The Etsy Steam Team

In my continuing need to immerse myself in all things steampunk I managed to find the Etsy Steam Team yesterday and managed to join up! I needed more to build into my latest crafting craze. Especially since it continues to be working out pretty well as a crafting craze to be pursuing. This group has a fantastic collection of various crafters listing some really fantastic stuff on Etsy. If you do a search for 'steamteam' you can pull up related items Check out the homepage:

Air Pirate Pouch

Air pirate pouch that was requested. Brass rivets. Twist clasp and a cool burning on the front.

A nice addition to the goggles I've been working on lately. Check out new goggle listings on my Etsy site.

My Apartment Smells Like Leather

At least when there aren't fumes off of spray painting of goggle lenses. Continuing to stock up Cracked Looking-Glass Crafts over on Etsy. Fortunately the new roomie does not disagree with the smell of leather. I have been cranking out the strange leather goods, from goggles to cuffs to pouches. Of course, last night I took a break from that and instead worked on a cuff for the technophile in someones life. I need to learn patience and keep my picture taking to daylight hours so that I can steal the bedroom made of windows for lovely natural light. It really makes for better pictures. May also be getting into reenactment gear, or at least doing a few custom orders of it. Still need to do some pricing first. Ah the madness of creating a second job for myself...

Brass Goggles

My new addiction has become steampunk. As such, my need for goggles has steadily been rising. Finally, I tracked down enough ideas to actually pull them off.


Just a quick picture from the phone. Better pictures will be on my Etsy site later tonight when I get it listed. The frames are actually spray-painted brass, but are actually metal at least. Lenses are a nice acrylic-plastic and sturdy with car-window tint added to get them tinted. I used leather, antiqued brass eyelets and a brass center-bar buckle. (For the record, I love the nearby Tandy Leather store I found). Hopefully more sets to come with some odd additions, though I want to start with some plain sets. Also listing a set with silver frames on Ebay currently. Just to see what happens.

Other then that, a few trade and gift items and planning to stock up the store. Will make an effort to write a little here as well off and on, though most of my attention has shifted to my writing blog. In my defense, I have been rocking out that particular project with many posts.

Santa

I felted up a quick Santa as a exchange gift for work. We shall see what people think.

Yay Halloween!

I love an excuse to dress up. Also, the jacket work I did for my costume turned out so well. The pattern is burned in and then colored with oil pencils.

I think I might start rescuing old leather jackets for rebirth through decoration.
I also worked up a set of stakes, which you can see hanging from my belt in this picture.

I sawed a thick dowel rod into sections and then sharpened them by hand. For the record, if you ever need to deal with vampires? Break a chair or something. Actually carving a piece of wood down to a point sucks.

Getting back into the swing

I think I am back on the crafting kick again. Which is good. Idle hands make for mischief and mischief makes for violent roommates. First, I have actually finished a bracelet (picture to come) that suffered some minor damage due to cat attack, but should be easily repairable. Second, I finally sold something on my etsy. In fact, I sold multiple somethings. To multiple people. I intend to get items shipped off today, as they are apparently intended as gifts. This is very good for kitties self confidence. It also gives me more motivation to get things listed again.
In the vein of getting back into the swing of things, I am plotting some crafting how to posts. Probably to go along with some nifty do-it-yourself medicine bag sets I have been planning to put together. In general, expect some actual posting. Especially since I now have some idea of how to actually get anyone to look at this page.
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