There are always so many things we want to tell you about Sbri - from the intricate designs and ideas behind our personalised products to our sustainable business values and where and how we make our leather accessories. So many cool things, in fact, that there are enough for every letter of the alphabet. 

If you’re anything like us, it’s probably important to you to know a bit about the small business you’re buying from before you commit your hard earned pennies, so we are here to help. This is the A-Z of Sbri: the ultimate Sbri fact file, filled with all the info nuggets you need to know about what goes on in the Sbri Studio.

If you’ve ever shopped at Sbri, followed @sbri_studio or just happened upon our website in a magic twist of fate, chances are you’ve heard us chat about the ‘S’ word a fair bit, the ‘S’ word being sustainability. Being a sustainable leather brand was never a question for us, we knew that if we were going to be making fun leather accessories it had to be fun and fair for everyone, including our planet (cos we’ve only got one). You can read all about our sustainability practices here, including information about the natural materials we use and how we run our leather studio. 

As well as offering our customers gorgeous, UK made personalised purses and accessories we try to encourage them to learn about what’s in their new garment, how it was made, where and by who - important questions we should all be asking every time we shop. We know that shopping sustainably in day-to-day life can be overwhelming and it’s almost impossible to do it perfectly, but we’d love for it to become more accessible. In this post we’re going to try and debunk 5 common assumptions and misconceptions about sustainable fashion so that you can hopefully start to think about it in a different way.

Who you gonna call? Myth busters.

Read all about it! Sbri hit the press last year which was a super exciting milestone for us. As a small business there’s nothing more exciting than flicking through a newspaper in the supermarket or turning on the television to find our products in the spotlight. There are lots of hats to wear and plates to spin when you’re a small team running a small business, so we were totally thrilled to have achieved coverage in magazines, newspapers, online and on TV in our first year of trying on a PR hat.

In case you missed it, read on to discover the four Sbri pieces approved by the press…

Every day is a small business celebration at Sbri but today, it's official. Saturday 4th December 2021 is Small Business Saturday in the UK, a day dedicated to shouting loudly and proudly about all the fabulous things about small indie businesses. For example, did you know if everyone bought just one (one!) Christmas gift from an independent business this year, we would reallocate a vital £2.7billion into the economy. That's a lot of £££. Plus, shopping small supports the dreams of lovely business owners and means that you find brilliant, unique gifts for your favourite people (and probably yourself too, you're only human).

We'd love for you to shop at Sbri this Small Business Saturday, obvs, but we'd also love to introduce you to some of our small business crushes too. Here's a round up of lovely UK indie brands the Sbri team have shopped with, lusted after and have at the top of their Christmas wish lists. They're all absolute dreamboats.

We don’t want to say in too loudly, but it’s definitely *that* time of year again…“that” being Christmas, obviously. We see Sbri leather accessories as the perfect little “to me, from me” gift for whenever you need to #treatyourself, but as well as providing personal pick-me-ups, we love to help you spread the joy of Sbri around and share it with the people you love too.

Our handcrafted leather accessories are designed to turn heads, with little pops of colour and eye-catching prints to add extra joy to the everyday. We don’t mean to toot our own horn too much, but our pieces are made to stand out from the crowd and we reckon they’re deserving of a compliment…or three.

Now, if you’re the kind of person who freezes up and doesn’t know how to respond when someone pays you a compliment (if you’ve ever awkwardly blurted “you too!” when someone wishes you a happy birthday, you’ll know what we’re talking about) then we are here to help. Here are 10 cool things you can say about Sbri to keep the conversation moving (and maybe convince someone new to join the Sbri club).

Read on for the full list and you can expect all future encounters to go a little like this:

Them: OMG I love your purse/keyring/bag!

You: Thanks, it’s from Sbri…

At Sbri Studio, leather accessories are our thing (handmade personalised leather accessories in fun colours and prints to be precise). But the reason they’re our thing is because they have the power to add joy to the everyday, to make each day feel brighter, even in the smallest way. Whether it’s the uplifting personalised message from your best friend that you see every time you open your purse or the bright pink leather bag that elevates even the dreariest office attire. We’re all about those little extras that make life that bit better, and for us that extends beyond just our product range, it’s about doing things for the people around us too.

If you’re a long time customer or follower you might know that Sbri is not an only child – that is to say, we have a big sister company. Before Sbri there was (and still very much is!) Create Gift Love and we thought it was time you got reintroduced, or perhaps made acquaintances for the first time.