Different Levels

Brass Ep. 29

Copper awoke to the sound of the houses over the road collapsing. She peeked outside. A dim pre-dawn light revealed the entire terrace was gone.

She grabbed a freshly charged battery and hooked up the mechanical creature. “I remember now. You’re Iron,” gasped Copper.

Flicking a switch, Iron’s eyes lit up red. “I hope you remember, we built an extra floor of a house together,” sighed Copper.

That was another story.

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Politics Puns

Brass Ep. 28

The mechanical creature in Coppers oil bath needed an overnight soak. She hooked a battery up to her charger and stroked its face.

“I know you,” said Copper. “I just can’t remember where from.” Punchlines about vague memories of ambiguous election promises filled her mind.

Copper didn’t approve of political jokes. She knew too many of them got elected.

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Magica

“A magic dog?” gasped Sprite. “What breed is it?”

“A labracadabrador,” grinned Fluffeh.

Boom! Hah! Take that to the face, readers!

So, that right there is an ACEO. ACEO stands for Art Card Originals and Editions. They are sisters-in-law of ATC’s or Art Trading Cards.

They are diddy. 2.5 by 3.5 inches. Credit card sized art you can carry in your wallet. It’s a compact and affordable art form for artists and anyone who enjoys their art.

Fluffeh here is currently on my Etsy store £6. She’s got free global delivery and even comes in a wee plastic sleeve. She doesn’t come with a magic dog. Sorry about that.

Little Fears Etsy store link: etsy.me/2sHiY3a

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Lucy’s Valentines

“Hello Lucy,” said Yuffie, taking a seat and offering a drink.

Lucy grasped the rum between three slender fingers. “Yuffie. Been a while.”

“You’ve been busy,” said Yuffie. “I heard Amy died in an incident with a gang of crows.”

“A murder,” grinned Lucy.

“Really? Ornithology puns?” sighed Yuffie.

“She was judged and sentenced by twelve ravens,” said Lucy.

“That’s a tad unfair,” replied Yuffie.

“Unfair,” laughed Lucy. “She had her day in court.”

Yuffie winced.

A snippet of Lucy from Grey Moon. She may be a homicidal maniac, but that’s not to say she doesn’t need a little love. Seeing as valentines day is upon us hows about she gets some flowers. Blood roses are a thing, right?

We’ve given her heart two new designs this week. I never thought I’d do a product mock of a pink shirt for the fears… But hey, sometimes it kinda works in an aesthetically pleasing way.

If you’d like to grab either shirt, they’re available on the Little Fears Threadless store. Link: littlefears.threadless.com

Also, if you missed it yesterday, I spotted a free course on selling on Threadless. E-Commerce for Artists: Selling with Print On Demand | Learn with Threadless.

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Battery Power

Copper rummaged around a table. She knew she had at least one half-full battery remaining. Though, most of them were empty.

She’d drained and used the deionized water from all of the cells. The empty batteries she’d leave on her brick-a-brak table, outside of her front door. Giving them away to passing strangers.

Free of charge, of course.

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Threadless – Free Course

Well, this is worth a look. Browsing Skillshare today, I came across a free class. E-Commerce for Artists: Selling with Print On Demand | Learn with Threadless.

It’s a short and snappy intro to selling on Threadless. My favourite print on demand site.

You can upload designs for t-shirts, notebooks, phone cases and more. You set up a shop page, just like the Little Fears (utterly shameless plug: littlefears.threadless.com ). When items are sold Threadless prints the item and posts it out to your customer. You take a percentage of each sale. A rough idea of earnings, a $20 shirt will give you $5 and Threadless $15.

You do have to promote your page to sell products. But it’s a fab way of contributing an extra few dollars to your monthly income.

The course is free on Skillshare. Click the link below, sign up, skip anything that asks you for subscription and enjoy the class.

E-Commerce for Artists: Selling with Print On Demand | Learn with Threadless.

Though saying that, I believe there’s an offer on for 2 months free if you sign up through my link. Skillshare is a fab website with thousands of courses from blogging to web design. It’s worth giving the 2 free months a whirl.

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Air Jars

Brass Ep. 25

The tail straightened with ease. She replaced its bulbs, cleared its nose and emptied the soil from its mouth.

She grabbed a jar of compressed air off the shelf and blew the last of the dirt out of its head. She’d gotten over a hundred jars of compressed air when she visited the Air and Space Museum. It was a let-down.

There was nothing there.

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Knife Skills

By Silk Cords

Brass decided to stay grounded after her failure at electrical work. She decided to try her hand at cooking, recalling several TV shows she’d watched.

Brass went to the local chef’s college and found out there was an entrance exam. The exam consisted of several tests of knife skills such as julienne slicing carrots. After failing to even sharpen her knives properly, the instructor was blunt with Brass…

Her knife skills just didn’t make the cut.

Well, at least I took a stab at it, Brass thought as she left.

Story by Silk Cords of http://silkcordsblog.wordpress.com/. Check out her blog for saucy tales. Thanks for the funnies Silk!

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Aquarius

‘He steadied himself against the tiles. He’d been here for twenty-three hours. Stuck at a public urinal. Releasing an endless stream of urine. He wondered whom he’d pissed off to deserve this fate. She stood quietly behind him. Wondering how much longer he could stand here before his legs gave.’

Were you born between January 19th and February 19? Then she’s the lady that’ll haunt you if you’re wicked enough to get her attention.

Yeah, I know, we’ve done Aquarius before. But for those that don’t check my Etsy store, we’ve put a grey-faced, blue-eyed, wicked little squid lady up as an art print.

She’s available for £15 with free global P&P.

Linky: etsy.com/uk/shop/LittleFears/

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Xieili

Cooo, now that’s a mouthful! You can tell I’m trying to use up the last unused letters of the alphabet now, right?

So yes, say hello to Xieili for this weeks #Colour_Collective. The colour this week is Midnight Blue. A chuckle from every Tumblr user for the mention of Midnight Blue.

Ho, man, have they gone mad with the new UI. It’s got a, quite frankly savage Midnight Blue.

Old Tumblr Blue was pretty darn tooting bland. But muddy funster, looking at this makes your eyes bleed.

Sticking with the Midnight Blue theme, let’s hawk some wares.

The horned one is available on my Etsy store and here’s a linky: etsy.me/2sHiY3a

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