Enrichment
Dec. 26th, 2022 12:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse As some of you know (because you are receiving them,) I've been doing a pandemic postcard story thingie for the last three years (or however long ago it all started.) It turns out the last set that I sent out featured a character I was unaware of from Final Fantasy maybe. At any rate, this amused my son. I happened to come into the room when he was explaining on a voice channel in his Discord, "For context," he said, "My ima is an author. She needs... enrichment."
I LOVED this characterization both of the project and of me.
I feel like an octopus in an aquarium, in need of enrichment.
In fact, I spent much of yesterday reminded of this and repeating to myself, "I need enrichment." It started because I discovered, hidden in the back of my desk drawer, some postcard sheets that work with my printer. I had this sudden lightbulb moment: "I... could... PRINT MY OWN... postcards."
Image: In which Lyda discovers decades old technology still works.
This is especially exciting to me because my cheap source of postcards utterly dried up. It used to be that I could get really amazing, professional quality postcards from DeviantArt. I don't think they were a money maker, because I have since discovered that this option is no longer available. I feel responsible. I can't imagine anyone else was ordering the quantity of postcards that I used to. At any rate, I suspect that DeviantArt was not charging nearly enough because my shift to Redbubble has proven MUCH more expensive.
So! Now I can make my own! I mean, I will still supplement with stuff from Etsy, but this is kind of amazing news.
At any rate, I am now amusing myself (getting that enrichment) for pennies on the dollar. Whoot!
P.S. If you are reading this and are thinking, "Wait, how can I get in on this postcard madness," just drop me a line in the inbox here (though I often forget to check that) or at lyda.morehouse@gmail.com with your snail mail address.
I LOVED this characterization both of the project and of me.
I feel like an octopus in an aquarium, in need of enrichment.
In fact, I spent much of yesterday reminded of this and repeating to myself, "I need enrichment." It started because I discovered, hidden in the back of my desk drawer, some postcard sheets that work with my printer. I had this sudden lightbulb moment: "I... could... PRINT MY OWN... postcards."
Image: In which Lyda discovers decades old technology still works.
This is especially exciting to me because my cheap source of postcards utterly dried up. It used to be that I could get really amazing, professional quality postcards from DeviantArt. I don't think they were a money maker, because I have since discovered that this option is no longer available. I feel responsible. I can't imagine anyone else was ordering the quantity of postcards that I used to. At any rate, I suspect that DeviantArt was not charging nearly enough because my shift to Redbubble has proven MUCH more expensive.
So! Now I can make my own! I mean, I will still supplement with stuff from Etsy, but this is kind of amazing news.
At any rate, I am now amusing myself (getting that enrichment) for pennies on the dollar. Whoot!
P.S. If you are reading this and are thinking, "Wait, how can I get in on this postcard madness," just drop me a line in the inbox here (though I often forget to check that) or at lyda.morehouse@gmail.com with your snail mail address.
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Date: 2022-12-26 08:10 pm (UTC)Do you know about Sticker Mule? It does stickers and other things, like keychains and pins, and I've been using it to print swag. If you get on their mailing list they email you with their loss leaders, and as long as you're not particularly needing to get a particular thing, you can custom order all kinds of cool shit for cheap.
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Date: 2022-12-28 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-26 10:10 pm (UTC)As for being able to print your own, WOW. I feel you are suddenly set free to engage in any flights of fantasy (or sf) that you like. But of course there's still work involved, just less money. Still, it does seem freeing.
"Freeing" suddenly doesn't seem like a word, or seems like a term of art that should not be let loose so cavalierly. "Liberating." Hmmm.
P.
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Date: 2022-12-28 09:09 pm (UTC)no subject
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