Strapping young things

I worked on a few belts this week. Number one was for Sean – a one-inch black belt. Plain. Simple. Functional.

The other, a super-skinny half-inch belt, stained teal and featured on one of Roisin’s stellar pouches. This side of the pouch was, I think, dyed with iron from Gary’s farm. The other side has [...]

Of Dresses and Dogs

Yesterday I went shopping with Liz of Needlework fame. We were picking up hides for my moccasin-making workshop this Sunday. That’s right! Remember these guys?

You can learn to make your very own! Well…not this week. The class is full. But they invested in some good leather tools so I imagine there will be more [...]

And the winner is…

The quality of this vid is a bit wonky, but I do not have time to fix it right now.

Winners – email me at [email protected].

All – send suggestions re: replacing Sean’s mug to same.

Game-changing* addendum – Cynthia responded immediately so she gets first dibs on wallet colour. Turns out she lives [...]

Hush, Puppy!

Did you bustle this weekend? Oooooh man, Memphis and I hooked up with Pepper (for some purebred street cred) and headed up to the SPCA for the afternoon.

I realized I’ve spent a lot of time recently trying to convince people I’m not a crazy dog lady. I do not think this helps, but here [...]

Park It

No secret around here that I love me some Canadiana, particularly when park-related.

A few weeks ago, I bought a custom order from Kelly Clark of Umber Dove Studios and asked for a ring that riffed on the old-school Parks Canada logo. We had some back and forth about design and stone and sha-zaam! It [...]