Oh look it's the funny number day

Awwww yesssss

Today's project: starting some dragonscale deluxe day collars for shop inventory 👀 this commission INSPIRED me (They will be different color schemes than this one- I don't duplicate custom orders, esp not ones based on a person's fursona/oc)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 2 weeks and change until FWA, I am not ready!! 😭 2 cons 6 weeks apart with a house move between was, uhhh, ambitious lmao

DOOOONE!!

Another custom order! This one is a classic black and English tan combo! Interested in your own gear? I have a shop, and also take commissions! shop.cairosteele.com #BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay #kink

Commission for a client! I LOVE the color scheme on this one- some of the green and blue scales are metallic as well! Interested in your own gear? I have a shop, and also take commissions! shop.cairosteele.com #BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #kink

WOAH, childhood memory unlocked!! I had one of these and took it to see Cats The Musical, and the theater wouldn't let me bring it inside. I must've been 10 or 11? My poor dad had to RUN back to the parking deck with it in his nice suit

Home is where the cat wall is

thank you everyone who helped out so far!! i'm hoping to squeeze some commission work in this week before i return to check up on my dad but any help while we navigate the firing would be great x.x

Thinking about it.......... Maybe after FWA, if it goes well www.wayfair.com/furniture/pd...

THE BUS HAS BIKE RACKS??? This just keeps getting better????

Once again seriously thinking about getting a bike... apparently the entire city is within a 30 min bike ride of my new place 👀 It's comically faster than taking the bus across town. BUT... bus has AC and it *stays* above 90f in the summer here

I'm trying to train Harper not to get on the kitchen counter, primarily because she keeps walking across the stove and I'm worried she's going to burn herself one day-- so I'm using the tape method, but... y'all, she does not care if she gets tape stuck to her 😭

Today's adventure: walked to the library (mistake, it was a long ass walk, mostly up a big hill, and hot), got a library card, and took the bus back home. Please clap for my agoraphobic ass

DOOOONE!!

First half down!! The other half is the same colors but with brass hardware

Edges are DONE!! Just gotta punch the holes and install the hardware now 😤

Another custom order! This one is a classic black and English tan combo! Interested in your own gear? I have a shop, and also take commissions! shop.cairosteele.com #BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay #kink

Commission for a client! I LOVE the color scheme on this one- some of the green and blue scales are metallic as well! Interested in your own gear? I have a shop, and also take commissions! shop.cairosteele.com #BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #kink

Day 2 in edge burnishing hell 😭

Critically-acclaimed Bestseller Winner of the AAAS/Subaru Prize for excellence in science books A clue on JEOPARDY! The first of my paleo narrative books including When the Earth Was Green 🌱 , Tyrant Lizard Queen 🦖 , and, soon, Megatooth 🦈 Check it out. 🦕

Woke up and realized I accidentally made the mlm flag

Little drop boost, since bsky shat itself immediately after I posted this 😩 shop.cairosteele.com #BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay #kink

Puppy collars!!!

My post-TFF drop is LIVE!! I've got a new flogger, one pair of black and silver cuffs, one rainbow marbled day collar (XL size), and several bracelets! shop.cairosteele.com #BSNM #handmade #leather #bondage #bdsm #TransArtist #QueerArtist #furryart #PupPlay #PetPlay #kink

New dye collars!!

Working on a big batch of 20 puppy collars between commissions 😈 These should be hitting the shop next Tuesday, but I've also got my leftover FWA inventory dropping tonight~

I've been trying to train her to tell me when she wants the litterbox cleaned (she occasionally meows when it's dirty, so I'm just trying to encourage that behavior) and I think it's working 🤔

"Cat woman" and "cat lady" are wildly different things

It took 9 years, but Harper has finally discovered meowing

I have the tv in the living room right now, but I don’t have a sofa yet so I have to sit in my office chair and: sucks I miss having it in the bedroom, but there isn’t a good place to put it 😩 i think when I have a sofa and can sprawl I’ll be happier

I walked!! A mile!! Down the river!! And then walked a mile back home up the big ass hill 😭 My little leggies are so sore BUT I confirmed that the bookshop is in walking distance (and also found a Thai restaurant on the way back!!)

Okay! Getting photographs of my leftover TFF inventory to drop in the shop tomorrow! I’ve got a pair of black cuffs, a red and black flogger, one XL rainbow marble day collar, and a handful of new snap bracelets

Another custom order down!

Almost done! Should have a couple custom orders going out Friday— feels GOOD to be back at the workbench!!

Another doll mostly done for #NYCdollcon! My @cocoriang.bsky.social pocha ended up being a totally different design than I had planned so now I need a new name! Feel free to drop some suggestions in the comments! #bjd #balljointeddoll #dolls #cocoriang #anthrobjd #anthro #tinybjd

I hear it's #PortfolioDay! I'm Cairo! I'm a queer artist making leather gear! I'm open for commissions, and I also have premade gear 💜 www.cairosteele.com #BSNM #queerartist #transartist #furryartist #furry #leather #BDSM

Update: I accidentally sat on her and she barely cared

Perfect creature 💜

OKAY FINALLY There's an indie bookshop that's a 10 min bus ride away, or a 20 minute walk (30+ walking back up that big ass hill lmao)

Microfiber cloths are so useful but UGH, I hate the way they feel 😭

OKAY so I like the bus in theory but in practice, if stuff is close by it's faster to walk, and if stuff is far away its MUCH MUCH MUCH faster to drive. There's probably a medium distance where it would be great though? It is also free, which is a big bonus. Hmmmmm

My new workspace is so bright and sunny and I love it so muchhhh

Unexpected new apartment things: there is a bus that stops at the corner under my window every half hour like clockwork, and the sort of hydraulic hiss of it's brakes is SUCH a good sound

What if I do a set of dragonscale deluxe day collars based on fish... koi fish, rainbow fish, angler fish with glow in the dark bits....

Sample swatch for a commission!

I hear it's #PortfolioDay! I'm Cairo! I'm a queer artist making leather gear! I'm open for commissions, and I also have premade gear 💜 www.cairosteele.com #BSNM #queerartist #transartist #furryartist #furry #leather #BDSM

I'm glad Bluesky has an alt-text culture and that my followers (very nicely) encouraged me to add alt-text to my images. Turns out alt-text rocks, it's so incredibly useful, I see an image without alt-text and I'm like what are you even DOING