A monumental day.

In addition to the creation of my new blog, another incredible thing happened today: I received my first order from Stampeaze consisting of 2 blocks of grade B PZ cut and a #1 cutting tool (AND a squirrel stamp on my invoice! Perfect for me, if you know about my squirrel obsession :P). So far in my LBing career I have carved 2 stamps for my personal use but have to yet to jump into the planting world. I wanted to wait until I had a full summer under my belt and a decent amount of finds so I knew what was expected of me as a planter. This winter Katchick (my partner in crime) and I will be carving like maniacs. The veterinary world slows down to a crawl in the winter (as does upstate NY) so what better to do with our time than carve? I'm very excited to see the evolution of my carving, to see if it gets better over time. I am not, I repeat, AM NOT artistically inclined. That gene almost completely skipped me and what little part of the double helix managed to graze me was of the musical persuasion. I can sing, fairly well actually, but am not an artist in any sense of the word. I have a scientific mind, one the needs to know why and how and when and for how long and does is it always that way and will it change over time and....you get the picture. I still want to try, though, and hopefully create some boxes that can make up in location what they may be lacking in design. I want to take pictures of my stamps and post them here I so I see how they change. Our initial goal was to carve, carve, carve all winter and then plant, plant, plant in the spring but I really think I want to create a "practice" box to test out and see what works and what doesn't. We'll see. For now I just have 2 beautiful pieces of perfect PZCut sitting on my coffee table that is just begging to be reborn. I can't wait!