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Handmade leather items for larp, cosplay, film, theatre, reenactment and costume. Barbwire & Roses is a small company that creates handmade leather items.

It is operated mostly as a ready-made items shop, with ready to ship stock. The webshop can be found at: barbwireandroses.etsy.com

Bespoke items are also an option, but slots are severly limited for completely custom items. Variations on existing designs are also possible and are generally easier to fit into the work schedule. All items are designed and created within the workshop in Apeldoorn,

only for very large orders, an extra pair of hands may be employed, but under close scrutiny, to ensure quality levels. All leather is hand-picked and purchased in smaller quanitites, to ensure a good variation of colour and make certain our items are either unique, or produced in very small quantities, so you won’t find too many people walking around with your item. Besides leatherwork, there is a small of range props, also available through the webhop. Larp safe latex weapons are also offered, as a reseller of several British brands, at select events (see album here in FB for current stock).

27/12/2025

Turns out the Malkavian logo really has a mind of its own!
Though in part, this was also my screw up as I probably should have selected a better part of the leather hide and not the bit with the fold in it. However, I also think the leather might have been a bit on the thin side. I have switched to purple now and it apoears to take much better.

This changes the misfit vampire bag offer!
Get all 3 banners voor 200 euro.

The misfits banners are normally already discounted at 100 euro each (from a regular price of 185/200).

I will finish the grey malk banner with snaps, so you would have 3 functioning banners.

24/12/2025

After 17:00, I am signing off, please do not bother me during my holiday for anything business related, no really... dont!

With that said, happy holidays everyone!

The webshop remains open, but I will not respond to PMs. ;)

P.S. yes, I am a little cranky. This is a me problem. After 8 weeks of hives, which included 6 weeks of itchy hell, I had 2 good days and then was blessed with a throat infection. This too, shall pass.

22/12/2025

Special offer! Misfit Vampire grab bag!
Offering a grab bag of vampire dark ages clan logos that contains test stitches and stitch outs that simply aren't perfect, but definitely good enough to be used and enjoyed.

What's in it?
A clan Gangrel banner (leather).
An alternative Ventrue clan banner (no fasces symbols).
Test stitch outs for Malkavian, Nosferatu and Tremere.

All of this for a heavily discounted price of 200 euro, also great to share!

Both banners are good quality leather and fully finished.

Let me know if you are interested in this one off grab bag.

Also a limited amount of single test stitch outs available at reduced prices.

These designs are offered under dark pack regulations.

19/12/2025

Victory! Here be dragons!
Thoroughly impressed with that first test stitch out of the Tzimisce Dark Ages clan logo, it only needs some minor tweaking and reduce the density a little bit.
A major victory was conquering that Malkavian logo though! I had to throw out rationality and go for some insane compensation on 2 spots, but finally managed a proper stitch out! Extremely happy.

Work has started on the medium sized version of the Malkavian clan logo as well. I am well on track to finish all 7 basic Camarilla logos before the end of the year.
The final leather clan banner should also be finished in time for our secret santa January session of the local vampire larp that I play, can't wait to see all 7 banners in play, together.

What do you think of this monster project? Happy to ser the clan logos come alive? Which is your favourite clan?

17/12/2025

That was a bit painfull.... I just spent over 500 euro on restocking embroidery thread (upper and under).
I just hate running out.

Also photo some embroidery machonr maintenance and upkeep. Replaced all 10 needles and oiled all the bars.

15/12/2025

I am looking at doing a bottle holder run with the Vampire Dark Ages clan symbols, at reduced cost.
They would be the same price as my regular bottle holders (the stitch count on these logos tends to be quite a bit higher than the regilar designs that I use).
There would also be a choice in colours.

Would you be interested?
Which clan would you be most interested in?

The designs for Toreador, Tremere, Brujah, Gangrel, Ventrue and Nosferatu are done and I expect Malkavian to be done before the emd of the year.
The Tremere and Ventrue designs also have alternative versions in which all fasces symbols have been replaced with other symbols.

Obviously, this is all done under Dark Pack.

12/12/2025

Not everything goes perfect in the workshop, though also not terrible.
I did not expect such a perfect stitch out on my 2nd attempt though, so happy I decided to do another.

This also means the red banner is available at a heavily reduced price.

10/12/2025

Still looking for some holiday gifts?
Take a virtual tour of my shop to inspire you with some handmade and unique items.
Let me know if you have questions or if I can help you. Of course I can also ship along the range of non-handmade items with your order. You might not find those shirts and cloaks in my Etsy shop, but just contact me personally to have them added to your order.
Give something unique and handmade this season!

08/12/2025

After quite a few years, this project is still on track! I hope to finish at least the base 7 camarilla banners, that we use for vampire larp, before the end of the year.
It was a very steep learning curve, as I had very little experience digitising embroidery designs from scratch. The process of creating a design is extremely tome consuming, but once I have a correct file, the design can be stitched out again and again and again.
Doing these type of big, dense stitch outs on leather isn't easy either. You need to know what leather to pick and how to compensate, if necessary.

04/12/2025

First day back at work! I was already tired before my lunchbreak, so taking things slow.

I am considering selling these DA clan test stitch outs. Previously, I made them into leather drawstring pouches, which is still an option, but thought to offer them as a seperate option too.

The medium sized ones are 20 euro each, the large ones are 35 euro each.

If you want me to make them into a leather pouch, like previous, that is possible. The medium ones would then be 65 euro and the large 85.

Obviously, these are big markdowns from what they would normally cost as a patch.

The bottom right Malkavian logo isn't available yet, as I need it for further tweaking the final version, for reference (though I expect to finish before the end of the year).

Xmas hoodie was a custom request colour.

02/12/2025

Being a little quiet.
I got mild food poisoning at DCC, which triggered a huge hives attack. Quite a few broken nights later and my body feeling like a constant battle ground, I am just extremely tired. Posting this up to try and keep some engagement going on the page.

28/11/2025

It's black friday! Here are some brand new black leather bags, for sale, at full price!
The large leather belt bag was sold at HDCC, however the small one is available, as well as 2 book bags (the biggest ones) and 2 belt pouches. Crafted from Italian vegetable tanned leather.

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