Welcome to our Bound & Wound Etsy store.  After we sold our home, we transitioned into a beautiful motorhome called a Safari Trek.  Our goal was to be able to travel all over the US in our little RV...but have you checked out the gas prices yet?  Anyway, we are comfortably settled in to a very nice RV park in northern Los Angeles county and, for now, this is our home.  I started making journals and leather wrap bracelets because I could keep my supplies and tools to a minimum, unlike soap making supplies.  I HAVE to be doing some kind of crafting, that's all there is to it.  I come from a long line of very creative family members and even my daughter is extremely artistic with her Etsy shop called Homebakd.

I use high quality leathers of all textures and styles, faux leather, suedes, Irish linen thread for stitching, quality lined and unlined papers and very unique closures, making each book distinctly different.  I also make hard bound books and very artistic books as well.   Other items you'll find in my shop include Leather Wrap Bracelets like this one:

One of my newer creations is this hard bound book:

Notice the beautiful braided decoration on the spine.  I thought my hands were going to fall off doing all this braiding but it was well worth it.

Here is another unique design in a journal...

I call this one Serenity.  Each of the sections are separated with a beautiful Asian themed paper.

And of course, you can always find a really nice selection of leather and faux leather journals, such as these:

If you're looking for something special, please don't hesitate to contact me either through my shop on Etsy or via email at fingertips1956@yahoo.com.

Creativity In Us All

Having started off first with soap making and The Skin You're In and then to journals and leather wrap bracelets with Bound & Wound, I'm now on another journey of a creative sort, that is my spiritual awakening. My grandmother taught me to knit, crochet, to sew and what made this even more special was the fact that she was legally blind.  In times when my grandmother was not spending time with the family and then after she had passed, my mother, gifted with abilities to sew as well, would help me when I hit a road block.  I happily made my blouses, pants and dresses, picking out the material and the patterns with diligence and passion...up until the patterns and material became so expensive it was no longer cost effective for me to make my own clothes.  

Being raised in a Christian home, I have a strong belief in God as our Heavenly Creator and Jesus as our Savior.  I knew that my love for sewing, needlework and even tole painting were all creative gifts from God and I always felt that there was something more, something deeper within us all.  I longed to find out exactly what that was.  My oldest sister Louise, started this Spiritual ball rolling by learning all about her psychic abilities and I absolutely loved what I felt and what I saw where her growth and development were concerned.

Roll the proverbial clock forward approximately seven years and here I am, on my own psychic development quest.  My desire to learn all about these spiritual gifts we were each born with, heightened by my desire to help others, has opened many doors for my growth to continue.

Oh, I still have my love for making soaps, including other natural skin care products, I thoroughly love making my journals of leather or other unique materials, the leather and gemstone wrap bracelets because I believe these creative outlets make way for my expression, my love, my passion which continually open me up to deeper spiritual experiences.

This is me...this is me happy, centered, grounded and following my path.

Where we can be found:

On LivePerson, you can find me under Sue Connects. The link is to the right.  

http://www.theskinyourein.etsy.com

http://www.boundandwound.etsy.com