About Us

History of The LLBC by Charlotte Carver, Owner and Founder of The Little Leather Box Company

1985 - Dainty Freshwater Pearls from friends in the Far East prove popular with the girls in my office at Queen Charlotte's in Hammersmith

1989 - My first ‘Upstairs Downstairs Sale’ at home in Bedford Park - "A dazzling collection of creamy-white and fabulously coloured Freshwater Pearls from the Far East plus Fossil Stone Beads for Twisty Chokers in original colours - pacific blues, greens and corals, jungle, desert and spicey mixtures"!!  Quite a craze - remember them?

1989-1990 - A few of us stallholders band together to form The Charity Fair Stallholders Association, soon renamed The Charity Fairs Association, then later, Shop to Give

1990 - I rebrand as Scheherazade: classic & colourful jewellery & leathergoods.  Aspreys kindly introduces me to their former Hot Foiler (also working with Eximious and Smythsons)

1995 - Bill retires as a London lawyer and we move into newly rebuilt BC in his native Worcestershire (Good decision, I being a Warwickshire lass)

2010 - Scheherazade rebrands as The Little Leather Box Company.  (Thanks to DD @hlhstyle and @heracashmere for that brainwave ;)

Until the end of 2018 - Charity fairs and house sales continue, when I am stallholder and also events organiser.  And we continue to help many to get their present panic sorted!

2023 – Shop to Give previously The Charity Fairs Association closes, sadly, but ladies that lunch are dieting, and saving their pennies for mailorder presents... times they are a'changing...

2025 - And now, 40 years on, we are planning to retire at Christmas (more time for gardening, painting, family and friends)

However, we ARE still open for business, but when it's gone, it's gone. So you’ll know what to do, and you’ll know when to do it ;)

All handmade leather boxes are currently out of stock.  However, sign up to our VIP list for more news soon. 

Meanwhile, we can offer sterling silver cufflinks and freshwater pearls, also handmade wallets which can be personalised.

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We look forward to hearing from you.

“I highly recommend these beautifully made boxes from this excellently run English Company.” - Louise Guinness, Wiltshire

For our Hot Foiling video, click on this link

http://bit.ly/LLBC_youtube

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