Getting a Date Not too long after my last post I finally got a surgery date. I called my doctor’s office on the following Monday as I walked in the house […]
Updating the Etsy Shop
Finally! New stuff is being added to my Etsy shop! And when I say “new” I mean jewelry I made a couple or more months ago and never properly photographed… It’s […]
Waiting for Endometriosis Surgery
My doctor suspects that I have endometriosis. It took about six months of appointments to get to this point, far less than the 10+ years it takes many women get a […]
My First Yupo!
Yupo paper is pretty amazing. It’s a synthetic (read: not made from trees), waterproof, recyclable paper that comes in white and translucent finishes. Because of that, you can’t treat Yupo paper […]
Copper Pipe and Impressed Blanks
It’s time to take some poorly stamped blanks and make slightly better looking copper pipe pendants out of them! Are you ready? If you don’t remember the whole ordeal that was […]
Impressart! Metal Stamping is Hard!
**Before we get started – this post contains affiliate links!** Ok, metal stamping isn’t THAT tough – but it’s harder than it looks. This week I picked up a metal stamping […]
Stuff I Learned from Inktober 2018
Like I said last week, October went by fast. That’s partly because it was a busy month, but also because of our beloved Inktober and Drawlloween events! Last year was a […]
Shifting Art Gears
October has just flown by! After the past few weeks of doing Inktober and Drawlloween and staying (roughly) on track, I realized that I haven’t done anything with jewelry, painting, or […]
Inktober and Drawlloween Are Here!!!
If you don’t know them, you’re gonna know them! Starting today, it’s a drawing per day – two if you’re in it for both events. Every day there is a prompt […]
Roadblocks Don’t Have to be Roadblocks
Life has weird ways of interfering with the things we want to do. Roadblocks happen all the time. Sometimes they seem to be everywhere, sapping energy, joy, and inspiration. Ugh. That’s […]