Austin's Recycled Reads Steampunk Art Display

http://www.recycledreads.org/

Looking for a breath of fresh air and a chance to lose yourself 

among the stacks and take a little journey into whimsy at the same time? 

Austin, TX's Recycled Reads 

is hosting a Local Steampunk Art Exhibit! 

Stop by the location and browse the books but don't 

forget to check out the local art talent adorning the walls and spaces!

Recycled Reads

5335 Burnet Road

Austin, TX 78756

(512) 323-5123

Day                         Hours

Thursday         12 noon-6 p.m.

Friday        12 noon-6 p.m.

Saturday         12 noon-6 p.m.

Sunday        12 noon-6 p.m.

Check them out on Facebook!

https://www.facebook.com/RecycledReads 

Catch up with their blog today!

http://recycledreadsaustin.wordpress.com/

Chance to Win a Mechanics of Love Necklace!

Want a chance to win one of the Mechanics of Love Necklaces?
Leave a comment on this blog entry telling me what you love about steampunk and you are entered!

Make sure you leave a way to be contacted, like your e-mail. If you are under 18, please make sure your parents approve of you entering this contest. I will ship internationally so anyone can enter! Names will be entered into a random list generator at random.org and the person that comes in first wins.

The drawing will take place on February 13th @ 9pm CST and results will be posted soon after.

What I love about steampunk is the variety of people that get drawn into it and seeing the different ways it is interpreted. Steampunk doesn't have just one deffinition, maybe extremely loose guidelines if that, and it is left up to the fantasy of those involved.

Don't forget to check out the shop while you wait for the results!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/turnerstokens

New Blog Layout

Been playing around some today with Bloggers new design tools... Innnteresting. I'm liking where this is going.
Hmmm... Having trouble with Firefox. Swapping back to the old layout for now. :)

"...steampunks are — what? Weirdoes who take pocket-watches too seriously? What are they gonna do, vehemently tell you what time it is?"

I stumbled across this articles and I really liked the points it makes. Check it out!

From Weird Tales: Five Thoughts on the Popularity of Steampunk
http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2008/09/17/five-thoughts-on-the-popularity-of-steampunk/

I'm on Twitter now... Gonna start tweetin away...

Hehe, I'll be posting smaller updates on Twitter, like when I am in the process of a design I might take some pics mid project or just let ya know what I'm making at the moment.

My Twitter link is: https://twitter.com/TurnersTokens

Later today I should be posting some pics of a new design. It doesn't have a bottle cap on it but it us using spare parts I had piling up. =]

My Business... Caps?

Yay! I thought about getting paper business cards but they did have the right feel for what I do so instead I'm going with caps that I can't use for tokens because they are too beat up or too bent. I'm really happy with how they turned out. If you see me at a convention or stop by Secret Oktober be sure to grab one; they may be more valuable than they seem... =]