Okay, people. I’m back home for a while, and I’m ready to make stuff. Let’s buckle down here! I really need to get cracking.

I have a free day today, which has been derailed a bit so far by assorted events, including a dumptruck that flipped on its side in the construction site next door and had to be righted with a crane. While tipping over it “enhanced” our rock garden with half its load of large rocks and gravel. I’m assuming someone will remove them (although, honestly, I have my eye on one or two of the big ones). No one is hurt, and no fuel seems to have spilled, so no major harm done.

In theory, July should be one of the best chunks of time I will have for a while in which to get projects done. The agenda includes:

Set up home screenprinting workshop. My local art supply place had a great sale a few weeks ago and I went ahead and picked up screen emulsion supplies, a squeegee, and some ink. I’m now reading up on plans for my exposure box and press.

Design screenprinting projects. What do I want to make? I’m going to be printing on paper, and I think I found a good local supplier for recycled paper. I’ll start off with some cards, but I’d also like to try making some decorative paper for books, and some packaging: like a CD gift mailer that would be pre-printed and then constructed afterwards. Also I want to design some collateral for the “Tweet” projects, that I do eventually want to put up for sale.

More journals and mini-books. I picked up some good library books for inspiration, and I’m playing around with some prototypes (including for the CD packaging — maybe that will make more sense when I have a picture to show).

There are a lot more little projects too: I’m craving a sewing project, and I need to branch out with my knitting too. Maybe conquer my fear of sweaters. Not to mention the gardening. I’m aiming to do more brief project-related updates here, rather than just the lengthier posts I seem to have drifted into. After all, am I here to talk about overturned dumptrucks? I don’t think so. I’m here to make things.