This brown leather cuff is 1 1/4 inches wide and 8 inches around when snapped closed. The 1/2 inch brown leather accent is attached with aluminum rivets and decorated with waxed hemp string. Double nickel snap closure.
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Brown Leather Flower Cuff
This brown leather cuff is 1 1/4 inches wide with an adjustable snap closure. Snaps at 7.5 inches & 8 inches. This cuff is accented with small leather flowers to add a bit of fun to the classic wrist cuff.
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Click here to purchase.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Unite or Die
The 4th of July - making things
I had a really great 4th of July. I spent a lot of time with the fam. I made some stuff and took a nap (or two).
Here are a few photos from the weekend's activities.
The first detail is a little anchor stamp that my father-in-law got me for my birthday. It's become my 'brand' for leather working. It's a fun little detail.
I oiled & polished a few bracelets & leather cuffs that I'd been working on - and hung them on a chair to air out.
Later that night I watched the fireworks and built a little fire in my firepit (another birthday gift from my lovely family).
How to Mystery Braid a Leather Cuff
My wife found this tutorial and sent it to me. So I'm posting it here becaust in all honesty Martha Stewart and her peeps can explain this much better than I can.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Found type
Short Trick Braid
The Faithful Anchor - freezer paper stencil
Here is a project that I've heard about for years. I made a freezer paper stencil tee shirt design. I've always been pretty good with an exacto knife - so I knocked out an anchor (of which I'm quite fond) with some hand designed typography.
Pretty simple really.
1. Draw design on freezer paper.
2. Cut out design - be sure to hang onto the counter forms or negative spaces of the letters because those CAN be ironed back into place.
3. Iron the freezer paper stencil to the shirt. (shiny side down or it won't adhere to the shirt)
4. Once the stencil is adhered - apply ink to stencil (I used speedball fabric screen-printing ink).
5. Wait for ink to dry and remove stencil. Toss it in the dryer to heat set the ink.
6. Bam! Dopeness!
Pretty simple really.
1. Draw design on freezer paper.
2. Cut out design - be sure to hang onto the counter forms or negative spaces of the letters because those CAN be ironed back into place.
3. Iron the freezer paper stencil to the shirt. (shiny side down or it won't adhere to the shirt)
4. Once the stencil is adhered - apply ink to stencil (I used speedball fabric screen-printing ink).
5. Wait for ink to dry and remove stencil. Toss it in the dryer to heat set the ink.
6. Bam! Dopeness!
Black Leather
Leather Cuff - "looking boss"
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
in front of the front
Hey-o!
Greetings internet community. This is the first post and I don't plan on actually spending much time "writing" - I'm not a writer and I tend to ramble when I do...
So I'm gonna start off by stating my purpose clearly.
I want to make friends. My hope is promote hand-made crafty things & share what I'm learning with others.
I'm starting this blog because I like to make things - I already have a drawing blog chronicling my work & process as an illustrator but this blog will be devoted to my crafty stuff. I work on a computer as a graphic designer for way too many hours a day and this is my departure from design & illustration.
Lately, I've been working with leather - specifically bracelets and leather cuffs. I've learned how to make a "trick braid" braclet from this video on youtube.com
The crafter's etsy store is here.
It has been incredibly helpful for me to start learning. I'll be posting links and what-nots from crafters I like and follow but most of this will be my progress and things I've made.
cheers.
--the keeper
Greetings internet community. This is the first post and I don't plan on actually spending much time "writing" - I'm not a writer and I tend to ramble when I do...
So I'm gonna start off by stating my purpose clearly.
I want to make friends. My hope is promote hand-made crafty things & share what I'm learning with others.
I'm starting this blog because I like to make things - I already have a drawing blog chronicling my work & process as an illustrator but this blog will be devoted to my crafty stuff. I work on a computer as a graphic designer for way too many hours a day and this is my departure from design & illustration.
Lately, I've been working with leather - specifically bracelets and leather cuffs. I've learned how to make a "trick braid" braclet from this video on youtube.com
The crafter's etsy store is here.
It has been incredibly helpful for me to start learning. I'll be posting links and what-nots from crafters I like and follow but most of this will be my progress and things I've made.
cheers.
--the keeper
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