Thanks, Everyone

i feel so amazed that people are being so supportive. it's great. i can't believe it.

thanks, people! you're awesome.

and i'm also really surprised at the amount of experience people have with all of this...good advice has come from some unlikely places. and likely ones too, because some people always seem to have good advice.

in other news, i should have Human Body shirts by THURSDAY!!! it's really amazing, and i'm so happy. Stuart at Vacord has made this the fastest turnaround i've ever had on screenprinting, especially for a small run. if it seems likely that the shirts will be *that* popular, i'll definitely go for a second run.

plus StickerGuy emailed and my first order of stickers should definitely be done in time for Outfest, and the second order is likely to get here in time! i have had nothing but good experiences with StickerGuy, and i totally recommend them.

M&M's, Gorky Park, Projects

Yesterday, Tess and I went to H&M and Gap Outlet and bought a few more shirts and some underwear to print on. I think I will mostly be using the discharge paste to remove color on these. But some of the lighter colored things I may do freezer paper stencils with acrylic paints.

Tonight, during my extra-long class with the extra-ancient professor I plan to work on Tess's red scarf so that it's ready for winter. I may also do another postcard.

I also have to write a 2-3 page project description for Fundraising, and all I've got is a vague idea of how I want to go back to India to find out if my romanticized recollections of the gay rights activism that summer of 2006 were true. But I'll have to whip it into something by tomorrow. I'm hoping to apply for the Lew Klein award for funds to actually pull off this project next semester.

At the moment, I'm eating M&M's and watching Gorky Park (since I left class early last week knowing I could Netflix it).

Just a few steps in creative directions...

Outfest Preparations

I used discharge paste on two shirts today, and it worked out remarkably well. The only problem was that my craft iron leaks water instead of steaming things, and that really fucked up my designs in a couple of places. I think I probably can repair them for the most part, and now I have to empty out my iron to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Tess and I are going to H&M tomorrow afternoon to get some more shirts. Would like to have a good number in a range of sizes before our table at Outfest!

So far for Outfest I have:
- five art cards, to be sold in packs or individually
- two shirts (finished)
- 10-20 "We Change Things" shirts (depends what they cost)
- 10-20 "Human Body" shirts (again, cost)
- 250 "We Change Things" vinyl stickers

Will have:
- 3 journals decorated with the discharge paste
- 8 glitter notebooks decorated with stencils
- 10 glitter folders decorated with stencils
- 6-10 paintings/stencil paintings
- 8 more discharge paste shirts
- 250 "Human Body" stickers
- 3 to 4 more art cards
- 5 decorated onesies
- "Hello My Pronoun Is" labels
- "Hello My Name Isn't" labels