Little Occasions – a leather collection for the year's small celebrations

From the Practice Log – an ongoing series of leather stamping studies.

A September study – Volume I-B.

Little Occasions is an original collection for the small celebrations – the last day of school, the Tuesday that earned a cake. Five designs pressed into leather, gifts that keep working long after the frosting is gone.

First, a send-off. We hung a small bunch of balloons above the words OFF SHE GOES, so the suitcase says what everyone in the driveway is thinking. The black tag carries the gold.

Black-and-white die artwork for the Off She Goes balloon design in the Little Occasions leather collection.

A black leather luggage tag stamped in gold with balloons and Off She Goes from the Little Occasions collection.

A fuchsia leather luggage tag blind-stamped with balloons and Off She Goes from the Little Occasions collection.

A pale sea-blue leather luggage tag blind-stamped with balloons and Off She Goes from the Little Occasions collection.

Next, the pun that was always going to happen. We set A KEEPER above an old skeleton key and let the key do the work of the underline – a keychain for the person who is one. The black fob carries the gold.

Black-and-white die artwork for the A Keeper skeleton-key design in the Little Occasions leather collection.

Looks great when stamped onto the leather.

A black leather keychain stamped in gold with A Keeper and a skeleton key from the Little Occasions collection.

A fuchsia leather keychain blind-stamped with A Keeper and a skeleton key from the Little Occasions collection.

Then, a journal for whoever holds the calendar together. We ruled the cover like a list and checked every box in advance – THE TA DA LIST, where things get written down after they go well. It comes in pale rose and in pale sea-blue.

Black-and-white die artwork for the Ta Da List checklist design in the Little Occasions leather collection.

A blush leather journal blind-stamped with The Ta Da List checklist from the Little Occasions collection.

A pale sea-blue leather journal blind-stamped with The Ta Da List checklist from the Little Occasions collection.

After that, something for the first trip taken alone. We stamped OVERNIGHT SUCCESS on the toiletry kit and set a crescent moon to stand watch above the claim – caramel riding on dark espresso.

Black-and-white die artwork for the Overnight Success moon design in the Little Occasions leather collection.

Caramel and dark espresso leather toiletry bags blind-stamped with Overnight Success from the Little Occasions collection.

And finally, the tray. Around the rim we drew the small cargo that lands there at day's end, and in the middle set the invitation: PUT IT ALL DOWN. It means the keys, and it also means the week.

Black-and-white die artwork for the Put It All Down pocket-object design in the Little Occasions leather collection.

It looks genuinely beautiful.

An arizona leather catchall tray blind-stamped with Put It All Down and pocket objects from the Little Occasions collection.

We made this out of love. Leatherius Woodman is on a mission to create and share artifacts of beauty, craft and love – this study is one of them, and we hope the feeling is mutual. Every image is a render – how we prototype before cutting a die.

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An alternate black leather luggage tag stamped in gold with the Off She Goes balloon design from the Little Occasions collection.

An alternate fuchsia leather luggage tag blind-stamped with the Off She Goes balloon design from the Little Occasions collection.

An alternate pale sea-blue leather luggage tag blind-stamped with the Off She Goes balloon design from the Little Occasions collection.