Today, I made a nerdy raccoon plushie. I think he is cute. He’s now in my Etsy shop, Fairweather Friends!
I got a new guitar yesterday for being a featured player in the September Guitar Center catalog. It’s beautiful. Thank you, Mitchell Guitars! (Taken with instagram)
Matt Maggiacomo’s solo album is OUT NOW. John Green has billed it as being a young adult book in the form of a CD, so basically there’s no reason for you NOT to buy it. I’m serious. Do it now.
I love this album so much. Definitely think about buying yourself a copy! Matt worked so so hard on it and the finished product turned out so good.
I love when food places have pretty chalkboard menus like this. And look at these Christmas cookies! (Taken with instagram)
Last night, my wonderfully intelligent and principled friend Melissa Anelli posted a link to a story about how PayPal had pulled a fast one on Regretsy, subjecting them to multiple rounds of unnecessary processing fees and preventing them from carrying out a major charitable effort to help needy…
I’m so conflicted about all of this for the reasons Matt listed. I just finished writing to all of the services I use to sell things online begging them to use another payment option, but until they do that, I’m stuck. Bandcamp exclusively uses it too. I don’t want to support a service that does these things either but if they don’t offer another option and everyone stops using PayPal entirely, we are done being able to support ourselves with our art and dedicate this much time to doing what we love.
The kittens are having a blast playing under our Christmas tree. (Taken with instagram)
We haven’t had a chance to put up our Christmas tree yet but we just put this awesome 8-bit wreath on our door! (Taken with instagram)