Last night I made a prototype for a new addition to my Doc Pop craft line. It’s a wallet made for my iPhone out of tailored scraps of raw denim. The denim comes from a pair of black Imperials that matches my newest pair (did I mention I bought a pair of Imperial Kings?). It’s [...]
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DenimLife
The crew at LoveLife are my heroes. They make these fantastic messenger bags made out of re-used vinyl signs and upholstery. I really credit LoveLife with getting me into working with scraps and apparel, check out my ScrapLife series of blog entries. Well for half a year (or longer) I had been talk with Roxanne [...]
Scrap life #5: Selvage Wallets
It’s been a while since I’ve done a Scrap Life project, so I thought it was about time I shared a new one. The Scrap Life projects first started when I took some of the scrap leftover from my Love Life bag and made a wallet out of it, and this project is somewhat similar. [...]
Scrap life #4: Sonny’s Bag
Sonny got a Lovelife bag! So of course I had to get the scrap from Roxanne and make as much as I could with it. This is the first Scrap Life article I’ve written not using that coveted green material from my bag. I surprised Sonny with a wallet and yo-yo bag made out of [...]
Scrap Life #3: New Skin, Old Sole
I can’t really begin the third entry in the Scrap Life series without getting a bit into a product review, sorry: It’s tricky to be a conscious consumer, balancing function and form with cost and ethics. For most of my life I have rocked cheap shoes, but I had decided that if I ever had [...]
