My letterpress class project is starting to look like something real! Last night, I did a test print of the calendar to check the layout. Our instructor taught me how to use the really old press to do so, and it’s so much easier than the Vandercook: secure type with giant magnets, hand-ink, lay the paper on top, and roll ...
Guys! I’m very excited because I created this: a hopefully-exhaustive list of all the trivia nights in the Twin Cities. I’m hoping to contact the venues when I have time, and get more information about prizes, specials, and whatever else they want to include. Now we will never have to wonder where to play trivia again, unless it’s Friday. Things ...
It’s officially the time of year when I realize that spring is coming, and therefore have to start feverishly makin’ stuff. I have no idea why that is; perhaps the baby-hating version of the biological clock. Possibly I’m just misdirecting my hockey-related angst. That seems way more likely. I have six knitting projects in progress right now. I’m halfway done ...
I posted my 10,000th photo on Flickr. It’s ice on a mirrored surface at the Guthrie. (better viewed large) Last night, we started our independent projects at letterpress class. I had been working on a few different ideas, but when we got there and were unexpectedly jumping right into it, I decided to go with idea #53: a calendar. I’m ...