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I made a cover for my tiny field notebook. It’s my new D&D note book since my old one is full.

I purchased the pattern from Don Gonzalez Saddlery. You want to talk about stunning tooling/leatherwork? Don’s work is fantastic.

I still consider myself a beginner. I have a lot of skills I’m still trying to figure out.

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Exterior piece complete! I beat the leather! Woo.

This is probably the nicest thing I’ve ever tooled- and it’s been years since I picked it up.

Interior is in progress. The scary part is the sewing part… that’s when it could all go to hell.

This is not a wallet- but a little notebook cover for a tiny little sketchbook/field notes book. Something I can toss in my purse when I go to vendor meetings / in person meetings for work.

Pattern came from Don Gonzales Saddlery!

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Exterior piece complete! I beat the leather! Woo.

This is probably the nicest thing I’ve ever tooled- and it’s been years since I picked it up.

Interior is in progress. The scary part is the sewing part… that’s when it could all go to hell.

This is not a wallet- but a little notebook cover for a tiny little sketchbook/field notes book. Something I can toss in my purse when I go to vendor meetings / in person meetings for work.

Pattern came from Don Gonzales Saddlery!

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SERVICE DOG PSA

So today I tripped. Fell flat on my face, it was awful but ultimately harmless. My service dog, however, is trained to go get an adult if I have a seizure, and he assumed this was a seizure (were training him to do more to care for me, but we didn’t learn I had epilepsy until a year after we got him)

I went after him after I had dusten off my jeans and my ego, and I found him trying to get the attention of a very annoyed woman. She was swatting him away and telling him to go away. So I feel like I need to make this heads up

If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help

Don’t get scared, don’t get annoyed, follow the dog! If it had been an emergency situation, I could have vomited and choked, I could have hit my head, I could have had so many things happen to me. We’re going to update his training so if the first person doesn’t cooperate, he moves on, but seriously guys. If what’s-his-face could understand that lassie wanted him to go to the well, you can figure out that a dog in a vest proclaiming it a service dog wants you to follow him

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I know you all follow me for wildlife art, and all this crazy Sheridan floral tooling isn’t what you followed me for but this hide that’s up there has been the most unpredictable piece of leather I have ever tooled. Previous thing I tooled from the same side was a disaster and there was ZERO dimension when I was done. I took this piece from the OTHER side of aforementioned hide and it’s a completely different experience. I’be never had a piece of veg tan be so radically different from one side to the next…

And here’s a snippet of one that’s being worked on too, that IS wildlife themed- a personal project.

Wheee!

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It's important to know what is going on.

Written by US Senator Chris Murphy (D - CT)

Report from the Senate Floor:

Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.

So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. The apex of Republicans’ plan to turn over our government to their wealthy cronies is a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And they plan to pay for it with cuts to programs that working people rely on. Popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP, are all being targeted.

In order to pass the tax cut, Republicans have to go through a series of procedural steps. Last night, they took the first step which requires them to pass an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as we want. So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that.

Now, we knew that Republicans would largely unanimously oppose them, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record — many for the first time — on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Musk’s agenda. Two, as I’ve been saying, I am going to make every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes.

So what did we propose? We proposed no tax cuts for anyone who makes a billion dollars a year. We made them vote on whether or not Elon Musk and DOGE should have limitless access to Americans’ personal data. We made them vote on whether to protect IVF and require insurers to cover it. Every single amendment Democrats proposed was shot down. On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires. The corruption and theft is happening in the open here.

The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires — even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. They know what they are doing is deeply unpopular. They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. It’s a fundamental injustice.

Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. I’m going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. That’s why the votes lasted until nearly 5 AM.

This is a five-alarm fire. I don’t think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months. It’s still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. So we can’t miss any opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to put Republicans on the record and shine a light on what is happening.

And you have a role to play in this as well. I need you to amplify what’s happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trump’s billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment.

Every best wish,

US Senator Chris Murphy (D - CT)

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It’s never fun when you have to throw a project in the bin for things out with your control… here’s the tooled pieces before the accident (yes that round headed knife is sharp- it cuts leather like butter… and will take fingers too.)

Tried a new tool (not the knife), that’s supposed to have been a step up from my previous, cause you know leather tools are EXPENSIVE and instead of making my holes for stitching, it got stuck in my project and Actually tore my 6-7 oz thick tooling leather in the process and it completely shredded the 3-4 oz it was stuck to.

My cheap beginner Tandy ones do not do this. I’ve hand sewn 13 oz leather after using them to make my holes, and NEVER have I had to actually torque and twist my leather to get those punches out. A light pull is all it takes.

I then tried them on 3-4oz only and they also got stuck and refused to let go of the leather.

Like???

So yeah- bought a more expensive tool ages back, finally had the gumption to try it and it screwed me over.

Whomp whomp.

Will revisit this one later, but I’m working on a different project now.

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I love how half my moots are posting about Shadow the Hedgehog.

I f-ing love it.

He is one of my faves from my absolute fave game series. I see you and you have excellent taste.

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Sharing the current work in progress on the things I’m making for me.

Round tooled Panel wrecked my wrist, but there is a specific tool that’s the culprit (basket weave!) and I’ve got a solution for the narrow stamping handles which has made a hell of a difference otherwise. I still have another very different panel that I’m working on.

Smaller scalloped looking piece goes on a pouch/wristlet I’m working on- the other tooled panel is about 75% done.

I’m in a holding pattern until all pieces are complete and then I’ll decide dye/paint/antique and do them all together.

Then it’s assembly. Hahahaha. Hand sewing will be the death of me.

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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

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Abolish Tesla.

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I’m working on a piece for me and for THE FIRST TIME in what feels like an age I’m excited by making a thing.

:D

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My brain is doing it’s “want to jump to a different medium now” song and dance and I hate it.

Does anyone else get this?

It used to be I would be content for months on a medium, now it seems to be every couple of weeks.

I know I’m recovering slowly from burn out but it’s so frustrating.

Urgh

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spin this wheel of hobbies

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So while the world is on fire (and I’m restricting my doomscrolling), I did get good news that this Sassy, Opinionated Dogmonster is currently negative for Blastomycosis. That means we finish this round of meds and it’s a “sit and wait” for the next 3-5 months to see if he has a relapse (can happen) or if we are done done.

Or he may be prone to it and pick it up again, he’s a typical spaniel after all.

(Magnus is an English Springer / Clumber Spaniel mix. He has traits of both breeds and is an absolute menace in the best possible way.)

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As tiring as all this shit is, I can't in good faith continue to use spotify.

For anyone else jumping ship, I used to exportify.app to save my favorite playlists.