Coob Buckles Down

On Saturday, May 8th, I will be kicking it at my first craft fair. Rather awesome indie craft extravaganza known as The Queen City Craft Bazaar. So, I've been hard at work, covering myself and everything in my life with skateboard sawdust. Think of Linus from Peanuts but with a multicolor sawdust cloud instead of a dirt cloud. That's me. So while my shop looks slightly sad and empty I'm up to over 75 new items that I've created for the show this far. Yeah, over 75! Since I plan on selling them all ;) here is a preview of the new belt buckles I'll be bringing along with me. My favorite is the pigeon king from a 5boronyc deck. Now back to work!

-Coob

Vote For COOB!

That's correct, I need your vote! I was lovingly nominated by ArtTales and my swallow pendant made it into The Daily Green's Trash-to-Craft Challenge Etsy Voter! The article here tells a little more about it. The items with the most votes will be featured on TheDailyGreen.com. Help expose Coob... hmmm, that came out wrong. You get the point. So go and vote! (Make sure you're logged into Etsy and click submit after voting.)

I'm Alive!

You may think to yourself: "Self, where has Coob gone?". Well, Self, wonder no more! I'm here. After an exhausting winter of work and frying my computer, I'm still alive and kicking. In fact, I'm rolling out quite a few new items, so if you're patient you just might see them. The proof is in the sawdust! I'm building up my stock for my debut craft show which is a few weeks away (more on that later). So, once I'm convinced I have enough, I'll post some online too. Keep an eye out. Big things are on the horizon. Tell your homies too!

Completely Unrelated Shenanigans

It seems with the holiday season, that I've been pretty busy lately. Who knew? Alas, I've found some time here and there to do things completely unrelated to my life involving skateboard reincarnation. Most recently, I decided that I don't love my car enough. And, even though it has some serious issues, I thought maybe we'd get along a little better if I was a bit more kind.

Of course, I don't quite have the funds to really spiff up this brick, so, I decided to start small. The interior has some strange flaws, like the window sills resembling some seriously wrinkled skin. Don't ask me how that happened. I was fortunate enough to purchase the car in such a state, ha! Now, however, the only thing one will be able to focus on upon seeing the interior of the car is this...

That's right, plaid! Red, black, and tan to be precise. As you can see, I've started with these small door panels, but I'm scheming about what other parts of my car I can transform into awesomeness. Stay tuned. I'm sure I won't be able to contain myself once I've finished.

-Coob

Peek for the Sneak

Curious about what's going on in that new apartment of mine? The sawdust is flying, and a new stack of decks with some AWESOME new colors are being demolished and reconstructed as we speak... well, not literally. Man, that would be dangerous! But, seriously, keep your eyes peeled. Some of these bad boys are gonna show up in my Etsy shop real soon.


Happy Thursday Coob-Stalker ;P

-Coob

New Diggs, New Decks, New Year

I have successfully made the move into my new place, and though still unpacking of course, it's AWESOME. From all the great space to the energy efficient appliances, I couldn't be more stoked. The pup and I both find the high efficiency front loading washer and dryer pretty fascinating as you can tell.

Talent, my local skatepark and skateshop recently lifted the ceiling on their park. (Yes, it's indoors!) So, they had to close the park for a few weeks. This meant no one was really coming inside to break their skateboards. Luckily, the renovation is complete, looks awesome, and now, decks are being destroyed once again. I have some new decks with some awesome new colors. Be on the look on for the new guys coming soon in my Etsy shop.

Finally, I just turned the big 2-5 a week ago. And, I'm hoping that this year will be a good one! Last year sucked, and I'm overly excited to put it behind me. So here's to an awesome new year. A great start, I received THREE of my favorites prints from artist Kill Taupe. They are even better in person. Now, they're just sitting in their protective envelope home while they await framing.

To an awesome 25th year, here goes nothing ;)

-Coob

Let's Hear it for the Boy

Now that I have Deneice Williams stuck in my head... I thought I'd share with you a treasury I created. Quiet helpful and quite awesome. It might help some of you people out there who haven't a clue what to get for the guys in your life. I thought I'd share my insight.

Clearly you need to go check it out directly, click all over the place and comment to say just how awesome it is, you would have been lost without it, yada yada yada.
For the Fellas Treasury Link

That's all for now,

-Coob