As I mentioned before, I learned how to do codex binding and made 8 books in 3 days 2 weeks ago. Then I got sick of them (and sick from the glue) and put them aside for a while. So I worked on my Ratatouille stamp and finished that (although I messed up the letters and am mighty upset about it) so I need to go back and make a logbook for it to send it out. I also have to make a logbook for a stamp Katee is carving to plant in Ithaca (she's leaving the logbook making to me). Ok, so that makes 2 logbooks to make and a stamp to send out.
Then I started on my first LTC. Why I started in the midst of everything else I need to do, who knows. But it's addicting. Seriously, anything that involves paper crafts of any kind and I'm all over it. The issue is that I want to make 20 of the same design and my card involves a hand made diecut that I need to trace, cut out and glue onto all 2o cards, PLUS 20 rhinestones on each card that need to be individually glued on PLUS the stamps that need to be stamped, cut out and glued on. But whatever, I can do it. It's not perfect, which is something I'm battling with, but it's pretty decent for my first time. Ok, so I have 20 cards to finish by the end of this weekend to (hopefully) mail out by Monday.
So if that wasn't bad enough, I joined 2 LTC swaps. The first one I freaked out about and got all excited for because it involved fairies (oooo, I'm a fairy junkie!) so I HAD to join that. The second one kinda fell into my lap because of a post I made on Atlasquest. Each one is 24 cards and one is due in June and the other in July. Yikes.
AND THEN I was trolling through craftster yesterday (craft crack, stay away from it!) and I saw this really awesome table a girl made out of beer bottle caps that she covered completely in resin. Really cool but stupid me sends a link of it to Brent at work and he gets all hot and bothered about it so somehow now I'm making a new coffee table for his apartment in his garage logo. Oy.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THAT, I still need to carve a lot more stamps to start planting now that spring is coming. Brent mentioned going up to the Adirondacks in June to stay for a weekend so I can finally get him up Blue Mountain and I want to carve a super awesome stamp to plant there. Actually, maybe a couple. And I need to get cracking on my waterfall series because that IS getting planted all summer long.
Oh yeah, and I want to paint my hallway so I can put up the supersweet Hello Kitty sign Katee's husband got me from his work.
How do I get into all this? And right at the beginning of hiking season, my favorite time to go? I don't know but I WILL do it all. Well, I'll at least attempt it.
Back to gluing on rhinestones like a mad woman...
P3 F313 X63
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Online!
After many many months of being without a computer, I am finally back in action! And it's a beautiful thing. I was using Brentaroni's iphone and Blackberry forever and I am SO over looking at things online on a 2-3 inch screen. I even watched the entirety of project Runway 4 on the iphone and I thought my eyes were going to bleed but I am a dedicated fan.
Onto the boxing news...
A lot has happened in the last few months. I went to another gathering (Desperately Seeking Sun) and it was great. I finally got to meet Lock Wench and it was amazing because SHE'S amazing (but most of you already know that). I carved some personal travelers for it and they were well received, which was great. The best part of carving stamps is getting feedback from other people. I think my PT clues are pretty easy because honestly, I'll just give them to you if you ask. They're special to me and I want to share them :)
What else has been going on....I finally taught myself Codex binding and have been making logbooks like a crazy woman. It's fun and they look fantastic but the glue I use makes me a little sick so I've had to lay off for a few days. I'm really pleased with how they turned out though, they're exactly what I had been looking for in a log book.
I've been carving like crazy, too, to get ready for spring planting. I have so many ideas and just can't seem to carve fast enough. I'm excited to finally get some permanent plants out there. What I am NOT excited about is figuring out where to put them. I hate the planting process of putting boxes out into the world but it's a necessary evil.
Right now I am busy carving a Ratatouille stamp to donate to the Northern NY gather. I'm not sure if I'll make it up there but they wanted movie themed stamps and no one loves Ratatouille more than me. I'm a little pissed at it at the moment though, thus this little break, because I can't seem to figure out how to carve as tiny as I want to. I hope to figure out a solution soon because it's starting to limit me a little.
Oh, and just because I sohould mention it, I fell while trying to get a Lock Wench box the other day and got the biggest bruise known to mankind on my leg. And by fell I mean I tooking a flying face plant into mud, dirt and leaves over a huge fallen down tree. If you even look at it it hurts and I have to have every dog I treat at work put on a table because I can't kneel on the floor. At least we found the box! And katchick got a good laugh because I literally went from vertical to horizontal without any sort of in between transition. Oh well.
So anyway, I'm back, be looking for my boxes in April and May and stay tuned! I'll be writing more often :)
P3 F235 X63
Onto the boxing news...
A lot has happened in the last few months. I went to another gathering (Desperately Seeking Sun) and it was great. I finally got to meet Lock Wench and it was amazing because SHE'S amazing (but most of you already know that). I carved some personal travelers for it and they were well received, which was great. The best part of carving stamps is getting feedback from other people. I think my PT clues are pretty easy because honestly, I'll just give them to you if you ask. They're special to me and I want to share them :)
What else has been going on....I finally taught myself Codex binding and have been making logbooks like a crazy woman. It's fun and they look fantastic but the glue I use makes me a little sick so I've had to lay off for a few days. I'm really pleased with how they turned out though, they're exactly what I had been looking for in a log book.
I've been carving like crazy, too, to get ready for spring planting. I have so many ideas and just can't seem to carve fast enough. I'm excited to finally get some permanent plants out there. What I am NOT excited about is figuring out where to put them. I hate the planting process of putting boxes out into the world but it's a necessary evil.
Right now I am busy carving a Ratatouille stamp to donate to the Northern NY gather. I'm not sure if I'll make it up there but they wanted movie themed stamps and no one loves Ratatouille more than me. I'm a little pissed at it at the moment though, thus this little break, because I can't seem to figure out how to carve as tiny as I want to. I hope to figure out a solution soon because it's starting to limit me a little.
Oh, and just because I sohould mention it, I fell while trying to get a Lock Wench box the other day and got the biggest bruise known to mankind on my leg. And by fell I mean I tooking a flying face plant into mud, dirt and leaves over a huge fallen down tree. If you even look at it it hurts and I have to have every dog I treat at work put on a table because I can't kneel on the floor. At least we found the box! And katchick got a good laugh because I literally went from vertical to horizontal without any sort of in between transition. Oh well.
So anyway, I'm back, be looking for my boxes in April and May and stay tuned! I'll be writing more often :)
P3 F235 X63
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