Brocade
Black brocade buckle collar with sheepskin lining (2 inch wide) £25
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 08:03 PM GMT [link]
Celtichound
Tuesday, August 4th
Ladybird & Dragonflies
Burgundy slip collar with ladybird and dragonflies (2 inch wide) £19
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 08:02 PM GMT [link]
Renaissance
Purple renaissance slip collar (1 1/2 inch wide) £20 
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 08:01 PM GMT [link]
Fleece Lined Buckle Collars
Buckle collars with fleece lining (1 1/2 inch wide) £25 skulls - £27 amethyst hearts
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 08:00 PM GMT [link]
Oriental
Black buckle collar with oriental knots and turquoise studs (1 1/2 inch wide) £20
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 07:57 PM GMT [link]
Ivy Leaves
Burgundy buckle collar with hand painted ivy leaves (1 1/2 inch wide) £20
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 07:56 PM GMT [link]
Oak Leaves
Natural with hand painted oak leaves (2 inch wide) buckle or slip £21 
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 07:55 PM GMT [link]
Martingales
Zak, who is my brother, got a lovely dragonflies collar. Me jealous never!
Mum decided to do a test to see if she could do a more standard style martingale collar. As Zak really liked the dragonflies fabric martingale mum made for him she decided to use a similar design.
It started off as a long loop martingale with a slide (based on some slip collar leads that mum made for Brin’s mum).
Mum says that this is great for people who just slip a collar on to walk the dog and either don't let the dog off the lead or have a separate tag collar on and take the martingale off to let the dog run around. Otherwise the long loop hangs down and is too impractical.
So then she tried a more standard martingale and this is the result:
As Zak pulls a lot mum made the martingale bit wider than on the first test and this does sit a bit stiff so for a dog that didn't pull lots mum said she would make it the same width as the first test, though I think that with wear this should soften a bit.
The main drawback of the latest design is that it needs reasonably good measurements as it is not adjustable and you wouldn’t want a collar that didn’t fit over your head.
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 07:53 PM GMT [link]
Shocking Pink
So mum managed to buy some outrageous shocking pink and black hair on leather and will be making a small amount of collars in this if there is any interest.
The collars she can do so far are buckle collars with a layer of bridal leather on the inside to give strength and a layer of hair on hide on the outside for the look. Due to the thickness this gives they can't be lined but the inner layer has the smooth side of the leather so should be smooth against the neck.
Mum should also be able to do slip collars in this style.
One point to note is that hair on hide will eventually shed especially in buckle areas as the hair gets rubbed off.
Posted by Tara on 08.04.09 @ 07:50 PM GMT [link]