Bohemian gypsy fringed leather handbag with beaded turtle totem

Good morning friends and happy Saturday to you all! While Rosie (my furbaby ) and I are waiting for it to warm up outside I thought I would do a blog post. 

We are well into the coming holiday season with Thanksgiving right around the corner and then Christmas of course. John and I have worked hard to try and get some ready to ship items up for sale. We are mostly a made to order shop and around the 15th of November we have to stop promising our made to order items for Christmas. Sometimes we are running a little ahead of schedule but you never know. 

I would like to show you our latest fringed beaded turtle handbag that we made and it lives in our ready to ship handbags section on Etsy.

The beaded turtle has an abalone cabochon in the center of the bag. It is done in different colors of green seed beads and a touch of silk gold glass beads. The gold beads give a beautiful touch to the beaded turtle. 

The bag has long tied fringe both front and back. It features a extra pocket inside and one on the back of the bag. This is a crossbody bag. The four point braided strap is around 48 inches long.

Fringed leather boho turtle bag

Fringed leather boho turtle handbag

Beaded turtle handbag

Pockets inside beaded turtle bag

Beaded turtle bag boho fringed

This is one of our latest creations for our ready to ship section in our Etsy shop.

We also have some medicine bags that are ready to ship.

Thanks for stopping in!

Have a beautiful day!

Debbie and John 

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Simple soft leather phone bag

Good morning friends! We are now offering Free shipping on both of our website.

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LEATHER PHONE BAG

This leather phone bag is $58.00 with free shipping within the US.

It is made in soft palomino leather and is all hand stitched and handmade by us. The closure on this boho crossbody bag is an antler tip. If you need a different size and length on your shoulder strap , just ask, we are happy to help you.

This bag is perfect for a few things and traveling light. If you would like to purchase this bag go here

Thanks for stopping in! 

Have a beautiful day!

Debbie and John

Ready to Ship Holiday Gift Ideas

We are getting closer to the holiday season and at Thunder Rose Leather we are working at having some ready to ship items for you. As most of you know we are a made to order shop  but sometimes we have time to make something special for our made to order section on Etsy. There isn't a lot to choose from right now but you should check back and see what we have gotten finished in our spare time.

Here are some of what we have.

White Buckskin Baby Moccasins

 Beaded Medicine Bag

This beaded medicine bag will make a great stocking stuffer.

Ready to ship in our Etsy shop!

Brown Leather Handbag

 To see more ready to ship gift ideas go here:

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Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings!

Debbie

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Handmade Boho Hippie Handbags

It is early Sunday morning here in Arizona.  We have several new bags that were created over the past couple of weeks. Two that are in different colors of leather that we have added in our store. Now on most of our bags , if you look at the last picture on the bag you will see a leather color chart... 

Fringed navy blue leather purse.

Navy blue Handbag

Navy blue phone bag

This Navy blue bag measures 8.5 inches tall x 7.5 inches wide and has a 48 inch shoulder strap that can be worn crossbody . If you would like a shorter strap just contact us or leave us a note at checkout. I love the long fringe down the sides of this bag and the unique antler tip closure. You can find this bag in our 

Etsy Store

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Forest Green Leather bag

Forest Green Handbag

 Forest Green bag

This green leather handbag measures 7 inches tall by 9 inches wide by 2.5 inches deep and has a 48 inch comfortable flat shoulder strap. It can be made longer or shorter if you like. All the bags you see in our Etsy Store are made to order. So if you would like one in a different color or size contact us and we will be happy to help you out.

I have one more I would love to show you that I made this week and added linear beadwork too. I just love this one . You all know how much I love my beads and l they look so awesome on leather. It's like they are made for each other.

This one is done in what I like to call a "red rock color of leather". I live near the Sedona Mountains and the Red Rocks are just fabulous. 

Sedona Red Rocks

Beaded Leather Handbag

Beaded Leather purse

Southwest leather bag

Closeup of bead work

The color of this leather is called tobacco. This medium sized leather purse measures 6 inches tall by 8 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches deep. There is an extra pocket inside and one on the back of the bag. For more information check it out in our Etsy Shop

Thanks so much for stopping in and seeing what is new with John and I. Comments are welcome if you choose.

Have a beautiful day!

Debbie

Need a new leather tote for fall

Today is the first time I have felt fall temperatures in Arizona! It was really chilly when I woke up. We are so happy to feel the cooling down, no more triple digits. Yea!

Here is a  fall handmade leather black tote I thought you might enjoy.

Black leather tote

Black Leather Tote

This beautiful black leather tote is made from black buffalo leather and measures 14 inches tall x 14 inches wide and is 4 1/2 inches deep. It is laced in tobacco (rust) colored elkskin leather. This boho style tote has a comfortable flat strap that can be made any size you are comfortable with. Some women like to wear their handbags crossbody and some like to have a shorter style strap. We are happy to help you with whatever your needs are. Just contact us and let us know.The closure on this tote is an antler toggle. 

To see more of this tote / handbag go to our store on

Etsy 

where you will find many more handmade leather handbags, totes and much more.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Have a beautiful blessed day!

Debbie

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BLUE LEATHER BEADED HANDBAG

Good Morning !  We have really been enjoying the springtime weather. The grass is growing tall , the garden is up (the cool weather plants) and the hummingbirds are doing their dance. This has been a good week of inspiration in my new  program of taking some time to do a new ready to ship bag. This week I used some beautiful navy blue soft cowhide leather and was inspired to make a rosette / mandala using emerald green,  silver lined blue , silk green, dark amethyst purple and silk purple beads. I decided to make the braided strap long (55 inches). When I tried it on I loved the length. I have been seeing many women wearing bags long. I must say it felt real comfortable and looked great. If you need the strap to be shorter just ask it is easy for us to adjust. This leather crossbody bag would go great with a long skirt, short skirt or a pair of jeans . It is all purpose adding high fashion and beauty to your day. We all want to look good when we are out on the town. I added long fringe to the leather bag , who doesn't love long fringe. I sure do.Of course I am an older hippie woman with a fancy for native style, and mountain woman style. I mean I have been loving that for a while now. The fun thing about our bags is they can be used for a phone bag, hiking on a trail, horse back riding, shopping whatever is your thing. They are strong durable and quality made. Our leather purses are all handmade and hand stitched with attention to detail. So this is the beautiful .......

navy blue leather bag

This navy blue leather handbag is for sale in my Etsy shop. This crossbody bag measures approximately 9 inches tall , and 7.5 inches wide.
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Blue leather handbag closeup

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a beautiful day!
Debbie

SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THEN SOME

It's a nice warm spring day in Arizona. It's a really quiet and laid back kinda day. Sometimes on Sunday's its like that. Not always but today it is quiet and nice. We have been working on a couple new things this week so I thought I would share stories with you.

I have had this pink and green turtle for awhile trying to figure out what exactly would it like to be on. This was inspired by a mother of a child who was making pow wow regalia. She wanted to buy  three of them from me but ended up taking two. That's okay it gives me a chance to do something different. So I finally came up with an idea. A while back we purchased an off white soft tanned white cowhide that is just fabulous. It feels really good and you know leather, it smells great too! When I did art shows the biggest thing I noticed is how fascinated everyone is with the feel and smell of leather. Well in our shop every time we get another bunch of leather we get the full on experience of the smell and feel of the beautiful leather hides we get. Each one has got its own uniqueness. 

When we start a project we  lay the hide out on a really big leather table and see what it has to offer. That is why every piece is different in our made to order shop.

This is our leather table with a hide stretched out. 

Anyway I thought it would be fun to show you our leather table. It is awesome.

Anyway this is how it all starts.

Of course I have my beading table with all my cases of beads in my cave. (special place to bead)

Then you have my walls of beads. 

We have a bead  and leather scrap store on Etsy. So I have a lot of beads and a lot  of scrap leather.

We don't always have a lot of scraps and leather laces in the store but we would gladly sell you some if you contact us.

We have plenty of scraps......For sure!

Well about that pink turtle, I made it a home and this is what it looks like......

I almost always bead in rainbow colors or fire colors so this was real different for me but it turned out real nice. I have learned in the past 25 years of beading the phrase different strokes for different folks is so very true. So I do try to mix it up a bit.

You can find this bag in our Etsy store.

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This bag SOLD! Soon after my blog post. If you need something like this or even different contact me. I would be happy to help you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blessing to you on this fine Sunday evening!

Debbie

Fringed leather handbag for the day

You want to talk fringe well let me tell you about this crossbody leather handbag. First it is made of chocolate elkskin leather and has tied , twisted fringe all around. There are many hours in this beautiful handmade, hand stitched fringed leather bag.  This is what I call a high fashion handbag but in the world of unique and not like you get from all the designers in Malls and department stores. These handbags are completely handmade by John and me at our home. We start with a hide layed out on our big leather table. First we look for the perfect lid that fits your order and then we go from there. Every hide has a different story , for sure. They aren't all perfect. They have scars and blemishes giving the bags and purses character. The older your bag gets the cooler it looks. We call it antiqued around our home. You don't have to do anything to these bags. Let them grow into you and your person. They take on a personality all their own from living with you.

This fringed leather bag measures 9 inches tall , 12 inches wide and 2.75 deep. It features an extra pocket inside, tied, twisted fringe all around , front and back and a 48 inch strap that is perfect for wearing crossbody. The closure is an antler tip.

This is the one handbag I choose to show you today!

For you to enjoy! 

You can see this bag in our Etsy store

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Thanks for stopping by!

Blessings !

Debbie and John

Handmade Bags

It's a beautiful Saturday morning and we had some awesome rainfall last night. We are getting closer to Christmas day and John and I have been working very hard on all our Christmas orders. One of the things I love about Christmas is the message of Peace , Love , Compassion , Gentleness, Patience. This is the most important thing to remember. All the beating up of people  on black Friday, to get a TV or whatever I hear about, just sounds like madness. There is no way this promotes peace..... So why not have yourself a Merry, Happy Christmas and keep it simple. There are many handmade artists out there who are working hard to share the love of their art so you can give something special.

Our shop had to have a cut off date of November 15th for everything to come to you before Christmas. But we have many beautiful handmade items for after Christmas. I thought today I would share a couple of my favorites.

This fringed leather handbag has really long flowing fringe. This is a new color of leather we have gotten in lately. It is called dark saddle. It is so pretty a real rich color of elkskin.

I love the brown leather with black contrasting lace on this bag.

This bag is a unisex bag. A man that wants a man bag or a woman who want a really soft durable everyday bag, this is the bag for you.

This is it for today. Thanks for taking a look!

Have a beautiful day!

Debbie and John

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