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Barbwire & Roses 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).

Being a little quiet.I got mild food poisoning at DCC, which triggered a huge hives attack. Quite a few broken nights la...
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.

It's black friday! Here are some brand new black leather bags, for sale, at full price!The large leather belt bag was so...
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.

The remaining Medieval Marginalia hoodies and the Amazon Warrior armor are now available through the Etsy shop as well! ...
26/11/2025

The remaining Medieval Marginalia hoodies and the Amazon Warrior armor are now available through the Etsy shop as well!
Have a look and consider supporting small businesses these holidays, with the current economics, we are definitely struggling.

24/11/2025

A little update and reel of the shop set up now that I am back from Heroes Dutch Comic Con and have done the costume raffle draw.
It was lovely to see so many familiar faces again and meet new people!
My team was amazing, so a big thank you to Sander Jagersma and of course Kim Bos for their help. Despite becoming very ill Saturday night from bad food (hello toilet and severe headaches) and Sam having to bow out on Sunday due to personal reasons, there was not a moment of doubt in my mind, that there would be any problem. Sam's amazing friend Dee actually jumped in to help load up after the event, so it was super smooth sailing in that regard.
The new stall set up worked really well, it was much more open, so definitely sticking with that one.
It was lovely to see the responses to the costume raffle. Adding that little bonus for my customers feels like the right thing to do, so will definitely keep that in!
People also loved the free mini with purchase, no matter how big or small the purchase. Needless to say, I am now out of miniatures.
Unfortunately the convention wasn't great financially....
I hit my minimum targets and I definitely don't think it was any fault of the convention organisation or my team. Times are weird and uncertain at the moment and I can understand thinking thrice of spending money on non-essentials.
However... if you do happen to be looking for any holiday gifts, consider having a look at my stuff?
As a small business it tends to be a struggle most of the time, but this was my last event of the season (and the previous one unfortunately was financially a let down as well).
The remaining medieval marginalia Xmas sweaters will go up in the Etsy shop tomorrow!

24/11/2025

The video of the life draw of the costume raffle at Heroes Dutch Comic Con
Hopefully this time with sound... thank you for pointing that out.

24/11/2025
All set up at  come check us out in the dealerhall, stall J03, map in stories and previous post.We have a costume raffle...
22/11/2025

All set up at come check us out in the dealerhall, stall J03, map in stories and previous post.
We have a costume raffle too!

Mostly set up Heroes Dutch Comic Con and ready to go!Win a basic larp costume at the stall!All customers who spend 10 eu...
21/11/2025

Mostly set up Heroes Dutch Comic Con and ready to go!
Win a basic larp costume at the stall!
All customers who spend 10 euro or more can automatically enter the raffle.

Free miniature with every purchase, until stock lasts.

Also did some last minute crafting!

Check out the lovely medieval marginalia Xmas hoodies, only 10 available.

And crafted some extra black leather bags.

Finished just in time for Heroes Dutch Comic Con, find me in the dealerhall at booth J03!This is roughly a size XL, hand...
19/11/2025

Finished just in time for Heroes Dutch Comic Con, find me in the dealerhall at booth J03!
This is roughly a size XL, handmade from quality leather and completely unique.

Dice bags galore!Are you looking for a cool DnD gift for the holidays?Why not check out my large selection of handmade l...
17/11/2025

Dice bags galore!
Are you looking for a cool DnD gift for the holidays?
Why not check out my large selection of handmade leather dice bags, or perhaps a chonk holder for the dice collector friend?
Check out the Etsy shop or vome by at my stall at Heroes Dutch Comic Con at J03 in the dealerhall.

Big update on the Vampire Dark Ages Clan logo project!Nosferatu large size is done and will be made into banner for my l...
14/11/2025

Big update on the Vampire Dark Ages Clan logo project!
Nosferatu large size is done and will be made into banner for my local vampire game.
Nosferatu medium size is done!
Ventrue alternative version is being tested as I post. So far it is looking good as the keys have stitched out correctly, fingers crossed for the swords.
Ventrue original in medium size is awaiting its first test stitch out!
Tzimisce large size is awaiting its first test stitch out!
Malkavian large size is in testing phase, but behaving a little unexpected. Typical....

Interested? Let me know.
What clan do you play?

No Black Friday deals in my shop + final deadline LARP advent calendars!I am already seeing lots of Black Friday offers ...
12/11/2025

No Black Friday deals in my shop + final deadline LARP advent calendars!

I am already seeing lots of Black Friday offers popping up, so I wanted assure people that I will not partake in this. No matter when you place your order with me, you will always pay a fair price.
There is a small discount section in my Etsy shop and every now and then, there are mystery clearance bags available through PM or at the stall.
Atm there are 2 clearance bags left, 1x 100 euro, 1x 200 euro, they contain 50% extra goodies.

Also, final call for LARP advent calendars, other options no longer available. Order before this saturday!

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