{"id":13745,"date":"2016-07-01T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T14:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ami.blogwrangler.net\/kristinlanedesign\/"},"modified":"2016-11-14T16:03:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T16:03:02","slug":"kristinlanedesign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutami.com\/kristinlanedesign\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Lane Design"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Happy Canada Day!<\/b><\/p>\n
To celebrate this special day, I\u2019d love to introduce you to a Canadian handmade artist named Kristin<\/i> of Kristin Lane Design<\/a><\/b>! \u00a0She is a teacher by day and a leathersmith by night in my hometown of Edmonton, and I was able to grab a tea and chat with her a couple weeks ago! \u00a0She is a self-trained leathersmith, and she loves designing her own purses and accessories to create functional beauty and quality lifestyle products. \u00a0Kristin was also one of the finalists for\u00a0\u201cBest New Talent<\/i>\u201d in the Etsy Canada 2016 Awards<\/a>! \u00a0It\u2019s been so neat connecting with fellow handmade artisans and hearing about how they\u2019ve discovered various hobbies and passions!<\/p>\n You can follow Kristin\u2019s work on Facebook<\/a><\/b> and Instagram<\/a><\/b>, and check out her Etsy store HERE<\/a><\/i><\/b>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Above is an example of her work! \u00a0This gorgeous wristlet is hand-stamped, hand-stitched, and hand-beveled and burnished. \u00a0It is a beautiful untreated vegetable tanned leather, and it looks so sophisticated and chic. \u00a0Kristin also offers a custom monograph<\/b> placed under the flap, and you can see my initials\u00a0\u201cSJL<\/b>\u201d in the photo below! \u00a0I adore my clutch and I am so excited because Kristin and I are partnering together to offer one of YOU the chance to <\/b>win the very same clutch with your own custom monogram!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ***To enter this GIVEAWAY [NOW CLOSED- congrats to Wendy!]<\/b>, leave a comment below telling us what other craft (besides crocheting and knitting) you love or you\u2019d be interested to try! \u00a0<\/b>Examples could be leathercrafting, beadwork, scrapbooking, quilting, etc.<\/p>\n This giveaway is open to residents of the USA and Canada and will close on Sunday, July 3rd\u00a0at 8 PM MST<\/i>! \u00a0You can also enter through Facebook<\/a><\/i><\/b>\u00a0and Instagram<\/a><\/i><\/b> to increase your chances!<\/p>\n Note: Thank you to Kristin Lane for sponsoring this giveaway! \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"