{"id":7703,"date":"2016-10-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7703"},"modified":"2016-10-04T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T23:34:05","slug":"the-first-cut-is-the-deepest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7703","title":{"rendered":"The First Cut is the Deepest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7704\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-01.jpg\" alt=\"first-cut-01\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-01.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-01-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sorry about the earworm. Okay, not really.<\/p>\n<p>I used to fuss and measure and measure and fuss over tombstones. \u00a0These days, I just draw half of it, cut it out carefully, and use the cutout to make the other half. Easy-peasy. Just had to even up the sides a bit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7705\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-02.jpg\" alt=\"first-cut-02\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-02-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I am wobbly with a wire knife. I tried the mini wire knife table I have, but didn&#8217;t do much better. Is okay, looks good after sanding.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7706\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-03.jpg\" alt=\"first-cut-03\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-03-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>ALWAYS USE A RESPIRATOR WHEN SANDING. For pretty much anything.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7707\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-04.jpg\" alt=\"first-cut-04\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-04.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/first-cut-04-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Because there&#8217;s a gouge through the other side, I thought I&#8217;d use the printed side for the front. A little white paint will lessen the confustion from the printing&#8230;maybe. \u00a0Now I&#8217;m thinking I may use that gouge as a crack.<\/p>\n<p>After this, I went to print a lettering stencil on my Cameo, and discovered I didn&#8217;t pack the cables with the machine. Very weird for me, but oh well. No idea where they are, so I&#8217;m overnighting replacements. They&#8217;ll probably get here late, so tomorrow I&#8217;ll occupy myself with cutting the rest of the stones, and maybe getting foam for a small mausoleum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry about the earworm. Okay, not really. I used to fuss and measure and measure and fuss over tombstones. \u00a0These days, I just draw half of it, cut it out carefully, and use the cutout to make the other half. Easy-peasy. Just had to even up the sides a bit. I am wobbly with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-month-of-spookdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7708,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7703\/revisions\/7708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}