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ETA: SOLD! I only had enough of this Thistle Heather leather to make one bag. Available through DM, on my website www.plumagestudio.ca Or... At the Online Handmade Market. See www.handmademarket.ca for more details about the show. See more

I want to call this a Strawberry Swish but it sounds like dessert. It IS a pretty little confection of a bag. "Swish" handbag in Cherrywood leather with a panel of William Morris's The Strawberry Thief print in red. At about 10" wide, and with a crossbody strap, these are a perfect mid size bag. Zipper closure. $159 shipped free in North America. These will be available on the Online Handmade Market show website this weekend. Go to www.handmademarket.ca for more details.

Another sporran-influenced waist bag heading out today, in rustic brown leather with the Outlander tartan flap. www.plumagestudio.ca

It is that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting colder, and the veil between the worlds is thin. This is the time of All Hallows Eve, Samhain, the Day of the Dead etc. . To celebrate this special time of the year, we are going to have a giveaway that is a co-production between Plumage Studio, Furred Lines and Magpies Collected Creations. . The giveaway will be for a black leather purse, made by Plumage Studio, featuring a sugar skull prin...ted and hand painted by Furred Lines. The bag has both a chain strap and a wristlet. Also part of the giveaway is a mask from Magpies Collected Creations. . To enter: . 1. Follow at least 2 of @ArtisanAccessories and @Furred_Lines, @magpiescollectedcreations . 2. Like this photo . 3. Tag three friends. Each tag acts as an entry. One tag per comment please. . BONUS ENTRY: repost this to your IG Story and be sure to tag us so it can be counted. See more

Anyone who's known me for a while, knew this would eventually be coming. Here are some stages of creating a black Celtic applique hobo bag. . I have designed and made over 1000 Irish dancing costumes over the years. I love Celtic knotwork and always planned this but didn't think I'd get to it yet. However, this leather had a bit of a dye splash that I didn't notice until it was pieced together so I jumped in. . The nature of leather means all the thread ends need to be pull...ed to the back and tied off, as shown in the last picture. It is very time consuming but a nicer finish than backstitching. I did a couple of under/overs twice just to emphasize those lines. . The hardest part was not adding rhinestones. I plotted them out, of course, but nothing permanent, lol! See more