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Last week, while I was working on the leather key holder, I had an aha-moment. On top of one of H's birthday presents, last summer, sat a cute 3D card stock bear head/tag. Because I thought it was so cute I rescued the little bear from the recycling bin and it'd been sitting on my desk ever since. Until last week, that is. All of a sudden, I new what I wanted to do with it - make a replica in leather and use it to hang on a key chain. And that's exactly what I did. I tweaked the design here and there and even came up with a little fellow critter. So easy to make and according to my girls very cute (do I need to tell the little critters have been claimed already ?). Use sturdy leather for this project (I used low grade but rather stiff leather for mine). Besides leather, you will also need a (leather) needle and thread, an eyelet and eyelet setter, and a key ring. Skip the sewing and have your little ones decorate their bear or dog head with markers, if you like. Punch a co...

  Quite some time ago, I got M. a cute leather key chain. The design was very simple. What made it special was the combination of materials: leather and rubber, and the color: tomato red. I immediately regretted I only bought one and of course when I went back they were all gone. A good reason to try to make something similar myself. It took me a while before I found the time, but this week I finally got to it. I made several in different colors and color combinations. Since they're really easy to make, I decided to share this project with a short how-totutorial. It's a perfect beginner's project for sewing leather on the machine. Here's what you need : - small pieces of leather (or faux leather or any other material which doesn't fray) - (leather) shoe lace, ribbon, ... - key ring - 2 metal eyelets + setting tool - hole punch - adhesive hemming tape or vliesofix - rotary cutter, scissors, cutting mat - sewing machine, equipped with a special leather sewing needle -...

People who have been following // Between the lines // over the years, know I like to work with leather and have integrated it into many of my crafts. It started with small pieces of leather found here and there but over time, as I gained confidence (or so I thought), I also started buying bigger pieces, and by bigger I mean real stretches of cow hides and pig skins and whatever animal skins. This has resulted in a stash that gets more and more difficult to store or to 'hide' (oh, this is so lame!). Once in awhile, I'll take out my stash just to look at it and feel it, smell it, but also to think about all the wonderful things I could make from it. And there's the problem. The possibilities are endless and so is my inspiration (have you seen my pin board on Pinterest, yet?), but once a specific project has been decided upon and started, there's no way back. Once you start cutting, you literally cut off the other options.  I don't like the idea of wasting my...

I started knitting on a seed stitch cowl during our camping trip (which was absolutely great, by the way). It's the simplest knitting project thinkable. Purl, knit, purl. A no-brainer.

Made this cake yesterday. I used our basic cake recipe, cinnamon sugar and two crumpled and sad looking apples and threw things together in a mixing bowl. Everyone loved it. So, I had to write down the recipe... For next time when we end up with crumpled apples.   Cinnamon Apple mixture   1/4 cup of white sugar  2 tsp cinnamon  2 apples, peeled and cored and cut into small cubes 1. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. 2. In a bowl, add 2 tsp of the cinnamon sugar mix to the apple cubes. Mix with a spoon to make sure all apples are coated. 3. Reserve the rest of the cinnamon sugar for later.   Cake recipe:   125 g butter, room temperature  150g sugar  2 eggs, room temperature  250g flour, combined with 2 tsp baking powder (i.e. 1 sachet de levure chimique, when you're in France)  and a pinch of salt  2 tbsp of yoghurt 1. In a mixing bowl, mix butter and sugar until white and fluffy. 2. Add eggs to mixture and mix until well ...

  Necklace: leather cord with resin beads, finished with two sliding knots - all supplies from De Banier . We're back from a long relaxing summer. It wasn't a very crafty one but a fun one for sure. Two more days to get back in school modus. Waking up early will be toughest part we now know already... Hope you had a nice summer too! Cheers, xo, P.