A Pair of Designer Handmade Leather Shoes

Finally I have approached the finish line to completing my new pair of ballet wedged flats. 

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Cocobollo Wood Turn Pendent.

Branching out in different forms of wood working we have found wood turning a proper transition into new elements of design. These are just practice samples before we get to the fun projects. All recycled Cocobollo Wood Pendent with recycled leather chain.

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Handmade Wood Pendent With Agate Stone

Each one of these pendents I have found a growing attachment to. Hand-carved and shaped to a smooth delicately curved form, this Green Acrylic maple pendent, with a unique Moss Agate stone is just the beginning to a series of hand carved wooden pendents. 

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Welcome To Our Humble Abode

It is time to introduce the place in which I craft. I truly believe that all artists are effected by their surrounds, so thankfully with the mixture of creativity amongst my family we have created an oasis. Buried within the trees lies this beautiful home on top the hill. But sadly, only a few weeks, and I will be moving to Savannah, GA, leaving my craft comfort home behind. So of course I found it important to show my readers our welcoming place for creative minds. 

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Hand-carved Buckeye Burl Wood Pendent

With each piece we truly dedicate time, and love to complete every detail. This Pendent is hand carved out of Buckeye Burl. 

Just to inform the readers, Burl is the part of wood which exposes the knots, which makes it a little more difficult to work with, but when is it complete, the grain is magnificent. 

To compliment the beautiful shades of blues and greens within the wood, we have embedded a Tiger Eye stone into the face of the pendent. The chain is a antique chain with a strong magnetic clasp. 

Features which you miss by not being able to experience this piece up close, is the smooth shape of the pendent. We have begun building upon this idea of stimming. Stimming is also known as self-stimulation, which is created by a repetitive movement that triggers the calmness of nerves. Organic shapes seem to calm the nerves and sooth some from bad habits. At first this idea seemed far fetched, but it has truly proven to work. We strive for products of purpose.

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Nature Inspired...

I could not explain this obsession with unclose and personal detailed snapshots of flowers and plants. The colors, textures, shapes, and smells of each of these are each unique and extraordinarily inspiring to an artists eye. A creation which transforms with each passing moment is simply magnificent.

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Recycled Leather and Wood Necklace

We make sure to save every last piece of leather and wood, to attempt to create unique pieces of art with these near useless materials. Today we present to you, a simple braided leather chain with a recycled Olive wood pendent. Every aspect of this piece is proudly recycled, and is read-to-wear. Shop OPHILYA.

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Heather Gray Handmade Leather Clutch

Introducing heather gray leather clutch. I still have to add a wooden zipper pull, and of course finishing the strap. But a good start to a line of well crafted handbags. I still have ways to go to achieve the brandname quality I would like to produce, but "Baby steps," eventually it will get there. 

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With the welcoming of our ten new members to our home I find a lot of  my time spent amazed at how different and unique each chicken is and how fast they grow. They have tripled in size in the past month and soon we will be collecting eggs as reward for their comfort and stay in their handmade chicken coop. 

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Wooden Lathe Purple Acrylic Pendent

This unique pendent is a hand lathed purple acrylic wood piece with a small embedded tigers eye stone at the very end. My new endeavor during this project was to make sure that the piece had movement. The connection piece is hand craved from wood and I ran a metal wire through the side and into the lathed piece in order for it to move freely back and forth. Yes this did take forever to create, but I enjoy every moment I spend with each item. From start to finish it is a magical process to create products with inspirational qualities.

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My Baby Chick...

This is Oona, the baby chick which I have chosen from the bunch. Every chick does in fact have their own distinct personality and mine although stand-offish, stands with the most grace and beauty in her features. I will most certainly be annoying her with constant attention to ensure she will eventually enjoy our visits.

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The Colors in the Details

The Colors I choose for the week. Nothing better then the colors of nature, but within these photos holds amazing shades of gray, brown, and orange. I do obsess over the smaller details but it is these small parts which create the beautiful whole of our landscape. 


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Embedded Vintage Compass

I take pleasure in the discovery of old vintage items, so when a unusable compass found its way into the trash, I took it upon myself as a goal of finding this piece a proper home. With great delight I found a way to frame its beauty of timeless aging, and decided to hand whittle a exotic wooden cocobollo shell. To add to its make-shift appearence, I accompanied it with a braided yarn and leather chain, with the bottom half rapped in waxed cord. Most of this necklace is indeed recycled. But through this attempt, I hoped to have given back the life to these unusable scraps by adding a little charm and proper craftsmenship to the mix.

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Recycled Leather wallets with Wooden Clasp

Since I continuously have scraps of leather and wood laying around the studio, I decided it was time to deliberate and think of a way to put them to use. So now I present to you the new and improved recycled leather branded wallets. Indeed every aspect of this wallet has been recycled and reused. 

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You may purchase from a variety of colors from Ophilya

Wooden Lathe Pendent with Embedded Stone

Upclose and personal look at our wooden lathe jewelry piece with embedded stone and a small metal locket.

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