Leather Love
What Does It Look Like When You Combine Dragon Scales With Fur?
Today I would like to invite you into my world of fashion design and leather crafting. I will take you with me on a journey of sorts into the creation of a custom leather costume, beginning with the request. I was asked if I would make something like this...four pieces; a shrug, a halter top, a belt/skirt/chaps piece, and boot covers.
With this project, and unlike a lot of other custom projects, there weren't many boundaries set before me. I was given total artistic freedom and...
How Did I Make That??? My Leather Dragon Scales Video Tutorial
My Dragon Scales are 3-Dimensional – they are not tooled or stamped leather! In this video, I demonstrate the techniques that I have developed so that you can make them for your DIY projects.
My Dragon Scales can be easily be implemented in your designs. They are perfect for costume making for Larp and Cosplay fun. Incorporate them into your Medieval Rune and Crystal Coin Bag designs. The possibilities are endless and only limited to your imagination!
This video is a short and speedy clip of "the making" of my ABEBA Leather Flowers. What you don't see in this video is me hand cutting the petals for the flowers with a pair of sharp leather scissors, and the assembly of each to petal to form the flower. The entire process takes much longer than what I was able to capture here.
I incorporate my ABEBA Leather Flowers in a number of designs such as, my bookmarks, hair clips, clothing pins, headbands, and even on my KAMA Rings! Ariel...
You Love the Way My Leather Art is Wrapped & Packaged!
The Length of Your Bracelet is NOT Your Wrist Measurement ~ 2 Ways to Measure Your Wrist for a Custom Leather Bracelet
With every custom and semi-custom leather bracelet order received, an accurate wrist measurement is needed. There has been an occasion or two when the measurement that has been provided is not very accurate at all, resulting an email from a disappointed customer.
The mistake usually doesn't occur in the misreading of a measurement. It's made in the what that had been measured. A customer will measure the length of their favorite and well fitting bracelet, giving to me that measurement as their wrist measurement. But here's the thing, the length of a bracelet is NOT the same as your wrist circumference. They're just not. Since I cannot give...