About Us

Hello and welcome to Collars by Mrs C website. My name is Lisa and I began using paracord to make bracelets and keyrings as a hobby. I started off by making them as gifts for friends and family and eventually tried a few Christmas markets and summer fayres to try and make back some of the money I had used to purchase the cord.

There are so many nice colours and patterned cords out there I must admit I’m a bit like a kid in a sweetie shop!

Due to the awful pandemic of CovId-19 and the rules we had to live by for nearly 2 years all markets, fayres and other social meeting places were stopped so I just stopped making things and carried on with my full-time job.

Now that we are back to being able to have events again, I found myself in the position of starting my hobby up again as a small business, as my full-time job rather than trying to work round one.

Paracord, or 550 paracord to be specific is a 7 stranded core covered in a nylon outer layer which is extremely strong and has a breaking point of 550lbs, hence the name.

The word paracord comes from the connection to the American paratroopers in the second world war. Once a parachute was used the cords were cut off and used for a variety of survival uses. Later generations of soldiers made bracelets out of the cord as it was easier to wear it than store it in their gear and quicker to deploy if needed.

Its only since it become popular as a hobby recently that so many varieties of colours and thicknesses have become available

I started off by making bracelets and keyrings but moved on to dog collars and leads as it was so versatile and you can get so many lovely designs in the bigger items. The paracord is very strong and hard wearing. you can wash it in cool water but leave it to dry naturally not in the tumble dryer or you risk shrinkage.

i tend to use either stainless steel hardware on the collars and leads for the buckles, D-Rings and the screws on the collars and the swivel clips on the dog leads. I also use nickel coated buckles and side release clips as these are resistant to rusting and come in a variety of colours like black and rose gold etc. I dont have a big stock of these so would have to sometimes order things in which will add a few days on to production timescale.

I aim to take at the most 2 weeks to get your order out to you but if i need to order hardware or a certain colour of cord in it could take up to 3 weeks