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First mold for sculpted wing elements

  • January 17, 2012
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For some reason, I did these little wings in plastalina, which really isn’t the best choice for detailed items under two inches in size. I just wanted to have that oily texture under my fingertips and the nostalgic scent, I guess.  I got them as clean as I could, and cast them in plaster, as we see here. Plaster can take remarkable detail. Enlarge the image, and you will see threadlike areas which are simply rough clay that i couldn’t smooth (not without my fumbling fingers wrecking some other place) . Now I can do a little bit of finishing…

New headers for a new version of probablepossible

  • January 8, 2012
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  And new shop software. It seems to be the best compromise for me.  I am still testing the software, but for a little vacation, I’ve created these new images;  

I wanted a vanilla-and-tobacco scent

  • October 22, 2011
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something like the bottle of upscale shower soap (and why does an upscale shower soap have any tobacco notes I wonder?)  someone gave me. So, of course, Google is my friend. If you know of this little company, you won’t be surprised to hear that I ended up at ZOMG! Smells. And if you know Camille Martine at all, you won’t be surprised to hear that between us we picked out ten scents, which we’ve ordered in the teensy test sizes called “Squees.” Ten scents is a “squee party” and gets you almost-free shipping, not that the shipping is very…

Early ’62 Fender Stratocaster Reproduction

  • June 3, 2011
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Built by Keith Longino, guitar fanatic and guitarist/songwriter for the nascent band RESIN Find out about this beautiful instrument at the new blog.

Probablepossible’s ecommerce odyssey

  • March 30, 2011

As DragonMother magic Wand Works, I started selling my magic wands back in ummm… 1999 maybe? on ebay, and i purchased my first domain back when that was expensive… I hand built a store using hand-coded paypal buttons. It meant that when someone bought a wand, I had to jump on and delete the wand from my site, also by hand. Eventually, I figured out that computers ought to be able to do some of that for me. I downloaded OSCommerce, the Open Source cart– first time I had heard that term! and jumped right into php coding. Luckily for…

March came in like a weasel and is leaving the same way…

  • March 27, 2011

Where are the  lions and lambs? I have nothing much to report. Here, have a picture of Keith, in an agricultural mood; The picture itself is in a Sepia mood.

A gallery of wordpress themes

  • February 25, 2011
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I really like the wordpress CMS, and have watched it grow from a simplistic blogging system to the marvellously flexible multi-use publishing platform it is today. I’ve been designing themes for WP for quite a while now. Here are a few of my newest. They all seem to have an ornate, collaged feeling, don’t they?

Book Binding for fun (not) profit

  • January 17, 2011
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I doubt I will make these to sell. But what fun to make for myself! A few hours of fighting with the printed pages to get the order correct (well…  that kind of took all day, really). A printer that can print both sides makes a HUGE difference. I got my idea from my sister, Kristi Smart, who designed her dream worksheet for her custom clothing orders and– get this– made it pretty. What a concept! And besides being easy to look upon, the different parts of the project are visually separated. I need something to take around with me…

Pastry Chef jewelry model

  • January 6, 2011
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Katherine is a pastry chef at the Firefly Bistro in South Pasadena. Her favorite jewelry is simple bead strands– a rope of pearls will suffice. Big pearls, because she’s a big girl. Her favorite recipe is for pecan cookies– she has it memorized. And she likes to turn her pecan cookies into a pie crust for pumpkin pie. Katherine has gifted me with lollipops made from fresh cherry juice, rose-flavored nougat, and ginger marshmallows. And my jewelry adores her…

From whence we come (a book rec)

  • January 3, 2011
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See larger image The Space Child’s Mother Goose (Paperback) By (author) Frederick Winsor I think it was given my sister and me around 1964. I was just learning to write cursive, as you can see. In my preteen years, our very battered copy became the recipent of an embroidered book cover, which I pasted onto hard board without nearly enough swing-room for the covers to open… The pages are filled with these delightful illustrations, and the familiar nursery rhymes are brilliantly reenterpeted. Anyone who reads the snippet from “The Theory That Jack Built will know where I developed my brand…

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