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Crafty Work

Here's some of my crafty work.  I'm thinking of experimenting with carving on the bracelets in the last photo.

Whole Lotta Leather Love

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-sea of shoes

-cosmic dust

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I just felt like sharing a little bit of my love for leather.  Over the weekend I picked up a new bag of super soft scraps to play with.  I'll post the results later.

New Header

I don't know about the rest of you in snowy climes, but I'm feeling weather defiant.  No one can see my great outfits under my coat (althought it is a great oversized biker jacket) and I haven't taken my fuzzy gret cat hat off since 9 o'clock this morning.  I wear it just about everyday.  I want to feel the warmth of the sun instead of only watching it's rays drift in the in the chilly breath of winter wind.  I want to feel the grass between my toes like I did as a child, and let the sun dry my hair naturally.

Anyway, new header!  I dont have the photo credit for this image.  Ever since I found this photo I've been fantasizing about a leather jacket covered in fringes.

Carry-Always

I love jewelry.  My interest stems not purely from the joy of beautiful adornments.  Certain types and styles of jewelry have meanings and values that transcend visual appeal.  Today, I am writing about Native American medicine bags. 

I got my first medicine bag when I was a child.  My grandfather, my primary baby sitter, is a nature and history buff.  We went on trips to museums, festivals, and watched documentaries.  On one of our adventures, I don't remember which one, I got a medicine bag.  It is the size of a small matchbook, butter scotch leather, with fringes and beading on the front.  There are beans inside of it.  I don't know the significance of that.  I just remember that I loved hiding things in it (money, little notes, and my favorite thing: rocks!)

Just yesterday I bought this black one at a thrift store for $2.  It is beautiful leather, worth more than what I paid I'm sure.  For weeks I'd been wanting to attach my obsidian arrowhead to something leather.  I knew that this bag was perfect.  As soon as I returned home I got to work.  Here it is.

I've read differing accounts of what medicine bags are used to hold.  Objects representing what is sacred or special to an individual seem to be the most usual contents of a medicine bag.  I am using mine this was as sort of a reliquary.  I'm treating this one much like my childhood medicine bag.  Along with my small gem stones, I have some catholic charms.  Overtime and in future travels, I will add more things that I find precious.  I have a feeling that I might wear this everday.