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Back in the shop as a made-to-order item – the National Parks Guitar Strap. Wear your heart on your sleeve – or your strap. Show your love for camping Canada’s National Parks. Perfect for a round of songs by the fire. Featuring five old school National Parks symbols (picnic table, trailer, beaver logo, swimming and [...] I didn’t post anything yesterday because my time was completely consumed by this… Check that – my whole week was consumed by this. In the beginning, the plan was to stitch it with waxed linen thread. This is how I usually do things around here because A) leather lace is pricey and B) The [...] This guitar strtap I’m working on is going to be a big job, so I’m chopping its construction into pieces. Trying to do just enough each day to have it done by the weekend – not so much each day that my eyes cross and I start making mistakes. Last week, I measured and cut [...] That’s how I feel today. I’ve been going since pre-dawn, but that’s not really the issue. The problem is that I stayed up late watching Boardwalk Empire. Regardless! Tuesday was a day for getting things done. I spent most of the day in the studio, which was sooooo nice. I shipped out some Etsy orders [...] I’m out of town starting tomorrow, but here’s a custom guitar strap to tide you over… Would you believe that catches me up on things? So now I think I’m off to walk my dog before it rains again and research some writing – which entails reading, which is the best kind of [...] Done and done! Sweet silver hardware… Custom inscription and design… This was a long lot of work. It marks the first time I actually timed and measured all my work and materials for such a strap. I was underestimating myself by 50% on all previous efforts. Ay yi exhaustion… [...] I bought Sean a few old-school cast iron pans (of the Griswold and Wagner variety) for Christmas and he’s been on my case to make cornbread in one of them. Apparently it seasons the pan well? Today I did… I know I bought the pans for him, but I love using them. They [...] In progress. A custom strap for one of Huron. This is going to be something – stained shades of caramel and fudge with a silver buckle and concho. I’m hoping to have all the colour done today so I can start on the stitching tomorrow. Also up this week – I may learn [...] A clutch I’m working out. Another guitar strap… And a group of bracelets and hairbands waiting for snaps and such… [...] A couple shots of a long-time-coming guitar strap I cut out ages ago – before the painting started. The 70′s Swiss Cheese Strap. [...] |
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