{excitement-drunk journaling}

Yes, I giggle. A lot.


[ 4/20/2010 - journaling, the new class, and giggling ]

 

I was seriously having a ball while doing this video. I love getting lost like a child while doing creative acts, and this is -- unfortunatly or fortunatly -- how I am most of the time when just playing around.

There was something else I was going to say, but I can't recall it now.

This week's Points of Two theme: "I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong." - Benjamin Franklin

EDIT: I remember now. I was asked about fanfiction during the chat, and said my LiveJournal name. Here it is, for reals. kiraboshi @ LJ . Yeah. I'm really going to go hide, now!

{vlog tuesday: a beginning guide to soldering}

 

Heee heee! I'm back!

Thanks for all the comments about the studio. I'm going to lose it as soon as we move, so I'm trying to really appreciate it right now. Oh, all the space I'll be losing! It means I need to get organized and used to putting everything away NOW so it becomes habit for LATER.

This week, I was working on some soldered pendants for my shop, so I just turned on the camera! There's a little bit of a "be right back" at the beginning because we were in the middle of showing the house to the Buy Owner guy...other than that, I was really into what I was doing!

[ vlog tuesday 4/13/10: soldering for beginners ]

I did end up staying at the desk....and while I thought I was only there for an hour longer, it ended up being TWO hours! I keep "losing time," that is, getting so into projects, I don't notice it passing. And I did end up getting used to the new solder and actually LOVE it compared to what I'd been using. I can make things thicker, and do effects, and the jump rings are easier to attach.

Except my hands shake too much, and this solder takes longer to harden. *sigh* Usually things don't bother me -- I've learned to compensate for my shaking ever since collage and not being able to do hand-held camera work because of it -- but this really did! Sometimes, it sucks being stuck in a body that doesn't work right.

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So I shined everything up and attached the darling charms to the bottoms!

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These are the larger pendants, and the one in the middle, is, of course, for me! I just need to find a chain for it. *giggles*

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All the pretty pendants, all in a row...

Questions? Comments? Have a topic for next week's vlog? Please leave me a comment or send a note!

This week's Points of Two: a list of me. Write about you in a list -- kind of like an about page!

{vlog tuesday: extended journal play!}

 

Here's today's EXTENDED vlog! Yup! I was so into playing in my journal that I stuck around for an extra half-hour of questions and play-time. :) Again, I'm posting the link so everything works better.

[Today's Vlog Recording]

I'm hard at work re-stocking my Etsy shop, working on a collage book, & putting out an anthology of the first three issues of Page by Page.

This week's Points of Two prompt is: a moment of serendipity, a meeting of chance you know isn't exactly coincidence.

And is there something you'd like me to cover in next week's vlog? Leave a comment here!

Now, I'm off to read and finish playing in my journal.

{Vlog Tuesday: carving your own stamps}

 

 [I'm just posting the link because the ustream video player has crashed my browser a few times. So head on over and view it there! Thanks!]

News, Shop Info, & Carving Your Own Rubber Stamps

This week's Points of Two theme is based off the lyrics, "and I think to myself, what a wonderful world." What in your world is wonderful and magical this week? What can you dig out of seemingly ordinary moments?

Also! My Etsy shop opens tomorrow!

I've been working hard to get everything done! Phew! Lots of numbers, and I even made a worksheet to fill out in order to make sure everything is covered! But more on that tomorrow. I'll share the link & a preview vid then!

{vlog tuesday: getting past blocks to create something wonderful!}

 

 

A lot of talk on blocks, liking and disliking pages, and creativity. I started a page, but then we got to talking, and I'll post the finished page tomorrow.

Please email me if you have questions or need someone to bounce an idea off of! And leave a comment here if you'd like to see something discussed on the vlog.

Next week: Carving your own stamps.

Get your supplies together and we'll explore stamp-carving!

{vlog tuesday: acrylics, markers, and badly-behaving chat modules!}

This week, I worked on a random loose canvas piece and answered questions. We talked a whole lot about acrylics -- cheap vs. expensive, liquid vs. regular -- and Copic markers and watercolor crayons. Is there something you'd like to learn about? A technique or product you would like to see me demonstrate? Leave me a note in the comments and I'll try my best to make it happen.

Also, no blog post tomorrow, as I'm spending my birthday with friends & family. See you on Friday!