Hand Stitched Fauxdori Leather Journals

 It has been too long since I last posted on our blog.  Things have changed quite a bit and I have decided to update it so that it works for us with where we are now.

A friend asked me to make a journal this past winter/spring and I had no idea that when I added it to our Etsy shop what was coming!

And of course now I'm addicted myself.  That would be my pocketed turquoise travelers journal with three Midori inserts on the bottom in the photo above.

New ideas are always brewing around here.  I'm waiting on my first yard of waxed canvas to arrive.  Hoping to sew a tote bag with leather accents (handles, bottom) and I'm also thinking about listing some hand stamped charms to add to the journals.

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" ;)