Mar 30, 2013

the noose collection

Early this month, the boyfriend moved his office to the living area and we transformed his old space into a workshop. Said workshop now houses our tools, the cabinet for the cats’ litter box, and everything else that two “makers” use for… er… making things.

In the process of transferring our supplies to the workshop, the boyfriend chanced upon my clips. He hinted that having clips as many (and as varied) as I do is bordering on certifiably mad. To which I replied, “What? You can’t have too many clips!”

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A week or so after that conversation, production for the latest release of Black Bile commenced. Aside from making the neckties, I also took care of the packaging:

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Dec 15, 2012

the perks of dating an indie clothing line artist/owner

1. Free shirts. DUH.

2. Creative outlet. The boyfriend decided to go the green way by providing paper bags for the shirts. But because we love DIY (and are both freelancers who can get rather bored AND crafty at random times of the day), we screen printed the paper bags ourselves.

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Nov 5, 2012

tutorial: night sky jackstone mobile

The past couple of weeks were pretty good weeks for making things. But not much for anything else. Such is life.

For this week’s tutorial, I give you another way to craft with childhood toys. If you were to give me a few moments of honesty here, I will admit that I am surprised that I have been able to stick to this series for this long. I know I’ve only made three things so far but considering my track record as far as lists and plans are concerned, three is great… nay, ASTOUNDING. My name is Meream. I am lazy and I have short attention span.

So. What were we talking about?

Right. Last weekend, over breakfast, I asked my boyfriend about how I can go about making a cardboard moon look a lot like, you know, the moon. He suggested using wall putty and acrylic paints in various colors. I replied with a “Hmmm…” And because the boyfriend knows what my “Hmmm…” means, he offered to help.

And today, we learn how to make a moon+stars mobile using cardboard and jackstone pieces: