A Few Good (Creative) Men

Emily didn't win. :(

Em came in second, after a flurry of last-minute votes from the second place holder. I have my thoughts, but I think I'll keep them to myself. You can read between the lines.

Emily's Interview

Emily was interviewed last week about her Hallmark card contest entry. Here's the video. Please vote for her through this Friday, January 10!

Vote for Emily!

My friend Emily is one of ten finalists in a Hallmark greeting card design contest for the (red) campaign. Please vote for her at www.hallmark.com/you

Thanks!

The Case of the Missing Printer

Problem: Today two of the Macs in our office refused to print to our Canon color printer/copier. The printer queue reported that it wasn't responding. After trying all the usual fixes and tests, this is what worked:

• Cancel any jobs in the offending printer queue
• Open your Applications folder; in that, open the Utilities folder
• Launch the Printer Setup Utility
• Select the printer in the printer list and click Delete

• Back in the Utilities folder, open Disk Utility and repair permissions

• When permissions repair is complete, restart your Mac

• Launch the Printer Setup Utility again and click Add
• In the Printer Browser window, find the missing printer and select it
• Click the Add button
• Quit the utility; you should be good to go!

A left-hand detour

Since I don't seem to have much time for making paper these days, I'm going to make this blog dual-purpose.

When I have time to make paper, I'll blog about it; otherwise, I'll be blogging bits and pieces of information about computing, specifically tips and tricks for using the Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Word (and the rest of Office when I have something), and any other problem-solving I have to do that i might want to remember or share.

I'm still here...

Just on hiatus from papermaking for the moment.

A Short Hiatus

I have temporarily retreated into my analytical self. Having figured out how to make paper, I'm all about the research right now.

In addition to lurking around my Yahoo Handmade Paper (HMP) community, I'm reading:

• Helen Hieberts's, "The Papermaker's Companion"
• Mary & Heidi Reimer's, "300 Papermaking Recipes"
• Mary & Heidi Reimer's, "Encyclopedia of Papermaking and Bookbinding"
• Google and IceRocket results for Papermaking, Moulds & Deckles, and any other keywords I can think of

I found a 1975 Wilton candy mold of six rosettes that should make great paper castings.

Researching papier-mache, for making bowls covered with HMP.

Researching shaped deckles for making envelopes, shapes, small gift boxes in conjunction with the Sizzix die-cut/embossing machine.

However, I can't really complete any projects that include the above methods without raw materials, so tomorrow, I make paper. I've been gathering raw materials the whole while, so I have plenty of "food" for the blender.