I know people get a lot of crap for taking pictures of their food, but this is (was) a gorgeous cupcake, and I am sharing.
Happy Mail!
I love doing a trade, forgetting I did the trade and then receiving happy mail I forgot to expect. Haha!
Housekeeping!
The Zine Review Index is now up to date.
Another Year of Life
Another birthday, another year of life gone by.
Birthdays always leave me feeling introspective but this one especially so. Now it’s not so much what to do in my next year of life so much as what do I want to accomplish before I turn 30.
I feel like I didn’t accomplish as much as I wanted between 28 and 29, so I definitely don’t want a repeat year in that sense. What I do want… Well, I’m not sure about that, either.
I am indecisive as fuck.
Ah, well. We’ll see what happens.
Zine Ninja Says…
…to his human.
It’s My Birthday Month!
Y’all knew I was a Leo. Come on.
I’m celebrating with coupons! (Yep, I still get excited.) To celebrate, I’m offering 29% off at my InkyBlots Etsy shop – no minimum purchase! For the entire month, you can use the coupon code HAPPY29 to get your discount.
Happy shopping!
Call for Submissions: Fem Static Zine
Cool Post Alert: Why We Make Zines
With WordPress, you can reblog stuff, but this beauty is located in the world of Blogger. So here’s a quote, and there’s a link at the end…
It is the last day of July – the last day of IZM . Some of us got a lot done and some of us did a few activities. What is important is we all celebrated the love of zines. I tried a few new techniques, released a new zine, shared my zines and thought of new zine ideas!
On this last day I wanted to share the varied responses to the question: why do you make zines? Throughout the years I have gotten to know so many zine makers from different scenes and I find the only thing connecting us at times is a zine. But zines make a strong bonding glue!
Why I make zines: zines are my voice when I do not feel like I want to communicate with others. It is a way to reach out, share my ideas and have a voice from the comfort of my house. I started reading/making/contributing to goth zines in the 90s. It took me awhile to make my own – I had to get over some insecurities (something I still battle with) and just do it!
Read more at MissMuffcake
Zine Review: Summer Goals List
Summer Goals List
A6
Sarah McNeil
http://www.etsy.com/au/shop/SarahMcNeil
I’m not sure if I’m trying to be ironic or if I’m really missing summer in the midst of a dreary end of July (so sick of winter) by reading and reviewing this zine. Then again, how could I resist such lovely bright colours!
This is where I apologise for my absolutely shocking photography because I have done absolutely no justice to the striking colours of this zine. The first thing I notice about Summer Goals List is the fact that it’s a list zine (fangirl squee). But the second is definitely the vivid colours. Wowza.
See, I’m still not doing it justice. Get a copy so you can check it out.
With a zine like Summer Goals List, I think you have to appreciate the subtle things. At least, that’s how I looked at it. You would think a list is a list, but there were so many ways that people approached this. I love the variety. From simplicity to complexity, from things to get done to things to see… There is a variety that I didn’t expect.
I do have to mention that some of the lists were a touch hard to read. Nothing that got it kicked out of my forever collection, but enough to warrant a mention.
One extra little spesh thing is this:
I feel pretty cool when I know that I have one of only X number of copies or if I know I have a zine from the first print run.
#NailedIt
I so have this being sick thing down. So much so that I’m totally over it now.
A different antibiotic, a lot more sleep and more time have me finally feeling human again. At least, human enough to be really pissed off that most of my July was lost to sleep or feeling like crap. Not happy at all, but it’s gone now, so…
Good things are on there way. I have the second print runs of Dear Anonymous 3 and Don’t Call Me Cupcake nearly ready to sew. I’ve also started cracking on Don’t Call Me Cupcake 2. There have been a few submissions for Dear Anonymous 4 as well. Busy, busy!
More to come soon.