My new purses!

I have been very busy!

I have 2 shows coming up and I am trying to get as many items made as possible.  These are the bags I have been working on the last couple of days.

 Made from feed sack and retro dish towels

 I used an embroidery piece to make the flap on a pillow case for this cute bag and added some vintage lace.

 Vintage table cloth and new fabric for the pocket.

 Cute bag made from a vintage quilt and new retro style fabric.

Retro tablecloth with matching vintage print quilt fabrics.

I love this one.

 

Another one with a vintage quilt but done with blue fabrics for accent. All of these bags except for the yellow plaid were made from patterns I purchased from Charlie's Aunt on Etsy.  She has some very unique style bags.

Spring is here!

As I was taking my break today I saw the buds on my front tree!

Then as I looked across the field I could see the green in the middle of the trees. Can you see it! A few more warm days and some rain and the trees will be full of leaves.

We had a lot of wind today and watching it blow across the winter wheat looked like rolling waves on the ocean.

It was very relaxing while I took Cooper up the hill for a quick walk before I got back to work on my bags.  Tomorrow I will be taking a class with my Handmade Dayton friends making ATC's then a weekend with my sister and niece working on some cards and mixed media. 

I will be finishing up my pillows for the show next week.

Anything that doesn't sell will be listed in my Etsy shop early May!

Sorry I have been gone so long but I can only do one creative thing at a time ;)

Hello! Is Anybody Home?

Where has she been? You are all wondering.

Well, at least I hope someone out there has been wondering about me.

No, I did not get stuck in Wonderland but I got lost in craft land.

Look at this mess! My dinning room exploded. Well, it didn't explode but my craft supplies did.

I had a big show to participate in with my local Etsy, Handmade Dayton team.

We participated in the Springfield Antique Extravaganza, in Ohio.

I have been spending every waking minute when not working in my portrait studio, making things. Here are a few of those items.

I really hated this book so I decided to give it a useful life. No one else would want to read it. Great for holding notes, bills, photos.

New selection of my Bitty Sentiments.

Some pendants I decided to venture into. They were fun to make!

Then there are my lovelies!

I spent the entire 4th weekend sewing these pillows and bags made from a cutter quilt I have been hanging on to for 2 years. I went to JoAnn Fabrics to find fabric for the backs and ruffles expecting to choose old fashioned prints, but these retro prints just kept calling to me. Don't you think they look great?

Then I made the decision to use my Mom's vintage buttons. Why should I horde her buttons. She is not in the buttons. I decided to let other people enjoy them and give them a new life just like the old quilt.

I had so much fun playing with supplies I have been collecting for years.


Here are all the pillows I could get done before the show.

I decided I wanted to make a messenger bag. I just made this whole thing up. Used an old tablecloth to back it.

I made 2 different bags.


Cute little paper roses made from old books.

And here is the display at the show.






I wish I could say it was a smashing success but, we have not had as profitable a weekend as we all had hoped. We still have tomorrow but Sunday is traditionally slow at this show. I will be posting some of this in my Etsy shop and trying some in a local shop. I guess I better not quit my day job.