Summer is a busy time if you live in Colorado. With the wealth of outdoor activities it can be hard to find time to focus on custom leather work orders and designs.
With all the options near where I live there are lots of opportunities for outdoor things to do. There are the mountains and hiking, lakes and rivers, mountain biking or sports. It’s no wonder it’s hard to find time to work in the shop. We’ve had a very wet summer too so our yards easily become jungles and it’s work just to keep the weeds out of the garden!
Despite all that there have been some fun projects completed the past couple of months and many more coming up. There have been a couple of belts and some new purse and handbag designs to be experimented with. Some of the projects have just been experiments but a few new items are coming to the shop. For instance there will be a new small cross body bag soon.
There have been some fun custom projects too. For instance for custom leather work there was this belt design. It was requested by a customer to duplicate the design on a wallet I had made previously. I like the way the design turned out and I think I’ll be making a version of this design available in my shop sometime soon.
There are some other interesting custom leather work projects coming up too. It looks like I may be making an archery quiver in the near future. This is something that I’ve wanted to try for a long time now and it looks like I’m going to get my chance. There are a couple of new leather handbag designs I’ve been working with that will (hopefully) be finalized and I have a wedding guest book to complete. And maybe a new belt design too. Plus finishing up some wallets for my Etsy shop plus a new small notebook. Yes there are lots of irons in the fire, or maybe that should be lots of leather on the workbench?
Also through my Instagram account, the tooling tips I’ve been posting have been popular and they have prompted several requests about leather finishing techniques. I’m working on ways to do this and I’m guessing I may be making some videos soon talking about antiquing and other finish issues. Stay tuned!
If you have a custom leather item you would like crafted for you, just send us a message and I’ll be happy to work you in. Its never too early to be thinking about Christmas gifts.