Making Personalized Embossed Leather Luggage Tags Is Surprisingly Easy
It’s safe to say that most people are probably not overly addicted to working with leather. While not usually necessary, making a custom embossed leather luggage tag is easy and instructive.
Personally, I never really liked the luggage tags on most suitcases. The slide-out view always makes me worry that someone might change their card and walk away with my luggage while I’m not looking. This may sound a little paranoid, but I prefer to have something unique in my bag.
Embossed leather tags are great for this. They are not easy to change and stand out from the rest of the bags on the carousel. They’re also insanely easy to make. Fairgoods has a guide to embossing your own leather tags (or anything else from leather). The whole process is broken down into a few simple steps:
- Create a mock design for your tag so you have a starting point to work with.
- Dip a piece of leather in water to wet it. You can buy pre-cut leather tags at stupidly cheap .
- Using a hammer and alphabet stamp set , lightly hit each letter on the label wherever you want.
You can read more about the instructions below. However, once you learn this process, you will suddenly see all the other ways in which you can customize leather items in your life. The alphabet stamp set is arguably the most expensive part of this guide, but if you’re interested in customizing your own leather items, you can use them over and over again. It’s also a good introduction to how leather is pressed into the items you use every day.
Father’s Day DIY: Embossed Leather Tag and Tie Clip | Fairgoods via ManMade DIY