Re-Inspired

Where have I been?

I got a new camera! It took me a long time to research the make and model I wanted and an even longer time getting pushed around in the Boxing Day line-ups but it happened.

Fucking great camera.
I've been watching a lot of Sopranos.
Every second word in my mind is fuck or shit.
(Christa calls that an inner mobalogue - usually

develops after marathon Soprano-watching)
I have a Silvio Dante face going on here, don't I?

It's a Fuji. Apparently they have some special kind of sensor that makes the pixels hexigonal instead of square so the resolution will seem better. Also, it's 12mp so it's like a Cadillac of point and shoot cameras. And it's black and fancy and pocket-sized.

So I got excited to try some new projects that have been on my mind. This weekend I've been trying out resin casting to make some pendants.

I was kind of nervous to start, I think because I had been wanting to try it for so long and I was worried I'd do it wrong or my idea just wouldn't work. But I set myself up for disappointment and powered through.

I did a tester set and even though I layered them wrong and there were tons of bubbles (pretty much unusable) I could tell I was going to pretty happy with the final product once I ironed out the kinks.

It takes a minimum of 24 hours to set so we'll see tomorrow how these first non-testers turned out.

It's kind of like making ice cubes, but with chemicals and
without a freezer. And it takes longer.