No way!

So I was feeling a bit bummed about how my buttons only seem to slowly gain a bit of interest.  I also have tried contacting a few places, but have usually not heard back from them.
While I was at a recent anime convention I found a booth in the artist alley that had stuff I liked.  The friend who was with me at the time said it is the place she gets a lot of stuff from.  I didn't want to commit to a big print, I was thinking a button would be good though.  They didn't have any!  I put it off for a bit, but then decided one night to try sending an e-mail.
Well, we have been talking and she is very interested!  I didn't want to say anything and jinx myself before this.  She is making a contract tomorrow and I just finished sending her an invoice.  I'm so excited!
Since there is still time for things to go wrong I won't mention too many details.  Though once things are going along I will put more info here.

Because of this, I get a new toy.  I've always cut out the button circles by hand.  This is soothing to me, but takes a while.  Because of the number of buttons she wants, I got myself a little punch.  It looks like a lot of fun to use.
http://buttonmakers.net/product_info.php?cPath=59&products_id=78
That is the specific one I will be getting.
I can't wait to play with it!

I can now be sewing two things at once!

I just fixed the sewing machine that my friend gave me.  She was somehow missing the piece that screws onto the post that comes down and hooks the sewing foot.  Now I have more than one sewing machine, so obviously this means I can be sewing more than one thing at a time.
Tissue cover on one and a wallet on the other!  Either that or I can try and teach the cat how to sew.  Who needs child labor when you can make the cat do it? (Especially since I don't have access to child labor)
I probably won't be able to get much done from now to Turkey day, but I am going to try and get a few things listed.  My poor shop is looking a bit lonely, I think I saw a tumble-weed earlier in the week.

Button hole?

The paint I got is definitly not enough to paint the inside of a carboard box for photographic uses.  However, while my friend and I were hanging out and watching bad horror movies, she asked me if I wanted her old sewing machine.
Part of the sewing foot (not sure if that is what is it called) is broken.  She got a newer one, and this old one had been sitting in her car for a while now.  I told her I would take it.  My only other sewing machine has its own table and isn't very portable.  It turns out that her old machine can do button holes!  Mine doesn't even know what a button hole is!  I am very excited to try and think of new things to make with button holes!