Nightmare Before Christmas Widget!

Who doesn't loooove NBC?
Here's mine...

Now Open for Business!

I finally got around to posting something (anything!) for sale in my Etsy shop, The Blue Forest Shoppe. Yay! So far, I only have a few of my handmade wirebound blank books. I make most of them out of found items or postcards from my extensive collection of postcards and other paper goods. For example, the Pineapple Express journal is made from a postcard I picked up at SDCC last month. Most of these would be thrown away, I hope I've saved a few from that sad fate. :P The TTT one to the left was made from a tent card ad. Even the backings were cut from saved bits of chipboard packaging. So, I get to combine two things I love...geekery and conservation. Woohoo! I will try to upcycle, recycle, reuse, etc. anything I can, so don't be surprised if I've turned a used box inside out. ;)

I've also created a few postcards which I am planning to offer soon. (Have I mentioned how much I love postcards???) One card is made from a photo I took of an actor, and the rest are (so far) mostly based on my papercuts. My favorite is based on the cover of a book by Dr. Seuss. They will most likely be offered in sets of 5 or 10, with envelopes or without.

I am trying to keep the costs reasonable, but competitive, and I might be able to take special orders. Since I am currently on break from work, I can afford the time to be crafty, but normally my labor is just too expensive! Hahaha...

Visit The Blue Forest Shoppe by clicking on the links at the right. Thanks!

Silhouette-Cutting

So I don't know how I got into it, but one night I just started cutting silhouettes. After exhausting a few basic design ideas, I got onto my computer and started looking for pictures that I could turn into silhouettes. I found a shot I took of the mini Manmelter raygun box last year and was inspired. I think this was one of the more complicated ones I had done to that point. Everything but the two bits that are essentially lines was cut from one sheet of black paper. I was pleased enough with it, I glued it down onto cardstock and gave it to Greg Broadmore last weekend. Kinda silly, but I thought it a good idea at the time.

Here are some of my other cuts, can you tell what they are?

SDCC Pictures!

Hey peeps!

I know, how lame, Comic Con was like a week ago and I'm just now posting pictures. I actually didn't take that many this year, and I have been on break from work all week, but I didn't get around to editing them until today. Eek.

Anyway, check them out in my flickr gallery. I just threw them up, some with little comments. I'll post some write-ups on various and sundry SDCC-related topics as soon as...oh, who am I kidding...when I get around to it. ;)