Happy Sunday!!!
For those of you who follow my instagram account, you saw my post yesterday about meeting with Jessica Galindo yesterday for an appointment to order a custom bag. She is not only an amazing artist, but such a nice and welcoming person, I really had such an awesome time working with her and know that my bags are going to be ridonculous!!!! 😛
As you may have seen in previous posts, color is one of my best friends and when Jessica posted about this fabulous multicolored leather that she had gotten, I knew I was in heaven!! It matched perfectly to some Valentino shorts that I had just gotten!! Although I probably won’t wear them together- talk about matchy color overload- I know that it will make the perfect purse!!! Once I talked with Jessica about my idea, her creative genius flew to action and after some twisting and folding, she came up with the purse below!
As you can see by the clips, this is a prototype, but I loved being able to see her work and can’t wait for the finished product in next 10 days or so!!!
Also, like so many others now, I often find myself having to carry 2 phones- one for work and 1 personal phone- but am finding a heck of a time finding a wristlet that can carry them both. So I also asked for her help with this and she come up with this bad ass idea…
I love that the blue patent with the patterned black with make it a versatile piece but give it a rock and roll edge that will keep it unique- like all her pieces!!
Although she recently closed her physical store in Container Park in Downtown Las Vegas, she is still very active in her business and is expanding her online options for retail. She also has her home studio for creating and custom appointments. I felt like I was hanging out with a friend who happened to be fantastically creative. Being there just makes you feel like part of the creative process.
With all these amazing pieces, there was no way I could limit myself to just the 2 purses, so I treated myself to this amazing wide belt too!!!
I knew that she also painted too, but was surprised to learn that she actually got her start with abstract art and styling before she got into leather. She had a client that she was styling and needed a particular colored leather as an accessory, so she painted it and has been into working with leather since. And thank God that she is!!! I’m so in love with her work and am so happy and lucky to have her here in Vegas!!!
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and if you are interested in ordering something from Leather Couture by Jessica Galindo, visit her website at leathercouture.com. If you have gotten anything from her or local artists in your area, I would love to hear about it- please share it in the comments below!!!
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