A classic name for a wonderfully classic bag. I am chic sized (see sidebar) and have the prettiest bronze iridescent diamond satin material. I have solid black suede handles.
Look at my lovely vintage brooch. It came with a request to make a bag designed to show off it's lovely color and shape. This is what we came up with.
Truly one of a kind. I hope Jane Ann takes me to the symphony and carries me with a smile on her face.
I'm going to a swanky party. I just have to...I'm too cute to stay at home watching Law and Order re-runs. (Not that Pink Evita would know one thing about that.)
I am Martini @ 6 size (see side bar) and have the softest black suede bottom and handles. My satin ribbon is mocha brown and my body is mocha bronze with black velvet flowers. I have a nice topper of heavy black silky fringe. I even automatically close with my magnetic snaps.
I was designed at a purse party and am sold but of course there is lots of ooey gooey black velvet love to go around if anyone would like a twin.
I am little flowery wristlet with sweet cream sparkly trim hand sewed on for a bit of bling. I was designed at a Pink Evita purse party by a gal who will hopefully take me around the world. Maybe back to Japan? That would make me happy.
I have a zipper top matching fabric for my lining.
I'm sold...but my twin could be made up pretty quickly.
I've been happy crazy busy getting the bits and pieces of the sewing room that usually look like this....whipped into some semblance of order for the upcoming purse parties I have booked this fall.
I honestly have no idea whether or not ladies will want to come to an open house party where they can sit at a table and design a bag of their own from 33 different fabric options, 9 fuzzy trim options, 20 ribbon choices, and 3 different types of closures. Theoretically they will design something highly personalized and then I will whip it up into a tangible reality in 2-3 weeks. I will deliver it and all will be good in the world with a sporty new one of a kind bag on that lady's arm. We are serving wine...don't you think that might help the creative juices flow? Invitations for the first 2 parties have already been sent.
In the unlikely (she says skeptically) event that someone might attend but get utterly overwhelmed with fabric swatches, and fuzzy black trim shedding all over a dining room table, I've decided to make up as many little bags as my fingers can muster so that someone can simply opt to relax, write a check and walk away that very evening with a Pink Evita bag.
Do some of them look familiar? As in they have also been featured for sale on the blog? Yes, I'm shamelessly plugging them in bloggyland and in real life. Whoever speaks up first gets her, that's how the game is played. Of course, there is always another bag to be invented and whipped up so no worries if someone is a little late on the punch.
I must admit it is a little strange for me to fly by the seat of my pants in this itty bitty business adventure. Previous business ventures for me have always included and cubicle and 2 weeks paid vacation. I'm getting older now and am seriously considering what it will be like to be old, sitting on a front porch somewhere and taking the time to reflect on a life lived.
I want to have lived...truly lived...taken risks...failed and succeeded. Loved and lost. And loved again. I want to have created something beautiful. Have kids playing at my feet, when I am not the one solely responsible for their dinner needs...aka grandparent someone. The thought of playing life completely safe and worrying what everyone else will think, simply does not have the attraction it once did. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have someone think you unique and somewhat of a character in old age?
And so, for right now it is little fabric handbags. May they sell moving onto each ladies arm and make them smile. Then I will be proud as an old lady sitting on that porch.
This little mini 10"x10" sized bag has animal magnetism with its black velvet tiger striping. There is no camoflauge though since it sports bright contrasting aqua blue satin ribbons.
It has heavy black furry trim on the top and is lined with black satin material. The contrasting pocket is of course, tiger stripes.
When you want a bag is that something different...Animal Instinct could be the one.
We are four little pink ladies. We are mini/kiddie sized at 10"x10" each.
We are the perfect gift for a little lady with our pink furry tops and beads and ribbons. We are fully lined with matching flowery material and have magnetic snap closures.
Then again, that lady doesn't have to be so little. There are many of us not so littles who would love to take us to dinner one summer evening.
Alas, we are at the end of our summer season and have been discounted $5.00 each to make room for our chocolate brown and cranberry red friends.
We can go home for $20.00 each.
A little wristlet...all alone ready for an adult drink. Preferably at some swanky restaurant. I go equally well with jeans and high heels or that special little black dress.
I'm zippered at the top and have two little pleats, making it seam like I am wearing my own little wristlet skirt. I'm 8"wide and 6"tall. I'm fully lined in black and just big enough for a credit card and red lipstick.
My black floral design is velvet! My bronze color is a stiff satiny material.
My handle is coordinating tiger stripe material. Roar.
