broncobuster

well i got reminded yesterday that i was supose to send some stuff off for a tack shop for them to take along to tack swap this weekend. they wanted cell cases but whipped up couple things quick. had the cell cases kinda cut out already just had to assemble n bling them. so they were a quicky job to get out today lol. work good under pressure lol. thanks for looking Bronc/Bonnie

HP!!!!! WOW!!!

go to military surplus stores they have different plastic canteens sometimes. Bronc/Bonnie

very nice

hows this is it better.

resend? its going to come the same way. Its not a pic I took its a regular photo. sorry i dont know what else to do with it. thanks anyways. Bronc hows this

click on it, it gets bigger. or you want it bigger yet?

Heres some chinks I made for a bridesmaid in a horseback western wedding. they designed them. I tooled the yoke. the conchos down the side are barrel racer conchos. the yoke has a horse jumping through leaves its actualy an old craftaid pattern and there farm brand is tooled on them to. she loved them. it was a beautiful wedding i heard lol. the brides dress was done in leather to I think I posted that a while back. so every once i a while i dont have to do zippers lol. Bronc/Bonnie

Heres some stuff I whipped up today for a raffle tomarrow. this is for abate of wisconsin which is a motorcycle rights kind of group. the fringe deal is a hair wrap. which is black with violet insets. and the biker wallet.

basically that what it is. the half pint saddle kit put on a purse. could make your own pattern for it.

I of course have the same problems as everyone else. bookkeeping(I totally suck at) keeping bils paid, cleaning. rearangeing, inventory etc all the same problems. I do mostly repair so profit can be a bit better. I live in an area where people have money, a most people dont have money. the ones with money are cheap and try to haggle on everything you do. the ones that dont have money have ya do a job but dont come and pick it up or some type of excuse. or they have ya make something whine that its to much and can get it at walmart cheaper. those are the fun ones. but in the end i get paid. the transition from working to leatherworking shop full time was kind of by necessity or just had to much invested in it anymore to be a hobby. i was running a bar and restaurant and lost my butt on it. I figured if i can lose my butt on something that i did for short period of time I can get by or make money on something i know a lot about. so here I am in a shop that if i didnt own id be closeing the doors but because i dont have rent expense Im getting by. winter months just about kill me but summer i go 7 days a week. in the shop when im not at a show(bike rallys all summer). If i had to rely on shop solely i dont think id make it. If it werent for the shows I wouldnt be this far. Its advertising for me. I get a reutation for my work which brings them to the shop. this is going on my 4th yr here in shop/store 5th yr in town as a business, im finally seeing a little profit going. its a slow go but im not in any big city, but some of my customers do. I draw people in from 200+ miles away(bikers). It is overwhelming sometimes being the manger,employee and manufactuer but i enjoy it. plus at my age in this economy no one would hire me. Im way over qualified for most jobs around here which there isnt to many. and having the ol man working his job we squeak by. Its a slow go but i enjoy the people(most) and never a dull moment. the things people want when ya have a leather shop lol.

basically you would do sections like a biker wallet. ex cut like 5 3x9 pieces. you take 2 put them face to face n stitch them to each other not on the edges but like in middle like a 2 in square. hard to explain lol. do another set like that. then take one set with unfinished side n face unfinished side n sew edges n so on. the last one will get sewn on edges. the the outsid part would be triple the wide so as to go around the accordian type inside. not sure im explaining it right. ill have to draw up a diagram im thinkin lol. maybe you can understand my dribble lol. hopefully it helps. Bronc/Bonnie