Miniature Leather Crafting - My New Hobby.

Well... HELLO!

Wow, I can't believe it's been so long since I did a blog post!

I was away in Japan for awhile - enjoying some family vacation time.
It was amazing, and love everything about Japan.

While I was there - I had the opportunity to stock up on some new crafty supplies!

Well... I'm excited to share one of them!

It is Leather Crafting!

I have never been a big fan of leather crafting...

that is because all I see here is to make some western belts and wallets,

and not-so-my-type leather stamping...

but then, I fell in love.

I saw the CUTEST crafts ever.

I knew I had to make them.

So I went all out and purchased all these new tools.

Never in my life - 

I would just go and get all these tools that made no sense to me!

Oh, and I found the cutest wooden holder that I keep my tools!

...and before I even knew how to make anything - 

I had to go get some leather scraps.

These nice ones are actually really hard to come by here.

I checked Michaels, and I'm just so glad that I stocked up as much as I did while I was in Japan.

I had absolutely NO IDEA how to go about and what to buy.

I researched, watched YouTube videos, and read books...

and ta-da!

I created some things that I feel fairly confident now -

so I thought that I'd share what I've been working on.

 Isn't it the cutest?

They are all about an inch in dimension,

so it makes the perfect keychain, and pendants!

You wouldn't believe HOW MUCH more things I had to buy...

after I got the tools.

Leather sewing thread, tiny eyelets, grommets, brads, etc.

buckles and charms,

as well as leather lace and cords.

So, what do you think?

I miss paper crafting (and I still plan to do them) 

but it's also really fun to learn new things!

(The best thing about this is that the completed projects don't really take up any space!)

I wish that our cutting machine would cut leather...

(I've read somewhere it can cut thin ones)

and if it can do that - 

if Mary from SVG Cuts can design leather cutting files - 

that would be a dream come true for me :)