Button Experimentations Muwahahahahaha!

I am all about using up craft materials from previous projects. I have these iron on letters that were for a sweatshirt back in the day, they are very old school calligraphy, and there were a lot leftover. So I decided that monograms needed to come back into style. There was a time a few years ago when everything had a friggin letter on it.

It's a photobooth shot so sorry for the backwards letters but you get the idea. Still working it all out though. If I put mylar on them they turn out much neater, no edges undone or fabric sticking out. But its cooler looking with the exposed fabric and lettering (which has tiny little plastic dots on them btw). But the fabric sometimes doesn't catch underneath the crimp so there's more editing process after the button is made.

What I go through to make you look cool, I tell you....

More to come!

~Valiant V

New Project

I work at a lovely school in Oakland. And as you know teachers are notorious for hoarding things. You never know when you might use something for a project one day!

Well a few months ago during an inservice day we discovered inside the depths of the supply closet a button making machine. And lo and behold they didn't need it!

So now I am the proud owner of a Dr. Don's Button Machine.

I'm experimenting with an item that may appear on my etsy shop. We'll see!

Halloween Creation

(lighting by me as well haha)

Oh yeah I forgot to tell you. I made a costume for my friend this Halloween!

So pre-halloween party planning we were all sitting together planning costumes. At one point the idea of a Star Trek group costume came up but most of us were meh about that idea. But what did come out of it, what did stick, was that our friend Renaldo should dress up as Guinan from Star Trek the Next Generation. Ah shit yeah he totally should. Oh but he doesn't want to hassle with making a costu- Fuck I'll make the damn costume!....really?...Yeah, sure, why not.

Thank you ReyRey for participating. It made our party a little more awesome with you there.

This is it

Ok... so I haven't been working too hard on getting my shop open and I really need to start.

One thing that is motivating me at the moment is my soon to happen photo shoot with Marissa Carter (link for her to come)!

One of my main problems is that when I get home from work I snuggle under my blanket and want to just veg out on the computer. Luckily my friend Jason is recording vocals for his bands new album today, giving me the perfect opportunity to be stuck in Sacramento with nothing to do but work on my crafties.

There's a park across the street from the studio with this on a water box. Wonderful.

Seriously Im going to be here all day. I will update this entry as I create new items.

Update: It is freezing in this place. As such, I am wearing the wookie costume that I left in his car from Halloween. Now Im toasty and my hands don't hurt when I stitch.

I've made some flowers, some experimenting with jersey fabric and mod podge happening.

Happy Sunday Everyone!

~Valiant V

Oh Golly

Happy October Everyone! I've had so little time to post. So sorry.
This last saturday I joined some friends at the house of Jill and Phil for some pumpkin carving.

The green pumpkin in the middle was made by Chase. A zombie pumpkin!

My friends and I are throwing a Halloween party this Saturday. And you shall see what crazy craftiness has preoccupied my time this month.

On a side note: My friends from Farewell Typewriter were in need of aide at their merchandise booth at their show Sunday night. They allowed me to sell my wares in exchange for helping to sell theirs. I sold two flower pins and made some connections in the craft world at the same time! Got me excited for more of these adventures in small business.

The Store!

Is Open!... But nothing's posted yet. And I'm working on the appearance a great deal.

Next on the "To Do" list, photoshoot of creations that are ready for the selling. So that I can friggin have something on there to sell.

I do have the Alchemy option open right now if you'd like to contact me about an original design. Or you can just contact me on here.


Cheers!

Geez its been too long. I have some new items and just need to open my shop ready or not. I can work out the kinks later. Thank you to my lovely Jesse who is working on the design end of my business. You shall see his greatness soon, I think.

p.s.- Had a dream about watching tv in my parents living room with my mom. Brother went to the screen door to let our cat inside but it wasn't a cat, it was a beaver. I was doing some sort of craft project with toothpicks so I fed the beaver some of them when it came inside. Someone interpret that for me.