You callin' me out? :P

So I haven't been able to be on the computer as much as I would like or used to do. No, still no job. Just have to share.

I checked through forums though and saw a thread by GryWinther called 'You know you've spent too much time on Etsy when......' and this is how it started.

- you start to look for milk and bread in there.

- you go to the grocey store looking for milk and bread
and find yourself wondering how much the shipping
will be.

- you cross your fingers you remeber your Paypal
password.

- you go home with your milk and bread and wonder why
it`s not wrapped in bubble plastic and comes in an
nice envelope with your name and address on, and
why on earth it didn`t arrive in your mail box.

- you remind yourself to give the store feedback later.

- finally you can`t wait to show off your milk and
bread to your friends and colleagues.

I have done many of these, especially wanting to leave a store either offline entirely or a private off-Etsy site, feedback It's amazing how ingrained certain things can become.

I wood really like this

I'm mad that this picture won't show up bigger than that. Maybe I can find another one.

Anyway, I found this on Thisnext. I'm getting a little hooked to that site. I think this keyboard is really cool. I read on another blog, that I found in my failed pursuit of a better picture, that one like this costs $2500. Yow! Looking at it is free. :)

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.