Eco-friendly Gift Wrap with a Memorable Story to Tell

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

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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

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November 06, 2016
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UPDATED 11/24/24. There's an interesting story behind the design of Walnut Studiolo's own branded gift wrap paper. Not only is it eco friendly, there's also a great story behind the complex custom pattern!

A roll of kraft gift wrap with black line drawings being unfurled and displayed by a woman

Eco-Friendly Gift Wrap

By choosing a black, soy-based ink printing, we were able to print economical gift wrap that is made of a completely recycled, recyclable, and even compost-able material.We even pair it with paper raffia ribbon, which can also be recycled or composted.

Design Came From a 9-Hour Photo Shoot Capturing 5+ Years of Work

In 2012, we decided to celebrate our 5-year anniversary by laying out a complete collection of all the products we sell along with some of the craft tools of the trade and capture it in a beautiful professional photograph.

The brains behind this idea is our graphic designer, Jon Schafer, who designed the photo into an art print and poster-catalog. Each item in the photo was meticulously laid out and photographed by award-winning photographer Jim Golden. It was a nine-hour photo shoot the old fashioned way, just as the products are made.

Then, we hand-drew a line drawing on top of the resulting photograph, creating a monochrome design that now graces our gift wrap and later, our Bicycle Print Bandana.

Scroll down to see photos of the photograph being made in the studio, the resulting photograph, and the resulting line drawing from the photograph!