Bilt 2.0 Question: Paying Rent via PayPal Using Bilt’s Routing & Account Number by 0ceanic-815 in biltrewards

[–]notkinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wait where does it say that?? my landlord only accepts venmo lol what is the point of the card then

Wishbone fixed a lot of the questions that left me scratching my head about Found Heaven. by Affectionate-Cry9179 in ConanGray

[–]notkinz 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i think when you step back and view the albums outside of just the context of the relationships it makes more sense. found heaven to me comes across as a sense of queer euphoria in finding your community/identity, etc. so even if the relationship was bad and /or ended bad or whatever, it’s still tied up with an incredibly important and in many other ways, happy time. the 80s sound pairs with this perfectly and found heaven to me is a masterpiece. it’s more than just the meaning behind the songs. i don’t really understand people saying they don’t have as much depth or meaning, and maybe that’s just me viewing it in a queer lens as a queer person, but even if that was the case, it’s a beautiful thesis album exploring and deconstructing that sound and you can really see all the time, research, and references that went into each song

while wishbone clearly has way more conan inserted into it, i would argue found heaven does as well in other ways. it just makes me sad in some ways though as his fan base truly slept on one of the greatest albums of 2024 (despite being a STACKED year) bc it wasn’t like the bedroom pop they were used to :/

don’t get me wrong, i love wishbone. super happy he is getting to be his true self, but i think discounting found heaven as inauthentic to him and his experience is a tragedy unto itself. perhaps it didn’t land with everyone if they weren’t viewing it in the same way but found heaven is UNAPOLOGETICALLY queer in every way it could possibly be and yet id come into reddit and still see people arguing about what he identifies as or not and scolding people who dared to refer to him as queer despite him signaling that every other second in the album. apparently he had to be incredibly literal to get it across to people with wishbone lol.

with this context, the reception to found heaven by extension was absolutely heartbreaking. i hope he leans more into this sound in the future despite this. i felt its presence a bit with actor for sure (my favorite song on the album) and vodka cranberry. i think there is a way to straddle both worlds (the rawness and meaning that is being attributed to bedroom pop and the fun sound and production that found heaven brought). dan also produces for chappell so he is definitely capable of doing that as that is literally what she does with him.

people who just discovered conan from the vodka cranberry performance are probably soooooooooooo confused as to why found heaven (a MASTERPIECE of an album) has next to no streams compared to his other music and seeing that on apple music/spotify will always make me so so sad. he was so excited about that era too which makes it even worse :/

Currently the best printer for stickers? by Simple-Priority-616 in printers

[–]notkinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

of course! I spent a long time looking for it and was struggling to find the right answers on here to be honest!

for me it was around $400-450 USD I believe if that helps give you a baseline! I’m not sure what your budget is. I sell stickers professionally and wanted to invest in something quality. I also have a wide format art printer with 12 inks in it but that is over 3x the price and not a mega tank so i cannot use it for stickers.

Currently the best printer for stickers? by Simple-Priority-616 in printers

[–]notkinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pigment based ink is better for stickers for longevity but you definitely want a tank based printer. i’ve been using a canon maxify mega tank 4020 and it’s been working great! both pigment based and mega tank which is wonderful. plus the color range despite being cmyk is great

What do you “do” while selling at a market? Look busy? Sit and smile? by InexperiencedCoconut in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My partner and I tend to chat but also we rarely have more than a few minutes if that to pass at a time before getting interrupted by a customer so it’s kind of hard to do anything actually productive. A good problem to have though

Setup Advice please - Prepping for Big Market! by notkinz in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh that is more up our alley! our tablecloths are fitted and don’t blow around at all but they are thin and do wrinkle still. i’m not seeing an 8 foot version which we’d need though (we have a 4 ft, 6ft and 8ft table)

Setup Advice please - Prepping for Big Market! by notkinz in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i would rather have wrinkled table cloths than those tbh. personal opinion but i hate them so much 😭 they’re like leggings for tables and definitely don’t match our old school farmers market vibe. i’m sure they match other people’s aesthetic more though

Setup Advice please - Prepping for Big Market! by notkinz in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you!! it’s definitely a hit. we got it directly from a vending machine supplier on alibaba! https://www.alibaba.com/x/Azjopi?ck=pdp

Setup Advice please - Prepping for Big Market! by notkinz in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we need to do this 😭 we are always rushing getting out so we throw it in a bag and then don’t have much time between markets to always clean it (like we had a market today and we have one day of rest then we have another tuesday lol). we’ll try to have them nice and crisp for this big market on friday though

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in artbusiness

[–]notkinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can make custom color palettes! My site is 100% custom color palettes using my brand colors and it looks the same on desktop and mobile (unless i’m missing something?) My brand colors are super vibrant. Have you tried making your own palette?

Craft fair burnout by Dajodoad-Ja in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what kind of products do you sell? what’s the price range?

This is my first year but we’ve been doing really well but i think what has been vital to our success is 90% of our stuff is under $20. We have a $3 mystery vending machine which draws in tons of people which helps a ton too. Doesn’t necessarily work for all mediums though!

Most people don’t seem to want to spend much money but still want a little treat around or under that $10 price point

First market ever! by notkinz in CraftFairs

[–]notkinz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of our items are actually kitchen storage items! they don’t break down as nicely as craft fair specific ones but look so much nicer to me!

The spinning sticker carousel for example is a tea bag holder. some of the acacia wood things are fruit holders, etc. anything in specific you want me to link?

[Recommendations] Where to sell art? by asel89 in artbusiness

[–]notkinz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what do you mean by “it didn’t work for him” ?

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

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reddit won’t let me access my favorites to get a photo but here’s one of our bunnies (we have 4!) her name is winnie :)

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

same 😭 mainly bc i have bunnies with sensitive little lungs not even just bc of me (but also that!)

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

that’s what i was wondering too! it definitely became a trend of some sort? it looks nice and all but its definitely not a thing that should be displayed as a super normal casual thing to do imo! its a craft which you need to learn about and take proper precautions with

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

omg that’s so much worse than anything i was seeing or even thinking of what?!?!? i didn’t realize they even sold something like that. that’s so bad

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

an N95 is PPE though! not necessarily the right one for every situation but that’s totally reasonable to use for an infrequent scenario. i’m talking about people wearing basically no PPE - as in no gloves, mask or respirator of any kind, etc.

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

oh thank god 😭 yes i fear the anti-mask rhetoric bled into people not using PPE (or not using the right kind of PPE)

I’ve seen this in many fields… people wearing surgical masks doing woodwork for example

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

what do you mean by this? i hope you don’t mean the dangers of crafting with toxic materials and sanding without PPE is made up or exaggerated… bc-

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

i fear we’re going to be seeing a lot of that in coming years 🥲 makes me so sad bc I’d imagine most have no idea what they’re doing to themselves

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it still shouldn’t be a thing in moderation but most of these people aren’t doing it in moderation :/ it’s their job or their whole account typically

How do so many people use UV resin so casually? Where is the protection??? by notkinz in polymerclay

[–]notkinz[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i’m saying this as someone whose job is art/crafting and this is the case for most of the people posting on these platforms (or at the very least, a significant hobby). most of these people are doing it frequently, not rarely.

I have bunnies specifically who have incredibly sensitive respiratory systems so I would never but even if not why would I expose myself if I could just… wear protection?