shadesong does something called Blogathon, which involves staying up for 24 hours writing. This is a fundraiser--shadesong is raising money for the BARCC via donations and also an auction. She collected a bunch of neat stuff from people to auction, and wrote things based on the items. I donated her two pairs of earrings: gears and beetle wings. She ( Read more... )

http://www.riotnrrdcomics.com/

It's great! (if you like reading both feminist blogs and fanfiction, anyway) Go read it! :D I think this is my favorite strip so far.

(This is crossposted on Dreamwidth, where there are
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-Visited NYC last weekend. We stayed with teferi in his gloriously air-conditioned and not-a-tiny-box apartment. I learned about lampwork bead-making from Danielle (of Emblems) and managed to turn out two cracked beads and one whole one. Working with glass is interesting and different from metal in many ways--it's like roasting a marshmallow, except ( Read more... )

These didn't sell at the craft fair today, so they're going on Etsy just as soon as I can take nice pictures and write up nice descriptions. But I figured I'd give you guys a first crack at things again. Unclaimed items will vanish from this post when I list them in the shop.
( shiny things this way! )

I'm back from a long weekend at Firefly. It was a wonderful, beautiful, excellent time. Now I'm easing back into "normal life" (if there is such a thing). I'm looking forward to taking an all-female welding class at Artisan's Asylum this month, and also going to NYC to see teferi and do a metalworking/glassblowing skill swap with
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Most shoppers seemed like they were in the mood to spend $5 or less at any given table... I did break even, at least ( Read more... )

( This box has all the things that I've made for the craft fair )

( crosspost from purpleshiny.blogspot.com, cut for gratuitous number of photos and business-related blathering )

My housemate sen-ichi-rei and I will be vending at the upcoming Mass Craft Market on June 27. I've been trying to make more things for the event, in spite of the crazy times at work last week and the (thankfully a false alarm) bedbug scare last weekend. sen-ichi-rei has been making lots of yarn and roving. Our basement is practically humming with shiny crafting ( Read more... )