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That’s right, mywoodenrobot.org is almost done. I won’t set deadlines for myself since school will be starting next semester and I have no idea how big the work load will be. The blog is already up so if you want to check it out, you can go to mywoodenrobot.org/blog. I’m really just going through some different designs for a homepage and others, so once that’s all together, you’ll be able to add mywoodenrobot.org to your favorites!
Last night, after a long talk with my friend Sebastian, I decided that MyWoodenRobot should be more organized. In the sense that I follow a schedule of topics I need to blog about on a certain day, month, week, etc. By doing this, both you and me will know exactly what topics I will have to blog about that day and it will kind of force me to learn more instead of whenever I remember.
Here is what I have come up with so far:
How to Mondays – Every Monday, look forward to a how to post about anything from how to apply make up to how to change your car’s oil.
Crafty Wednesdays – Look for a craft related story every Wednesday including interviews, craft instrutions, videos, etc.
Food Fridays – Fridays from now on will have at least one post dedicated to recipes, food, cooking tips, etc.
Bringing Domestic Back Challenge – New challenges will be posted every Friday (here and on Apt310G) to make your life better and more handmade. Frequent participants will recieve prizes!
Every Month (beginning with February) will have a theme that is loosely followed throughout the month. February’s theme, keep with the spirit of Valentine’s Day, will be about Relationships. Not just romantic ones but friendships too!
Of course these are more like a guideline so you won’t only find articles related to that or restricted to the topics on those days or months. Same MyWoodenRobot with a little more added.
I always wanted to be more active in the crafting community or at least an admirer. So it dawned on me that the next step I needed to take was to attend craft fairs, maybe get to know the vendors, the attendees, or coordinators. And aside from getting to know the crafters better, I’ll also be more involved in the SoCal community.
So I found this great site that shows all the craft fairs, shows, and festivals, coming up in the next year. Unfortunately, craftmasternews.com it’s only for the west half of the country but smartfrogs.com will give you a list of fairs for the east half.
I feel so left out of the loop. Just in January alone, there was a list of over 20 shows that I missed out on but I won’t let that happen anymore! I’m so excited to attend the Chinese New Year festivals in Los Angeles in just a little over a week. I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures!
My wonderful friend, and “roommate” at Apt 310G, Diane, tagged me to join the Big Bang World Record. Sorry to break the news to your but this record is nothing perverse. No, Big Bang is an attempt to make a world record of 1,000 links to sites. You can join the list by checking out Mel at Monday Morning Power. (I’m #206)
I’ll definitely have to let the roomies at Apt 310G know about this one!
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Just as I was about to get off the computer, I of course just had to find something else to do on the interweb. I now know how Meredith can call herself an internet addict.
So of course, I landed on etsy and I came across RunnerBean’s shop and I’m so glad I did. Though small (compared to other users that have what seems like infinite products) with only 18 items listed, it was a very fulfilling browse. You see there, I came upon these wonderful statue type items that runnerbean calls paper gurumi which she explains came out of an appreciation for the growing craft of amigurumi (crocheted toys done in a continuous stitch made in a round) but didn’t they was gifted with the dull ook. So, they ventured into the paper version of amigurumi and came up with these:
Bookworks by Sue Doggett $18.45 from Amazon
I just recieved this book in the mail yesterday and I love it! Normally, I’d only expect to get about 1 maybe 2 crafts that I love in a book and for about $15 (if I do the craft more than once) I’m happy. But I can definitely see myself doing many if not all projects from this book.
Up until now, I’ve been doing book binding from what I figured out myself and what I saw in a few instructional videos here and there. After reading a through half of the book last night, I’m now almost confident in my bookbinding knowledge since I now understand a lot of the terms and lingo.
And probably the best part (if we’re excluding the information you’ll learn) is that the projects don’t look tacky or dated. The designs are classic or modern and if you don’t like the way one book looks, you don’t feel like you’re limited to making it look exactly the same way they did it. Lots of options here.
I definitely recommend this book if you’re even just the least bit interested in bookbinding.
Paper Cuts Studio has been such a big inspiration for me. And after that wonderful interview with the lovely Feliza-Rose from Paper Cuts Studio, I decided to take my designs, book binding, and well everything to the next level. A few of her journals feature linocut prints (like Robot Love) and after she explained how approachable this craft was, I decided to give it a try myself.
So without further adu, here are my first linocuts. After I did the first one (the mushroom design at the bottom) I couldn’t stop! But it was getting late and I needed to go home (I did the work at Sergio’s house a.k.a. the Wooden Robot creative headquarters).
Clock wise from top left: Cartoon Broccoli, cupcake, ice cream, birdie, Phat Monkey, mushrooms, lanterns.
I think this may be a new addition to my top 5 hobbies (don’t ask me what the other 4 are, there’s like a 20 way tie). It’s fun, easy, fast (depending on your design) and best of all: cheap! I got a sheet of linoleum for about $6 and these cuts only took half of that sheet.
I’ve just spent my entire morning on the site Funny or Die. It all started with the Tom Cruise Scientology parody by Jerry O’Connell and continued with Will Ferrell’s The Landlord and ended with Waldo Caught on Video! I wish I could continue but there are things that need to be done… Until next time Funny or Die…
I was reading Italian Lasagna’s blog today and I came across the amazing store Wink. They sell wall decals there that stick, but aren’t permanent for those of you fickle decorators like myself out there. I love the Tweet Peet design (above) but they also have more sophisticated styles. I know that I wouldn’t mind any of them. And this is a great alternative for those of you who aren’t digging the framed look so much.
