winter treasury...

its been a while since i've played around on Etsy. i've missed it.

window shopping...

so i was window shopping downtown this afternoon and came across some gorgeous Matt and Nat bags. i just love their line of bag, they are so pretty and well made. i really really want one. and i found these guys online, on sale for half price!! i almost got the credit card out right away, but i've decided to exercise a little restrain, and see if i still really want one in a few days, then i'll get one.
but i had a really nice time downtown, on this one shopping strip that i haven't been down in ages. i was eyeing out some places that i might try and get my line of scarves placed in. ohh and i did a little bit of shopping, i picked up this awesome necklace that i'll show you later. i have a weakness for statement necklaces right now, i have another awesome one that i got last week from a girl at the handmade vendors market.

camera bags...

some little pieces i was working on last week. these little guys are perfect as pencil cases, makeup bags, or just little tote to organize things. i had them on display last weekend with my collection of vintage cameras and people were pretty excited about it all.

bag love...

i would just love this bag to tote all my things around in this summer! its so big, and stylish, and could hold every single one of my things. i just love it.
i love a lot of Virginia Johnson's work, too bad the only item i have is a tad bit to warm for this weather! i can't quite rock even a light weight wool scarf in may!

more grad collection...

here are some more photos of my recent body of work. its been really fun this week, shooting and editing all these photos. and i have something very exciting to announce soon, but not quite yet! maybe next week.

I'm Done My Bags!!

So the project that we have due next week in our studio class is our Bag project, to produce a series of three bags. And I'm all done sewing mine!! Not that I'm all done the project tho, I still have labels to make and sketchbook to finish, but the bags are all done and put together!!! I dont think that I've ever been done a project this early. I must say that I'm very proud of my self. For this project I decided that I wanted to work with printing my own fabric, and then working with more of a simple shape for the bag. During our lectures and my research time I really found that I liked old utility bags, like mail bags, sailor bags, post sticker bags, and news paper boy bags. But I couldn't find one of those shapes that I really wanted to use, and felt more inclined to go with a more modern, hand bag. So thats what my project turned out to be, a series of purses with the printed themes of mail, sailor and newspaper. Hope you like them!

Inside pockets that are attached to the lining.