oh hello, day one...you're here again? well....let's DO IT. that's right, it's a tuesday. sunday was fine. monday was not. so here we are today, putting up another fight. the morning so far has been fine. applesauce, peanut butter toast, tea, whatnot. dan is off work so that should help. no privacy to hunker down with a donut. but crazier things have happened, right? each day counts. not giving up.
on another note, my papa is moving back to new york in the next couple of months. whatever makes him happy, makes me happy. i have bittersweet feelings about it only because i had been thinking about *the slightest possibility* of *maybe* moving back home *at some point* in the future. it is easier to think about when both mom and dad are there. it is easy to feel guilty about NOT being there when both mom and dad are there. with mom in ohio and dad in new york, i feel maryland is a nice compromise for myself and that they can both understand my being here. less guilt. makes seeing them each more difficult, especially on holidays, but less guilt for me. really i should just get pregnant and then they might both move to maryland. good plan.
so many things i want to do. i need to do them.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
trial and error
so my first attempt at screenprinting with the photo emulsion method failed. the little rainbows started to peek through, but then the emulsion just completely started coming off the screen. i tried to find some trouble-shooting q and a online, and really...it could have been so many things that went wrong. which is the exact reason why it has taken me so long to actually TRY the photo emulsion method. so many factors that can influence results. but, nonetheless, i am not going to give up like i usually would. i will try again. i will buy another screen if i have to (thinking i might need a finer mesh). plus, saw this video that was posted on a cup of jo and realized again that the only choice is to just keep doing, keep trying.
Lovely video
then i was doing the whole "scout out what other people are making/doing/creating and see how it compares to mine" thing, which didn't go well. i do that too much. and while seeing what is in the market can be a good thing, and can also be inspirational, sometimes there can be too much looking and not enough doing. i need to remember that i want to put forward products that i enjoy myself, that i like the look of...not just what someone else may buy. if no one buys it? then ok. then at least i know that what i put out there was something i believed in. if someone does buy it? then that's even better. i have to start somewhere. i have to start.
Lovely video
then i was doing the whole "scout out what other people are making/doing/creating and see how it compares to mine" thing, which didn't go well. i do that too much. and while seeing what is in the market can be a good thing, and can also be inspirational, sometimes there can be too much looking and not enough doing. i need to remember that i want to put forward products that i enjoy myself, that i like the look of...not just what someone else may buy. if no one buys it? then ok. then at least i know that what i put out there was something i believed in. if someone does buy it? then that's even better. i have to start somewhere. i have to start.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
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