although i love fall, something I attribute to mushroom…

#summer #autumn #seasonal-reflections #personal #memories #slow-living #nature
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Why We Need the Artist Alley (More Than Ever)

Oct 14, 2026

A love letter to the artist alley, and why buying art from real people at cons beats the algorithm. Small, independent artists need us more than ever!

#art #artist-alley #conventions #artists #community #independent-art #social-media
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Polaris Con 2026: Back Again

Oct 13, 2026

Polaris Con 2026 in Hamburg: cosplayer interviews for my thesis, an art haul, my Cheshire Cat cosplay, the best fish burger ever and one awful night train.

#polaris-con #convention #cosplay #hamburg #gaming #travel #personal
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Girly Games like that.

Oct 5, 2026

Miss the old Flash girly games? They're not dead! My favourite cute, retro and y2k mini games on itch.io, from cat cafes to stamp collecting to Goose World.

#games #itch-io #cozy-games #girly-games #retro #y2k
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How I Deal With Getting Sick All the Time

Oct 4, 2026

How I deal with getting sick all the time: dressing for an arctic mission, my sick girl box and activity menu, and coping with missing out. (Not medical advice!)

#life #self-care #winter #sickness #routine #wellbeing
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Life lately

Oct 1, 2026

Two weeks until uni starts again and everything is chaos: a new job, a mentor role, a hacked university, freezer meals and slowly befriending a busy semester.

#life #University #thoughts #diary
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My Ultimate Autumn Accessory DIY Spree

Sep 29, 2026

New season, new accessories, and I'm broke! Beaded dragonflies and spiders, clay charms, buttons, paper star jewelry, giant bow clips and crystal pendants.

#diy #crafts #fashion #autumn #accessories #jewelry #sustainability
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My Favourite Cat Pictures of the Year

Sep 26, 2026

A little gallery of my favourite cat pictures this year, plus silly stories about my feline roommates: tiny burglars, gymnasts and the feet of doom.

#cats #life #pets #animals
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My First Game Jam: What I Learned From Making a Video Game in 7 Days

Sep 24, 2026

What my first game jam taught me: picking the right jam, getting the team hyped, and making a labyrinth game about lies with my friends in just 7 days.

#game-development #game-jam #creative-projects #gamedev #friends #life #teamwork
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Everything I've Learned From Doing My Own Hair at Home About Bleaching and Coloring

Sep 23, 2026

What 7 years of bleaching and dyeing my own hair at home taught me: the equipment, the prep, the bleach itself and the aftercare. (Not professional advice!)

#hair #beauty #diy #fashion #bleaching #hair-color #self-care
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Early Fall Lookbook

Sep 18, 2026

Early fall outfits: scarves, whimsigoth and witchy layers, a colourful twee comeback, mori kei, statement jewellery, keychains on everything and bows. Still.

#fashion #fall #autumn #lookbook #styling #outfits #personal-style
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When the world ended, nostalgia became a trend

Sep 16, 2026

Why is everyone so nostalgic? How life got dull after COVID, and how I'm trying to bring the magic back with scarcity, spontaneity and silly plans with friends.

#life #nostalgia #social-life #technology #mental-health #adulting
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My Ultimate Autumn Bucket List

Sep 16, 2026

My cozy autumn bucket list: garage sale thrifting, fairy houses in the woods, Over the Garden Wall, DIY Halloween costumes, stew season and hobbit walks.

#autumn #fall #crafts #thrifting #nature #friends #life #cozy
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Things I Like, Just Because

Sep 14, 2026

What do I actually like, when it isn't a trend? Mushrooms, fairies, hobbit adventures, and the other childhood joys I'm rediscovering just because.

#life #nostalgia #interests #childhood #creativity #self-discovery
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A Bountiful Harvest Moon

Sep 14, 2026

Harvest moon is here, and it's a bountiful one: foraging apples, a surprisingly good mushroom year, seeds and nuts, and ideas for what you can forage right now.

#nature #foraging #sustainability #autumn #food #life
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My Third Convention of the Year: Wiesbaden, Crustaceans & Deutsche Bahn Hell

Sep 12, 2026

My trip to Connichi in Wiesbaden: a night in Frankfurt, way too expensive train tickets, artist alley hauls, con food and the usual Deutsche Bahn hell.

#conventions #cosplay #travel #life #germany
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How to Actually Get Good at Vinted

Sep 10, 2026

I've sold my Selkie gown and 50 more things on Vinted. What I learned: the algorithm, brands worth knowing, spotting resellers and haggling like a market wife.

#fashion #sustainability #vinted #thrifting #second-hand
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How I Tried to Make Friends as an Adult

Sep 10, 2026

Gen Z, chronically online and introverted: everything I tried to make friends as an adult, from uni and conventions to friend-dating apps and bars. Did it work?

#life #friendship #social-life #adulting
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Create More Than You Consume

Sep 9, 2026

DIY fever hit: air-dry clay charms, EVA foam clips, a scarf display made from cardboard trash and flannel bows, all from stuff I already had lying around.

#diy #crafts #upcycling #sustainability
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Hello Internet

Sep 6, 2026

The introduction and very first addition to my blog.

#meta
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