Well, 62 was a good number.

21 Saturday Jan 2023

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I’m not calling it failure because I didn’t put a number on it. I’m really just amazed I lasted as long as I did, even with a little cheating. But last night, after working on several different things, I forgot and went to sleep.

Here’s a list of things I did tonight.

Created a store front for sticker sales.
- There are two stickers by myself and two by The Kid.
Made my Cricut work
- When I tried to use it to cut stickers the other day, it messed up. I used some tips from TT comments to figure it out. I had to turn off my lights to do it.
Figured out how to keep Cricut Design Space from adding a bold black line to my images.
- It has to do with transparency. Now I just gotta figure out how to fix the stickers I’ve already designed.
Completed The Kid’s stickers.
- The only thing I did was create a white background with a distinct and clear border for CDS and the Cricut to cut.
Published the storefront and sold two stickers!
- They were the kid’s but still. She earned $4.
Learned how to and made a stamp/brush in Procreate to easily add “The Kid ‘23” to her images.
- At some point I’ll get her to help.
Printed two of each of The Kid’s stickers, and one of mine, just so I didn’t waste paper.
- I then used the Cricut to cut said stickers. While they were cutting I got two separate notifications that two of hers sold.
- We packaged those up in a sweet envelope, after she wrote a little message of course, and they’ll be hand delivered tomorrow. Ah, the glory of knowing your customers personally.

I have some to make for my nephew, he only gave me guidance on one, requested an edit on another, and liked one more but didn’t say if he wanted it. It’s not ready anyway.

I’m sure this will be yet another failed side hustle did me, but it’s fun. And if I don’t print something every day my stupid printer acts a fool.

I’m not planning on beating my streak for a while. Gonna post as they come. But I’ve got a few in the pipeline. Another page of Cora’s story. A review of some Oats Overnight flavors, and some Spite Diet updates.

Anyway here’s ~~Wonderwall~~ some stickers.

Took me long enough.

19 Monday Dec 2022

Posted by crashdlanding in Arts & Crafts, drawing challenge, Non-Fiction

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If you recall, I recently began a self-created drawing challenge. The first challenge was a sunflower and I wanted to commemorate it by creating a sticker. Not that I have the means to do so, but I have Google and the Toky Tokys.

So, after multiple days and several hours of trying, hundreds of views for various YouTube and TT creators videos on the subject, I finally figured out how to MAKE THE WHITE BORDER AROUND AN IMAGE.

This is it. This is the sticker. Sans Greenish background of course.

Now, I haven’t got the materials yet to make this a physical reality, but I rode the high of figuring it out a long time. Until I went hunting for my checkbook to pay a bill and couldn’t find it.

But I still feel good about it.

Eventually I’m going to have the material and attempt to print and cut the stickers out. I plan on selling the about 3 inch by 3 inch stickers for $2. Not that anyone will buy them but I’m 100% gonna slap one on my truck with my “Hi, Robin!” sticker.

And I plan on continuing the Drawing Challenge. I’ve got a duck I just finished, and a video to come plate for that. Yes the duck is going to have its one phrase too.