Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "Fundraiser"

A Black woman wearing a denim shirt is carrying a bicycle down a set of stairs in an urban environment. The bicycle has a green paint job and honey leather wrapped handlebars.

Original, unique designs to help with lifting and carrying your bicycle

Lifetime leather bar wraps in five styles for every type of handlebar and bicycle

A woman bicycling on a bright summer day over a green lawn wearing suede fringe cowgirl boots and with a 6-pack of Anchor Steam beer connected to the top tube of her bicycle with a honey leather 6-pack frame cinch

Best-selling "commuter essentials" for making the daily commute easier

A dark brown leather round, barrel-shaped saddle bag with cedar wood sides mounted to the back of a brown leather Brooks saddle on a cream-and-brown painted bicycle

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Two people playing a game of travel cribbage on a wooden picnic table with a small leather and birch cribbage board

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Two sets of travel dice on a dark brown leather table surface. Both sets show six dice coming out of a square brass tube. The dice are 7mm, smaller than standard. One has white dice and the other has black dice.

Convenient dice games on-the-go: farkle and yacht (yatzy)

Two people playing dominoes using small, domino-sized playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks. The domino cards are double 12 with different colors for each number and hand-drawn.

Perfect for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Close-up of a folding leather travel backgammon board mid-play on a weathered wood surface. A hand is reaching in and moving four game pieces (which are brass nails) between triangles, which are laser-engraved in the honey dyed leather. Accessories are visible, dice and doubling cube and peg storage

Travel Backgammon for travelers, made from natural materials

A variety of handcrafted leather and wood handles on a sample board as seen from above and an angle

All handcrafted handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, & 3 metal finishes

A white chest of drawers in a white and lilac baby nursery with three colors of leather Morrison bin pull handles, in Honey, Dark Brown, and Black

Strong yet soft, durable and sustainable, no-bumps and no-bruises

Collection details, stylesheets, dimensions, sizing, palette & more

Two cabinet doors swinging open towards each other with matching leather Lovejoy loop handles. The leather touches so the cabinets don't crash into each other, a solution for problem corners in kitchen design planning

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

The Blog

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Valerie and Geoff from Walnut Studiolo are standing on a pile of driftwood between two boulders on the North Oregon Coast beach near Manzanita, with mountains and grey sky in the background

About Us

A long dark brown leather blueprint tube is shown on a long countertop being hand stitched together by Geoff, whose stitching hands are in the background

More Information

Valerie and Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo standing behind their bicycles on a grassy green lawn. Geoff is doffing his hat to Valerie and she is smiling, as a gesture of service.

Customer Service

Leather 101

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, from how it's made to spotting vintage quality

Walnut Becomes a Founding Member of Artisans Cooperative: a Better Handmade Marketplace

We're proud to announce that Walnut Studiolo is one of the Founding Members of Artisans Cooperative. In this post, we'll tell you all about it!

June 14, 2023
3 min read

Walnut Studiolo Fundraiser for "Artisans Cooperative"

Walnut Studiolo supports great causes. Learn about the fundraiser we held for Artisans Cooperative, a member-owned marketplace designed to help artists and artisans of all kinds.

October 29, 2022
2 min read

A Ukrainian children's drawing of people holding hands on a pretty day on one side and war with tanks and helicopters on the other

Walnut Studiolo Fundraiser for Ukraine

A donor report on our small and successful fundraiser for Ukraine through a leather sunflower and tip jar, and a list of trusted organizations for donations and support to Ukrainians.

March 23, 2022
7 min read

Valerie and Geoff wearing complementary yellow and blue bandanas like face masks and smiling against a forest backdrop

Walnut Studiolo Fundraiser for "No Kid Hungry"

Fundraiser With Donor Report: We're selling a bandana and "no-sew mask" to raise funds to end child hunger during COVID-19 for No Kid Hungry.

May 06, 2020
3 min read

Historic photo of the Occupational Therapy Department, an army division that healed veterans with PTSD with a crafting working and craft kits

Leather Craft Kits for Veterans

We share the history of leathercrafting in helping veterans cope with PTSD and tell you about Help Heal Vets, a wonderful organization distributing free craft kits to veterans.

November 27, 2018
5 min read

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