9 months

That's enough time to have a baby. No, I just got a job and broke my computer and completely forgot.

True and real update will be coming...sometime in the vague future.

Bottlecaps are still great. Cheap X-Mas gifts have been started. Working retail is not as bad as expected. Resin is, as always, my favorite. I can now spend $100 at the craft store without crying. I got a tattoo. And a raise. End.

At ease, gentlemen.

I've made things. It's nice to be able to do it. Lethargy and lack of motivation, for whatever reasons, has hindered that quite a bit lately.

Bottlecaps:

I saw a few things while out and about that got me making these. These pictures are of the outside. I plan to put some little objects I've made out of clay on the inside and cover them in resin. The detail work could be better, but these things are tiny! And for a first try I'm quite pleased.

Bird:
This will be a necklace, probably. I made another bird-banner thing, but it broke. So I've made another, bigger, sturdier one. It's in the process of being painted at the moment. The detail on this is a bit hard to see. It's black with dark blue lines.



Ooh!
Also. I put up shelves finally. I have a workspace! My desk is not facing a wall anymore and I'm much more inclined to work at it. After seeing all over the internet pictures of books arranged by color, I put up mine this way as well. It is quite functional for me, as I tend to remember the size and color of a book more often than I remember the complete name. This isn't all my books, oddly enough. The white colored books are on the bookshelf. I'm also quite thrilled with the lovely color I've painted my walls. I started putting things up on them this week as well.

Playing

I think I've figured out my making-stuff-hiatus issue. And blog-neglect. And I still don't like the banner anymore.

1: I've been upset or sick. Most of what I do is detail work. Small stuff.
2: Moved in and out. Part of the above. The room-moving thing got me. But I painted my room. And I'm getting done with painting all my shelves and such.
3: I haven't had anything new to play with. BUT I got some freezer paper yesterday. I started a bitchin' stencil to finish up one of my shelves with.
4: Homework. Damn. School.

So I'm making stuff again.
Picture soon [I hope].

Moving

Well, no, not really moving.

We're getting new carpet, so I've got to box all my shit up and get it outta here by monday. Then I can move it all back in. I'm thinking of ways I can rearrange and such to make things easier.

1: Make an actual...y'know...workspace. My desk right now is facing a wall. I just can't work at it. Makes me uncomfortable. I'll turn it around and stick it somewhere, probably.
2: Storage. I'd love to have some of those tiny little cube shelve things I see all those crafters on television have in their lovely lovely "studios" or "craftrooms", which I covet. I'm thinking I might just modify the shelves I already have. I'm moving them around anyway, might as well add in some cheaply made grids. I want to nail a bookshelf to the wall, sideways. I think it'd look nice. I'd probably have to add one of those support rails to the wall first. Maybe as a headboard. I need to arrange my trunk mobettah. I might need another box/trunk/basket as well. Preferably something with a lid.
3: Tarp. Yeah. I paint. I like to paint while sitting on my floor. New carpet. 'Nuff said.
4: Refinish. My dresser is the perfect size. It's actually quite cute. But I need to sand it down and refinish it. I'd almost like to stain it a red color. Or maybe a cool turqoise. Replace the hardware with something chrome...Beautiful.

That's pretty much it. Sheeit. That's a lot to do. I'm still waay not adjusted to the school schedule. I am sleeping the same amount that I had been over break, but when I get home from school...I don't really...do...anything. Minimal amount of the making stuff. It's disappointing.

I did box some shit up tonite though.

No rest for the sleep-deprived and the crafty

I've decided I don't like my new banner.

I have been making things, but not much.

School started last week. I've been suffering from the lack of sleep that has typically been a fixture of previous semesters, and it feels like shit. Of course, I'll readjust to the "regular" schedule and getting dressed everyday [read: heels and bras].

I went out and bought some fabulous rubber molding stuff with the gift card from Jen. I've made a mold to redo my first molded-resin lapel pin. I could repaint the original and it would be fine, but I'd rather have a mold that would require less work. I've been making more and more things outta clay, so I've got those to make molds of and turn into resin copies.

Lesson Learned: I am no sculptor. However, I've come up with a better way for me to turn a picture into a 3d clay template. My clay is a nice, cheap, white polymer clay. I bought it at Target when I was stocking up on school supplies. I can take my picture, draw over the lines with a pencil, and transfer the image to rolled out clay. I do this a few times. I use the first copy, on a thinner peice of clay, as a base. The other copies are on thicker clay. I cut peices out individually and shape them, attach them to the base and repeat in layers for the different bits of my picture. Then I bake them and sand them and further shape them. I work better with the baked-hardened clay than with the soft stuff. I'm less afraid of warping the image while smoothing the lines and surface.

I've got a few things I absolutely have to finish in the next few weeks for essentially just one reason. So I'll try out my molds and make some pretty things. Then take pictures.

Okay...

So I haven't made much recently.

Puffy face and vicodin, oddly enough, doesn't exactly facilitate my creativity. It just makes me want to sit around and stare blankly in the direction of the television.

School starts on Tuesday. I didn't get nearly as many things done as I wanted to. I always come up with good ideas sitting in class. Plus I'll be downtown everyday and maybe that will actually make me go and try to get a job, mostly desired to finance my craft addiction.

I'm painting another tie right now, but the image is way harder than most things I would try to paint anywhere else. Plus I'm working from a black and white photo trying to get colors right. I've got reference shots, but it's still coming slowly.

I'm also trying my hand at painting metal things. Since I love acrylic paints, I'm just using my regular cheapass acrylic and I plan to coat it with a thin layer of resin, get that shiny protection. The belt buckle I really do indeed to have done tomorrow.

Anyway, there will be pictures...sometime.

Smarts.

I get my wisdom teeth out.

I've been thinking of getting an Etsy.com shop.

I started on a new banner last night when I couldn't sleep for anxiety.

Nervous.
Fecking Nervous.

I'll be out for a while.