Patent Leather Camera Strap

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Last night I recovered my camera strap with grey patent leather. It took about 10 minutes. Lickety split, hu? Seriously, what can’t you do with leather & PVA glue?

After I finished up the cover, I felt like it looked a little plain, so I made a little decal with the name of my camera: Sigurson. I name my electronics, by the way. I have quite a few baby names that I know will never be used for an actual baby, so I pawn them off on my electronics. My external hard-drive is Betsy, after my grandmother; my iPhone is Juniper, after Benny & Joon and my camera is Sigurson, after Sherlock Holmes’s Smarter Brother: AKA Gene Wilder. While everyone I know hates the name Sigurson, it fits my camera perfectly. Do you name your electronics?

Also, I named my bike. Persephone, Sephie for short. She’s queen of the underworld & only comes out for spring/summer. So fitting for my bike. I think I need to make a decal for my bike, too.

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    1. Emily says:

      I so love that you name your electronics!

    2. Kersey says:

      I love it! What a clever girl you are.

    3. Christen says:

      of course, I name all of my inanimate objects.

    4. Kate says:

      I totally name inanimate objects too, they do have personalities after all ;)

    5. linz says:

      M, I love this!! Is that a vinyl decal? And the site redesign, OMG! It looks amazing!

    6. Bellesme says:

      Cool! I don’t name my electronics, I can’t find the perfect name =P
      Love your bikes name though!
      Bellesme

    7. beth says:

      i name all my things. my camera is lucy :)

    8. Brianne says:

      I definitely named my car Naples. That’s where she was shipped from (Flordia) so it became her name. hehe.

    9. Misha says:

      That’s fabulous! No, I don’t name my belongings, but I do name items I make :)) My sock monkeys, or as I have fondly renamed them, Punk Monkeys. Ernest, Binky, Buster…

    10. Laurel G says:

      how fun! my macbook pro is named Baby cause I treat it so well haha. my car is called Little blue as it is a little blue honda civic.. i also love finding nemo :)

    11. Melissa, this post made me chuckle…you’re too funny! I don’t name my electronics, but always our cars, and events like going to bed is “got to beeps”…

    12. Bmerry says:

      My Ipod is Stewie simply because it requested a name and Family Guy was the first thing I thought of. My fabulous custom built vintage cruiser is the “Brooke-cycle” (because I helped build it and I supply the power, not because I’m bi, although I’m realizing now that this name could be interpreted in that way).

    13. Clare says:

      I’m so glad I’m not the only person who names my gadgets and things. I used to have an old Russian camera which, naturally, came to be known as Boris. I also have a big dragon ornament, its a mother dragon with her egg, I call it Norbert (the mommy is Norma, the egg is Egbert).

    14. Danielle says:

      I’m in love with this idea! Can you PLEASE tell me more about your process? Leather + PVA glue … then how did you do the decal? And… now I think I need to name my new camera :)

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