Prints...Camera...Wristlet! (and cat toys)

It's always a treat when the items that you have been putting together in your brain com together in real life. I guess I would say it's half of a treat at this point as I have my current projects printed and have been doing lots-o-cutting, but I am still in the process of assembling.

What you are looking at in the photo above, besides my awesome franken-mug of coffee is the fronts of my new wristlets (cameras and larger stereos) and the fronts of my new kitty toys (lobsters, moonshine jugs and small stereos). The backs are going to be some funky coordinating material.

I was hoping to have one assembled by time I was ambitious enough to write this, but alas, I am more in the mood to type tonight than sew, so this is all I have to SHOW for now.

What?   Did somebody say "show"? Speaking of that, I have a couple of Holiday shows I am looking forward to. On Sat 11/17 there is the Handmade for the Holidays show in Oshkosh from 10-4 and then on 12/15 there is the Holiday Craftacular from 10-4 in Madison, WI.

Yudu not know how excited I am...

It has been more than a year since I laid my eyes on a Yudu screenprinting machine and trying to be practical, I have held off, knowing that I did not have the time for it. I told myself after New Year's, I would look into it and with great luck, I found one on Craigslist - yeah!

I have a couple of sewing projects to get done before I get too carried away, but not being able to leave my new toy alone, I had to at least play with it a little bit...

It's not bragging if it's true right ?

Ease of Use

This is a continuation of my previous post...

This image was also on the Yudu web site -  and although the Yudu looks like an easy and user friendly machine, I just cringe at the fact that this man is using ink, a potentially messy art supply, while wearing his good clothes and without newspapers underneath the machine.

I am a grown woman, and I still cannot do anything that could potentially be messy in my good clothes - I must change into my "play clothes" (thanks mom).

Wish List

I really enjoy sewing, but back in college I took a couple of serigraphy (screen printing) classes and thought it was very fun. Every once in a while I think about how I can set up an area in my home to do it, but so far the logistics have not been in my favor - until now (I think).

Recently I saw an ad for the Yudu screen printing kit and it looked very cool, compact and user friendly. Last night when we were out running errands, I had to stop at Michael's (craft store) and they had a big display of them. I had to tell myself that if I get the 100000000000000000 other projects I have planned complete by the end of the year, that will be my 2010 New Year's gift to myself.

Link to video demo