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My latest excuse for not posting much too recently: Some good friends of mine will be moving to France soon. As such, they were getting rid of most of their extra ‘stuff’ that they just couldn’t take with them on the plane without crazy expenses. As a result of this situation, and my friends’ generosity, I am now the proud owner of a practically new computer! This means I’ve finally moved up to Windows XP, after having been on Win98 forever. It also came with a kickass processor, a GIG of RAM, and a cool LCD monitor as well. It’s all dark grey and black with cool, futuristic blue lights. Oh! And a subwoofer – you should hear my little wave files (like Bender saying, “Uh, Oh, Nerds!”) on a subwoofer – LOL! And a UPS! With all the power fluctuations around here, this is an especially nice addition – sorry to say I’ve already had a chance to try it out, but it worked perfectly. Was kind of weird having all the power off, but my computer still humming along – heh.

In artsy news, I’m up to Q.5 right in my Celtic letter illustrations. Q.5 means I’ve actually sketched out Q and R but haven’t inked them in yet – LOL. I’m going to start scanning them soon as well – these will look pretty dang cool on black t-shirts! Have been considering offering customization for some names and such – will have to think about that a bit more though.

Cafepress Now Has BLACK Shirts! If you’ve been holding off on opening a shop at cafepress because they didn’t have black shirts, you now have no excuse! Sign up now!. *grin* The shirts are for design-only right now but will be available for sale in a few weeks. And they will add more dark colors too, but wanted to get the black ones out before the holidays – god bless them! For more info, here’s a Black Shirt FAQ and a Tutorial (need to save your files as transparent PNGs). And to think I woke up thinking I didn’t have much work to do today – I don’t think I’m going to sleep for a few weeks now. *grin*

Click here for an article in the LA Times about handcrafting culture. It takes a while to get through all four pages but it’s certainly interesting and even somewhat inspiring if you’re a crafty type person in this day and age. 🙂

You’ve GOT to check out the Handmade Copper Journals from the Forgotten Toy Box. They have a “Wow!” factor of ten – LOL. From the website: Journals are “made from 18-gauge solid copper plates. The design are assembled, collage style, using various art sources including hand-drawn detailing. Each book is then etched in an acid bath to give the design a dimensional, textural quality. Covers are hand patinaed to give the design contrast, then clear-coated for protection from the elements. The interiors and back covers are hand burnished with a swirl design, and the book is hand sewn with four needles using black or eggplant waxed irish linen thread and aged copper eyelets.” It just warms the cockles of my heart when I find cool stuff like this. 🙂