Mod Mischief

Technically it was delivered by DHL (Canada Post is still on strike). Papertoy Monsters and an Instructables Robot A couple months ago, our buddy Buck the jackalope won the Instructables Monster Contest so they've sent us a custom papertoy robot that says I heart ModMischief and a signed copy of the book Papertoy Monsters . I can't wait to start covering my desk with a menagerie of monsters!

Trying new techniques for the first time is always challenging. Using plaster of paris, I cast a mold of my plasticine Krang. I'm glad I bought the big bucket of plaster because I ended up needing way more than I was expecting. clearly I could have done a better job wrapping up the electronics Getting Krang out of the mold was rather challenging. The little plasticine appendages remained trapped in the mold , and while I tried melting them out, in the end I had to spend several frustrating hours fishing out all the little plasticine bits with Q-tips and various skewers. finally free of plasticine! I really wish I would have paid more attention to n1cod3mus's and PenfoldPlant's instructables . I didn't really know what I was doing with the liquid latex and I ruined a couple cheap paintbrushes before catching on to the dish soap trick. latex Krang When I first pulled latex Krang out of the mold, I was really excited. Even though the mold wasn't perfect, he...

Thursday, we went to a 2 months post-prom committee potluck. In addition to deviled eggs and artichoke dip, I made t-shirts for everyone. The design is my best attempt to capture the " community-oriented, gender-bending, bike-loving, enviro-humping, queer-diggin, slow dancing, big dress wearing " spirit of PromDemonium. 

Skates spotted on Lewis street.

As always, Chris and I had a great time at the Great Glebe Garage Sale. I didn't end up finding anything on our list , but we did get some good deals. Some of the best stuff we saw didn't wind up coming home with us. a very Magritte door Chris, always the voice of reason, wouldn't let me drag home this awesome cutout door, nor another set of jumping stilts, even after I talked the seller down to $60 for them. $60 for jumping stilts! They weren't our size and we already have 2 pairs...  still.... But it's not like we went home empty handed. hauling our loot home Some of our finds:   awesome old martini shakers - $15 for both   aluminum frame backpack only $2.50 $4 Furby to add to our growing collection

Looks like it’s going rain folks . Best be prepared. Friends have been asking me about my GGGS strategy, so, inspired by Scrimshaw’s and Zoom’s rules, I figured I should share my advice on how to get the most out of your Great Glebe Garage Sale experience. 1. The GGGS officially starts at 9am. There’s no point in waking up before 6am to be the first ones there. It doesn’t make sense to arrive before everything is set up and people are far less willing to negotiate with you if you are the first person to stop by their yard. I’m sure that many glebites dislike mornings as much as I do – let them finish their first coffee before you try to convince them to part with a precious family heirloom for $5. The belief that “all the good stuff will be gone” is silly since this is a garage sale and what you think is a great find might not be appealing to anyone else. An acceptable exception would be if you’re looking for a bike (have you considered getting one from re-cycles instead?) ...

I've donated a custom painted record to a United Way charity auction. If you've landed on my blog from there, welcome to my little piece of the internet! You can see more of my painted records and clocks here .