Northern Lights Leather & Design

Northern Lights Leather & Design Custom leather apparel, gear, and décor made in Montana. Rennaissance gear, cosplay, home art, and utility goods.

I aim to make tangible, the innermost meaningful and unique expressions of fantastical people.

Quiet work.
02/16/2026

Quiet work.

A quiet moment from the workbench — the tip of a hand-tooled peacock belt, still in its natural leather stage before col...
02/09/2026

A quiet moment from the workbench — the tip of a hand-tooled peacock belt, still in its natural leather stage before color brings it fully to life. Every feather is carved by hand, the details slowly emerging one line at a time.

Lately, life has been moving a little more slowly.
There’s still snow on the ground here, but I’ve been planning my garden anyway — flipping through seed packets, sketching little layouts, imagining green things pushing up through thawing soil. It feels good to dream ahead while everything outside is still resting.
Most evenings end the same way: curled up under a blanket, cats tucked into every available corner, and one tiny whirlwind refusing to let anyone sit still for long.
Our newest little shadow, Namira, came into our lives after a friend found her alone on the cliffs outside town last October — just four weeks old and already full of grit. She’s grown into a fearless, chaotic, affectionate gremlin with a crime streak a mile wide, and we adore her for it.
Quiet nights, warm fur, garden plans, and a bit of mischief — not a bad way to pass the winter while the next season of making slowly takes shape.

02/04/2026

✨🦚 After the peacock comes the feathers
🛠️ This is where the belt finds its rhythm. Feather by feather, each line is tooled by hand—repeated, deliberate, and meditative. The work is quiet here, but no less powerful.
🌿 These feathers carry the same spirit as the peacock at the tip: confidence without apology, beauty with backbone, and the courage to take up space in your own colors.
👑 When worn, this belt isn’t just an accessory—it becomes a continuation of the wearer. A reminder that adornment can be both armor and expression.
✨ Some pieces shout. Others simply know who they are.
🦚 Would you wear something like this boldly, or let it reveal itself slowly?

01/23/2026

🦚✨ A belt fit for those who carry color and confidence
🛠️ This is the tooling stage—where damp leather meets steel, and every line is pressed with intention. The peacock at the belt’s tip is carved first, anchoring the spirit of the piece before the feathers flow down its length.
🎨 When finished, this veg-tan leather belt becomes something luminous: a full peacock standing proud at the end, with tooled feathers traveling the body of the belt like a quiet procession of color and texture.
👑 This design is made for renaissance faire days, festival nights, and anyone who believes their garb should feel as intentional as a crown—functional, durable, and unmistakably personal.
🌿 The feathers will have their own moment soon. For now, this is the beginning—where the story takes root.
✨ Would you wear a statement belt like this, or do you prefer your magic woven in more subtly?

01/07/2026

🩸 The Marauder
Pieces carry stories long after they leave the workbench.
⚔️ Dyed in deep crimson like old battle stains, this Kyll bag was made to look earned—not pristine. Worn. Traveled. Lived in. The kind of gear a wanderer carries when the road is dangerous and the coin is hard-won.
🐺 This one found its way to a man who became one of my best repeat customers—proof that the right piece finds the right person, every time.
🕯️ 2025 moved swiftly. It was loud, demanding, and full of turning points. Some seasons leave you tired. Some leave you questioning. But looking back at pieces like this reminds me:
I have made things I love.
I have built things that last.
✨ This year, I return to myself. To the craft. To purpose. To making gear that feels like it belongs in another world—but lives fully in this one.

🐾 Two beasts, two stories, one table.A wolf leaping through the night, a lion crowned in gold—both captured in leather, ...
09/24/2025

🐾 Two beasts, two stories, one table.
A wolf leaping through the night, a lion crowned in gold—both captured in leather, waiting to guard the roll of fate.
🎲 Each hand-carved dice tray begins in the sketchbook, shaped by steady cuts and layers of dye, until it carries both function and meaning.
🖤 Durable enough for every campaign, detailed enough to be displayed—these trays are made to hold more than dice. They hold the stories of those who play.
✨ I’m always honored when I get to bring symbols like these to life. To me, they’re more than trays—they’re a meeting place between art, game, and imagination.
🐺 Which creature would you trust to guard your rolls?🦁

🦊 🇦 What letter and animal would you use to represent yourself?This is the hand tooled leather base to a custom dice tr...
08/25/2025

🦊 🇦 What letter and animal would you use to represent yourself?

This is the hand tooled leather base to a custom dice tray featuring art, a calligraphic letter M and a leaping wolf.

I've always had shyness when it comes to the deep meaning art and sharing it with anyone. I use symbolism and the art's content to represent emotions and meaning I could never tell anyone. Animals are my expressers. Their movement my feeling. Their colors, my voice.
Owning tangible items that carry meaning add value to our day to day environments, our habitat. I think it's important to surround ourselves in reliability and understanding, even if it takes a while to get it. 🎨

Some things reveal themselves slowly.At first glance—you see a story in leather: a riverbank, wildflowers, a meadowlark,...
08/18/2025

Some things reveal themselves slowly.
At first glance—you see a story in leather: a riverbank, wildflowers, a meadowlark, a trout in motion.
Look closer, and the marks of the tool show the hours, the care, the steady hand.
Meaning catches the eye in a heartbeat… but skill takes a little more examination.

Handcrafted. Handtooled. One of a kind. 🎸✨

📖✨ Not all my gear goes to battle—some of it tells stories.This run of designer leather journals is crafted from vibrant...
08/11/2025

📖✨ Not all my gear goes to battle—some of it tells stories.

This run of designer leather journals is crafted from vibrant, chrome-tanned leather— metallic shimmer, crocodile textures, embossed florals, and bold character.

Perfect for the writers, dreamers, and chaotic scribes who need something worthy of their next idea, potion recipe, or tale of what their rambunctious familiar got up to.

Bright. Textured. Magical.
📚 Let them hold your lore.

☕🧙‍♀️ Surface-dweller levels of sunlight detected.Send help (and more coffee).When you work in a leather-covered lair mo...
08/05/2025

☕🧙‍♀️ Surface-dweller levels of sunlight detected.
Send help (and more coffee).

When you work in a leather-covered lair most days, stepping into the Montana morning feels like casting “Daylight” in a dungeon.

Every crown, frog, and bracer starts with a half-asleep artisan, a cup of caffeine, and a healthy fear of UV rays.

Running a small fantasy business means wearing all the hats: maker, packer, designer, marketer… and sometimes just a very tired goblin trying to remember what day it is.

But even on the slow mornings—I wouldn’t trade it.

🖤 Thanks for being here while I build this one piece, one brew at a time.
Back to the workbench I go.

🦁 “A lion does not need to tell you it is a lion.” This hand-carved leather dice tray is still in its rawest state—natur...
07/28/2025

🦁 “A lion does not need to tell you it is a lion.”

This hand-carved leather dice tray is still in its rawest state—natural, unfinished, and full of promise.

A calm, commanding lion rises behind a calligraphed “S,” a personal symbol for my new brother-in-law, crafted to honor his quiet strength and steady presence.
I just ran out of room to fit all his goof in.

Every cut is part of the gift: bold lines, silent power, and the warmth of something made by hand.


📜 One of a kind. Just like the ones we craft it for.

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Billings, MT

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm

Telephone

+14065919979

Website

https://northern-lights-leather-design-llc.square.site/

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