Aloha! I can't believe it's been awhile since I've been blogging. I tried out Wordpress for awhile and liked it a lot but I couldn't keep up with blogging and my Etsy shop at the same time. I was awful at maintaining my page. Unfortunate, really. But I was doing too much at one time. So here I am, back again. I figure I start this particular blog up again, since I already started with tutorials on here. I want to get back into it. But wow, so much has changed in my Etsy shop since I last posted here in 2014. Back then I had just gotten into hand-stamping metal jewelry. With 2 years under my belt focusing mainly on hand-stamping, I have really evolved in my skill. It's taken a lot of trial and many errors. Blood, sweat and tears! Well maybe no blood, some sweat and very little tears. *patting myself on the back* haha :-) I've collected a bunch of new metal stamp fonts, experimented with different types of metal and have found some vendors I re