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updated the product pictures for the pronoun pins in my ko-fi shop (link in bio). hopefully it looks a bit more professional now lol 🌟yes, there is a custom option available!!🌟 Also, I'm having a 15% off sale until May 30th!! use code DESPERATE at checkout

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Why I used to think handmade leather stuff was expensive: Cost of leather

Why I am now realizing it's expensive: Measure mark cut SHIT FUCKED THAT UP mark cut skive groove poke poke poke poke UGH WHY SO MANY SEAMS poke poke bevel dye dye WHY IS IT STILL STREAKY more dye topcoat burnish glue stitch stitch stitch stitch stitch RIP MY WRISTS hammer sand bevel edgepaint burnish burnish burnish

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Artists.

You do not need your Twitter.

Twitter is not the boost you think it is anymore.

I have seen at least 6 people I follow on BlueSky saying they have looked into their numbers and compared to Twitter? BSky gives them over double the exposure and follow through for outside links (probably because Twitter kills your tweet if you have links).

Twitter is testing a feature to allow other users to click a button attached to your posts to put your art into their Grok ai and make ai art with it without your permission automatically.

It is marking non-ai art as being made with Grok (probably to promote it).

You do not need Twitter.

Twitter needs you.

Starve the fuckin thing.

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since I posted the video, I can finally post the nice pics I took of the leather scrap pouches! video here

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yaay! I made a video!

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aa it's so cute I had to make it! thank you!

made last night in a whirlwind of creative flow out of scraps (and stuffed with cut up scraps too) It's wonky in such a charming way I lov them Gonna give this to my mom as a Christmas present!

this messed up vintage cat sewing pattern has tormented me since i saw it & like some other folks have done in that post - i tried my hand at tweaking the pattern to resemble the illustration (and my personal tastes) a little more. i've ended up with this. i bestow it upon you nice folks now 👐

(update 2, added instructions & it's also on my Kofi!)

go forth and make weird little beanbag kittens! pls show me if you do!

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LOTR notebook cover

A wedding gift for a friend! He had originally commissioned it, but since he is a close friend, and I happened to finish it before his wedding, it turned into a gift. It's a handmade leather cover that fits a fieldnotes brand notebook

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do you ever start writing a comment on the internet and then think “oh what the fuck am i going on about” and delete it

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a leather mug cover I made for one of the yeoman at ren fest a while ago. I really like how this came out!

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Just added a new thing to my ko-fi shop! Trans pride lily earrings!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Acrylic on leather with surgical stainless steel hooks, ⬇️⬇️ Ko-Fi shop

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Things are getting done 👍 Soon I'll have to decide if I want this in my ko-fi shop (link in bio) or if I just want to keep it for myself lol For some reason a lot of leather companies are afraid to make pink dyes. I have only found one company that makes pink leather dye (not sponsored by said company, but I wouldn't say no to a sponsorship...) I'm kinda having fun with Instagrams video editing haha

check out my ko-fi shop!