Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "Holidays"

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.

Play dice anywhere you go in a handcrafted brass keychain or necklace.

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.

Uniquely functional 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

Our newest folding leather board and favorite game: Travel Backgammon!

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

Our blog"In a Nutshell" is written by humans:

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- in-depth articles

- photo essays

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

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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

Close-up of two hands on a table, tying a knot of a fabric blue bandana on a gift wrapped using sustainable reusable furoshiki.

Step-by-Step Guide: Wrap a Gift with a Bandana

A step-by-step photo tutorial to an everyday and easy-to-remember gift wrap, using a bandana and the Japanese art of furoshiki.

June 26, 2025
2 min read

A man is pulling a card out of an origami-folded envelope that says "Your gift is on its way" in handwriting with little heart doodles and hugs

"Your Gift Is On Its Way!" Printable Card for Late and Delayed Gifts

Print at home: the solution for gift givers dealing with last-minute or gifts lost in the mail. Our creative folding origami design is memorable and handmade.

December 15, 2024
3 min read

A coupe cocktail glass filled halfway with a cold amber brown liquid and with a curled orange peel on a skewer in front of a collectin of ceramic walnuts on a dark brown and white wool tablecloth,and a leather whiskey tube in the background

Holiday Cocktails with Walnut Flavors: Ingredients and Recipes

Taste and compare two walnut liqueurs (nocino and Nocello), walnut bitters and garnishes, along with two walnut cocktail recipes we created (and links to more!)

December 08, 2024
5 min read

A group of map-covered gift boxes, and a display of Walnut Studiolo pocket-sized travel games on a green wool army blanket: backgammon, cribbage, dice, and dominoes

New Travel Games Gift Bundle with "Buy More Save More" Discounts

New discounts on multiple handmade travel games! Perfect for gifts, or stash a few extra for yourself.

November 24, 2024
3 min read

Close-up image of the 2025 gratitude calendar, inviting you to take a look inside in handwriting

Introducing the 2025 Gratitude Calendar

Introducing our first calendar, the 2025 Gratitude Calendar, and a special offer for the 2024 holidays!

November 14, 2024
3 min read

A woman standing over a table, gift-wrapping an item in a bandana, folding the cloth

Wrap Gifts with a Bandana (The Japanese Art of Furoshiki)

In this post, we introduce furoshiki, the Japanese art of knotting and folding cloth into protective wrappings and bags. It’s not only beautiful, it’s a more sustainable way to present gifts than disposable paper – and it can be done with something we probably all have in our houses, the mighty bandana!

November 02, 2024
5 min read

DHL Express delivery person riding a recumbent bicycle delivery with Christmas tree holiday graphics on the trailer

Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2024

Need it before December 25? Check our 2024 last ORDER-BY dates below to ensure your gifts arrive in time for the holidays!

October 30, 2024
2 min read

Good Reasons to Shop Online Early for the Holidays in 2023

The best deal of the year has begun! 6 good reasons to shop early with Walnut this year for the holidays: #1: Early, Season-Long, Transparent Holiday Promotions. #2...