I just lowered the price for my Jotter’s on etsy to $3.99+shipping.

I also added a new journal to the ranks of etsy.

I also have 2 journals ending on eBay tomorrow.

Does anyone out there have a website host they would like to suggest? I’m currently using DirectNic, which is good or what I had, but now that I’m making a bigger better site,I’m seeing my bandwidth get sucked form the use, and I’ve gone through a lot of bandwidth in the last few months and I don’t want to need to buy new bandwidth every so often, I’d rather just know that my site is always up and ready to work. I’m also seeing that as I’ve done more research that it can get very pricey, especially if you add to the basic services.

I’d like to get ideas of what people use and have good luck with, send me an email (through the profile section) or leave a comment

Ordered pens, watercolor pencils and my favorite drawing pencils ever.

Moleskines will be ordered tomorrow.

If this wesite takes off, this will be the most perfect job of them all, I’ll get to work with rt supplies all day every day. How freakin’ cool will that be?

Here’s a picture of t vise, with 5 hedgies in it’s grip. I estimate that it’s about 1/3rd full. Which means that it can hold a dozen or so hedgies with no problem. Sweet!

So here are some pictures of my laptop stand. #/4 inch plywood, 3 inch rise on the back, some random holes drilled for ventilation and some drilled along the riser to allow for cord maintenance. It works and is very sturdy.

The only modification that I would make next time is to cut the back riser at an angle, so that it sits flush with the table.

The last few days here have been spent doing household chores. It as necessary to paint the stairway to the second floor and get it ready for the final treatment of everything. It will lookwonderful when finished. Also I had to finally rake up the leaves in my yard. it also gave a me a good chance to clean up the sidewalk which has been a mess it seems that when the wind blows down the street the leaves and trash tossed out on the side of the road collect at the end of our driveway. AS such it is always a mess.

To paint the upper reaches of the oddly shaped stairway it required that a piece of plywood be cut to fit into the stairway, so that step ladders and paint could be placed on it, with out the plywood,they were impossible to paint, even with extension rods.

That being said it’s been a slow couple of days for the studio. I did cut 6 covers for hedgehogs this AM a glue them up. Right now they are in the vise drying and waiting for me to trim them and add elastic and a pocket. I use some really nice leather for them and can’t wait to see what the vise does for them! I was able to really crank it down and use some HEAVY pressure. It will be even more nice to see how well they turn out with the added pressure.

So I have 2 journals up n eBay with day left, go check them out HERE!

I’ll post some pics of the vise with hedgies in it and some pics of the laptop stand.

I had a great brain storming session about lead protectors for pencils. I’m not posting anything about it until I get the idea fully worked out, and a few prototypes out of the way. It could be very cool.

anyway, I need to get working while I’ve got the time to do it. Expect some hedgies up on ebay soon!

I just made myself a laptop stand. It will make everything easier. I had made one out of book board after having the laptop for about a month. It had too much flex in it and made typing difficult. Now when I type I notice that the keyboard doesn’t flex and when I ht a key it appears on the screen rather than not doing so. Needless to say that means that entries and working on th website(s) will be that much easier.

Now to do some work on the websites.

I will be ordering Moleskines on Monday. Which hopefully means that you’ll be seeing them on the site by Friday or Monday of the following week!

I listed 2journals on ebay yesterday and I have listed one on etsy.
EBAY
Etsy

Well, I decided that the order would have to wait, since I will have the cash for a case of Moles after my next 2 sales on eBay go through. So Friday after turkey day, I will be ordering moles for the website. If I have etsy sales go rough as well I’ll be ordering more, but for now I’ll be ordering just a case of pocket watercolor sketchbooks.

I just got done putting up 2 journals on eBay, one small and one 6×9. One is black suede and the other is a distressed sheep hide. These were fun to make and of the first series coming out of the new studio, so it’s cool to see them up and finished. here are the 2 on ebay:


I used Southworth 24lb Ivory laid paper, unbleached line thread and did some linking long stitch on the large book. I was pretty happy with w these came out.

In other good news I got the sutures in my finger removed, so I no longer have to wear a nasty band aid all day. When I come home I ca remove the band aid and have full use of my finger! I’m a pretty happy camper. (My finger is also healing nicely)