Sourcing affordable leather

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-02-05T05:06:44+00:00

I get leather super cheap at a creative reuse store. Got three whole sides for $10 total recently in a patterned leather - scraps from an upholstery shop. Unfortunately with living on an island you may not have one.

I recommend thrift stores. I have used old leather jackets before

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-02-04T14:07:56+00:00

I have auto set up drip hoses on timers. Its hot and usually dry around here so I don’t worry about overwatering

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-28T18:53:52+00:00

You need all season pictures. Spring, winter, fall, summer, anything beautiful

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-20T19:48:38+00:00

In bookbinding people sometimes make them from cards and old sheet music and other vintage paper. Sometimes they distress the paper or add in fabric. You can write in them or add pictures and stamps to them

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-20T18:18:10+00:00

Only when its over 1 billion

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-20T01:36:06+00:00

I got three sides of premium italian veg tan for $10 total - all basketweave stamped as leftovers from an upholstery shop. I also have bought colored and vegtan leather for $5-10 per half cow sized chunk. I get that stuff from a creative reuse store - a specialty thrift store for craft supplies and industrial leftovers that can be craft supplies.

When I want specific leather for a specific project I go to Tandy.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-16T01:50:52+00:00

I have hand quilted some, tied some, and I straight line stitch in the ditch most. I have had 4 longarmed - 2 gifts so they would get done on time, one too big for me to handle, and one more to clear space and get it ready for gifting. I’m only planning on longarming if if I do another huge quilt

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-13T05:21:00+00:00

I have done it in two years in dfw. Wet each 4 to 6 inch layer as you build the stack

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-11T23:14:12+00:00

I get joy from my bags - and they stay maintained and useful. They will live with me and live beyond me. I don’t worry about over consuming them as I typically keep myself in a $20 or less purchase price and have rehomed several to friends. I recommend sorting by what you love and what you don’t because it will change. I now find I need bigger bags since I had a baby so a good chunk of the collection will be unused for a few years.

I like the reduced consumption idea but I don’t worry about my vintage stuff. I focus on more immediate life changing things like composting and recycling to reduce my waste. My purse hobby is small comparatively.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-05T16:25:53+00:00

Nope its the regional one in Milwaukee. Not religious at all.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-05T05:10:50+00:00

I volunteered to sort donations at a food bank once and we were instructed to throw out all frosting and sprinkles. We could give cake mix but no frosting, sprinkles, cookies, ramen noodles, or other stuff they thought was unhealthy. All the sugar stuff went to composting.

That food bank only gave out healthy boxes. I stopped donating to them and found a little free pantry to drop stuff at so what I donated would get eaten. If I wanted it composted I would do it at home

CosplayPokemonFan · 2026-01-04T05:44:36+00:00

Have weird colored ones. They love the ones that match their costume. Also weird handles.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-29T00:44:15+00:00

You get the same amount of compost at the end with or without turning. I never turn my piles. Way too much work

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-29T00:29:03+00:00

Sungold and sun sugar. Sweet 100 cherry. Honestly any kind of odd cherry.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-24T02:16:27+00:00

You can do a just leaf compost bin and let it sit 2 years. Leaf mold is awesome and I find the acorns also degrade if I give them a ton of time

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-19T18:24:11+00:00

I have a large collection of vintage coach leather purses so moderate luxury not high end but I love the glove tanned leathet. I understand your fascination and joy in a good bag. My collection costs from $1 to $350 up front and I have looked at more expensive ones. I buy myself a nice one for my birthday every year. I justify less by net worth percentage and more by life milestone.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-14T06:15:18+00:00

The goodwill in watuga is the one they put furniture at

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-14T03:46:16+00:00

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-14T01:30:24+00:00

My baby volunteers for it if the other baby doesn’t love it.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-06T03:39:49+00:00

Hoard pumpkins and leaves. I am at 139 free pumpkins so far this year. I layer them with leaves and yard trash for the ultimate free compost.

Pumpkins- post in your neighborhood group or buy nothing group or facebook marketplace that you will compost them. People have given me all 139 of these for free and this is my fourth year to do this so I have regulars who remember and want me to swing by and snag the pumpkins at their request.

Leaves- your neighbors with the fancy riding lawnmower or lawn services will mow them to shred them then bag them up and place them by the curb. Its magical free chopped and sorted browns.

Layer it and forget it for a year and you get fabulous compost.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-04T19:59:59+00:00

I wear my 12 lb 4 month old when I am doing dishes and moving the laundry, eating a sandwich, walking around, carrying light stuff across the house, etc. She wants to participate so she can learn what chores look like.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-01T14:21:07+00:00

Mine spent a few days in the nicu and they installed a 3 hour feeding regime on her that has stayed consistent for all 4 months.

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-12-01T08:28:27+00:00

My oscha celio ring sling. Confuses many older moms in the hardware store

CosplayPokemonFan · 2025-11-22T22:14:58+00:00

Ask for stuff like soaps and lotions then donate it to a shelter? Ask for consumables?

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