Labels and Tour Dates

Once again, I have discovered another blog feature.  One that can help with finding certain posts.  The "Labels" feature.  I spent most of yesterday going through every single one of my posts and adding labels to them.  I'm a bit of an organizational freak.  Now, you can filter out blog posts of interest by clicking on certain labels.

Anyway, on to the good stuff.  More dates have been added to the Voltaire & Ego Likeness Forgotten Cities tour.

April 29th New Haven CT - Cafe 9
April 30th Salem MA - Koto
May 1st Portland ME - Asylum
May 2nd Washington DC - Spellbound
May 3rd Wilmington DE - Asylum 13
May 4th Raleigh NC - Legends
May 5th Richmond VA - Fallout
May 7th Atlanta GA - The Masquerade
May 8th Jacksonville FL - The Underbelly
May 9th New Orleans LA - The Allways Lounge
May 10th Nashville TN - The East Room
May 11th St. Louis MO - The Crack Fox
May 12th Kansas City MO - Riot Room
May 16th El Paso TX - Mesa Music Hall
May 18th Phoenix AZ - Club Red
May 19th Glendale/ Los Angeles CA - The Complex
May 20th San Francisco CA - The Elbo Room
May 24th Denver CO - Circus of Nights/Casselmans
May 26th St Paul - MN Amsterdam Bar and Grill
May 28th Cleveland OH - Phantasy
May 29th Columbus OH - The Shrunken Head

This list is not finished.  More dates will be added as they come.

Forgotten Cities Tour Update

Happy St. Patrick's Day, fellow Voltaire fans.  Here's an updated list for the Voltaire & Ego Likeness Forgotten Cities Tour.

April 29th New Haven CT - Cafe 9
April 30th Salem MA - Koto
May 1st Portland ME - Asylum
May 3rd Wilmington DE - Asylum 13
May 4th Raleigh NC - Legends
May 9th New Orleans LA - The Allways Lounge
May 10th Nashville TN - The East Room
May 11th St. Louis MO - The Crack Fox
May 12th Kansas City MO - Riot Room
May 16th El Paso TX - Mesa Music Hall
May 24th Denver CO - Circus of Nights/Casselmans
May 26th St Paul - MN Amsterdam Bar and Grill
May 28th Cleveland OH - Phantasy

More cities to be announced soon.  You may now return to getting hammered.

Errands and Other Things

Today, I stepped out of the sweat box that is my motel room and headed over to the nearby FedEx to make some copies.  That little trip turned out to be a bust.  The copy machines that they had there didn't accept cash or change.  They only accepted credit/debit cards.  I tried swiping my card like 10 times on 2 different copy machines and neither one could read it.

So, no copies from FedEx for me.  Guess I'll just ask my mother if she can make some copies for me at her job.  In other news, I finally have a latch hook.  That mean's I can finally start working on that skull and crossbones latch hook pattern that I got for Christmas.  Haven't done any latch hooking in ages.  Hope my skills aren't too rusty.

Did Some Tweaking

Made some minor changes to the site layout again so it looks a bit more streamlined.  Moved the "Follow by Email" bar over to the left, added a "Search This Blog" bar above the blog archive and changed the look of the pageview counter.  I also added some links right below the header to other sites that I frequent.  So, if you're ever on one of those other sites and see me online, feel free to say "Hi" or offer me an endless supply of coffee.  Or both. XD

Neck Decor

Yesterday, I decided to try my hand at making a necklace.  The Good News: It looked awesome.  The Bad News: It didn't fit around my neck.  So today, I ended up taking it apart and redoing it.  This time, I made sure to measure the wire a few times before cutting it.  Check it.

Splendid, isn't it?  I think so.  In the past few weeks, I have successfully made 2 pairs of earrings, 2 bracelets and a necklace.  Once I finally settle down in my new place, I'm going to stock up on some more materials and try to start up a jewelry business.

All Set

Yesterday, I finally got my hands on a bottle of clear polish for knot sealing.  So today, I finished up making matching bracelets for the 2 pairs of earrings that I made a couple of weeks ago.  This is the set that I made for myself.

And here's the set that I plan to sell.

Now, I just need to work on building a customer base.  Pretty sure my mother knows some people at her job who will be interested in buying my jewelry.  Fingers crossed.

More Earrings!

Today, I made 2 more pairs of earrings.  After realizing that I had used different colored pins when I made the first pair, I took them apart and used a couple of the beads from that to make a new pair.  This time, I made sure that both pins were the same color and added some leaf charms.  In my opinion, these came out a lot better than the first pair.

For the third pair, I went with some brighter colored beads.

Had a hard time with the bottom pieces.  But once I got that under control, I was able to finish the earrings without a problem.  Awesome job, if I do say so myself.  Next, I plan to make a matching bracelet.  Then, see if I can sell them as a set.