Thisnext

You may have notice a new badge on the sidebar from Thisnext. It's my latest toy for social bookmarking. I've tried several. I may lose interest in this one soon. But for now, it's fun.

Anyway I found something rather odd there yesterday. (It's even more odd to me that a guy linked it.) Anyway, I started a forum thread about it. I fully expected the thread to die, because, well, that's what usually happens to threads I start. The thing has 65 replies.

Guess, I'm just tackling tough social issues. :P

As for me

It looks like I may be working backstage in a community theater rendition of Fiddler on the Roof. I didn't want to do it because I rarely want to do anything I haven't done before for fear of failing or being rejected. They said they would call me. They always need people to work backstage. I'm kinda looking forward to it.



Yesterday I tried stamping. I bought stamps a long time ago, a bench block not so long and had a hammer. It's aluminum flashing so it shows on the other side, but man it was fun. Need a better set-up though. There's also an itty-bitty cut that I made with my saw. Couldn't resist.

Another Small Step

My saw
Originally uploaded by lpdesigns

The initials of this post spell a bad word. I should change it.

Well, the saw came today. I'm very excited about this. I got it on eBay and it came with 144 blades. It's probably low-end but I didn't want to blow alot only to find out I hate metalsmithing.

I have about 3 ideas that will involve metal so I needed a saw. I have a book, so I'll be learning as I go. I don't have the money to take a class, yet. The ones around here are like $300. I learn pretty well from a book. The ideas I have involve mostly straight lines, so hopefully not too hard.

I'm going to need a tool box soon. I'm currently storing my tools in the packaging they were shipping in. That's not going to work for much longer. My room is junky enough.

I don't know these guys

Seriously, I don't know them. But I recently was video-hopping on Youtube and found this video. Shows how whacked my sense of humor can be.

Offline

Teeny Tiny Earrings for Lady A
Originally uploaded by lpdesigns

Well, I gave these to their new owner, Lady A. I hope she liked them. this was an offline sale, so it didn't change my shop stats. But I'll still count it as a sale for this month.

These are also available for online purchase in my listing in my shop. They're really cute. I think I may make them in other colors, too...I think.