u/asherbanipaula

Sorry for the silly photo, I love taking pics of her next to ridiculous street finds

Hello! We are moving to the coastal PNW area this winter for a job opportunity. We’re coming from a hot, mostly dry state, and I am so, so ready for the change in a lot of ways.

However, I know coat maintenance there will likely need a different approach.
I currently brush twice a week, bathe and dry every other weekend, and trim fully once a month.

Would love to get coat care tips, product recs, and rain-hesitancy training methods from people in the PNW area!

Not including cleaning up afterwards 🥲

My rescue spoo is still learning cooperative grooming and especially hates her feet being handled. She also tends to get bored easily during drying and grooming (I am not fast 🥲), but I started attaching a frozen peanut butter lickmat to the grooming arm. It keeps her distracted and adds more positivity to getting her feet done!

I saw this on a groomer video on instagram, so I take no credit for the idea. Essentially, I bought a clamp-on bicycle phone mount, the biggest phone case I could find, and a pair of soft lickmats with a bunch of small suction cups on the back. I cut the lickmats to fit the phone case, and I keep them in the freezer with peanut butter ready to go.

Note: it does get a little messy, so I make sure to shave her face first if I’m grooming so nothing gets in my clipper blades.

Hey y’all! I recently got this gorgeous silk plissé gown for my upcoming wedding. It’s a bit long for me, even with heels, and nearly everything I can find online says plissé can be cut and not hemmed without unraveling. The dress already seems to have a raw hem, but I’m still so nervous to just cut into it without being sure.

I live in a small city and I’m nervous to trust a seamstress I don’t know with it since I won’t be able to find the same dress in my size again if disaster strikes.

On the flip side, I imagine using a rolled hem foot or even stay-stitching close to the bottom will ruin the drape of the plissé or just be super noticeable.

Or should I just resign myself to wearing pleasers and hope I don’t roll an ankle?

In case it’s helpful to know: I’m an intermediate sewist and have hemmed/ altered chiffon and silk dresses before, but I’m also an anxious weeny.

Got the Void Deck tarot cards just four days after I ordered it (and of course I ordered it within 20 minutes of seeing the post from the artist u/thegeekstress). The quality is so good! The cards have a nice weight, clear, crisp printing, and the gold edging is so shiny!

I haven’t used the deck yet, but I think my favorite design from the major arcana is the Death card. I have other decks I’ve used and loved, but this one is so unique and perfect for void enthusiasts 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

(also fyi I’m not affiliated or connected with the artist in any way, I just love black cats, tarot, and supporting real artists)

Link to her store:
https://www.breannecremean.com