Cats Are Evil

Life is strange. Yes. This morning I was getting ready to go to the post office to mail my daughter's birthday card and a package for my boyfriend. The cat was begging for milk so I leaned over to pour some into a bowl on the floor. He leaps like a crazed rabbit, bumps the folding table the mail is sitting on and spills not one but 2 glasses of water all over me, the card, the package, the couch and the floor. So yes, in hindsite I wish I'd shut my mouth when my boyfriend asked me if he wanted me to take my mail to the post office with his mail. But like an idiot I said, "I thought you wanted me to go," and he said, "Could you?" So the card was ruined, and I had to repackage the other stuff. So I took it to the post office, but also dropped by Joanne's (another mistake) and ended up spending $30 I'm supposed to be paying my car insurance with. I wouldn't have been tempted if I hadn't left the apt. which is why I stay home a lot. If I go out I try to link all my errands together, which one way or another ends up costing me money. While I was out I got hungry and ate at Wendy's and spent another $8. Once again, if I'd stayed home I wouldn't have spent that either.

At least I got five silkscreen prints listed in my Etsy shop. A sale would be nice.

Good Mousekeeping Silk Screen Project

The mouse keeping stencil was problematic but here are the best of today's work. On the very first printing, half an eye came off so I had no choice but to remove the eyes. The red fabric paint seemed to be a lot thinner than the black and got everywhere. I cut out the stencil in 100 degree weather and then it sat a week, so I'm thinking that was why the screen failed after a few runs. I learned a lot from my mistakes I hope.

Silkscreen

In Feb. I opened an Etsy shop for silkscreen printing and bought the Speedball kit and then the project came to a standstill because the instructions called for 'Freezer Paper' and even though that was once a common item I couldn't find it anywhere. And then I got a mental block about the whole project so the box has been sitting in my living room since Feb. Then today in a Threadbanger video they showed how to make the stencil using contact paper. And all this time I've had a roll of marbled contact paper squirreled away in my coat closet. I can't believe I remembered that. So I immediately got it out and cut a stencil and put the wooden frame together for the kit. I was all ready to go when it got dark and I realized I had lots of other things to do in the next hour before my bf got home. So I put everything away and I hope I get to use the screen tomorrow.

Threadbanger called for clear contact paper but I just used what I had. So tomorrow we will see if it comes out the way I envisioned it.