Visual Artist | Alice LeFae

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ART & STORYTELLING

Silly gouache games on cotton rag ✨
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#gouache #gradients #satisfying #abstract

Silly gouache games on cotton rag ✨
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#gouache #gradients #satisfying #abstract

A bedtime story to chase away the Sunday scaries 🦝✨

The Golden Can is kid friendly! Not everything I make is so I just wanted to specify 🦨 although it does contain a sword, so caution is recommended. 🗡️
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#raccoons #thegoldencan #bedtimestory #raccoonart #trashpanda

A bedtime story to chase away the Sunday scaries 🦝✨

The Golden Can is kid friendly! Not everything I make is so I just wanted to specify 🦨 although it does contain a sword, so caution is recommended. 🗡️
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#raccoons #thegoldencan #bedtimestory #raccoonart #trashpanda

Courage, friends 💕🦝🗡️
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#raccoons #thegoldencan #raccoonart #swordart #tinybutmighty #illustration

Courage, friends 💕🦝🗡️
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#raccoons #thegoldencan #raccoonart #swordart #tinybutmighty #illustration

A wish harvested, a wish bestowed 🌟
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#gouache #polarbear #wishes #natureart #celestial #owls #wildlifeart

A wish harvested, a wish bestowed 🌟
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#gouache #polarbear #wishes #natureart #celestial #owls #wildlifeart

Alex Pretti is a hero. #fuckice
Stay safe. Protect one another. Call your local politicians.

Alex Pretti is a hero. #fuckice
Stay safe. Protect one another. Call your local politicians.

A wish granted 🌟🐻‍❄️🧊
Gouache on cotton rag
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#polarbear #wishes #goodluck #iceberg #gouachepaint

A wish granted 🌟🐻‍❄️🧊
Gouache on cotton rag
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#polarbear #wishes #goodluck #iceberg #gouachepaint

Since we’re posting our 2016 throwbacks…
does anyone remember which NYC train station the post it wall was in? Pics by @terencebogards
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#2016nostalgia #nycart #postitwall #nyc #newyorklife

Since we’re posting our 2016 throwbacks…
does anyone remember which NYC train station the post it wall was in? Pics by @terencebogards
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#2016nostalgia #nycart #postitwall #nyc #newyorklife

A wish about to be harvested 🌃🦉
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#owlart #barnowl #wishes #celestialart #gouache #nightsky

A wish about to be harvested 🌃🦉
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#owlart #barnowl #wishes #celestialart #gouache #nightsky

ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴇᴀᴋ
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#lunamoth #moths #bugart #gouacheart #ghostly #fuzzymoth

ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴡᴇᴀᴋ
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#lunamoth #moths #bugart #gouacheart #ghostly #fuzzymoth

Selkie daughter 🌊 ✨
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#selkie #ocean #mermaidvibes #folklore #folktales #magic

Selkie daughter 🌊 ✨
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#selkie #ocean #mermaidvibes #folklore #folktales #magic

Cotton under gouache under gouache under cotton
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#gouache #deepblue #calming #ghost #imaghostandyouallknowit

Cotton under gouache under gouache under cotton
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#gouache #deepblue #calming #ghost #imaghostandyouallknowit

This calendar feeds cats!

And it features important dates, like the kitten’s birthdays and gotcha days! And holidays, but that’s less important.

There’s a link in my stories, or you can find it in my Etsy shop, PipsqueakDreaming.

Thank u so much to everyone who got me through the craziest cat year of my life. Here’s hoping 2026 leads to more rescues, cleaner litter boxes, and less chaos. ✨
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#catcalendar #catrescue #collageart #2026planner #kittens #catart

This calendar feeds cats!

And it features important dates, like the kitten’s birthdays and gotcha days! And holidays, but that’s less important.

There’s a link in my stories, or you can find it in my Etsy shop, PipsqueakDreaming.

Thank u so much to everyone who got me through the craziest cat year of my life. Here’s hoping 2026 leads to more rescues, cleaner litter boxes, and less chaos. ✨
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#catcalendar #catrescue #collageart #2026planner #kittens #catart

2025 was a year of extreme highs and lows and a lot of kitten-related anxiety. Also I got married to my best friend which I highly recommend, 10/10 experience. Please enjoy this slideshow.
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#2025recap #kittenrescue #catrescue

2025 was a year of extreme highs and lows and a lot of kitten-related anxiety. Also I got married to my best friend which I highly recommend, 10/10 experience. Please enjoy this slideshow.
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#2025recap #kittenrescue #catrescue

Rabbit Rabbit! May your 2026 be full of good fortune ✨ 🐇 🐇
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#rabbitrabbit #goodluck #newyear2026 #rabbit #gouache

Rabbit Rabbit! May your 2026 be full of good fortune ✨ 🐇 🐇
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#rabbitrabbit #goodluck #newyear2026 #rabbit #gouache

•Ready or not•
Fortune approaches ✨
Happy new year!
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#rabbitrabbit #happynewyear #2026 #goodluck #luckyrabbit

•Ready or not•
Fortune approaches ✨
Happy new year!
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#rabbitrabbit #happynewyear #2026 #goodluck #luckyrabbit

Bracing myself for 2026 ✨

I am small, but I am unafraid
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#watercolor #silverswordphilodendron #mantras #houseplants #2026resolution

Bracing myself for 2026 ✨

I am small, but I am unafraid
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#watercolor #silverswordphilodendron #mantras #houseplants #2026resolution

The title credits from Bienvenue! a short video I made to help get the kittens adopted and showcase their personalities ✨🐈‍⬛✨ (full video is pinned at the top of my page)

These kittens have all been adopted… but if you’re in the market for a cat, check out @straycatalliance ! You just might meet your new best friend 😍
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#kittens #cutecats #cathotel #rescueanimals #fosterkittens #fostercats #adoptdontshop

The title credits from Bienvenue! a short video I made to help get the kittens adopted and showcase their personalities ✨🐈‍⬛✨ (full video is pinned at the top of my page)

These kittens have all been adopted… but if you’re in the market for a cat, check out @straycatalliance ! You just might meet your new best friend 😍
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#kittens #cutecats #cathotel #rescueanimals #fosterkittens #fostercats #adoptdontshop

I almost made it all the way through the November sketchbook! Ft a few daily fish and a lot of scribbles and rubbish.
Feeling very motivated to work through the December sketchbook ✨🥰
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#artjournal #monthlygoals #creativeexercises #artistlife #sketchbook

I almost made it all the way through the November sketchbook! Ft a few daily fish and a lot of scribbles and rubbish.
Feeling very motivated to work through the December sketchbook ✨🥰
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#artjournal #monthlygoals #creativeexercises #artistlife #sketchbook

My ‘recording studio’ is cobbled together from an old cardboard box, spare bits of sound proofing foam, and a whole lotta cat hair.

Listen to Undaine-on-the-Sea on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Substack 🌊
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#undaineonthesea #fantasyworld #diyprojects #fantasywriters #comforting

My ‘recording studio’ is cobbled together from an old cardboard box, spare bits of sound proofing foam, and a whole lotta cat hair.

Listen to Undaine-on-the-Sea on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Substack 🌊
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#undaineonthesea #fantasyworld #diyprojects #fantasywriters #comforting

Some self-portraits from the last several years

1. Salt Lick
2. Break Time at the Clown Factory
3. Luck Runs Rings Around Me
4. It Happens At Night
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#watercolor #selfportrait

Some self-portraits from the last several years

1. Salt Lick
2. Break Time at the Clown Factory
3. Luck Runs Rings Around Me
4. It Happens At Night
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#watercolor #selfportrait

I’m only about halfway through November’s sketchbook, and I decided to start doing gouache practice paintings of a different fish every day until the end of the month. Will report back once the fish have proliferated.
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#artistlife #artpractice #artjournal #sketchbooks #drawingexercises

I’m only about halfway through November’s sketchbook, and I decided to start doing gouache practice paintings of a different fish every day until the end of the month. Will report back once the fish have proliferated.
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#artistlife #artpractice #artjournal #sketchbooks #drawingexercises

Thoughts on sketchbooks, reforming habits, and valuing little things- ft. snippets of Independence, CA.
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#artjournal #artadvice #journaling #illustration #sliceoflife #artistlife

Thoughts on sketchbooks, reforming habits, and valuing little things- ft. snippets of Independence, CA.
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#artjournal #artadvice #journaling #illustration #sliceoflife #artistlife

Been going through old sketchbooks and found this ah… compelling… anecdote.
Many years later the hamsters are alive and well.
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#sketchbook #comic #surreal #dreams #dreamjournal #absurdist #goblincore

Been going through old sketchbooks and found this ah… compelling… anecdote.
Many years later the hamsters are alive and well.
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#sketchbook #comic #surreal #dreams #dreamjournal #absurdist #goblincore

Some cyanotype experiments ☀️💧
1. Small glass fish bottle
2. Hydroponic plant roots
3. Pieces of glass and selenite
4. Partially pressed flowers (they’re still a lil juicy, so not as much detail)
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#cyanotypes #sunprints #fishbottle #pressedflowers #artexperiments

Some cyanotype experiments ☀️💧
1. Small glass fish bottle
2. Hydroponic plant roots
3. Pieces of glass and selenite
4. Partially pressed flowers (they’re still a lil juicy, so not as much detail)
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#cyanotypes #sunprints #fishbottle #pressedflowers #artexperiments

Notes from the October book ✨
1. Cover
2. The Night House
3&4. Doodles and notes from Independence
5. Scribbles and plans for Undaine
6. Minnie & Stella
7. Cricket writing her memoir
8. Possession
9. Back cover
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#artjournal #sketchbook #horrormovies #possession #nighthouse #october #doodles

Notes from the October book ✨
1. Cover
2. The Night House
3&4. Doodles and notes from Independence
5. Scribbles and plans for Undaine
6. Minnie & Stella
7. Cricket writing her memoir
8. Possession
9. Back cover
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#artjournal #sketchbook #horrormovies #possession #nighthouse #october #doodles

Birthday weekend ft. Long Beach Open Studio Tour & a new display for Undaine-on-the-Sea 🌊 ✨
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#longbeachopenstudiotour #lbopenstudiotour #openstudios #authortable #creativedisplays

Birthday weekend ft. Long Beach Open Studio Tour & a new display for Undaine-on-the-Sea 🌊 ✨
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#longbeachopenstudiotour #lbopenstudiotour #openstudios #authortable #creativedisplays

Cricket is writing her memoir ✨
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#catart #watercolor #cozyillustrations #cozyrooms #cats #writers #tortiecats

Cricket is writing her memoir ✨
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#catart #watercolor #cozyillustrations #cozyrooms #cats #writers #tortiecats

My cats review my footwear ft. @vivaia_official Audrey Loafers!
I love these, they’re so cute and comfy. #VIVAIA #vivaiaonmyway

(Pine Cone refused to participate in filming when he learned he would not be provided with his own personal trailer.) #cutecats

My cats review my footwear ft. @vivaia_official Audrey Loafers!
I love these, they’re so cute and comfy. #VIVAIA #vivaiaonmyway

(Pine Cone refused to participate in filming when he learned he would not be provided with his own personal trailer.) #cutecats

I haven’t had time to make any Halloween/costume tutorials this year, but crying will always be fashionable… so please enjoy this diy glitter tear tutorial ✨
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#glittertears #glittermakeup #diycrafts #hotglueguncrafts #spookyseason #costumeideas

I haven’t had time to make any Halloween/costume tutorials this year, but crying will always be fashionable… so please enjoy this diy glitter tear tutorial ✨
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#glittertears #glittermakeup #diycrafts #hotglueguncrafts #spookyseason #costumeideas

Happy spooky season from me and all my little rascals ✨🦝🦨🌙
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#monstermash #raccoons #raccoonart #frankenstein #brideoffrankenstein #dracula #vampire #halloween

Happy spooky season from me and all my little rascals ✨🦝🦨🌙
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#monstermash #raccoons #raccoonart #frankenstein #brideoffrankenstein #dracula #vampire #halloween

Excerpt from the nature journal of Ida May Nish, Undaine-on-the-Sea, 2014.
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#naturejournal #herbology #magic #worldbuilding #fantasywriting #worldbuildingart #candles

Excerpt from the nature journal of Ida May Nish, Undaine-on-the-Sea, 2014.
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#naturejournal #herbology #magic #worldbuilding #fantasywriting #worldbuildingart #candles

“A sleepy giant gazes at the stars just before sunrise. She will soon slumber beneath the warm rays of the sun.”

Lil doodle from my trip to Independence 🏔️ 🌙✨
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#sketchbook #mountains #doodles #illustration #fantasyillustration #sunrise

“A sleepy giant gazes at the stars just before sunrise. She will soon slumber beneath the warm rays of the sun.”

Lil doodle from my trip to Independence 🏔️ 🌙✨
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#sketchbook #mountains #doodles #illustration #fantasyillustration #sunrise

Everyone say hello to our first little ghost friend of the season 🌸💀🌸
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#cyanotype #ghosts #spookyseason #ghostart #sunprints #witchyart #halloween

Everyone say hello to our first little ghost friend of the season 🌸💀🌸
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#cyanotype #ghosts #spookyseason #ghostart #sunprints #witchyart #halloween

Part 1: The Crest
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on my Substack (alicelefae.substack.com)
#UndaineOnTheSea
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#seaside #romanticacademia #fantasynovel #bookstagram #romance #horror #shortstories

Part 1: The Crest
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on my Substack (alicelefae.substack.com)
#UndaineOnTheSea
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#seaside #romanticacademia #fantasynovel #bookstagram #romance #horror #shortstories

Pretty thrilled with the amount of detail in this cyanotype 🤩 made using a pressed flower from our wedding 🥰
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#cyanotypes #botanicalart #florals #botanicals #floralart #minimalistart #sunprinting #weddingkeepsakes

Pretty thrilled with the amount of detail in this cyanotype 🤩 made using a pressed flower from our wedding 🥰
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#cyanotypes #botanicalart #florals #botanicals #floralart #minimalistart #sunprinting #weddingkeepsakes

Some scribbles of our Cat Hotel cats- some of them residents, some of them guests. ❤️
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#catart #sketchbook #cats #catdrawings #cutecats

Some scribbles of our Cat Hotel cats- some of them residents, some of them guests. ❤️
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#catart #sketchbook #cats #catdrawings #cutecats

‘Opening credit’ stills from the Bienvenue! Video I made to help get the Miss Honey kittens adopted ✨

I knew exactly what shots I wanted of each kitten on specific backgrounds, but waiting for the kittens to do it at the right moment with the right lighting took ages 😂

so many times, they did it just after I finally put the camera down or when I hadn’t gotten it set up just right yet.

But we got it done in time to show it at the El Segundo Art Walk (@elsegundoartwalk ). @bigdoorstudio let us play it on loop throughout the event- a kind thing for a professional production studio to do for my silly video project edited together on a busted up iPad. 🫣

The video itself is pinned to the top of my page if you’d like to see it. The kittens are being adopted out a few at a time, but there are always more cats that need homes! If you’re interested in adopting, visit @straycatalliance to find your new best friend ❤️🐈⭐️
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#kittens #kittenrescue #cathotel #livewhimsically #adoptdontshop #catscatscats #fosterkittens #catart

‘Opening credit’ stills from the Bienvenue! Video I made to help get the Miss Honey kittens adopted ✨

I knew exactly what shots I wanted of each kitten on specific backgrounds, but waiting for the kittens to do it at the right moment with the right lighting took ages 😂

so many times, they did it just after I finally put the camera down or when I hadn’t gotten it set up just right yet.

But we got it done in time to show it at the El Segundo Art Walk (@elsegundoartwalk ). @bigdoorstudio let us play it on loop throughout the event- a kind thing for a professional production studio to do for my silly video project edited together on a busted up iPad. 🫣

The video itself is pinned to the top of my page if you’d like to see it. The kittens are being adopted out a few at a time, but there are always more cats that need homes! If you’re interested in adopting, visit @straycatalliance to find your new best friend ❤️🐈⭐️
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#kittens #kittenrescue #cathotel #livewhimsically #adoptdontshop #catscatscats #fosterkittens #catart

Get in nerds, we’re going crafting.
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#diy #catcrafts #fosterkittens #cathouse #cardboardcrafts #kittenrescue

Get in nerds, we’re going crafting.
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#diy #catcrafts #fosterkittens #cathouse #cardboardcrafts #kittenrescue

Suite no. 1 for the Cat Hotel! @hoteldesmillechats

The kitten’s favorite part is not the finished product, but the process. Ah, well. (Rooftop coming soon!)
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#cathouse #cathotel #sweetdreams #kittens #art #fosterkittens #catcafe

Suite no. 1 for the Cat Hotel! @hoteldesmillechats

The kitten’s favorite part is not the finished product, but the process. Ah, well. (Rooftop coming soon!)
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#cathouse #cathotel #sweetdreams #kittens #art #fosterkittens #catcafe

Your purchase feeds cats! 🐈‍⬛ designs for the Cat Hotel @hoteldesmillechats ✨

I don’t currently have the wallpaper design available AS wallpaper, but it is available in large prints!

Visit the Cat Hotel gift shop through the link in my bio 🐈
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#blackcats #blackcatart #catcafe #kittenrescue #fosterkittens #artnouveau #blackkittens #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #cathotel

Your purchase feeds cats! 🐈‍⬛ designs for the Cat Hotel @hoteldesmillechats ✨

I don’t currently have the wallpaper design available AS wallpaper, but it is available in large prints!

Visit the Cat Hotel gift shop through the link in my bio 🐈
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#blackcats #blackcatart #catcafe #kittenrescue #fosterkittens #artnouveau #blackkittens #adoptdontshop #rescuecats #cathotel

The cats came with the lease I guess 🤷‍♀️
Follow @hoteldesmillechats for all the latest Cat Hotel content ✨🐈
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#rescuecats #kittens #catart #cathotel #catillustration #artnouveau #kittenrescue #fostercats #adoptdontshop

The cats came with the lease I guess 🤷‍♀️
Follow @hoteldesmillechats for all the latest Cat Hotel content ✨🐈
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#rescuecats #kittens #catart #cathotel #catillustration #artnouveau #kittenrescue #fostercats #adoptdontshop

Bienvenue! Wallpaper design for @hoteldesmillechats 🐈‍⬛
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#patterndesign #catart #catwallpaper #catpattern #artnouveau #stampedwallpaper #textilepatterns

Bienvenue! Wallpaper design for @hoteldesmillechats 🐈‍⬛
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#patterndesign #catart #catwallpaper #catpattern #artnouveau #stampedwallpaper #textilepatterns

The cat diagrams I made for the kittens I’m fostering through @straycatalliance ✨

follow more kitten updates and learn about their personalities on my cat rescue page, @hoteldesmillechats 🐈🐈‍⬛

These cats are incredible and have the best lil personalities. I know they’re gonna find their people ❤️

#adoptdontshop #kittenrescue #kittens #catmemes

The cat diagrams I made for the kittens I’m fostering through @straycatalliance ✨

follow more kitten updates and learn about their personalities on my cat rescue page, @hoteldesmillechats 🐈🐈‍⬛

These cats are incredible and have the best lil personalities. I know they’re gonna find their people ❤️

#adoptdontshop #kittenrescue #kittens #catmemes

Black cat appreciation post! Ft. Bear and Moonshine.
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These two beauties are available to adopt!! Dm if you’re interested and I’ll send you the application ✨ (via the amazing Stray Cat Alliance)
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#blackcats #kittenrescue #animalrescue #straycatalliance #blackcatsarenotbadluck #catsidhe #illustrations

Black cat appreciation post! Ft. Bear and Moonshine.
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These two beauties are available to adopt!! Dm if you’re interested and I’ll send you the application ✨ (via the amazing Stray Cat Alliance)
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#blackcats #kittenrescue #animalrescue #straycatalliance #blackcatsarenotbadluck #catsidhe #illustrations

Reason no. 2 I’ve been super busy and haven’t been making and sharing as much- WE GOT MARRIED!!

Here are my top tips for having the perfect wedding:
1) marry your best friend (duh)
2) have your other best friend officiate
3) make it a costume party
4) customize the crap out of your dress
5) don’t stress about the weather. The weather will know, and it will rain. But if you don’t mind, it’ll rain every single day except your wedding day and the toads will come to the wedding and give you their blessing.

I wouldn’t have changed a thing about this day. It was amazing. ❤️

Reason no. 2 I’ve been super busy and haven’t been making and sharing as much- WE GOT MARRIED!!

Here are my top tips for having the perfect wedding:
1) marry your best friend (duh)
2) have your other best friend officiate
3) make it a costume party
4) customize the crap out of your dress
5) don’t stress about the weather. The weather will know, and it will rain. But if you don’t mind, it’ll rain every single day except your wedding day and the toads will come to the wedding and give you their blessing.

I wouldn’t have changed a thing about this day. It was amazing. ❤️

LA is not messing around. #nokings #nohumanisillegal #losangeles

LA is not messing around. #nokings #nohumanisillegal #losangeles

An excerpt from my Substack- link is in my bio- talking about cats, kittens, and difficult decisions.

The cat situation is one of 3 big reasons I haven’t been posting or making as much these days, but I think it’s a worthy reason ✨🐈✨ if nothing else, check out my Substack for the adorable cat pics.
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#catrescue #cats #straycats #kittens #feralcats #tortoiseshell #substackwriter

An excerpt from my Substack- link is in my bio- talking about cats, kittens, and difficult decisions.

The cat situation is one of 3 big reasons I haven’t been posting or making as much these days, but I think it’s a worthy reason ✨🐈✨ if nothing else, check out my Substack for the adorable cat pics.
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#catrescue #cats #straycats #kittens #feralcats #tortoiseshell #substackwriter

Poppies for California. Dahlia for Mexico. Sign for everyone else. Human beings are not illegal. Be good to each other.
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#abolishice #dtla #nokings

Poppies for California. Dahlia for Mexico. Sign for everyone else. Human beings are not illegal. Be good to each other.
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#abolishice #dtla #nokings

Sketchbook snippets ft. @sofia_isella , Miss Honey + kittens, and a griffin from the Getty ✨ #sketchbook #scribbles #kittens

Sketchbook snippets ft. @sofia_isella , Miss Honey + kittens, and a griffin from the Getty ✨ #sketchbook #scribbles #kittens

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