Just bouncing ideas here.
A potential customer called today with a request for some leather, sand-filled paperweights, cut into a specific shape, embossed with their art. In a maroon color. Of course, they want to resell it for $20 and can't go a dime more. They are willing to purchase and "own" the die and embossing plate. 75 at a time, need by Sept 1st.
This is really not my area, but I am researching nonetheless since this is a potential good future customer. I have no way to die cut or emboss, so these parts of the project would have to be farmed out. I can sew them together, but worried that the sand will fall out between the stitching and that the shape would be too complex to stitch well.
1) Can anyone advise on an embossable leather that does not need to be finished after the emboss? In a maroon or neutral brown color?
2) Where would you go to get both the die and the plate made and also have the clicking done at the same time? Any one-stop shops like that?
3) Would you tell this person it can't be done? I am heading there. Fast!