It’s 411pm and I still dont’ know if I’ve been accepted into Crafty Bastards Arts and Crafts Fair. I am crafty. Some would say I’m a bastard. What the hell? This is killing me!

Booooooo! It’s 418pm. K.INC was NOT accepted into the Bastard Fair. Can’t say that I’m not a little disappointed and I could say something like, “For every door that closes, Another door opens”, but that would be kinda lame. Hmmm, well this F-ing sucks.

Will definitely check Crafty Bastards this year. Who know? I might learn a thing or two. GROSS!

Every year I tell myself I’m going to apply and make my presence known at the Washington City Paper’s Crafty Bastards Arts and Craft Fair. Every year I don’t apply and make my presence known, at least there. There was a half ass attempt a couple of years ago but it was denied right off because there were no images. I couldn’t even go to the outdoor event even though it’s right around the corner. Not because I was working, my friend. The guilt is too much for me to handle especially in public.

Well today, folks, the application is completed and the images have been uploaded. I’ve confronted my slack ass (it is as painful as that sounds BTW) and I HAVE WON!

Now the waiting game. All applications are due today, July 17th, by midnight. Everyone will be notified as to whether they were accepted or not accepted by July 25th. That’s a week from now and I’m going to not freak myself out but I probably will. Stay tuned!

Finally, I went back to my studio this weekend. It was super cold and the black ink is dried because I forgot to close the lid (again). WTF? Ink is not cheap. Probably wouldn’t have been so bad had I, you know, go to the studio with some regularity…

Was asked to volunteer my services to the Cherry Fund. The foundation raises money for HIV/AIDS with a series of dance parties throughout the course of a weekend, April 17-20th. I designed some shirts for them, but decided to offer my designer services in other ways. In addition to the shirts, there’s the newspaper and magazine ads; the postcards and the web banners; as well as any marketing advice I had to offer.

So now I’m trying to break the cycle of slacker-dom. Spring is a coming and I gotta get it together. Basically learn from the mistakes I made last year, like not having tank tops ready for sale until September or buying too many blanks just because they’re on sale.

Here I go, chicas and gentlemen. Here I go.

Welcome to my blog, buckos. Here we’ll have the chance to talk about tshirts, screen printing, art, design and whatever interests you and me.

Finally the new shirts are uploaded and ready to go.

This has been a long road. Who knew it would be such a process. I thought this was going to be easy, breezy even. No one bothered to tell me otherwise. You see it’s the tshirt/fashion/apparel part I really dig. The business part is what I can do without. Unfortunately that’s not an option, especially since I’d like to be around for a while.

Soooo, check me out. Check me out often. It’s gonna be freakin’ fresh!