Wednesday, April 20, 2011

What I've been making

I'm all over the place with  ideas. I don't think there's ever enough time and energy to create everything I want to, but I sure do try! Here's a few things I've been making lately:

Screen Printing. I've always wanted to do it, and finally I took the time to learn how. It's not an easy thing to just pick up if you've never screen printed before. This took me a couple weeks of research, along with some trial and error...but at last I did it! I made this chicken print from a sketch I made of my own chickens. I'm so excited about it, I now want to print chickens on everything I own! I'm quickly coming up with another design so this does not happen =). Here's my print on a practice shirt, not perfect...but I love it.

New Leather Purse. I mentioned in another post how I'm getting my leather groove back. Well, it's still there. And this butterfly purse is another beauty I've been working on. I have a feeling I will take me a while to finish, but i wanted to share my progress. This piece is the front and back of the purse. The carving/tooling is not complete, and it's just the raw leather with no stain or pant on it.
Redecorating. We got a new couch last weekend, yahooooo! I'm so stoked about it. I changed the pictures on the wall behind it to coordinate a bit more with the new color scheme (our last couch was bright red!). I had to take a picture because I've been admiring my new set up so much.


That's all today folks!

-Becky

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Leather shop update

I've been neglecting my leather shop for sometime now. Since opening my vintage shop about one year ago, I've had a hard time gathering the inspiration and the time to run both. Not anymore though! The leather shop is back in action. Some of my old creations (like the road trip journals and butterfly wing cuffs) are back and available in my leather shop. I hope to continue the growth of both shops and maintain a balance of two passions that I truly enjoy.

Here's some of the shop's updated items. Enjoy!

-Becky

             Mama and Me - Monarch Butterfly Wing Leather Wrist Cuffs - Mother And Child Matching Set
                                                                  Tent Camping Journal
                                                              Road Trip Journal - Stop # 1
                                                             Road Trip Journal - Stop # 3