Etsy Team Columbus Treasury

Gotta love Columbus, Ohio! Thanks, SpaceDog, for including my "specs" in your Columbus treasury on Etsy! :)


Go check out some of the other fabulous goods from the Midwest! Cheers!

MollyStuff in Etsy's Geek Gift Guide

I found this out a while ago but now I'm officially blogging about it! Haha. My Windsor Tie Pendant is on the second page of the Geek Chic Gift Guide over on Etsy! I waited too long to post it so it's on the second page (the items in gifts guides start on the first page and slowly make their way down as more things get added every day) and I can't make an Etsy Mini that includes my pendant. Boo! Oh well. Check out the gift guide and all of the other items in it!

No More Point-and-Shoot

...Pentax camera!
I just got a new digital camera! It's a single lens reflex camera (SLR), so I have a lot more manual controls. I was happy with what I had before but I've always enjoyed photography. I don't like it when people just get the "latest thing", so I tried to get what makes sense for me. While researching cameras, I found that the digital Pentax cameras are compatible with older Pentax lenses (I think that Pentax is the only brand doing that). That is awesome for me because I've had a 35mm SLR collecting dust in my office for a few years now (who wants to develop film anymore?). I had the kit lens that came with my original Pentax camera and a Sigma telephoto lens. I've tried both on my new camera and they work (with some tweaking... people who don't want to mess around with settings shouldn't get one of these)!

I know that there are bigger names in the camera business but I feel loyal toward Pentax. They seem to make affordable cameras that work very well. I've taken a bunch of pictures so far, just trying to get my feel for the features and getting used to use an SLR camera again (I've been using point-and-shoot). Here are a couple of examples of my photos so far:






I am looking forward to re-shooting all of my jewelry with my new camera. :)

M = 01101101

I made a pendant with the binary version of my first initial, M. :)

(when I make letters, I might as well start with mine!)

Flashback

... to senior year of high school (when I learned about binary code)!

I've seen some jewelry with binary code in the past, and I'm thinking about doing some of my own (no copying)! I like this idea because binary code can be used in jewelry in order to display a secret message.
Somebody (including me) could wear a necklace that says either normal things, mushy things, or even really weird things and (almost) nobody would ever know!

In Case You Missed It...

... I know I did... missed it by 5 minutes!

My "specs" were on Etsy's front page! (from 9-10pm)

Cheers!