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Researching and picking the fitting printing services for printing the cards once Kickstarter funding is complete!!

89 x 146mm with radius corners

350gsm Zanta Games Board

21 Cards Per Pack

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My workspace in sunny London ! I’ve found that the best way to organise my thoughts was on a wall (and surrounded by my growing plant collection).

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Planning card sizes for printing !

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My kickstarter !

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Colour scheme for The Skin Picker's Deck. Vibrant and heart-warming to highlight the positivity of the cards!

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Sketches for The Skin Picker's Deck

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http://www.instagram.com/skinstorieswithmish

Instagram, a tool to communicate with the skin positive community and share my story !

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Questions for skin pickers

When did you realise you picked your skin?

Is there any specific reason for which you pick?

How does picking help you cope ? What are the good sides ?

Why do you think skin picking is bad?

Which areas most affected? How often?

In front of people?

Tools?

How long do you tend to pick for?

Does it affect your life? Which parts of it ?

Do you pick subconsciously ? search for irregularities?

Can stop yourself when you realise?

Have you tried to stop for a period? Seeked help?

Does any tool help you stop ?

Aftercare? Skincare?

Do you know others who pick?

Have you discussed it with anyone?

Is there a place that makes you want to pick your skin more than usual ? A situation ?

Are you self conscious of the scars and marks?

Do you wear makeup to hide it ?

What is the most stinging/ frustrating comment that someone has made to you about your skin?

What is a self-destructive activity that you find yourself indulging in? Something that damages your self esteem or your view in yourself?

How do you feel when u go through insta?

How has the pandemic affected your spd?

What gives you the most confidence to accept your skin ?

A word of advice to those who pick their skin? What would you them?

Can you send me 3 pictures in positions/ places/with an object/with people that make you feel powerful.

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My elemental power tarot deck by Melinda Lee Holm that started the skin picking card idea! Given to me as a gift it has served many a fun and exciting tarot reading, using Tina Gong's Tarot interpretation book to go through different spreads and helping reconnect our actions and subconscious thoughts, anchoring them to the present.

Tarot can often be used as a mindfulness and self-therapy activity , the tarot readings allow us to understand what goes on in the mind in response to the imagery and the interpretation of the cards picked out, linking it to the situation at hand that we are attempting to tackle.

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Another mind-bending deck. CBT Practices by Seth J. Gillihan.

Concise practices and activities that help redirect thoughts and focus on present moments. Really great to flip through in the morning or before bed, pick a card to focus on through the day or lay around the house to catch the eye!

Inspiration for my skin picking deck.

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An inspiration for my current path: the skin picking card project!

These fantastic Mindfulness card deck really helped me keep my mind focused on details to uplift my mood consistently throughout the day. I've learned throughout this project and this crazy messed up year, the importance4 of actively putting work to keep my mental health stable. Turns out this is something you have to work on, on a daily basis at that! Why don't they teach us this at school instead of trigonometry?

Mindfulness cards by Rohan Guntatillake

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Community

A big word for this project.

The past couple of weeks I've dedicated to interviewing people with spd both from the online community and those I've met personally. A crazy vivid mixture of artists, bloggers, activists and students. It's been an incredible experience to say the least! I've never felt so much a part of this small world of people battling the same enemy together from their own corner of the world. I feel empowered to take this project as far as I can!

Thank you to each and every one of them!

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Sometimes, I wonder what my face would look like if I had never picked at it.

Annie Lord

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~Annie Lord

Well phrased !

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Planning for the term break

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2 minute sprints planning card ideas.