The post-holiday cleanup was a little bumpier than usual. I did get the machines all cleaned and oiled without losing any screws or cracking any plastic bits, so I have that going for me. The software side... slightly less so.

I updated both computers' OS, and thought it all went well... until my Inkscape started freezing up, and my blog software failed to run. So I've been battling both of those for the last couple weeks. The solution in both cases? Delete old bits of software that didn't go away when the new versions got installed. I haven't run into this in a couple years because I've done scratch installs instead of upgrades (because of new hardware and such).

With that hopefully behind me, I'm ready to jump back into the testing backlog. I've got the monkey barrel, a clog (the famous shoe) charm, another bow, a primitive (raw-edge) bunny, and a penguin ready to test, along with some revised designs I'm hoping to put together for the Valentine printables. The official February design - a carousel horse - is almost ready, though I may push it back a week so I can do a bunch of different decorations, and drop the penguin on the usual date.

But the real news is the new baby in the family. We've had 3D printers before (including an early-adopter MendelMax) but, long story, I nabbed a Bambu P1S right before the big snowstorm. We're still mostly in "print for the printer" things, but I've printed a spool holder for the MemoryCrafts, important since the monster Isacords don't fit on the internal spindle.

What I'm really excited about is printing horns and other accessories for plush dragons and whatnot, and "carriers" for things that will take embroidered inserts (like I did with laser-cut dice trays some time back, except actually engineered to take a layer of marine vinyl or felt. And also cases for the wifi USB sticks with the screen add-on, so I can put together finished ones that are just plug-and-play.