Alright, so this was, once again, a failed attempt at blog keeping. Follow us at http://www.facebook.com/pages/ArgentaCollaborativeetsycom/88132123187 to stay up to date on what's happening in the shop.

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I dont update this thing enough. I thought that having things to blog about would help; the idea springs up, for sure, but I never make my way over to a computer to dump them out, so they stay in my brain.

There's just too much to do. Finals are today. I made a kite out of fused plastic bags, cut them and sewed them together like a patchwork quilt, and the frame is stabilized by a ruler and a rubber kitchen scraper. My little FrankenKite does fly, though. I haven't taken it out of my bag yet so it remains unscrutinized. The 6" particle board cube next to me doesn't fit in said bag, however, so people still have something to look at. My wood working skills are much keener that kite-making, so I enjoy the looks. I will soon turn it into a portal cube :D

 I'm partially glad that my Sculpture class is over. I needed the block of time to focus on art, for sure, and a new string of projects, but I'll be glad when I have more time to focus on the things I've been mulling around in my brain. I'll be starting my last ASL class and a Terrorism class ... who knows how that's going to turn out. Hopefully not too demanding; I have a product line to shoot, things to price and list, and more things to crank out before school starts again ... and the holiday season begins. Dum dum dummmm!

Anyway, wanted to do a quick update. I cant promise you that they'll be too close together, but dammit, I'll try. I think about blogging more often than I ever did, so now I just need that to translate into doing the blogging. The pictures I've been cranking out lately are fantastic.

Happy almost-weekend!

Today was interesting. After having one of the best days of my life on the 4th of this month, I am now hit in the face with reality. Because of my academic standing, my scholarships have been dropped and I can no longer afford to attend college. I have one loan out for 3k, which I don't need to start paying right away, unlike the credit card bill I have.
Looking on the bright side, I will be getting more hours at work, so hopefully this will help to remedy my monetary woes.
The sucky part is that my family will be livid about the lack of a college degree at this point in my life. I remind our readers of this simple fact: a slip of paper DOES NOT make you who you are. If you work harder than a college graduate, and have a better resume, you have a shot at their job. Unless it's for a doctor or something haha.

I suppose the point of this post is to validate our readers with the idea that you can be your own success story, without a degree, as long as you believe in yourself and do whatever it takes to make you happy. If people are mad at you for that, chances are they are just jealous because they are working 12 hour shifts at a doctor's office ;-)

Another lesson is that jealousy is a truely ugly quality in anyone, and it will probably drive whomever further away because jealous people may behave irrationally. I am guilty of this. With the Internet as my witness, I am going to work on this part of myself.
Have a rad[ical] night!

A few updates:
~The ice tray looks great! I'm making a few sets of cubes before they become devoted to wax.
~Courtney comes back tomorrow! So excited
~I tried a new pattern of hat and it looks great! I'm going to call it a chain-link. This one I experimented with is definitely one I will keep. More selections will be uploaded to Etsy soon.

~ I landed a small paying knit project just by knitting at work. Wear your items and work on them in public! People are nosy, and you may get some free publicity and some more sales that way :)
~ I scored some free yarn from MissMaryMacro (her blog). New projects are sure to abound! Geekery and knit hats in the same shop? Why not?
~ I'm welding in my sculpture class; isnt that the coolest thing ever? 1/8" steel. My linear composition of choice? Daffodils, of course ;]

I haven't gotten far, I know, but it'll look great. My welding skills are naturally awesome.

What have YOU been up to this weekend?

New Endeavor

I'm going to be making some crayons. This is the first mold I bought. What do you think?