Hello, September!

With it comes a whole new season and the start of school for students. If you happen to find yourself surrounded by a new space, we’re have just the sale for you! Just for this week, we’re giving you a whopping 50 percent off on selected art prints and wall decals.

Why? Because we know how great a feeling it is to know that your space is your home. Adding that one colorful piece of art on your wall does just that.

Find a piece for your new home at poketo.com. Sale ends Sunday!

Tanya Aguiniga’s signature Rope Knot bracelets and necklaces make a huge fashion statement. We met Tanya years ago, picking up a number of her pieces for ourselves. All of the objects in her collection are designed, hand dyed, hand sewn, all of it put together by hand, by Tanya and her team. We’ve been been fans since day one, so no doubt, it was an honor to visit her studio in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, to see her process and catch up on all the new goods and projects she’s been working on. Check out those chairs!

See her bracelets on Poketo.
More of Tanya Aguiniga at Aguinigadesign.com.

Spring break is here, which means it’s time for a getaway. Aside from packing your dresses, shirts and essentials, don’t forget to give your well-worn passport a comfy home. Made of soft and supple upcycled vintage sofa leather, our passport cases are each one-of-a-kind style statements, never to be replicated again. Most come in shades of black, brown and cream, while others are enlivened by splashes of color (even metallics!)

Not only are they stylish and surprising, but they’re quite practical as well. The large exterior pocket makes the perfect niche for your boarding pass and ticket. Inside, discreet slits are perfectly sized for IDs and credit cards. The side pockets are large enough to fit your passport and even a little bit of cash.

In one passport case, you can see traces of up to four different types of leather, each tastefully handcrafted in South Korea by a design non-profit known for giving new life to cast-off materials.

We love the many textures and colors in even just one passport, so we decided to show them off to you, our wonderful readers.

Solid and trustworthy cream and black becomes a natural bronze and brown with a hint of baby blue

Dark and luxurious in black and taupe, this case holds a surprise in blue.

Cool in cream and green is simply solid and dependable in browns and blacks inside.

So, matchmaker, which one is your favorite match?

Different is good. In fact, it is quite awesome.

Different makes people take a second look… which is why we are loving our newly-launched line of upcycled leather goods. Each one of our passport cases, clutches, card cases, button wallets and pouches are all unique. Made from vintage sofa leather rescued from the waste stream, each soft and supple leather accessory gives new meaning to the words “sustainable” and “style.”

Every item in this collection is guaranteed one-of-a-kind and handmade by a South Korean non-profit design firm that specializes in re-purposing cast-off materials. We can’t even ship you the same exact one you see online because not every item is exactly the same. Jordan at Dwell gets it right on the nose, when she writes, “You get a little grab-bag thrill with every order.” That’s exactly how we feel each time we go pick one out to send you guys.

Check out our newest upcycled leather collection!