I have learned so much from this one woman at this screenprinting shop. She can't even believe that I was at all able to get even one good print. First of all the mesh count was way way to tight (355) for water-based inks and the image was too close to the edges and the blankets were already sewn together. Huge mess.
When working with our first screen printer she really dug the detailed mesh. Now I am quickly discovering why you might want to use a 195. Also learned that you want a mono filament screen.
Our screenprinter threw up his arms and quit because he couldn't deal with the smell of our discharge system. Augh.
So looking for someone who maybe doesn't work out of their home and has ventilation.
I have gone to only 2 sessions with a Rolfer and I am blown away with the results. In only two weeks my posture is significantly better. She also told me that my pregnancy had moved my hips out of place and my sacrum was off. Already a lot of the pain in my legs and back has lessened. Her name is Carola DiLorenzo of BodyWave if you are in PDX and interested.
I just read 1-2-3 Magic Effective Discipline for Children 2-12 and am thrilled. I have read so many books on methods of disciplining your children and as my husband commented, they all land on our book shelf. I am excited about this one because it is already pretty much what we do (counting/time outs) but gives clear instructions on how to do it effectively. Also gives various examples of what to do when things go wrong. The main thing is it is so easy that when you are under stress you can remember exactly what to do.
I am now trying to convince my husband to read it so we can get together on our discipline.
Will let you know more laters.

Labels: Child Discipline, large format printing, Rolfing

So, the folks across the street were kind enough to burn our giant screen for us and we got it back into the shop, put a couple of clamps on our wood table, rolled out some fabric and printed the giant tree. It is so beautiful although a couple of problems we are going to have to work around include the fabric bunching up because it is such a large print. Think if I put palette tape on the table it should be ok. It took a lot of ink and actually my smaller squeegee worked a lot better than the 32" one.
Bummer that we already sewed out our blankets because the fabric is a triple layer (we went all out on this one) and makes it difficult to check it before being done. Once I lift the screen it is done. Also, the screen is so big you definitely need two folks printing it. But, it is something I always wanted to do and it wasn't as insurmountable as I imagined.
Hot today. Just did the MAJOR miva update to my store and that was/is scary because I have about a gazillion modules and half of them needed updating and the other half may need updating but I might not discover this for awhile. Augh.
Busiest weekend of my life and Atticus is not feeling so hot. All congested and fever and 4 teeth coming in. The Alberta Street Fair during the day and Saturday night is Cathy's birthday prom party which should be a hoot if I can find a baby sitter, then Sunday morning brite and early is the POW festival, then Sunday night I am taking Jim out for his birthday. I wanted to take this class on Saturday as well but that is probably pushing it...talks about how to do knockoffs. Desperately needed but Jim said I had to decide between the class and POW festival and it is his birthday and all.

Labels: large format printing, miva update 5.5