It's been a while since I've had a day off. It's the holidays, which are also known as Custom Guitar Strap Season at the Moxie & Oliver studio. I'm working every day, and nights, so that I can get all these beautiful straps made, and then wait a year to show them to you (seriously,...
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Changing of the Leaves
I spent my morning commute thinking about what I wanted to write to accompany this blog post. Two months ago I had so many things to write about, but seemed to lack the time to sit down and write them. Now I find myself with the time to write but only faded memories of all...
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The Oklahoma Guitar Strap + Shackles of a Sketch
Some months ago I got a request for a custom Oklahoma-themed guitar strap. The request started with the Oklahoma State Flag (which, I admit, I didn't look that closely at before I said I could put it on the strap, and it turned out to be much more complicated than I initially anticipated) and...
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History, Meaning and Purpose
I'd barely taken a sip of my coffee when we stopped at the first booth. As I would see with many more booths over the next few days, this one was very sparsely populated with meticulously handmade pieces. Smooth, earthy, vessels sat on a table and stands. The colors ranged from a rich clay-earth red...
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