u/KitCatMeow2001

Hi! I discovered a local maker space has two laser cutters, both omtech CO2, one 60W and one 100W. I've been wanting to get some wood magnets made for my wedding late this year or next year, but since discovering that I have this local maker space I thought maybe I could try making them myself? It seems pretty fun and interesting, where should I start? I already downloaded LaserGRBL and Inkscape on my computer to make the cut files, but besides that I have no clue where to start, what kind of project to do first for practice, etc. any ideas or advice?

Hi! I'm Onyx, I'm a 24 year old non-binary autistic person and I love to make art and play with/look at pics of animals :3 my newest craft is I just got into making wax seals! I've only got one good stamp but I'm really proud of what I've made so far :3

So I've been experimenting with using a lighter like I saw online to pop the bubbles on the edges of my seals, but accidentally made the paint or whatever it is on the handle of my cheaper stamp bubble a bit? So does the handle make it safer to stamp? Or can I just forego the handle and stamp with the head on it's own? What's everyone's preference?

Hi! I'm not sure if I'm doing this right lol ^^' I'm trying to get into making wax seals and also need some home stuff like new shoes (I'm disabled so my shoes have to have zippers and cost more) and new bedding, but anything I get would be very nice and appreciated! Thank y'all so much in advance 🥹

Hi! So I wanna make some seals for save the dates for mine and my partner's future wedding, but I have no idea where to start! I don't mind getting a stamp that isn't custom (not really into getting initials on our stamp) and I don't know what kind of wax to get, if I can make my own and still mail it, etc. I was hoping to make my own wax cuz I saw you can do that with glue sticks, beeswax or some kind of wax similar to that and mica or oil pastels? Not sure about the oil pastels, but I wanna make a custom color 🥺 please help and give me advice thank you!

I have diagnosed autism and what I suspect to be epilepsy (I am often told I 'space out' at work or just very often and have no memory of it happening usually. I don't let myself drive because of this. I've had multiple days at work I just don't remember due to spacing out so much and staring off into space, to the point my managers will come up and ask if I'm ok. I mostly only remember these conversations vaguely)

I've been under a lot of stress the last two weeks, won't go into detail, but it's been a LOT. And I'm not sure if I just crashed out and had meltdowns or if they had seizures mixed in? I barely remember them in detail besides knowing one of them was cuz I was out of ice cream stupidly enough, and I only remember that much cuz my roommates mentioned it the next day like "wtf was that?" We're all autistic so meltdowns we understand, but usually I'd REMEMBER a meltdown and I've had at least 3 mega blow up meltdowns in the last two weeks which is a L O T for me. I'm not really sure what to do here cuz this is totally unlike me to not have a handle on this kind of thing, I'll usually go to my room to blow up by myself where I can't hurt myself or someone else by accident (I hit myself and walls and hit my head on walls when I have real meltdowns so I go to my bed cuz I lined the walls with pillows and plushies)

I've not had any meltdowns like this in at least a year, and to have 3 in two weeks or less feels like a huge step back for me. But it also just feels weird, like it didn't FEEL like normal meltdowns if that makes sense? I'm not really sure what to do here, any advice?

EDIT: I talked to my roommate who also has seizures (much milder than what I seem to be having) and he agreed this seemed more like seizure activity was involved because these freak outs are NOT like me in any way. He said when he was younger he got pretty bad mood changes from his epilepsy so it would make sense that's what's happening to me, thoughts?