I finished this at 2AM last night!
MY FIRST EVER BELT AND BUCKLE!!!
CAN I GET AN AMEN?!!!
100% handcrafted in every way! This belt features a hand cut, carved and tooled leather belt that has been antiqued and hand painted. The buckle was also crafted by me from sterling silver and amethyst. I feel compelled to once again remind you that a belt buckle takes one day of my life to create and is a labor of love in many ways. This buckle features two bison with pierced and patched hearts, one metric ton of texture as well as four amethyst cabochons. Like my buckles of the past, and many of my other pieces, this piece features a handful of word strips that utter:
Stay wild. Run free.
The leather portion of the belt echoes this sentiment and the entire piece is made to wear slung low around a part of a woman that measures about 37 inches. I can punch ONE MORE hole in this leather to snug the fit up a bit but NO MORE than that.
The belt has been equipped with two bomber snaps that allow you to remove the buckle if you wish to wear it with another belt or if you wish to wear the belt with different buckle. Versatility! YAY! Seriously, I struggled with how to antique this piece. I really wanted to use my chartreuse antique but sensibility won in the end and I selected saddle tan for the job — not everyone wears at least one piece of chartreuse green every single day like I do. See? I’m always looking out for your best interest (except for sometimes).
What people see when you’re going:
What people see when you’re coming:
This is my first larger scale effort in leather and I am so delighted by the outcome I think I’ll keep on with it. What do you think? Would you wear it?
I’m off to whip up some breakfast and a cafe au lait before heading out to the studio for the day.
I hope Thursday is treating you well, you smart little chickadees and chickadudes!
xx
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