Tag Archives: diy jewelry

Leather Mounting Plaques

Sunday, October 18, 2009 by Cathe Holden

I bought some small, 3″ leather furniture swatches at the thrift store recently and came up with a fun way to repurpose them. Mounting plaques for jewelry! These little swatches can often be found on ebay, or, if you don’t … Read more

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Kanzashi in Leather

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 by Cathe Holden

As promised, more fun with Kanzashi flowers thanks to Diane Gileland’s book Kanzashi in Bloom!Do you remember I mentioned that you could find great leather crafting pieces from ugly-but-salvageable purses? For my flowers in this post, I used purse leather … Read more

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Decal Penny Pendant

Monday, September 14, 2009 by Cathe Holden

Remember those sweet little vintage Meyercord decals we were all sticking to everything chippy a few years back? They used to be so popular that I’d have to pay around $12 a sheet. Today, I find them often for under … Read more