Saturday, November 27, 2010

Recycled doggie raincoat!

My Zoe bug tests out a recycled raincoat! the top layer is made from a dog food bag!


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Logo Fun!!


free logos

Monday, October 25, 2010

New Website!!

Got myself a new website! a real website LOL!!
There's a blog section in there, and I have more pics of these chaps I made yesterday!
I made them to help keep my jeans clean when doing chores, they're pretty much made for yucky weather - they're 100% waterproof!


If you'd like to check out my new website, click the link below


or scan the code with your smartphone!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Charm's new reins!!

This is Charm, she's  a TB and she's got new reins made by me!!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Custom English Style Reins!

Just finished these up for a friend, I think they turned out AWESOME!!

Sunday, September 26, 2010

donkey tack!!

Finally finished Daisy's britchen, or breeching!! I think it turned out awesome!!





Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Daisy's Britchen Progress

Just finished the tug straps on Daisy's britchen! Only two more straps to go! WAHOO!!
had to take a short break to order more paracord!

the top of the britchen....

a shot of the main 'butt' strap - 20 strands!


Posted by Picasa

Friday, September 10, 2010

New Collar

Looking for a simple slip collar?
I've got the one for you!
this is  a medium slip collar made from 1/4" soft poly diamond braid rope!


available in my etsy shop!

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Ellie the Westie sporting her new Custom collar!

My customer sent me photo's of her Westie, Ellie, modeling her new collar I braided!

Facebook!?!

LOL if you're on Facebook & would like to follow my latest 'happenings' and whatnot click on the link below!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Loomis-CA/HGFA/151361191548590

I've Titled it 'H.G.F.A.' no sorry I'm not affiliated with the hang gliders federation of Australia! LMAO
but it stands for Hippie Geek Farm Art.  The name 'akyramoto' has sentiment to me, but doesn't tell describe anything to anyone else. HGFA pretty much sums me up, I love the gadgets and technology but I also love to make things out of almost nothing and play in the dirt. LOL

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Custom collar & leash!

custom made 18.5" collar ( 1/2" wide) with matching 5' leash. Stainless steel hardware. Neon Pink & purple!

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Zoey's finished Bicycle vest/harness!

Now my pup will be safe & secure!
I love neon green on her!!
Zoey enjoying her new harness


And for fun..........
First time riding ON the bike!

donkey tack in progress!

Worked on Daisy's britchen some more, got the tugs on the main strap, still have 6 more straps to braid! but I ran out of paracord! boo.


But this is what I have so far!

Friday, August 27, 2010

WILD WILD WEST!

My Western Burros magnet has been featured in a treasury!  WAHOO!!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c761b7b5e828eef0032b2ee/welcome-to-the-wild-wild-west

go check it out!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

The beginning of Zoey's Bicycle Harness/Vest

Zoey has already chewed up her harness ( actually Amber's harness) once. I stitched it back together. I've been taking her on the bicycle, she is a very high energy dog and needs an outlet for it. I wanted to make sure she's visible to motorists when we eventually venture onto more traveled roads.  So I'm making her a high vis safety vest/harness.

Here is what I've completed so far, some nice heavy 600D Neon green fabric ( which I will back with a taffeta type fabric), two stripes of reflective tape on each side, and a nylon stap on the top to hold the D ring for the tether.  It will be held on her by nylon webbing and metal slide lock buckles, I don't trust plastic ones. I might even fit a handle on the top, but we'll see, it's pretty small.


Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Braiding a donkey Breeching!!

this is by far the biggest thing I've ever braided!! it's TWENTY strands!! equaling a 2" strap!
the first pic is when I started, and the second is when I finished back braiding, before I took off the ends. so far I love it. Its not perfect though, but I think it's gonna be awesome having a hand braided breeching strap for Daisy!! In the future I may offer hand braided donkey tack in my etsy store - www.akyramoto.etsy.com
We all know how hard they are to fit & find tack for!!


Thursday, July 15, 2010

New Collar

Just made a new collar!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/51600703/dog-collar-grey-and-black-small

My Etsy Favs! Things I use personally

I wanted to share some items that I buy regularly, or use regularly from my local etsians...

First, I love this shampoo! I've been using it for over 6 months now. I used to use stuff like Head & Shoulders, cuz yes, I have dandruff. I didn't like the idea of all the chemicals in that stuff. So with a little research I found that tea tree oil can help. Now I've used 'tea tree oil' commercial shampoos, the DID NOT work, they made my scalp worse!!

So I decided to check out soap on Etsy! And I found this....



http://www.etsy.com/listing/39638157/tea-tree-shampoo-bar




I LOVE this stuff!!
My BF even uses it!! He's been using H&S for YEARS now and doesn't want to go back!




Another Awesome Etsy find, is shampoo for my dogs!!! I want the same thing for my dogs as myself. So I found an all natural homemade flea & tick shampoo! It smells awesome too!! What I love about this soap is its easy to use, hose your dog down & lather... or it might go something like this.

call your dog
grab the hose
call the dog back cuz he saw you had the hose
try to spray the dog as he moves his butt away from you
do about 20 revolutions
dog is half wet
stradle dog to prevent escape
get 75% of the water on yourself

grab the soap
go and get dog who got away while you  were fetching the soap
rub the soap on the dog
work into a lather
remove lather from your face that was applied by dog shaking
work lather some more
get hose, grab dog again
rinse dog
wipe water off of face from shaking dog
hose dog off some more
get yourself a towel to dry off yourself & the wet dog
who is now rolling in the dirt & grass cuz they're feeling spunky

It's good stuff!!
I love that it's a bar, I always found I'd squirt wayyyy too much out of the regular bottle commercial shampoos!!! Its easy to grab, easy to apply, it lathers great!!





http://www.etsy.com/listing/50367992/shampoochie-all-natural-bar-soap-for

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Want a custom dog collar made?

I am now offering custom made items on ebay, and soon etsy.  So here's your chance to pick the size and colors of your dog's next collar!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280509063835&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT