Crystal

Well- If you can get that into the right art gallery - you may have the next thing in modern art..... How about a new line: "Splash Holsters". Or the newest in paintball accessories? Can you put black over Java Brown? Feeling ill for you... Crystal

Helps alot. I didn't think I had seen anything like it before. (No need to trot up the steps.) Good find, hoard it well. Thanks for the dying tips! Everything matched so well, I thought there needed to be a custom twist for the color. Thanks so much! Crystal

Hi Tina! So nice to have gotten the chance to meet you and the hubby! I was going to ask you at the show - but forgot - what kind of lace did you use and do you color your own? Thanks! Crystal

Thanks, LB. I think I saw what I need when I went to their site. Just need to check sizes.Thanks for the link!Crystal Thanks, Drac! I've looked at OTB several times, but, alas, I am not a business and cannot get a catalog from what I am reading there. Crystal

I agree with Tom - I like the black background, really makes your focal flower pop! Good job! Crystal

Congratulations, Dave! I got to see these beautiful pieces up close, and the pictures just do not do them justice. I'm sorry we didn't get to meet. Ohh- if that little spot on the koi fish seat is still there - it's just drool.... .... sorry. Crystal

Very pretty, Brent! I like the coloring you were able to do. Crystal

Thanks for the pictures, Marlon! A lot of very nice saddles and boots. Looks like it was shopping heaven. Crystal

Very nice, Jim and Arvis! Crystal

Art, cars are quite safe - squirrels are not. I may nip at a nosey horse once in a while, but have a healthy respect for the cats. And that is my natural hair color! Some of us are just blessed. (If I had something other than my driver's license photo to show - I would...lol) Crystal

Me and the hubby (Jeff) after a long day at work.... Crystal

Good job, Tom! I too, like the color and I like the buckles you used. Crystal

Just wanted to say it was so nice to get to meet everyone that I did, and am so sorry to miss all of you whom I didn't get a chance see. Congratulations to everyone who entered and who entered and won a prize! All of the items that I saw were just beautiful! Very inspiring! I got a chance to take a class from Jeff Mosby, and can't say enough nice things about him and his class. If you get a chance to take one of his classes it is well worth your time. The shopping was great! So nice to be able to see, touch and try tools instead of just net ordering. What a wonderful, friendly bunch of folks from here and there! Can't wait for the next one! Crystal

Great website, Tina! Your paintings are wonderful. Especially liked the Chickadees and the 7 Deadly Rats . Crystal

and hello, Jason! Happy to see another PA resident. Crystal

, Hilly Hope you have a wonderful day! Crystal

You have been bitten by the leather bug! Welcome aboard! Crystal

Mmmm - shoulda said the dog pee'd on my homework. :-) My husband's one cousin sleep walked when they were kids. On night the grown-ups were watching a movie after the kids went to bed and he come down and pee'd in the popcorn bowl. Must be a thing with coffee tables. I'd pop right over for a lesson, messy room or not, but my mom always said to stay away from places called "Bad Lands". Or was it "bad part of town". Can't remember. It's terrible getting old. Crystal

Caroline- I also like the proportion of the wolf to the moon and the stars in the background. Nice job! Clay- Sorry - the dog ate my homework... no... that's not true. The dog WOULD eat my homework... no... that's not true either. I have an aversion to tooling fur. That's the real story. I'd have ended up with a coyote with a bad case of the mange. Crystal

Thanks for the bigger size. I can play "match the stamp" now. Very cool. I think you may need to do a "how to" on this. I've never thought about using stamps like this. Crystal

Hi All- Is there such a thing as an Oval grommet? Looking for them with an inside diameter of 1" length and 1/2" or so width. Nickel or silver finish. Thanks Crystal

Very interesting, Davy. Can you get the pictures a little larger so the detail shows up more? Can't quite see enough. (maybe I'm just blind... ) Crystal

Thanks, Tom! Alot of good tips there. Not sure I'd have figured out to punch the holes then eye up the alignment and mark for the top. (Well - not in the first week of me trying, maybe by new top number 10 or 12 :-) Do you think it would help when lacing the top to tie off in a few places to keep it from sliding? I need to put this holder on my list of things I want to try to make. Thanks! Crystal

Thank you, Kate! I have an airbrush, but haven't tried using it yet. I think I will give the Krylon a try. Great idea. Of course with this "thinking" process I never run out of questions: Will I need to use a sealer for the Krylon? Do the scroll work, dye it black, mask it, then spray. Right order? Thanks for the help! Crystal

Hi all- I have a cousin getting married and thought a leather photo album might make a nice gift. I am thinking of doing all white with some kind of black scroll work. Or something to that effect. Still thinking... The album would be somewhere around 13"X13". Want to do front and back. My question is what would be the best way to get good coverage for the white? I don't think white dye is going to do the trick - or will it? Would acrylics be better? Any problems with acrylics over a large area? Peeling? Cracking? Not sure I want a bright white. Told ya I was still thinking. Her wedding "colors" are green and brown - I am not sure that would be too appealing unless I nailed the green and am not sure I am that good at mixing. Any ideas or thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks! Crystal