Evan and Katelyn

Learning from the ground up again

Hi Y'all! Just wanted to give you a behind the scenes look at our current podcast/streaming setup and our thoughts on the process so far.

Much of what we've learned with our YouTube videos has transferred over but it still feels like we are learning from the ground up again and it's been quite a journey.

We started working on all this in December, researching and purchasing the equipment needed. Getting everything setup for the podcast was a bit of a challenge but not too bad. Mai...

Vise Jaws Aftershowwww!

Hey guys! Wow, a project that went pretty smoothly haha!

- Thoughts on the project and how it went
- Foam vs felt
- Us trying not to complain
- Evan's hernia
- What inspired this project
- Our design vs Alec Steel's design
- Going even further with this concept
- Problems with offering free stuff to the public
- Hot scoops on hot scoops

Get the Fusion 360 3D files here:
https://a360.co/2FxH...

3D printed vice update!!

Project is moving along nicely!

So far we've only tackled leather and plastic inserts but we're printing an irregular plastic one right now that can hold circular or square objects and shortly after we're going to go for:

- Wood
- EVA foam
- Copper
- Felt

And maybe a few others but we think those 6 should demonstrate the concept pretty well.

Katelyn is working on the edit and keeping pace with the project but this is still a little bit closer to release than w...

EK Tuesday - suPURRvisor's favorite tape

Hey everyone! Just wrapped up our next Tuesday video and it's all about our supurvisor! And her obsession with tape :P

Really excited to put another casual video out there and continue experimenting with this format!

Anyone have guesses for what tape she chose?

Shed Aftershow!

The shed video is finally live after weeks of delays, wooo!!! In this Aftershow we talk about:

- Being intimidated vs reality
- Interior paint
- Unexpected indoor lights
- Put it on the correct side of the house, phew!
- Thoughts on doing a pre-fab vs built from scratch
- It ended up not raining after all so we still don't know how it does in the rain! 

Thanks y'all as always for the support!

-Katelyn

Shed update!!

It's done!!! SO worth the time already. Our garage has some room to breath and we don't see any downsides of storing this stuff outside, we so rarely use it. ALSO, our solar lights are working nicely:

Katleyn is working on the edit right now and can't wait to share the full video with y'all!

-Evan

Epoxy egg aftershow

Check out this aftershow for:

- thoughts on the resin "art" we made
- what we might do with the resin block we made
- our doubts
- Evan's moment of weakness
- our thoughts on the actual egg we cooked
- how we like spending our time 

LIVE streaming on Twitch!

Hi guys! Going live on Twitch tonight if you want to swing by and say hi :)

https://www.twitch.tv/evanandkatelyn

Evan and Katelyn Podcast #001 - We've Changed

Today is the day!!! Well, not to launch the podcast to the public, that's Friday... but TODAY is the day we share our podcast with you 😃 You can watch it in video form  (linked above) or you can listen to it on:

Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/evanandkatelynpodcast

Pocket Casts - https://pca.st/G07j

Apple podcasts - comi...

EVAN AND KATELYN PODCAST! (mini vlog)

Guys... things are getting close!! We wanted to share a little mini vlog but the short of it is that we've recorded our first episode!! We're processing it now and setting up all the behind the scenes stuff that goes into a launch like this but could not wait to share the news :D

And now or something completely different... again

Hey everyone!! We got a camcorder for xmas woo :D mainly for recording the video side of the podcast and Twitch streaming (we can plug it into a wall for constant power and it has a clean HDMI out signal) but we were also inspired to try making a new type of video (on a new channel). We found out about non looping real time background videos (mainly to cast to your TV as a background or to relax) just recently and thought we'd try our hand at it.

Still figuring out a ton of things but j...

Trust us, we're science people

For our next video, we're going to be doing some science. So we went to get official "science robes" as Evan calls them. From Party City... the official place to get overpriced science robes

-K

Glitter Beard AFTERSHOW!

Hope y'all liked today's goofy video! In the aftershow we talk about...

- How to wear a beard
- When to stop when decorating your beard
- Why we wanted to make this video
- Struggle with what this video is
- Hobby Lobby judgement
- How videos are challenging in different ways

Happy Holidays everybody! 

<3 Katelyn
 

Live Acrylic Pour Update

We wanted to chime in real quick and say thanks to everyone who joined our live stream! Really happy with how these turned out and can't wait to give some as gifts to our family!

Also we had SO much fun streaming. Still figuring out how to incorporate that into our lives but hope to do more soon ❤️

You can watch the reply on Twitch or YouTube:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/352403651

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Live Stream Today on Twitch!

Hey guys! We know we posted it on IG and Twitter already but since sometimes things get lost in the feed there (and because y'all have said you've missed the last few streams), we wanted to let you know here too! So we're gonna be doing some more acrylic pours hanging out in our dining room and chit chatting for whoever wants to join! It'll be today at 3pm CST and here's a link to our twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/evanan...

Paver Foundation After Show!

Things in this video:

- Didn't start as a standalone video
- Overall easier than expected?
- Meeting our neighbor
- So many trips to the store (thought we had gotten better)
- Finished quality
- How it has held up (after storm) 

Thank you guys as always for the support! 

-Katelyn

PAVER FOUNDATION!

Excited to share this video with y'all tomorrow! We were originally going to make one long video of us making this paver foundation and then building a shed on top, but after editing the paver part we had a solid 9 minute video that wrapped up nicely... and the partially assembled shed is going to probably come in 14 days late :P

Hope y'alls year is winding down some and your holiday season is off to a nice start! -E

This post might cause more questions than answers

Such as... why are you guys so weird? 😋

We didn't record an after-show for our Tuesday video we released today but we still wanted to share a little update with y'all!

The "bad Christmas sweaters" we got was for our Christmas special which we just filmed and are editing now (preview photo is above lol). We are planning to launch that on Christmas eve.

Not sure if we've told everyone here this but we had two of this month's videos reserved for one ad agency only to hear in late N...

Thrift Store Snow Globe - Aftershow!

 Checkout this aftershow for:
- our worries about this episode
- snowman diet
- the booty region
- how we thought things would go
- how challenging the challenge was
- the snowman game
- our favorite measurement units 

Evan and Katelyn Podcast Pre-Show

Hey everyone!! We were so excited after filming our podcast setup video that we had to record a little pre-show to give you a little preview. After recording this we could not help messing with things even further and are excited to share the final result next year!!

VLOG!

WOOO we did it. Excited to see how things go. We didn't record an aftershow for this one (and lots of our thoughts were captured in yesterdays mini vlog) but we wanted to give y'all a heads up that most of the time we may not record an aftershow for our Tuesday videos, just the Friday ones. Althought we did record our first pre-show, which may or may not become a thing, we'll see lol 😋

Mini Vlog 15 - Vlog about Vlogs (and stuff)

Hey guys! Despite telling ourselves we were gonna slow down in December and only do 3 videos, we're planning on...6-7. Oy! But some of them are more casual bonus videos, and we're kinda brain dumping about that in this mini vlog. We're curious about y'alls thoughts because Wwe love doing project videos but we had a LOT of fun doing some behind the scenes more vloggy-type stuff too. But we're worried it's gonna turn people off because it's not project-based stuff. 

Also we got a green scre...

Knife Sheath Aftershow

Check out this aftershow for:

-Forgetting the kote!
-Design iterations (no clip)
-Test cord organizers
-Evan loves the gimble. I do not share this love
-Impressed with cricket
-Leather working is relaxing 

Thanks for the support y'all!!

Leather knife sheath!

We wanted to share a quick sneak peek at the leather knife sheath 😄🙌 It was really nice to bust out the leather again, something very relaxing about it!

Also thought it would be fun to show y'all some of the inspiration we found. Originally we were thinking something more like these, that go through your belt:

2018-12-05 16:18:43 +0000 UTC View Post

Evan and Katelyn Podcast secret update!

Hey everyone!! We've been working more on our podcast and things are starting to get real:

Yeah it's not the prettiest photo but we have GEAR!! We're going to start clearing out half of our office and setting things up to record in there once we knock out our next project.

We have a quick favor to ask of you guys though if you don't mind. If you're interested in the podcast and are thinking of s...

Resin ornament aftershow!!

Checkout this aftershow for:

-expectations vs reality
-feeling more confident about resin after trying it once
-clear coat makes everything better
-what project David worked on
-making a giant mess 

Acrylic Pour Aftershow!

Hey guys! Aftershow is up for today's bonus video :D I know a common comment we get is "you guys had way too much fun doing this" but it 100% holds true for this project haha. 

- why we did this project now
- our worries about doing too many artsy projects vs how well they are performing and embracing something we're excited about
- showing mistakes vs entertaining content
- different ways we could have filmed the video and materials we used
- how our art has held up and how i...

Wire Shelf Upgrade Aftershow

Wow! It's been a while since we recorded this aftershow! We recorded this video and aftershow now knowing whether or not we would be publishing it. Hope all of y'all who are in the US had an awesome Thanksgiving yesterday! I'm about to have some pie for breakfast... :D

 -"The shelf that almost never happened"
-Existential thoughts about what woodworking projects are
-Other uses for this project
-How to handle smaller projects (viewer expectations)
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Make Something Collab sneak peak 1 - ornaments

Hi y'all!! We had SO much fun hanging out with David and wanted to share one of the projects we made for our channel while we were there. We've been wanting to try doing some resin pours on top of clear acrylic and we thought making ornaments would be a great test. Had a ton of fun making these (12 in total) and can't wait to share. It might be a bit as we're about to visit family but think it will be a fun video :) Hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving week!

2018-11-20 16:20:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Charging Station Aftershow!

- what it was going to be originally (phone and technology charging station)
- fun doing a less precise project
- more talk on the light not working - kinda sad but it led us to new places
- future shop organization
- new workbench?
- thoughts on teasing the aftershow in this video
- change in style (intro) - more conversational and informal (definitely influenced by Modern Rogue)

As always, thank you so much for the support guys! <3 Katelyn