Been going to craft stores all my life. Used to keep it simple with fuzzy posters and color pencil by numbers. My husband does jewelry and I've tried my hand at it, but I'm definitely not up to his level and it doesn't hold my interest. Began dream catchers for a store nearby, and was pretty decent at them, but have wanted to move on. Since I needed leather strips to wrap my dream catchers in, I've had to go by the rest of the items in the leather sections. I've been inexplicably drawn to the belts, but of course didn't dare try to start off with one. I ended up grabbing a couple of keychain kits and one tool (had a very small budget) and tried a couple designs. I found I really liked it, and want to keep practicing so I can upgrade to something else (possibly the knife sheaths or wallets) and eventually to the belts. Though I'd eventually like to try many other things as well, such as maybe the small purse pouches or some leather wrist cuffs or something. I'll be able to increase my tool set in a couple weeks, and I'm really looking forward to it!
So far my designs have just been traced, and I didn't have any practice leather so the ones I have were my very first tries at putting a tool to leather. I still need to get stain and finish to complete them. I appreciate any input (even if it's "find another hobby"). I'm as nervous typing an introduction as I am making an in-person one, so sorry for that.
