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    Suede backpack

    September 15, 2010 - By 

    You may remember a while back I used a suede jacket to make a book.  I still had lots of suede left waiting for inspiration to strike.

    As the old saying goes…Necessity is the mother of invention….

    I needed a bag of some sort to carry at the Renaissance Festival this weekend that would look a bit more like a bag from that period.  After seeing the crazy expensive prices of the beautiful tooled leather belt pouches I knew I needed to come up with my own design.  I’d already spent too much on my new bodice… Did I mention how much we love the Renaissance Festival!!

    I must apologize for the poorly lit photos…it is a very dark and rainy day here but I just couldn’t wait any longer to share…

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    Scrap bag

    July 25, 2010 - By 


    I started this project over a year ago. But for most of that time, it’s been in a drawer..out of sight and out of mind. I had to clean out my sewing table (aka small desk I refurbished years ago) because it is now our aquarium stand.

    Anyway….I had intended on making a tiny little string purse for going to garage sales and festival type things. Since then I’ve discovered that I really need to carry more stuff all the time…so a bigger bag was born.

    An old piece of table cloth was used as the base for the random scraps. I used different colors of thread and stitches for a fun crazy quilt look.

    I decided on a jagged edge on the flap for interest.

    The lining is a re-purposed pillowcase. I wish I had the forethought to sew a pocket or two on the inside but when you’re winging it…those things don’t always come to mind.

    I did learn a couple things while putting this together that I’ll *hopefully* remember to apply to my next purse project.

    The only purchased item on this purse is the magnetic closer. I bought 3 of these a while back when I was making more purses

    Otherwise everything used to create this purse is re-purposed or scrap.

    A girl can NEVER have to many purses! Maybe I’ll sell a few when I actually stock my etsy store… It’s just an empty storefront right now.

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    More Bottle Cap Earrings

    July 8, 2010 - By 

    I went a little nuts last evening and made a bunch more…

    I’ve been saving bottle caps for years….as well as having others give them to me. I went through and found the ones I had pairs of. I still have a few more pairs but they’d look better with gold findings.

    When I was a kid, my dad had a huge collection from all the bottled pop he drank. Bummer…it was thrown away 20+ years ago. There would have been some really fun ones in there!!

    These ones with the phrases in them are fun. You could totally mix and match these depending on your mood.