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Jellie's avatar

congrats! :D I totally thought the cookies were real in the first picture, I was wondering how they were going to keep in the archives 😅

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sparklemaia's avatar

I'm sure our school librarians are relieved they're clay! Although now they have to contend with tiny clay sprinkles eventually coming loose and spreading themselves throughout the library like glitter

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SarahBot's avatar

YAAAAAY!!! Congratulations - this is so exciting and I am so stoked for you! Also I love (and am unsurprised) that you were chosen as your class speaker!

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sparklemaia's avatar

yeah cartoonists are not generally known for their enthusiasm for speaking in front of crowds so I didn't have much competition 😅

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SarahBot's avatar

AND ALSO you are fun and charming and friendly and warm and so sparkly!

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Devin Whitlock's avatar

Congratulations!! 🥳 This is wonderful news! What an incredible project that thesis package is, you created a whole swag bag for your comics. 😂 They look so great, too! Very cute, very fun. Congrats again!

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sparklemaia's avatar

thank you!! I originally considered knitting satchels for all of my comics but my advisor wisely talked me out of it early on, hence the little bookmark scarves instead 😅

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Terri Grayum's avatar

Congratulations!!! You are awesome!!! and creative and fun! Love the cookies, they look better than the real thing! xoxoxo

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sparklemaia's avatar

the cookies were totally worth the 30 hours they took me to make 😂

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Amy Hansen's avatar

Congratulations! This is momentous! I am beyond impressed at all the heart and effort that went into these boxes. Also totally thought the cookies were real.

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sparklemaia's avatar

the clay cookies look even yummier than the real thing 😂

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Hazel's avatar

CONGRATULATIONS ! it all looks amazing

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sparklemaia's avatar

thank you, Hazel! :)

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Verelle's avatar

So obsessed with those cookies! And love seeing all the process! <3

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sparklemaia's avatar

I'm delighted with how well they came out!! More Process stuff is in the works too ;)

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CeeJay's avatar

Love all of this! Very glad you did not burn out and/or re-injure yourself!

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sparklemaia's avatar

ME TOO, PAL 😅

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Scott Erickson's avatar

Wow, congratulations! What a LOT of work and it all looks great!

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sparklemaia's avatar

thank you, Scott! :)

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Nona Jean Childress's avatar

Aaaaahhhhh squeeeee happy flap and the glimmers!!!!!! This is AMAZING (and by the way i stole your headache tracking idea but adapted it for meltdowns, gut issues, and self care activites and am finding it soooo helpful in tracking patterns, so extra thank you)! I'm going to check out all the links in the article and try to get me some comics :)

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Nona Jean Childress's avatar

also SOOOO much congrats on pacing yourself, that is serious adult-level advanced mad skills!

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sparklemaia's avatar

turns out I'm much better at pacing myself on a big project over the course of eight months than a proportionally similar project over the course of four weeks ;)

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sparklemaia's avatar

oh I'm so glad the trackers have been helpful! I feel like I finally locked in on planner spreads & trackers that actually work for me after several years of trial and error, and now I have a daily "fill in my planner" ritual that I actually follow through on doing!

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LM's avatar

SO so proud of you!! So much work AND so much heart went into all of this 😤

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Erin Violet Taylor's avatar

Congrats Maia! It has been so fun to follow your journey here. I am in grad school too, and it rocks to see a window into another kind of grad school! Thanks for sharing with all of us here. Congrats, congrats on your graduation and all of your very cool work!

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sparklemaia's avatar

thank you, Erin! And good luck on your own grad school work 🫡

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Janet's avatar

Please save a “Little” for me. I would be honored to have one! I wish I could see you graduate! Have a WONDERFUL time and enjoy some animal crackers for me. I have always loved those and yours are beautiful!🦄😋

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