Eva's Bag

So my friend Eva of Moonchild Photography and I did a little trading of services a few weeks ago. She came by and took some photos of me and Mark and I made her a Holly bag. We had a lot of fun and Mark and I didn't even feel like we were in a photo shoot. She was all sneaky taking super silent, no flash photos -genius! I'm excited to see the results.

So I love the lining fabric on this bag!! I think it looks like sexy retro fishnet stockings. In fact I love it so much that I bought the same fabric in a pale teal and olive green to make a new Lily bag, since I've sold all the ones I had on etsy. (Which might I add is super exciting!)

We're working on another trade now - I'm getting a framed copy of Crooked Pier and she's getting a Betty bag - which is a new style yet to be unveiled... It's all very fun and exciting - I love the trading with my friends!

I Am Not Here To Play

My sister Laura and her family came into town last week and so while they were here I made some little drawstring bags for Holly and Sophia. After seeing the bags I've been making for everyone Sophia insisted that I make a bag for her. So I told her that we could go to the fabric store together and she could pick out her own fabric. Naturally upon hearing all of this Holly wanted a bag too. So we all went to Elegant Stitches and Laura showed the girls the little play area so they could play while we looked at fabric to which Sophia said, "No Mom! I am not here to play. I am here to pick out fabric for my bag." Hilarious - that girl was on a mission. Anyway they both picked out some really cute fabric and they enjoyed "helping" me sew their bags. And I think they turned out really adorable. I just LOVE the fabric, and since I have some extra I think I'm going to make a little bag for Lily too.