For the past few days, I’ve been contemplating what to do for Christmas gifts considering I don’t plan on spending a lot of change (and never really do for that matter).  For this reason, I decided to be crafty for once.  Now, being a fan of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, etc, I took my first serious venture into the world of stenciling.  My first attempt at a multilayered one failed, so I decided to walk before I run, and do a face (those appear to be the easiest).

The stencil came out fine.  A little rough around the edges, but it looks ok.  It came out in two pieces:  the head and the frame.  This was not necessarily a bad thing as much as it was a hassle to keep assembling it every time I wanted to paint.

Other than cutting it (I didn’t have the x-acto blade I needed for the medium I wanted to use), I found the annoying part was actually painting it, which is the stage I’m currently trying to conquer.

More updates will be made tomorrow when I get more Spray Adhesive.  Hopefully the flimsy stencil will still be ok for repeated use.

Update:  Spray adhesive wasn’t attained today since stores were closed, and I want to complete this by Sunday, but I think I’m going to end up doing it over again.

Anyways, I had a conversation with someone today (whose name shall remain nameless) regarding the car industry, and how things of that nature aren’t really marketed to females.  After having this conversation, I decided that I have 3 Pre-New Years goals:

1.  Learn how to change my own oil

2.  Upgrade my brakes

3.  Wire a soundsystem.

Also, a belated item on this list is learning how to drive stick.  This has been a goal of mine for awhile, but considering what I drive, it never happened.

We’ll see how much I learn this year.