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Exotic Leather Hats! (No, Not Really)

Tops. Shoe tops! As part of exotics week (er, that’s this week (and next,likely))—which is this week where I work with exotic leather, I decided to ply the craft at a couple pair of exotic shoes:

French calf with french calf and chocolate ostrich overlays (front and back seam cover). Creme calf liner.

1 by land…2 if [...]

Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,

Honey, lay off of my shoes…

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FINAL CALL- Survivors of Domestic Abuse Relief Anthology

Open call for submissions for the Survivors of Domestic Abuse anthology. To be published in Fall ‘09

The goal of this relief anthology is to raise dollars in support of women’s shelters, women’s advocacy groups.

The anthology will be published through a print-on-demand (POD) model using Lulu.com .

This is not a paying or a qualifying professional market [...]

Your Oxfords Need an Ass-Kickin’

Have you ever seen the men’s shoe department selection?

Brown Oxford. Black Oxford. Brown Oxford with 3/4 brogue. Black Oxford with 3/4 brogue. Brown Oxford gimped and brogued… etc…etc…

It just doesn’t have to be that way…

…ever.

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Sheriff or Outlaw?

I can’t decide if it’s the sheriff,

or the outlaw.

Since there’s two boots, maybe one is the sheriff, and the other shadowy figure is the outlaw.

10″ stovepipes with a 3/4 bottom welt. Oil tan tops with dyed silhouette. Bullhide vamps and counters. Matching heel stain and finish. I’ll be breaking these in ’round Branson, MO [...]

So Hard to Say Goodbye

Authors will understand the feeling of getting midway through a b#@k and absolutely loving, or absolutely hating it. B#@ks that authors absolutely loathe become a marathon struggle. Each day faced with Mr. Blinky Cursor, struggling to make sense of the plot, struggling to tie the loose ends, and sure that it’s your worst work ever.

Then [...]

Neutron, Sans Caballus

Today I loaded Max, our Tennessee Walking Horse gelding into the trailer…for the last time. Liz and I decided it was best to sell our two remaining horses after she enlisted in the Army. Given the unknown location of her ultimate duty station, and therefore no guarantee of a riding stable, it was a decision [...]

Why I Recieve an ‘F’ in Bootmaking Today…

Because I make women’s footwear…

…alll daaayy loooong.

With some thinner leathers I’ll have a winning pattern. Waiting on my test subject to get home to try them on (it’s a shame she’s not a “shoe girl.”)

Just kidding about the ‘F.’

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Dead Cow on my Carpet…

Makes me happy.

Brought my work home with me:

There’s a few details to fix on these critters before I last them.

They look kind of frumpy…sitting there all d-e-d dead.

If they don’t behave…

…they get turned into a bespoke boot-lamp.

Srsly.

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