Shop Update

Hello, friends! I updated my Etsy shop last night with my first set of Gocco printed cards.

They are available as a set of four, and I'm also including some matching stickers. I love using matching stickers when I write letters.. do you?

I can't wait till I do another project with Gocco but for now I have to be patient because my order of Gocco supplies hasn't arrived yet. And I messed up on the last screen I had. Oops.. More on that later. ^^

Gocco

Psst, I got a Gocco machine. OMG!



I first learned about Gocco a couple years ago when I was browsing various sites of Jill Bliss. I was immediately drawn to it but resisted getting one because I read that they were going to stop making them. But recently, I started to seriously reconsider because of my recent interest in rubber stamping. If I like making duplicates, then why, I should get into screen printing, I thought. And then one day, this Gocco came in the mail as a surprise present! >_< Thank you.. you know who you are. I am one happy gal.

Those cards in the picture above are the results of my first Gocco printing. As you can see, I made some mistakes and tested on different colors of paper. I think I used up almost half of the gold tube! What was I thinking? Heh.

I printed the design on lots of white note cards I had lying around. Here they are drying:


Not done yet! Here I'm adding some color with rubber stamps:

I guess I could have made a second screen for the hearts or used the blocking strips but I didn't want my first Gocco project to be too challenging. I rather like this combination of Gocco + rubber stamping.

I'll write about the finished cards next time. :)
You can learn more about Print Gocco here:
Save Gocco
Flickr Gocco Group
DIY Definitions: Print Gocco

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day, everyone!!

This is a card I made for my dad. It was very fun to make because the idea was very spontaneous. I learned I have to stamp the white ink in several layers for it to look opaque against dark color.. :)

While making the card, I thought of my dad, of course.. I remember how he used to drag me and my sister out to a local park every morning before school started, to teach us tennis. He LOVES tennis. And he's good at it, too. He would always yell at me for not moving my feet fast enough, and my sister for hitting the ball too early (Even in tennis, my sister and I were total opposites. Anyway, I digress). We stopped playing when our high school schedule became too hectic. Now I kinda regret that I stopped learning from him. Who knows, maybe I would be totally fit right now, had I continued!

Ack, who am I kidding.
Anyway, I miss you Dad and your private lessons. Maybe next time I go home, we'll do some drills!

Lotta Prints at Craft Gym

My goodness, is it Thursday already? Before it's too late, I'll share some of my pictures from the past weekend's Lotta Prints printing party at Craft Gym.

It was really crowded:


I got my copy of Lotta Prints autographed by the author herself, and even got to sit down and try printing on fabric with one of her designs. Here's me in mad action!

In the middle of all this madness, I saw Lotta going around giving people advice. I was too shy to ask anything but I listened carefully and took note of tools and supplies. I couldn't stay long because I don't handle crowds very well but all in all, it was a good experience. And I got to check out Craft Gym! They had a very nice space.

Me outside holding the finished(?) piece. I'm definitely going to try block printing on fabric in the near future. But for now, I should just concentrate on printing paper first. :)


For more pictures from the event, check out Craftzine's recap and Lotta Jansdotter's blog.

Tetris revisited

I mentioned in my last Tetris DS post that I wouldn't play for awhile. I did give it a rest for a week or so before retrying.. The result was a record of 38,708,961 (I forgot to take a picture). Still long ways before 99,999,999!

So, naturally, I challenged myself again. Call me crazy. This is what happened:

Argh, 49,742,828!! I was doing so well, too. It's been going on and off for a couple weeks, and I was confident that someday I would reach the maximum score. But no. I made the mistake of playing too late last night, and my eyes gave into fatigue.. *sniff*

Oh well. Life goes on, right? It was fun while it lasted. :)

I won't play for awhile. Really.

Shop Update

Hi all, my Etsy shop has been updated with a new set of stamped, flat cards. This time I decided to try something different, by combining stamping and drawing with colored pencils. Check them out here!

And in case you missed, a set of "Hi" Poladoodle postcards has been added to the store, here.

Fun fun fun! :)

Apple Container from Miss Natalie

Over the weekend, I took my friends and my sister to the Capsule Design Festival in Hayes Valley. The weather forecast said it would rain but it turned out to be okay. Citrusboy picked up lots of cool t-shirts from the same festival last year but had no luck this time around..

But look what I managed to find there! A cute, wooden apple container from a fellow Etsy seller named Miss Natalie! Whee~

I liked her table the best at the festival because it was very simple and sweet, with a very unified look. She also had nice tea towels and fun, fabric lunch bags. I wish I could've gotten all the apples on display because each had a different pattern, and they look better as a group but alas, I have to watch my spendings.

By the way, what should I put in the container? Hm..