Managed your child’s tantrum successfully? Done something clever at work? Fantastic craft successfully? Whatever it is we want to know!
I dealt with an urgent case yesterday and was really clever in how I managed it. Don’t know if I’ll be successful but I know I’ve given it a good go!
Shamelessly reposted from the other thread but I’m just really happy that my bag turned out as well as it did!
You should be it looks incredible! I’d pay money for that bag it’s really cute
I know it might be a somewhat naiive or romanticised idea but I’d honestly love to get to the point where I could have a small side hustle in making and selling stuff like this.
Honestly Pip based on that photo you’re at that standard now. Obviously I can’t see seams or anything, but from the photo it’s definitely side hustle level.
Aww thank you, thats really nice of you to say. I’m my own worst critic with things so it can be hard for me to not see the problems or think I’m good enough yet. There are definitely some more skills and improvements for me to make on this particular design (the gussets are the main issue) but thats definitely given me a bit more confidence in myself for it ❤️
We can’t wait to see your journey!
Your bag looks great! Very clean. How did you get started with leathercraft?
Thank you! I had been kind of wanting to do it for a little while, was coming out of a bad place mentally and had a real urge to do something creative as a proper hobby. I saw an introductory course being offered for a very reasonable price at a place that was relatively local to me and booked it; I’m terrible for just trying to pick up new hobbies, buying the stuff and dropping it instantly but leathercrafting felt a bit different so I wanted to take it slow. I watched a ton of videos and made myself hold back on buying stuff until I did the course and made sure I liked it.
And yeah, after that I got started on a bunch of simple items, some basic card holders, simple patterns from the internet etc. then started designing my own things and this is kind of the level I’ve got to now, combining all the different skills and techniques I’ve picked up on.
my friend is going through a really bad breakup rn and he runs a garage band so I’ve been making logos and setting up decorations to try and cheer him up
I figured out a way to sleep more comfortably wherever I am. Not terribly creative but its something, right?
Before the heatwave hit, I made a bunch of really cool looking wycinanki (symmetrical paper cut out) flowers and then mixed a bunch of pigments up to paint each layer as I only had white card and none of my existing hundred or so tubes of paint were the right colour.
I came up with an interesting method too of using masking tape to cover and basically square off the back of each flower shape, so I could paint the other side without them sticking to my desk. I still need to run a scalpel around the edges to clean up some excess paint that didn’t come off with the tape though, but that can wait till I’ve recovered from my flat being 45c yesterday.
