Customizing my Leaford Lanyard~

[Belletrist]

work in progress... yesterday i posted the removal of the original artwork:

here's the progress:

my phone cam doesn't capture the color very well, but it's a dark iridescent blue/copper, depending on how the light hits it. i'm not done painting but i wanted to get'r functional again and thought i'd post a progress pic. i'm also taking the paint slowly because i want to make sure the leather remains supple.

i replaced the waxed thread that it was laced with, and the leather neck strap, with satin finish nylon coated 7 strand stainless steel wire. (braided for the necklace portion).

once i'm completely done i'll break out the real camera for detail shots.

 

[Belletrist]

oh, and also--the satin finish coated mem wire is a perfect match for the platinum batts.

 

[Belletrist]

a somewhat better pic of the base color--kinda a peacock-iridescent. will be painting design on tonight.

 

[scuzzy19]

interested in seeing your high quality pics when its all said and done

 

[Belletrist]

thanks--yeah, i don't bother breaking out the cam for this inprogress deals, cause i tend to make it up as i go along and change my mind a lot anyways. i am looking forward to getting the higher qual pics of the necklace tho, this memory wire is really fun for this, and looks good.

 

[antithesis]

that's neat.

 

[Uncle Pennybags]

uh..oh Leafords gonna be mad at you. J/k I wanna see some better pics when its done.

 

[Slighter]

That looks great. Question, is it possible to just remove the beads from the original necklace portion?

 

[Belletrist]

slighter, yes... the adjustable knots are very easy to retie. you can easily take the beads off without impacting the functionality of the lanyard.

 

[Slighter]

Thanks, look forward to the extra pics. Does the wire swap make it more durable? Things tend to take a beating in my trade.

 

[keyzygirl]

I wore mine to work today,everyone loved it,one coworker wanted it.but its mine and I love it.

 

[leaford]

NIce work, Belle. I look forward to seeing it when it's done.

 

[Belletrist]

slighter--considering the durability of multi strand wire (it's 7 strand), nylon, and the fact that it's 3 strands of *that* braided--i would assume it's pretty durable.

i'll post more pics tomorrow, bout half through painting the design. vaporfully.

leaford, thanks--wait for the high res pics tho. these are just so i remember what i did. and this entire project has been powered by butterscotch 24 mg, and you invented the lanyard to start with so... good job YOU, sir.

 

[leaford]

 

[morningstaraudio]

you just voided the warranty, LOL

 

[Belletrist]

*irl LOL*

i don't think there's any voiding the SMILIN warranty but uh, yeah.

 

[Bella Chic]

That's pretty darn cool right there Belle can't wait to see it all done! Great job.

Gina

 

[Slighter]

How did the finished product turn out?

 

[resonator]

That's neet. I'm interested in finding a substitue strap as well, since mine snapped . My fault though since I wasn't using it for it's intended purpose (I was using it for Taryn's "spin" method.)

I don't have the l33t braiding skills to make the one featured in this thread.

 

[Belletrist]

project on hold as i'm back to my actual work. but i will post pics of it finished soon, i think i will wrap it up on sunday.