GemJoy with Trish

08/09/2026

06/28/2026

Just happened to capture this at Mudpuppy tonight. Enjoy.

06/21/2026

The top is connecting now
To the hat body somehow
It’s a challenge of a stitch
Asking which one is which..
Do I turn or do I fold,
Mercy how do I hold
it to create the edge roll
That makes this fedora SOHO!
Tim, share with the friend Randy
That his hat is super dandy!

06/04/2026

06/02/2026

After a day away from me at work SofiRose was needing some “mama” time with her “mama dog” as it’s called.

05/30/2026

New beginnings-A day in the making of opening Nordstrom Rack.

05/27/2026

This arm was not built in a gym.

It was forged through leather, steel, pressure, and relentless repetition.
Every cut driven through thick hide.
Every stitching hole struck by hand with the force of a mallet.
Every rivet hammered into place.
Every edge beveled, burnished, conditioned, and polished through sheer endurance and obsession.

Leathercraft is not passive artistry.
It is controlled violence against resistance.
Two needles pulled tight at once.
Thread fighting back against hardened leather.
Muscle answering with greater force.

This craft demands strength from the hands, the shoulders, the back… and eventually the body transforms into the very tool the work requires.
Power. Precision. Passion.
Not manufactured. Earned.

And in the end, what remains is more than leather.
It becomes a piece carrying the weight of the maker’s spirit in every strike, every scar, every pull of thread.

“LongBrook Leathers-Rustic Elegance
Where darkness runs bright.”