Recently Handmade Custom Leather Bags

Another month of custom Design Your Own orders have been wrapped up and shipped out! I’m so stoked for my customers to receive their beautiful leather bags and goods! This batch was truly special and one of a kind.

I’m sharing pictures of the batch below! I’ll come back to this blog post to type out the leathers / colors I used.

My production team helped me with this batch which was soo nice because they also handmade our next Ready To Ship bags with this batch, but they struggled! It’s challenging to make a larger batch of one a kind bags, I get it. It takes a lot of patience to not mess up since each one is different. You have to constantly double, triple check your work, especially because leather is not forgiving.

So yes the Chicago production team struggled, but they did it and they did it really well. The quality is what matters the most, but going forward we’re going to have to consider a fair-trade artisan agreement. The team wants to charge me extra to make batches as unique like this one they just finished. It’s significant and I’m not ready to raise my prices nor am I ready to pay additional fees. I am sure my customers are not ready too, so I am going to have to adjust my Design Your Own process again.

I’ll be making DYO orders solely alone in my workshop again. That means I will have a cap on orders per month, depending on my social / family / friend schedule and my physical / mental health.

That being said ~

September Design Your Own Week opens 9/15. I will accept 10 orders and then the collection will close. It might be closed before the week ends ~ so set those alarms and order early!

xo, your favorite leather girlie

Alexz

Mini Brittany Convertible Bag with a Black Bison leather body, Glitter Pastel Rose Gold fringe trim and fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, Black criss cross hand-stitching.

Mini Brittany Convertible Bag with vegetable tanned hand dyed leather body in Purple, Black bison leather fringe trim and fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, Black criss cross hand-stitching.

Foxycat Convertible Bag with a Black suede leather body and fringe trim, Rainbow Chameleon Python leather fringe, antique brass hardware, and a soft drawstring with snap ends.

Mini Brittany Convertible Bag with vegetable tanned hand dyed ombre leather body in Cheeky Gold to Pyrite and Cheeky Gold fringe trim, Black bison leather fringe, antique brass hardware, Black criss cross hand-stitching, and 1 simple black leather handle.

Xtina Convertible Bag in chocolate bison leather with chocolate bison fringe trim, black bison leather fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, Rainbow criss cross hand-stitching, 2 simple black leather handles, and Flair D Ring.

XL Radley Convertible Bag in hand dyed vegetable tanned cowhide leather in Bubblegum pink + Coal fringe trim, black bison leather fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, and Rainbow criss cross hand-stitching.

Mini Brittany Convertible Bag in hand dyed vegetable tanned cowhide leather in Bubblegum pink + Coal fringe trim, black bison leather fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, and Rainbow criss cross hand-stitching.

XL Radley Convertible Bag with a black bison leather body, fringe trim, and fringe, antique brass hardware, and black criss cross hand-stitching.

Xtina Convertible Bag in grey suede leather and grey suede fringe trim, Rainbow Chameleon leather fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, black criss cross hand-stitching, 1 simple black leather handle, and Flair D Ring.

Ashley Sling Bag in hand dyed vegetable tanned leather in Bubblegum Pink and coal hardware tabs, black bison leather fringe, rainbow criss cross hand-stitching.

Ashley Sling Bag in hand dyed ombre vegetable tanned leather in Cheeky Gold and Pyrite, Cheeky Gold hardware tabs, and black bison leather fringe.

Radley Convertible Bag in ombre hand dyed vegetable tanned leather in Coal to Aqua, black bison leather fringe trim and fringe, and nickel hardware.

Sarah J Convertible Bag in ombre hand dyed vegetable tanned leather in Aqua to Deep Blue, hand dyed Aqua fringe trim, hand dyed vegetable tanned leather fringe in Blue Gold, Rainbow criss cross hand-stitching, studs, and a Flair D Ring.

Sarah J Convertible Bag in hand dyed vegetable tanned leather in Neon Green, black bison leather fringe trim and fringe, and antique brass hardware.

Sarah J Convertible Bag in bone leather, black bison leather fringe trim, antique marble fringe, and antique brass hardware.

Brittany Convertible Bag in black bison leather and fringe trim, Black python leather fringe, antique brass hardware and studs, and black Lace X Stitch.

Niki Wallet in hand dyed vegetable tanned leather in Cheeky Gold and antique brass hardware.

Minimal Wallet in hand dyed vegetable tanned leather in Blue Gold to Neon Green.