{"id":59833,"date":"2017-12-31T12:36:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T20:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/?p=59833"},"modified":"2017-12-31T13:12:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T21:12:39","slug":"a-look-back-at-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrlentz.com\/2017\/12\/a-look-back-at-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"A Look Back at 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I kind of like this time of year. The holiday order rush has dwindled, the New Year is upon us, and there’s finally a bit of time to sit back and reflect over the happenings of this past year. It’s interesting how the feeling of today will vastly differentiate itself from that of tomorrow, Jan. 1 2018. A single day change, and suddenly we will all be off to the races to improve, modify and hopefully make our lives better in more ways. I too am like this, and admittedly I too also falter on quite a few of those changes after a few weeks! That said, I think change should be thought of more as a continual process that has no beginning date or end date. Just a constant modification to improve our lives and those of others as well.<\/p>\n

Alright – that’s enough philosophical rambling for now, so here’s a peek at the actual changes in the workshop this past year:<\/p>\n

New Designs<\/h2>\n

The most obvious thing to start with are the new leather goods designs created this past year. I initially spent a significant amount of time looking into stitching a line of bags, even came out with one design for a few weeks as a test sale. Alas – I decided I am not quite yet ready to stray from my trusty rivets.<\/p>\n