My new favorite tool

I have a new favorite tool on my bench. I am not totally sure where I got it, but I know that I love it and when it dies I will surely replace it. Its handy and so easy to use, one hand operation - gotta love that! I know you are just DYING to know what it is, but you're gonna have to hang on because first I want to tell you that I'm going to start a new weekly feature - Favorites Friday .





On Friday's I will share a favorite something. It may be a tool or a technique or a food or whatever. I hope that it will be fun and informative. And no, I won't make you wait until tomorrow to hear my current new fave - BUT, I also want to say that I think I am going to actually begin my other new regular feature this week as well, or...hmm. Maybe not. I need to space it out. Lets start next week on Sunday - which is actually THIS Sunday, but the start of next week. I think I'll call it - Snafu-Sunday - and I will highlight my snafus or slip-ups - and either show/share how I fixed it, or solicit YOUR advice for how to fix it or do something better.





So we'll have:


Tuesdays - Tuesday Tutorial


Wednesdays - TFT (Tales from Tuesdays)


Fridays - Favorites Friday


Sunday - Snafu Sunday





And of course a smattering here and there of random posts, new work, boring crazy life...etc.





So back to the beginning of this post - my new favorite tool? I really hope this won't disappoint you, but its, well, its this:



It's a retractable sharpie - you click it on and off. YAY! No more dried out sharpies laying around because I was so engrossed in my work that I didn't put the lid back on! No more letting go of a measurement because I need two hands for the sharpie - or opening it with my teeth (baaaadd) . I am serious, this has changed the way I work - it has made things easy. Any little help is greatly appreciated in my world. It may seem a simple thing, and it is, but its GREAT! So if you don't have one - GET ONE!

Later -
Janice