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Our all-leather, handcrafted Blueprint Tube keeps large format documents (like architectural blueprints, maps, artwork, and posters) safe and portable.  Impressively hand-stitched in every detail, the Blueprint Tube is made from structural and sturdy vegetable-tanned tooling leather - the same kind used...

Our travel-sized version of Double 12 dominoes uses the most efficient material for travel size and weight: playing cards! This is a listing for "poker" size, same as regular playing cards.  Fun fact: Geoff and Valerie like playing with these...

Valerie from Walnut has formulated our very own recipe of leather care for people who appreciate an all-natural, time-tested, pleasant-smelling, non-toxic creme for their vegetable-tanned leather products.   ~ No Petroleum ~ No Chemicals ~ No Paraffin ~ All-Natural ~Time-Tested Ingredients ~ Small Batch...

Inspired by St. Bernard brandy barrels, our Barrel Bag is totally handcrafted from the highest quality materials. A celebrated and classic design, our customers tell us that this bag is a head-turner and a conversation-starter. Keeping a bag on your handlebars allows...

A simple daily journal and monthly reflection space to cultivate gratitude, hand-drawn by the artists at Walnut Studiolo. This perpetual calendar is a digital download. It does not have days of the week and can be re-printed and used year-after-year...

Inspired by the pocket games soldiers carried in WWII, our handcrafted Travel Cribbage Board is one of the smallest folding cribbage boards on the market. Smaller than a deck of cards and made to fit in your bike bag, backpack, or...

The 6-Pack Frame Cinch attaches any object with a handle to your bicycle top tube - including your favorite 6-pack. Cleverly using the empty space inside the frame triangle for storage, our invention was honored as one of the Ten...

Valerie from Walnut has formulated our very own recipe of wood care for people who appreciate an all-natural, time-tested, pleasant-smelling, non-toxic creme for their wood kitchen utensils.   Food Grade ~ No Petroleum ~ No Chemicals ~ No Paraffin ~ All-Natural...

Characterful foraged driftwood pieces artistically shaped and enhanced with craftsman details to reveal the soul of the tree beneath the uniform weathered gray surface. Made to hang on the wall like a 3D painting. Become a collector of the collection, Sanded...

SOLD OUT AND OUT OF PRINT!  Find the last copies used:   Abebooks Amazon *Written and Signed by the Authors at Walnut Studiolo!* Curious about leather crafting? Let us teach you how to create your own gorgeous leather projects with our...

Valerie Schafer Franklin is one-half of Walnut Studiolo, and available for consulting on a project basis as dba VSF Consulting.  Throughout her career in NGO management, renewable energy, small ecommerce business in the arts and crafts space, and cooperative development,...