Showing posts with label Stashing Tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stashing Tools. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2022

Good ol' tech!


Trying to revive some old, but dependable, tech before our camping trip! It might be a lost cause….

🤣 Two eTrex units have already gone into today’s electronics graveyard due to corroded battery cases. 

UPDATE! Got this one to work after it took about 30 minutes looking for satellites! (not the original photo. insta post here)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Geocaching Buttons - Cache Swag

I got a new button maker for my birthday and it makes nicer buttons than my first one. That means we can start creating custom buttons for us and any other geocacher that might want something!

We have added a few options at our new ArtFire shop. Please check it out!
BigPikaChica's Closet

I am totally willing to make a deal for larger quantities of buttons! If you are a blog-reader, or geocaching buddy, let me know and I will throw in a few extras!

Thursday, January 8, 2009

A Craft Project with Geocaching Potential!



As I was catching up on the Craft Magazine Blog, I stumbled upon this little gem, or rock!

Zakka Life has posted a tutorial on how to make this wonderful "Housekey Hider".

I, of course, immediately thought that this would make a very sneaky micro-cache!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

DIY - Personalized Geoswag

Joanns had something!!! They had what I was looking for... "The Amazing Button Maker" for $17.99 - 7.20 (40% off)!! It came with 20 1.25" buttons. The 20 button refill kits
are 5.99-2.40 (40%), so I bought two! With a circle cutter (which I don't like and will exchange), I got out of there spending less than $35! Sadly, I can't find it anywhere on the Amazon or Joann's websites.

So far, this little plastic machine is worth the little cash that I spent on it! Of course, the buttons aren't perfect like my friend Cat's, but they are way better than I expected. I was planning on trying it out tonite and not liking it. Well, that's out the window! It's pretty cool and does what I want, geocache swag!

It may look like a piece of junk, but it is doing the job! I'm mostly disappointed in the circle cutter that I bought!

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Another new toy!

Ok. So we used to use a Polaroid i-Zone Pocket Instant Camera with sticky film, way back when we used to geocache before we were Team-Trouble. We would take a self-portrait shot and stick the photo-sticker in the logbook with our log. It was quite fun and I'm sure other people enjoyed looking at it too! Sadly, the only film that I could find was expired and started to not work anymore. Even worse, Polaroid decided to discontinue production of its instant film (see Engadget article).

However, lack of instant film does not mean lack of instant photos! As I was looking in Sunday's Best Buy ad, I found that Polaroid makes a pocket-sized photo printer that is called the Polaroid PoGo Instant Mobile Printer! It prints out 2"x3" photos on sticky-backed paper with no ink! Even better, it appears to be the size of a digital camera! Since it prints via Bluetooth, there is no need to carry a digital camera. We can use our cellphones!

I am really excited about this new little toy! It will also make it easier for us to add photos to our personal logbook.

Monday, November 3, 2008

Letterboxing Stamps


Letterboxing Stamps
Originally uploaded by BigPikaChica
I just finished these fun letterboxing stamps! I'm so proud! I hope Bubbles likes hers.

I popped into my local (and newly renovated) Michael's and picked up a SPEEDY-STAMP STAMP MAKING KIT. I give this kit a BIG A+!! I also picked up a few other things, including a brand-spanking-new logbook!

Maybe I can drag Big Mister Ed out to letterbox and geocache this week.