Steampunk Book Review

Hey guys. Well, yesterday could have gone better since only Reading Books 1&2 were done since I ended up coming home and getting...it was either seriously buzzed or actual drunk.

But that being said at the very least I can now put up the review of the Steampunk Crafts Book.




Please note that at the time I am writing this, for some reason Amazon Associates doesn't seem to want to work with blogger. Hopefully a link will work better.


"Steampunk Accessories: 20 Projects to Help You Nail the Style"by Nicola Tedman&Sarah Skeate is a wonderfully detailed book on how to create some wicked accessories ranging in a multitude of difficulty and investment levels and offers some helpful hints and tricks about where to find some important material. Though personally I would change around a few things especially if you're like me and you're not only concerned with making accessories for yourself. Like how many things of juice or milk containers can one get without massively over-inflating their budget for milk and juice just for a bit of the plastic? I would probably sooner measure out how much plastic that is and just head to jo-ann's for very little at a time but enough where it still makes it worth it. But ultimately it's acting more like a helpful tip.

This book is also great in the fact that while I says some specific accessories, you really could just add and subtract whatever you want to it and it'll just teach you how to put it together, layering for effect, and all sorts of other techniques. I highly recommend this book for the crafty person who wants to dive into the world of death rays and corsets. While it is a bit pricey and I do recommend actually buying it so you have something to turn back to, it is far cheaper when you consider the cost of buying  a finished product or several.

Well, there's my review, I best get my lazy butt to work before I have to leave for work.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ad
Reading Book
Brush Teeth
Money Making: Writing
Money Making: Survey
Money Making: Other

Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentences
Work on Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Contact Juggling
LARP Songs
Shower
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 

Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

In Between LARPs

Hey guys. I know it's been a while, I've been in a slight whirlwind due to the freezing cold LARP event last weekend. Unfortunately my winter costume has yet to come to fruition due to the pieces now being too thick for the machine. I'm hoping to find a place where I can rent a heavy duty machine to be able to finish but in the meantime I suppose I'll do what I can.

Of course this isn't helped by the fact that Wicked Faire is the weekend after next event so I now have to divide my attention and money between prepping for two different events. Hopefully I wont be too overwhelmed.

Although speaking of money, I am going to be trying to earn an extra $48 a day outside of work. Hopefully this works out well, I feel like it's a doable goal. Though I should start looking for craft fairs for my etsy products so they are more likely to sell. I am going to be dividing my Money Making into categories now between Writing, Survey, and Other. I'm trying a multitude of things so hopefully it works out best.

I'll hopefully be finishing one of the books today and be posting a review of it tomorrow. Of course depending on whether or not I get up early enough. Which if I don't, hopefully I can do part of it on my phone and finish at work like I am doing today, but we'll have to see.

Well, I better get to work on it.


Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Reading Book 1
Reading Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making: Writing

Money Making: Survey
Money Making: Other
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
German
Belly Dance DVD
Clean Room
Work On Art
Sewing
Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning


Contact Juggling
LARP Songs
Shower
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 4
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 
Winter Cleaning 14  




Wish me luck. :)

Monday Countdown!

Hey guys. It's been a while since I posted since I've been in a slight whirlwind of doing stuff. Friday was all about me either feeling sick of terrible sleep or preparing for last weekend. I got to see Danielle Corsetto who makes one of my favorite webcomics Girls With Slingshots and wrote what is currently one of my favorite comic books Adventure Time; Playing With Fire. I do enjoy my Flame Princess. And then yesterday I had a meeting for AnimeNext which I ended with hanging out with my friend&department head. Though I somewhat regret eating out since now I'm even more broke, though at the same time I was in painful starving through the whole meeting.

So counting down the days I now only have 4 days to finish 86% of my winter larp costume and 5 days to finish the last 14% but that has to wait since that Friday is payday and I'm going to need to make a run for fabric. Hopefully I wont end up having a problem with finishing it by that point.

Well, I best get to work, there's some things I'd rather get done before I have to go to work in a little over 2 hours.

Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:
Writing: Book 
Writing: Play 
Writing: Script 
Writing: Short Story 
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ads 
Reading Book 1
Reading Book 2 
Brush Teeth
Money Making 
Job Search 
Curls 
Step Aerobics
Belly Dance DVD 
Clean-Out E-mail 
Hiragana Practice 
Katakana Practice 
Japanese Vocabulary 
Japanese Sentences
Youtube Video
Art 
Sewing
Wig
LARP Songs
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 13  
Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

Room Is...Almost Cleaned!

Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of posting yesterday. After the whole all nighter to clean my room thing, I was not in the mood to do much of anything. I even had to change strategies in order to get it even close to what it is now. I ended up shoving everything on my bed so I wouldn't be able to go to bed until it was done.     Ok that and I found that this time around, I couldn't do my list as normal and just needed to work from outside in. Which that only half worked since I ending up taking a nap on the couch before I had finished. But now my room is nearly completely cleaned and that is good, especially since my next focus is the bodice, skirt, and cloak I need to finish in like a week!

Well, I best get to work.


Back-Up Rewards: 22

List for today:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Products
Etsy Advertisements
Reading Book 1
Reading Book 2
Brushing Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Walk
Clean Bedroom
French
Work On Art
Sewing
Marcelline Wig
Drunken Pixie Planning
Contact Juggling


LARP Songs
Shower
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 13  
Winter Cleaning 14




Wish me luck. :) 

New Years Dry Spell

Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted in a while, it's been a little weird for me. Not helped by the fact that I now have around a week and a half to finish my winter LARP costume so there's going to be a lot of time dedicated to that. There's a lot of stuff I got to do, heck, last night I started catching up on where I left off on Legend of Korra. Yeah, I now know about the Mako-Korra-Asami stuff...again! My reaction: No! No! No! Must hit stuff! No! No more stupid love triangle bs!

So yeah, this week will probably be dedicated to catching up; making my costume; cleaning my room; and other LARP preparations. I'm going to have to return my library books though since they're all way over due. I don't even wanna see my fees bill. But I will, at some point.

Well, as it is I'm posting at work and I should probably just put this up and do other stuff.


Back-Up Rewards: 22

To-Do List:
 Writing: Book 
Writing: Play 
Writing: Script 
Writing: Short Story 
Etsy Teams
 Etsy Product
 Etsy Ads 
Reading Book 1
 Reading Book 2 
Brush Teeth
Money Making 
Job Search 
Curls 
Step Aerobics
 Belly Dance DVD 
Clean-Out E-mail 
Hiragana Practice 
Katakana Practice 
Japanese Vocabulary 
Japanese Sentences
 Youtube Video
Art 
Sewing
Wig 
Clean Room 
Shower
LARP Songs
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13  
Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)

New Years Dry Spell

Hey guys. Yeah, it's been a pretty heavy dry spell, with the holidays and finances and everything and of course my own horrible sleep schedule. Hopefully I can get back on track. As it is I am not nearly as done with my winter costume for LARPing as I had hoped. I may even need to stop by joann's tonight for some fabric for it.

I might be doing a short story writing contest soon, we'll have to see. $52 for something that I'm competing against publish professionals for, yeah, I'm a bit nervous, but if I don't try, I wont improve. And it'll be a great way to get some fire under my butt.

I honestly don't have that much to say, probably why I procrastinated posting yesterday.

Back-Up Rewards: 25

To-Do List:
Writing: Book
Writing: Play
Writing: Script
Writing: Short Story
Etsy Teams
Etsy Product
Etsy Ad
Library Book 1
Library Book 2
Library Book 3
Library Book 4
Reading Book 1
Reading Book 2
Brush Teeth
Money Making
Job Search
Curls
Step Aerobics
Hiragana Practice
Katakana Practice
Japanese Vocabulary
Japanese Sentences
Work on Art
Sewing
Wig
Clean Room
Contact Juggling
Drunken Pixie Productions Planning
Winter Cleaning 1
Winter Cleaning 2
Winter Cleaning 3
Winter Cleaning 5
Winter Cleaning 6
Winter Cleaning 7
Winter Cleaning 8
Winter Cleaning 9
Winter Cleaning 10
Winter Cleaning 11
Winter Cleaning 12
Winter Cleaning 13 

Winter Cleaning 14

Wish me luck. :)