Ailinea Phoenixborn

@ailinea.bsky.social

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Firemage with personality to match. Known as Budgie or Firebudgie. CodeBudgie by day...Leatherworker, cosplayer, gamer, fitness junkie by night. Balmung-FFXIV

A set of leather cuffs and collar on a granite countertop. The base of the set is black, with a pink interior, and a pink leather belt around the outside to fasten them together. The hardware is silver, and 3 black leashes are seen in the background.
An ocean blue leather shoulder bag. It's in an east-west style, with silver hardware. The strap is tucked behind the bag. It's sitting on a French blue cushion with a blue and white striped cushion behind it, and the brown wicker pattern of the couch armrest on the other side.
Ailinea post-haircut. Back to a nice golden copper red color, long length with layers.
A taupe chenille loveseat and Ottoman in a nook of a room, in front of a window. The Ottoman is on a midnight navy, taupe, and rose pink silk rug. There are 4 large stuffed animals on it for size reference. In the seat itself are a blue budgie Squishable, a green budgie Squishmallow, and a yellow Fat Chocobo head. There is also a turquoise and purple griffin Squishmallow on the armrest.
Two half pieces of crusty white bread, waiting for butter and/or dipping into soup.
A potted "Ketchup and Mustard" rose bush with 3 open blooms and one blooming bud
A picture of a rose bush in a planter on a patio. Three rosebuds are in view. Two buds are in the background, in shade of a structural post. The rosebud in the foreground is in the sunshine and is on the verge of bursting open. The tops of yellow petals with red tips can be seen as the flower begins to unfurl.
A cardboard jig in an oval shape to make leather bags. It is clamped in a large standing stitching pony. A messy leatherworking work space is in the background.
A leather East-West style shoulder bag in a peacock blue shade, and silver hardware. It has a short shoulder strap, and needs to have the edge paint around the top edge applied.
A trapezoidal handbag in very dark brown (almost black) ostrich embossed leather. It has silver colored hardware.
Image of a score on dialed.gg. Score is 44.59/50. "Tetrachromat or obsessive? Either way, maybe go outside." "You ranked 36,592 out of 152,678"
Merriam-Webster "Your 2026 Word" The gif landed on the word "blissful"
Picture of a fairly flat loaf of bread, a slice cut out so you can see the crumb. It's not too dense, but also not too airy. Perfect for buttering. I need a smaller Dutch oven or to make more dough.
A bag of snacks... maybe cheese balls? Lesser Evil brand called "Space Balls" (in "Outer Planet Pizza" flavor.
A rug with a Phoenix rising design.
Front view of a bag pattern in the works. The pattern was printed on white printer paper, cut out, and the pieces taped together. It's a cross between an East-West style bag and a tote. Strips of paper were taped on for the flap closure and shoulder straps. It will look much better when constructed in actual leather.
A golden-cream antique couch with floral jacquard fabric and dark brown carved wood.
Leather pancake knife sheath. Flowers are tooled into brown vegtan leather, surrounding a heart with the initials "C+B". It is stitched with turquoise deerskin lace.
A red chocobo with the caption "GOOD MORNING GOD HAS LET ME LIVE ANOTHER DAY AND I'M ABOUT TO MAKE IT EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM"
Differences in croc or gator embossed hides, noting the final paragraph: "There are small differences in the shape of the scales of these two reptiles. In the alligator, the transition from the wider and squared scales of the belly to the more rotund and smaller scales of the hips happens in a more sudden way than in the crocodile, where the transition is more gradual, with some medium sized scales that slowly get reduced and rounded." "The umbilical scar (a star with an elongated shape located between the belly's scales) distinguishes the alligator and this feature gets always reproduced in the stamping since it confers distinction and value to the hides." "Finally, every scale of the crocodile skin has a pore, a unique feature because differently from the alligators and caimans, crocodiles have hairs on their bodies, which are lost in the tanning phase and at their place the pores become visible."
"Hermès label stamp - On an authentic Hermès, the label stamp is at the top of the bag, close to the stitching. In a fake, the stamp my be by the lock, which is a dead giveaway."
Sign for Firehouse Subs with the caption "OTHER SUBS CALL IT 'SIR'"
"Roman Bridge" Tutorial is from "Watercolour: Techniques and Tutorials for the Complete Beginner" by Paul Clark. Painted in Rebelle 7 Pro (Digital) Watercolor painting of an arched stone Roman bridge over a tranquil river or stream, amidst grassy slopes.
A picture of a 2-tier breadbox. It's black with light brown wood shelves. The top tier is roll-top, and the bottom has a see-through door.
Picture of a Captain America birthday cake that only shows the shield and buttocks, celebrating "America's Ass"
A cardboard paint jar stand holding a Giardini base coat and edge paint jar at a tilted angle.
Picture of a little girl coloring and trying to focus on her work, but her expression indicates she's also crying. But pushing through it anyway. Caption: "Somedays I just want to reply to emails with 'ok' and this picture."
An old Russian joke: a man walks up to a newsstand, looks at the front page, sneers, and walks off. The next day he walks up to the newsstand, looks at the front page, sneers, and walks off. The third day he walks up and the newsman asks, "Hey, why don't you ever buy a paper?" And the man replies, "I'm just reading the obituaries." The newsman shakes his head. "But the obituaries are in the back!" The man looks at him shaking his head. "Not the one in looking for."
"Central N.C. is preparing for winter weather. If you want to get an idea what it does to Raleigh, check out these photos from a snow event a few years ago. The car fire was real, as seen in the to left phot, but then folks began photoshopping. #Snowmageddon #Winter2018" Pictures of a car fire stopping traffic on Glenwood Avenue in Raleigh, with Godzilla, the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, and an AT-AT Walker photoshopped in.
Caption: "Andy tweeted the image from the scan showing the dog's signature building eyes with the caption: 'My friend's pug went to the vet'." It's a black and white scan of a pug's face, and the eyeballs are prominent. It looks almost alien.
Mini Cooper. A super-mutt (predominantly Toy Fox Terrier) foster dog. Attempting to give kisses to the camera.
Drawing of a chocobo in a Santa barding, following the meme of the Gojira "merr chrismas": "HOLY SHIT IT CHRISTMAS" "merr chrismas"
Letter blocks rearranged to spell out "MERRY SHITSCRAM"
"Santa has been reading your posts all year. Most of you are getting History and civics books."
Doormat with a QR code to scan and the message "You won't regret this." The QR code leads to the YouTube video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up." Yes, you can Rick Roll total strangers.
Ginger, the 17 year old doxie. In her crate about to nap so she's now like a Roomba recharging for her next pass.
A bathroom with the tub installed with the short end against the wall so the tub sticks out into the bathroom.
Panoramic photo of the sunset and St. Kitts
St. Kitts at sunset. Another ship is in the harbor and the city begins to illuminate in the twilight.