Quality costs

I've recently discovered that there is a good reason why a relatively small pre-made silk screen is so expensive.. Home made el cheapo silk screens which consist of $4 worth of timber from Bunnings and a few staples do not last for more than 6 prints. My silk screen is all striped out.

There are two Mime wannabe's going to this party on Friday night, and one of them is not getting stripes on his sleeves.

I am le tired, and too lazy to take download the pictures in order to post them so I'll try and do that tomorrow. Despite one shirt's lack of striped sleeves however, they still turned out better than I expected.

Brain fog is preventing me from producing a more stimulating string of sentences this evening so I shall bid this blog adieu, and call it a night. Before I go I have some advise for any budding printers out there.. wear an apron, and if rinsing one's screen outdoors, don't let one's fluffy white pets walk through the run off.

Sincerely sleepy,

Jessie MC
Black Is Not A Colour

Fun Fursday

It has been quite a while since I've had the chance to contribute to the millions of pages of drivel that exist on the world wide web... Acquiring a new puppy, celebrating Christmoose, New Years, Birthdays, Chocfest, and moving house do not a good blogger make.

As the title suggests, today is Fun Fursday. It's a relatively quiet day for work, the weekend is fast approaching, and there is late night shopping. What's not fun about that? It has been a silly day, and I have a niggling feeling that witnessing the death of good English and customer service in general every day is slowly killing off my brain cells. I have a fog over my brain which prevents me from thinking clearly, constructing proper sentences, and spelling or counting acurately. It also makes me laugh uncontrolably at my work mates making funny faces, and at my 'customers' failed attempts at human interactions. So it's not all bad.

I got my fabulous conflict free 'diamond' engagement earrings in the post today. Thank you to TaiLander for putting up with my eccentricities and saying 'Yes".

Thanks also to my best friend for the beautiful flowers, and to my work colleagues for the balloons and booze. You know me too well.

I must leave this blog short this evening, my dear brother is attending a fancy dress party as a mime tomorrow and needs me (a.k.a slave woman) to make his plain white t-shirt a black and white striped one. Fabric ink takes way too long to dry, and striping up a sleeve is not as easy as it looks. I'm sure thats something that is meant to be done pre-construction.

It's been an interesting experiment though, and has forced me to make the big silk screen I have been needing for some time now. I'll be sure to post some pictures once they are completed.

In the mean time, here is a picture of the latest addition to the Mac family. Tucker... he follows me around like a shadow, licks my legs when I get out of the shower, enjoys checking himself out in the mirror each morning, eats like it's always his last meal, and sleeps with his tongue poking out. Such a sweet little thing, and gets along wonderfully with his big brother Wilbur. My family is complete.. who needs kids when you have puppies?!

Sincerely needing sleep and waiting eagerly for the weekend to arrive,

Jessie MC
Black Is Not A Colour