leather!

blue feather cuff

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tattooed lady cuff

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Both will be in the jewelry shop shortly.

Have a lovely weekend dears!

in process...

cuffs!

grass and mushroom

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ACEO's etc

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grapes!
xo! ~s

perch

5x7 daily agenda in green and slate

9x6 lined journal in purple and teal

Both feature repurposed leather scraps with turquoise thread.

perch series
Made for those times when your best move is to take a breath a wait. Watch. Give yourself room to see whats around the next bend. Made to remind you to be patient with yourself and with the world.

Both books will be in THE SHOP shortly.

in progress

These lovelies will be a part of a new "perch" series.

More to come!

books and leather!

This week I received in the mail a fantastic piece of lambskin. It is a beautiful shade of chocolate brown and is amazingly soft. One of my favorite things about working with this kind of leather is that each piece is different. You can tell that it its real because of the uniqueness and even imperfections that exist in each individual piece.

So my project for last night was again to mix two of my favorite things and to cover a couple of books with it.

Below is a custom 10x14 album with black pages. Soon this baby will be the photo guest book at a lovely vintage style wedding.

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This smaller but equally wonderful agenda is approximately 5x7 and is covered from head to toe in this fantastically soft and unique piece of leather.

The inside of this book is made with archival quality, acid free, creme colored paper. This agenda can be used for any year as it does not have the day of the week corresponding to the date. It is super easy to use and a great size to throw in your bag and take with you on your adventures.

Both will be in the shop shortly. ~xo

grassy leather love

I finally finished the grass belt I was making for myself and I am super happy with it. Grass and belts are two of my very favorite things, so whats not to love??

I'm so happy to finally be able to wear it around.

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This ones for you!

I also whipped up a little grassy leather key chain.

This baby will be in the shop shortly.

Hope everyone is doing something fun this weekend. Mine will mostly consist of fixing my car, packing, and of course a break on Saturday afternoon to see Harry Potter :) I cant wait!!

in progress

I finally went out and got the right tools and now I am making myself an awesome grass belt. I cant wait to wear it.

2 thoughts: Leather is really fun. Everything is better when you have the right tools.

PS. I may even make a cuff or key chain in this pattern for the shop in the next few days. Exciting stuff!! :)

Lucy assisting.

Hope everyone is having a great week! Mine has gone super fast, I suppose because of the holiday. But that sounds good to me! xo

book love: a sewing kind of day

Simplicity address book in process.

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Maybe it will grow back daily agenda

Made for a year or a month or a day when you are feeling hopeful.

Covered in a lovely mini trees fabric print and blue book cloth, with hemmed edges.

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Custom 12x12 50 page wedding album

Made with white book cloth on its spine and Wall Flower cherry red Amy Butler fabric on its front and back covers. Features hemmed edges.

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Simplicity address book - extra large!

For someone who wants to fill their life with only the essentials.

Features a hand cut blue blossom made from recycled leather with a stitched stem and leaf sewn in white thread.

new work: delving into leather

A few weeks ago I started delving into a new medium.
Leather.
And goodness gracious have I enjoyed it.
It did give me a little trouble at first, but once we worked through our initial introduction period I think leather and I are going to get along just fine.

I began our friendship by making some cuffs.

Here are some of my first efforts:

Each cuff has been hand tooled,

painted, shaped, and punched

with love by me.

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Restore cuff

in blue, natural, and green

A cuff to remind you to allow yourself times of renewal and restoration and rest. Because without that time of rest you cant continue to grow and give.

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Grow cuff

in green and shades of blue

I am a girl that loves trees. And this tree is one of my favorites.
I love this tree for its patience, wisdom, strength and quiet calm. This tree is steady through wind and rain and sunny days.

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Falling leaves cuff

A cuff to remind you of the beauty of allowing the old to pass away and embracing the new.

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Grow cuff

in blue and green

I am a girl that loves trees. And this tree is one of my favorites.

I love this tree for its patience, wisdom, strength and quiet calm. This tree is steady through wind and rain and sunny days.

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Restore cuff

in orange, blue and green
blue moon edition

A cuff to remind you to allow yourself times of renewal and restoration and rest. Because without that time of rest you cant continue to grow and give.

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Because sometimes a day needs a splash of orange.

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Cowgirl cuff
in blue

For a girl who likes to keep things simple.

These will be trickling

into the jewelry shop

throughout the day.

Have a lovely day dears.

-Susie