Leather iPad Cable Satchel

The Cable Satchel designed and made by the male half of this team.  This is the perfect size to hold an iPad in either section.  It's 9 &1/2" x 11"

Copper rivets for all the straps...they will patina really nicely along with the natural leather.

An extra piece of leather for the shoulder strap to reinforce the rivets since this bag could hold quite a bit of weight

Two sections each about 2" wide.  

Nice, simple strap attached to the bag with copper rivets. A buckle to adjust the closure depending on how full each section is...

Interior pockets for the smalls that tend to end up in the bottom of a larger bag. These will have to be redesigned since now that I'm using it I've discovered they are a bit too tight.  You can see that my pens are clipped and hanging outside the pocket.

Key clip, large cell phone pocket, and a couple of pen pockets.   I think one large piece of leather divided into sections by stitching would work better.  It would also accommodate different cell phones since those can vary in size quite a bit.

Overall, a nice sized bag especially if you carry an iPad with you all the time.  It holds a book really nicely as well if you're more "old school" ;)

Leather Backpack with Wallet

 The latest idea to make the leap 

(from my constantly working noggin')

to reality...

This is the largest bag we've made so far and I wanted it to appeal to a lot of people.  It makes a great "mom" bag but I think it would be a great for school or the office as well.

 I knew I wanted it to have some sort of pocket to hold the things I need to be able to get to fast without having to dig to the bottom.  Which led to the idea of making it hang in the back of the bag so that I could take it out and carry it as a wallet....

 The button studs allow for multiple lengths on the straps so it can be closed up tight when carrying it alone, or closed loosely so you can get into it while it's serving as a pocket.

The back interior has a big divided pocket which would easily fit most phones

 Three nice sized card pockets and one large pocket across the interior front side....

 Even while it's hanging in the backpack you can still easily get to all the things inside... 

 I was worried it might take up too much interior space in the backpack but it's actually flatter than I thought it was going to be...

 I'm not sure why I haven't done a key clip in all of my bags...I love it.  Especially in a large bag I don't want to have to search around for my keys.

 The little oval strap keepers will have to be changed before I list this on Etsy...

They are too tight and the stiching is already pulling away from the bag quite a bit. 

I think I have a solution but I have to try it out to see if it will work...

 The straps are sewn on the bottom of the bag so the straps can be crossed like this 

--which supports the bag a little bit better if there is something really heavy in it  

--or worn straight...

Here's what happens when I'm home by myself and I'm so excited I can't wait for my husband to take a photo for me.  I can't believe you can't see the camera in the mirror...

 I'm excited to list this one.  We'll have three listings...together as a set and then each by itself

And there is another bag in the works too from the male "designer" of VanHook & Co.
I'm itching to get my silver soldering things out too so I can start messing around with all that....

Eggplant Leather Mini Cross Body Bag

 

 This color was made for this bag...when I made the first little cross body bag I dyed it red.  After I made it I thought it would be beautiful in a deep eggplant color...

 This color is gorgeous because it's so rich....

It looks really striking with the natural leather closure and strap.

 While we were trying to get some photos the chickens decided to visit...they are just sure you have food for them every time you come outside.....

 Very happy with this little beauty...it went to my niece as a Christmas gift.  She loves purple and I couldn't wait for her to have it.

I have another purse to share that is a different style.  It is done in the two tone, and I fell in love with it.  It was hard to let it go...I really like the colors and natural leather mixed together.

 

A new color to add to our Etsy selection for sure.

The chicken will NOT be on the Etsy shop...

We have some new ideas for bags to add...I like to carry small bags but I know most ladies like something larger so I think it's time to add some bigger options to our shop...

Leather Guitar Pick Key Ring Fob

 This was a request from a friend I go to church with...

her husband plays in our worship team and she wanted this as a Christmas gift for him...

 It's a fun piece to make since it goes together pretty quickly being so small.  Makes a nice little gift item for the musicians you may know... 

After trying out the pattern I decided to make several in different colors tan is in the back on the left, the natural leather is in the middle, and the dark brown is on the right...

 Our son asked for a guitar for Christmas so he got the original to hold a few guitar picks.  We gave one to a guy my husband works with because he loaned us some picks to help get our pattern right. The last one went to our worship leader at church as a Christmas gift.

I had 3 picks in it and our worship leader had about 10 so it will hold alot...and the leather softens and ages so well.

 I have a few more things to share now that everything has been given away as gifts.  It's crazy to think that on Christmas morning so many people were giving away things that we had made.  We don't take it lightly and feel so honored that we can share our talent...

God has been good to us, and chosen to bless our little shop with a great year so all the credit goes to Him

Large Yellow Molded Purse

This bag is special....it's pretty much how it all started.  My husband surprised me last Christmas with a bag just like this only mine is Tan.  I was blown away needless to say.

Then we decided to make a few other things and opened an Etsy shop...just hoping eventually someone would buy something.  Now we have come full circle--

 almost exactly a year later making this bag...

I wrote a post about molding the leather that you can see here 
It explains it in a little more detail.  The molding process takes a couple of days.

This is a photo of all the parts ready to be dyed.  All the stitching holes are laid out on each of the parts and all the edges are beveled...the strap holes are punched...

The pieces all getting stitched together...there is an interior pocket in this bag 

so the interior pocket, the straps with the D rings, and the closure tab all get stitched first  before stitching the front and back of the bag together...

And when I say "stitched" I mean by hand with one piece of waxed thread and a needle attached to each end...

One needle going in each side and crossing over each other, "sandwiched" inside the leather.  It's a very strong stitch.  The wax keeps the thread from sliding around.  Basically it sticks to itself....

I also enjoy making our ideas in different colors..it's fun to see it come together in a different color.

The Yellow is very striking...

Mini Cross Body Bag in Scarlet

This little beauty is going on Etsy here soon...working out some measurements and details on the listing...

I have been working on a large, molded bag in Yellow and I wanted to get some photos of it on a person so my husband took a bunch of photos of three different bags while I was wearing them and I tried not to squirm while he was taking the photos.

This is the smallest bag I 've made.  And it actually came about because we cut the wrong pattern for a wallet so I decided to try making a bag out of it.

 It holds a phone, keys, sunglasses and a few cards..not much more than that, but it's great because it's so light to carry.  

The closure is my favorite part...all leather.  There is no metal at all on the bag itself.  The tab slides down through the bottom half of the oval.  And is actually very secure and tight.  

Kind of fun to think about styling the photos....

all those colors and combinations...