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Adorable! Saw h.h.hooks on Land and Sea and it was wonderful!

fish rugs by h.h.hooks

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My dad raises grass-fed beef cattle and I help him sell it, mainly by maintaining an online presence. For a while, I kept having the most ridiculous conversations with people who I assume were marketing students. I didn't want to be rude so I'd try to let them down gently but this one guy just kept insisting that with his magical marketing skills he could grow our business.

What he could not seem to comprehend is that we could not grow our business, at least not without significant time and monetary investment. Cows take two years from pregnancy to the size that you can sell. If we buy adult cows, our margins become razor thin or even negative. Even if we somehow could acquire some cows, our barn and hay fields are already near maximum capacity. Renting another field would be relatively easy, building a bigger barn not so much.

Cows are living animals, they aren't widgets that can be produced infinitely. Besides that, many businesses inherently cannot grow, because if they do they'll become something else. The delicious bakery down the street cannot produce much more than they do, if they began mass marketing and production they'd eventually be selling the equivalent of Twinkies. We grow grass-fed, organic beef, if we expanded how long would that last? Eventually we'd become the very factor farms that we hate. Some things can only ever be made on a small scale and they are usually the best things.

But also, what are they teaching them at marketing school and how is it so disconnected from reality?

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Some Lucets and other tools I've made

in the process of making more!

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Stampede Dan

I drew this months ago

#sarayoungart #pendrawing #digitalcolour #sketchbook #brokeneffigy

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Woodworking Wip and finished tools! #sarayoungart #blackcatweavingstudio #lucet #shuttle #weavingshuttles #slowcraft #craft #wood #woodworking https://www.instagram.com/p/CrXfSF1OpCs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Some Owl lapel pins! Will be selling them at the upcoming Fibre Shindig (and updating my site to include them hopefully soon) #saraayoungart #craft #wool #art #albertacraft #lapelpins #needlefelt #owl #snowyowl #greatgreyowl https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOzNwmP3Ae/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Salt Marsh Moth earrings I made for @jess.m.roh ! a combination of needle and wet felting secured on to the earring hooks with titanium wire inside #saraayoungart #blackcatweavingstudio #felt #jewelry #earrings #saltmarshmoth #Moth #needlefelt #wetfelt #albertacraft #craft #art https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8GOrVp4Of/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Weaving WIP blanket #saraayoungart #blackcatweavingstudio #craft #weaving #wool #louethollandia #blanket #slowcloth #textile #albertacraft https://www.instagram.com/p/Co--p2NPQFj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My Ornament and Crime submission! In just in time! Finished piece, WIPs, and initial sketch. It's a response to the Alberta Craft Council's call regarding Adolf Loos' Essay 'Ornament and Crime' I utilized parts Adolf Loos' architecture and furniture for the ornamentation in the craftiest way I could think of #saraayoungart #craft #ornamentandcrime #albertacraftcouncil #albertacraft #multimedia #acc #callforsubmissions #ladollclay #wool #embroidery #fur #wood https://www.instagram.com/p/CoWBp3XL9Rl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy New Year!! 🥳 #saraayoungart #sketch #mechanicalpencil https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4ijpgvt6i/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Needle felted bird pins! I will be making more soon! #saraayoungart #blackcatweavingstudio #needlefelt #needlefelting #felting #craft #albertacraft #lapelpin #birds #Bluejays #cardinal #chickadee #greatgreyowl https://www.instagram.com/p/CmVHdMCvgyL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Little sloth necklace made from needle felted wool he'll be on my site soon! #saraayoungart #blackcatweavingstudio #sloth #needlefelt #needlefelting #felting #craft #albertacraft #necklace https://www.instagram.com/p/Clkoc2Fr_Ok/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Dan Painting done in Autodesk Sketchbook phone edition

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Red oak weaving shuttle I made and sold with a purple heart inlay and steel pin finished with tung oil #blackcatweavingstudio #weavingshuttle #sarayoungart #albertacraft #craft #weavingsupplies #weavingtools #woodworking #wood #redoak https://www.instagram.com/p/CkMcvbuPy4Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Wenge Shuttle I made and sold with a maple inlay and bronze pin finished with tung oil #sarayoungart #craft #shuttle #weavingshuttle #weavingtools #weavingsupplies #albertacraft #woodworking #wood #wenge #blackcatweavingstudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CkMHF2dyyve/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Made some thread sorters for my spool rack, hopefully these ones will work better than the other style I had ^^ Just gotta get some more bolts that are long enough made from maple with pig tail hook screws #sarayoungart #albertacraft #craft #weavingsupplies #weavingequipment #threadsorter #spoolrack #wood #woodworking #maple https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj68dpfLFyW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=