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Leather bracelets with handmade leather beads


Trying something new with these handmade leather beads. A simple but comfortable bracelet. Imagine, Create & Enjoy    

Bracelet, colorful, Fun, handmade, Leather

Wrap your passport in this leather cover


Yes, you are born to be Awesome. The document that confirms your identity should be wrapped in this statement. 🙂 … More

BorntobeAwesome, cover, Design, Fun, handmade, ID, Passport, Pimp, Sleeve, Wrap

Leather case for business cards


WIP on leather passport covers


TheCrazySmile at the Beach


Preview of the SkateBag! More on Instagram


TheCrazyTube in Barcelona


Last week I visited Barcelona. Now that is a great city. And the sun added the finishing touch. TheCrazyTube was … More

Barcelona, case, colorful, Design, handmade, iPhonelens, Leather, Olloclip, Sun

Handmade leather phone pouch (or for any other object that fits)


Leather guitar strap Western style


This leather guitar strap is custom made for Martin-Jan for his birthday. The strap is made of two straps of leather. … More

Design, guitar, Guiter strap. leather strap, handmade, Music, Tooling leather, Western

Tools: Debossing press


My new tool has arrived. It is a press you can use for debossing and stamping foil onto a variaty of … More

Create, debossing, Enjoy, handmade leather, heat, Imagine, Leather, stamps

Leather backpack for Thomas is ready!


Thomas turns 4 next week and will go to school. Of course he is not going without a handmade leather … More

Backpack, Bag design, birthday, Blue, Design, Enjoy, grey, Leather, Leather Backpack, Mario Bros, present, TheCrazySmile, Tooling

Leather backpack for Thomas almost ready


Backpack, bag, birthday, handmade, Leather

W.I.P on a bag for my son’s birthday


handmade, Leather Backpack, leren tas, Mario Bros

A new outfit for my phone


Design, handmade, Leather, Phone sleeve, Raw, TheCrazySmile, Windows phone

Happy Holidays!


It was a great year! These are great days to look back on all the good things that happened. Enjoy! Imagine, … More

Enjoy, handmade, handmade leather, Happy Holidays, Lego, party

FeetBag Materialen Beurs 2014


  FeetBag Materialen Beurs 2014 in Utrecht Een mooie gelegenheid om meerdere leveranciers van leder, fournituren en gereedschap tegelijk te … More

Beurs, feetbag, fournituren, gereedschap, leer, Materialen, Materialen Beurs, Nederland, Tools, utrecht

Blue leather phone sleeve with a Smile


Imagine, Create & Enjoy

Blue, Design, DIY, handmade, Leather, phone, phonesleeve, Pocket, TheCrazySmile

Sorry… but saying you are busy lost its Cool


Check out this article for more: http://www.fastcompany.com/3008263/busy-new-lazy Imagine, Create & Enjoy

busy, Imagine, Love, MakeitHappen, Work

Raw watch strap for Quiksilver Lanai


So happy with my new Quiksilver watch and really enjoy making leather straps for it. 🙂 This one is completely made … More

Design, grey, handmade, Lanai, leatherwork, Quiksilver, watch, Watchstrap, Yellow

Handmade leather watch strap for Quiksilver Lanai


Design, handmade, Leather, leatherstrap, Watchband, watches, Watchstrap

Simple & Raw looking leather etui.


Completely made by hand as a test to see how it would take to create one of these. This to … More

AlmereHaven, BG105, Design, etui, handmade, Jewelry & Bags, Leather, Workshop

TheCrazySmile op Jewelry & Bags Expositie in Almere Haven


Jewelry & Bags Ontdek de wondere wereld van (houten) sieraden, tassen van oude airbags en tassen en accessoires van leer. Wie … More

1332AT, AlmereHaven, BG105, BG2224, Campus4Talent, Design, Expositie, handmade, HannekeBloemen, hout, KoolDesign, ontwerp, ringen, sieraden

Green & pink custom leather iPod sleeve


This leather sleeve for an iPod Touch is custom made for a girl in France. One side is shaped to … More

Apple, custom, Design, handmade, iPod, iPodtouch, Leather, Smile

TheCrazySmile in Kenya – Leather notebook cover


On the picture below you see Ivo holding his Leather notebook cover under a tree in beautiful Kenya. When I … More

DayDream, Design, DreamBig, handmade, Kenya, Leather, Leathercover, Notebook cover, Smile, Travel

HEAVY duty bag fits great with Heavy duty gear


🙂 Imagine, Create & Enjoy

Art, CAT, Caterpillar, Design, Fun, Handbag, handmade, Heavy Duty, leatherbag, Slapping bag, Workwear

Heavy Duty Leather Bag


This is a Heavy Duty Leather Bag with the emphasis on Heavy. 🙂 Not created to be taken lightly. The … More

Art, bag, BagArt, CAT, Caterpillar, Construction, Design, Fashion, Heavy Duty, Raw, Workwear

Sneak preview of a leather logo for a bag.


Bag design, DIY, handmade, Leather, logo

Combining 2 Passions! A leather notebook cover with Avanade logo


Avanade celebrates her 10 year anniversary in the Netherlands! Avanade is definitely the best place to work. A very inspiring … More

Avanade, bag, cover, Design, handmade, Leather, logo, Notebook, Sleeve

A leather case for a Blistex Lip Conditioner.


Great when a customer is creative in determining the purpose for one of my creations. This one starts its trip … More

Bagfashion, Blistex, Design, handmade, Leather case, Lipgloss

Looks like I stopped working some time ago.


Confucius, Inspiration, Love what you do, Quote, Quotes, Stop, Work

Amsterdam Maker Festival was a success!


Last Saturday September 7th I was at the Amsterdam Maker Festival in Amsterdam. Together with a lot of other enthusiasts … More

3D print, Amsterdam Maker Festival, Bracelet, button, Design, Festival, handmade, iFabrica, Imagine, Leather, logo, Product design, Ultimaker

A +Positive+ Leather bag. Handmade to be enjoyed.


What receives attention grows. So I figure that focusing on positives creates more positivity, smiles and happy people. 🙂 Below … More

BagArt, Design, Funky, Handbag, Inspiration, Inspire, leather bag, plus, positive, positivity, Smile

Funky Leather Bag


As my working philosophy says I Imagine, Create & Enjoy. This is how many creations get their shape. Another motto is: The … More

Create, Design, Enjoy, Fashion, Handbag, leather bag

A MEGA edition of TheCrazyTube is on its way to Belgium


custom, Design, Funky, handmade, Leather, Lens case, Special, TheCrazyTube, Tube

Working on a green and brown leather bag


New designs and color combinations are fighting for their moment of creation. I am working on 4 bags at the … More

bag fashion, brown, Design, Fashion, green, leather bag, nature, Tote

Progress on a Fun leather bag


This is a leather bag I am making not to be practical, but for fun. I still need to create … More

Art, Black, CAT, Caterpillar, Craftsmanship, Design, Fun, handmade, leather bag, Yellow

A great Medallion with a Smile! Big thanks to Sophi


Sophi is a great artist. She makes the most beautiful items from polymer clay. Below you see the medallion she … More

Clay, handmade, Lollopalooza, Medallion, necklace, Polymer, Polymer Clay

A save place for a Passport


Frequent traveling can get tough on your passport. With this leather sleeve it is well protected. Imagine, Create & Enjoy

handmade, Leather, Leather Sleeve, Passport, TheCrazySmile

A simple black leather wallet


A simple leather wallet for coins and cards. Nice for those moments you need to leave the rest of the … More

Design, handmade, Leather, purse, TheCrazySmile, Wallet

Beach & Sky Blue Leather belt


For a colleague I created this leather belt. It is made of two straps of great quality leather glued and … More

Beach, belt, Blue Sky, Design, Enjoy, handmade, Leather, leather belt, Smile, TheCrazySmile

Not just a leather wallet


Sometimes I start of with a creation in mind and the end result actually comes close to what I imagined. … More

Creative, Creativity, gymnastics, Imagination, Leather, Leather wallet

Leather case for Leatherman Wave


I made this Leather case for the Leatherman Wave owned by Simon. His girlfriend was so kind to ask me … More

DIY, handmade, Knife, Leather, Leatherman, outdoor, tool, Tools, Wave

I Love Quotes!


Imagine, Create & Enjoy  

happy, Inspiration, Love, Quote, Quotes, Voltaire

New leather handles for an old leather bag.


One of my colleagues was using this nice leather bag, but the handles (as you can see on the picture) … More

Fiebings, handles, handmade, leather bag, leather repair, mensbag, old bag, Repair, second life

iFabrica opent de deuren! The place where ideas come to life!


Vandaag was ik op de open dag van iFabrica. Wat een geweldig initiatief! In Amsterdam is een grote fabriekshal omgetoverd … More

3D printen, Amsterdam, Design, Doehetzelf, handmade, Houtbewerking, iFabrica, Inspiration, Metaalbewerking

Make your own tools!


Sometimes the right tools are not available when you need them, are very expensive to buy or just fun to … More

Army material, brass shell, gun shell, handmade, hole punch, homemade, leathercraft, Lens case, recycle, shell, Tools

Raw & Crazy Leather Bag -> Work in Progress


Last year in October I visited a large flee market in France (Amiens) and bought two huge hooks of which … More

Art, CAT, Caterpillar, Crazy, Design, Fashion, Fun, handmade, Imagine, leather bag, LeatherArt, Raw, Smile, TheCrazySmile, tough

Green & blue leather belt with cool wrinkle effect


A week ago I was out for dinner with a group of friends in Amsterdam. One of the crowd was … More

Amsterdam, birthday, Design, Fashion, leather belt, party, present, Raw, rough, Smile

Bright blue leather multi purpose etui


I created this leather etui in a way that make it possible to also use it as a small bag. … More

Blue, Bright, Design, Fashion, Handbag, handmade, Leather etui, Multi purpose, Smile, sporty

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I started welding and creating things from leather to make this seat for a motorcycle I am building. It got out of hand. :-)

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