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Sunday Spotlight: Aiccio’s Video Game Cross Stitch

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Another Sunday, another Spotlight! This week I’m really excited to share one of my absolute favorite crafters. Cross stitcher aiccio is only on Instagram, as far as I’m aware (update: they are also on Twitter), but their mostly video game-themed projects are some of the best I’ve seen! Video games, particularly ones featuring pixel art, tend to lend themselves really well to cross stitch, but aiccio stands out for highlighting series and characters that you don’t often see get much love.

Check out some of their awesome works:

新しいほぼ日手帳が楽しみすぎて作りました。今度こそは買いたい!! #crossstitch #mother2 #earthbound #pixelart

A photo posted by @aiccio on Aug 15, 2015 at 6:22pm PDT

ほぼ日手帳を参考に作りました。日記を書かないから欲しいと思いつつ買わなかったのですが、カバーだけでも売ってるんですね!昨日知りました。 #crossstitch #ブックカバー #マザー2 #mother2 #earthbound #onett #8bit

A photo posted by @aiccio on Feb 4, 2015 at 1:36am PST

The above two pieces are Mother-themed book covers aiccio designed for the Hobonichi Techo planner, inspired by official designs. I think I prefer them to the official ones!

大きさは直径38mmです。#クロスステッチ #crossstitch #pixelart #8bit

A photo posted by @aiccio on Jul 19, 2015 at 4:28am PDT

Buttons! Check out the rad Splatoon one!

アンジェリーク 完成! #crossstitch #アンジェリーク #angelique #koei #8bit #retrogames

A photo posted by @aiccio on Jun 20, 2014 at 8:11am PDT

Recognize this? It’s Angelique, which popularized dating sims for girls!

ファミコンリミックス⑥ #crossstitch #nintendo #nesremix #pixelart

A photo posted by @aiccio on Feb 4, 2014 at 7:31am PST

Of course, no video game cross stitch collection would be complete without some Mario. I could seriously link every single one of aiccio’s Instagram posts, they’re all that awesome. But instead, do head over and check out the rest of their work! They only have about 1,500 followers, which is not nearly enough, if you ask me, so give them a follow if you can! If you don’t have an Instagram account, show them some love on Twitter. Now I want to go do some nerdy crafts…

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Sunday Spotlight: Cute Travels

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Sunday Spotlight Chic Pixel

Another week, another Sunday Spotlight! Today I’d like to point your browsers to Cute Travels, an adorable blog featuring travel, food, and craft posts. Eimear loves all things cute just like me, and she also happens to visit a ton of themed cafes! I could spend hours looking through her themed restaurant tag alone.

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Not only does she visit all kinds of cute places, she also likes to create cute food and crafts at home. Some great examples of this are her Polar Bear’s Cafe marshmallows and scrap paper magnets. A lot of the recipes look a little too complex for my clumsy paws, but this Miffy parfait shouldn’t be too hard to do, don’t you agree?

Another great thing about Cute Travels is that Eimear visits all kinds of places besides Japan (mostly in Asia), so you can catch a glimpse of cute places all over the world that you might not see covered here at Chic Pixel! I highly recommend checking out Eimear’s site and giving her a follow on Instagram.

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Sunday Spotlight: Final Fantasy Recipes

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Sunday Spotlight Chic Pixel

Happy Sunday, and thanks for checking out my newest column, Sunday Spotlight! I’ll be using this space to highlight other bloggers, creatives, and otherwise cool people that I think you should know about. If you’re a fan of the kinds of things you see on Chic Pixel, you’re definitely going to want to check out the folks I’ll be showcasing here!

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This week, I want to tell you about Final Fantasy Recipes, an awesome Final Fantasy food blog that isn’t quite what you’d expect. Instead of modeling food after the characters and icons from the Final Fantasy series, this blog instead seeks to create recipes that might reflect what the inhabitants of those worlds actually eat! As the Final Fantasy Recipes about page states, it attempts to serve as a bit of an anthropological survey of the Final Fantasy games. How cool is that?!

From the Festival of the Hunt Stew to the Narshe Spiced Wine, each recipe comes with an image and quote from the game that inspired it. I haven’t had a chance to try one of the recipes out for myself yet, but I am really impressed by this different take on game-inspired cuisine. I’ve got my eye on the Zozo Pub Soup – it looks relatively easy to make, but still sounds quite delicious!

Let me know if you end up trying any of Final Fantasy Recipes‘ recipes! Are there any other game-inspired food that have made their way on to your dinner table?

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And now for the new license announcements...
Announcement #1: From the mind that brought you Hadaka Shitsuji - Naked Butlers, it's MADA Labo's The Patient S Remedy!
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I'm excited to finally share "A Guide to Twitter and Social Media Safety for Academics (and Everyone Else)"! 📱 How do you spot a bot? When do you block? This guide is adapted (& expanded!) from my Academics Online workshop on digital harassment in March. http://prcurtis.com/docs/twitterguide2/

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Sailor Chibi Chibi Moon! 💖 from Animage Oct 1996

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Lil budew inspired by @michelle_coffee’s amazing Lil budew inspired by @michelle_coffee’s amazing work! He’s dreaming of when he’ll bloom someday 😌🌹 be sure to check out @michelle_coffee’s art - so many stunning pieces, and her store is updating this week! My piece was made with watercolor gouache, posca and a little bit of gold gel pen. def need to stick to the 300gsm paper because this 200 warped too much with the amount of water I was using 😅
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#pokemonart #budew #pokemonfan #pokemoncards #nerdyflatlay #pokemonpinball #gameboyadvance #pokemongames #pokemongame #midliners #stationeryaddict #pokemontcg #japanesestationery #traditionalart #geekart #geekartist #kawaiiart #kawaiioftheday
Finally jumped back into Animal Crossing: New Hori Finally jumped back into Animal Crossing: New Horizons to check out the new update! It’s been 10 months since I last played… 💀 the new camera app features are the best!! 🔥 I also got a couple amiibo card packs and can’t wait to meet this starry squirrel cutie on my island! Are you back to Animal Crossing after the update, or did you never leave?
Finally got my hands on one of the Pokémon Happy Finally got my hands on one of the Pokémon Happy Meal toys at @mcdonaldsau! (Not counting the ones @iubnasus grabbed for me hehe) I love the big stickers! It reminded me that I need to get back to New Pokémon Snap… I haven’t played since the update!
How could I not try drawing this adorable shiba ic How could I not try drawing this adorable shiba ice cream sundae for @cremechii’s DTIYS? This is the first time I’m posting just straight-up art on this account… a lil nervous 😅
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It’s time to get in the Halloween mood! 👻👻 It’s time to get in the Halloween mood! 👻👻 I played my first spooky game for the month, the point and click adventure My Dear Frankenstein (pictured at the top). If you like dark gothic vibes, I def recommend this game. Full review on Chic-Pixel.com! I’m thinking of playing Yomawari next… are you playing any spooky games this month?
Long time no selfie! Luckily this hat covers up my Long time no selfie! Luckily this hat covers up my months of lockdown hair growth 😆 I think I’m ready to move to a cottage in the mountains and start a coven, don’t you? Swipe to see what book I’m holding 📚 It’s a very special copy given to my by my mom, and is over 100 years old! 😮
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