Pom-Kins are here! - Venturing into Enamel Pins?

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Oh man, it's been a long time since I updated. My life is always busy, but this past month it's been more intense than usual because....I'm bidding on a HOUSE! OMG! I've been going to showings, talking to mortgage companies, and researching all this adult-business online and now I'm finally in a place where home ownership is a possibility! And today is my birthday!

So it's been a pretty intense month of adulting, but I still managed to have a little fun designing my first ever enamel pin!

WIP Wednesday

Not sure about these "stories"... so here's my first ever attempt in post-form. 🌙 #thermalreactive #sailormoon #space #pins #buttons #etsy #wipwednesday #wip

A video posted by M. Smith (@poison_and_antidote) on Aug 17, 2016 at 8:18am PDT

I got this neat thermal reactive paint and I'm trying to figure out how to use it on button designs. Here's one of last night's experiments. 

Right now it seems like 2 layers makes things milky and foggy looking, but maybe I just need to wait longer between coats. 

Pokemon GO - Awesome For Small Businesses

The game is here and it's having a much stronger effect than I had ever imagined. People are going outside, they're walking and exploring their neighborhoods, they're meeting new people, and small businesses are getting more foot traffic and sales thanks to being gyms and Pokestops. This is just...all around awesome. Sure there are a few naysayers and killjoys sprinkled in the mix with their negative articles, but overall, I think the positive benefits outweigh the few negative click-bait headlines.

I've only played up until Silver and Gold on the GameBoy Color (Silver was my last "new" Pokemon game), but my younger sister still plays and she keeps me hip to all the new Poke-happenings out there in the world. I know a lot of online shop owners JUMPED at the opportunity to make a buck off the trend, but with the market being so saturated...I figured I'd skip this one...but then the custom requests started rolling in....

The long awaited return of ORIGINAL CONTENT!

My day job and all my side jobs have been running me ragged. I haven’t gotten to do anything create for myself, outside of @sometimesfoodie, in ages! 

For Camden Comic Con last week I made a few new items, mostly buttons, and I finally hooked up my cintiq! So (hopefully) I can start updating this with more of my own stuff. Here’s a booth-photo in the meantime and some photos of the two new button packs I made and donated to the Comic Con Costume Contest as prizes. 

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The Space set is now complete!

Finally! A matching set! So I made the outer senshi in space set of 5 pins...a few months ago. I think. Maybe 2? Since I sleep so poorly I really am losing track of time so maybe it wasn't that long ago after all. Any-who, I got a request in my etsy shop for a few matching inner senshi buttons for the set, so this is what I came up with.

Pumpkin King!

So, along with the Sailor Moon buttons I am posting this week, I also have watercolor Nightmare Before Christmas Buttons!

Keep an eye out for my favorites, Lock, Shock and Barrel!

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Blue? I should have been pink.

YUS! This one looks awesome cropped for a pin. I am much happier with this one than the Mr. H one.

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Trust Your Partner.

I don't know about the cropping for this one. I kind of wanted all their heads to be cropped the same way to keep the sizing consistent for the series of buttons, but I feel like I want to see more of his outfit.

I might have to tinker with the cropping more, but this is currently available in my etsy shop.

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