The Most Beautiful Bag I've Ever Made....

Well, darn, by the time I'd finally gotten pictures of this bag, I made another bag, and now that's the most beautiful bag....

Oh, well.

What I like about this bag is the layering...I used two fabrics, the lacy silver black scarf fabric and the shiny silver black confetti dot fabric. I used some of the confetti dot for the "necklace" at the top of the bag, but then I also put it underneath the body of the purse, so the sparkles "peak" out of the scarf fabric. I really love the way it looks and sparkles.

Buttons and Bows

I also was pretty thrilled with the button I chose. I have many, many buttons that I could have potentially used...a silver metal one with a floral pattern specifically, but I decided to use this one. To me, the button looks like it's made of bubbles, with a tiny crystal rhinestone in the center of it.

It might be an interesting blog to show a purse in the making and the way a button changes the look of a purse. That will be for next time.

I hope your forth is so much fun and safe!

Grandma's Buttons

I was just going through my many buttons, all shapes, sizes and colors.

My favorite buttons, by far, is from the jar of buttons my grandma gave me from her attic in Traverse City, Michigan.

They are stored in old mason jar. But what's really cool is that the women back in her time saved EVERYTHING. So, amongst the buttons are hooks and eyes, bra clasps, needles, small thread spools...and I love the military buttons and badges. Who wore them? Were they from a child killed during the war? From a sweetheart that never came back?

This is a bag I made with one of my grandma's buttons.

Khaki Flowers Purse

I found a small article in one of my button stashes once. There was a carefully folder article from 1960 about a woman becoming the first police officer in that area. The judge, after he swore her in, told her to "keep her powder dry".

It Reminds Me of Ketchup and Mustard

I love colors, and I think this bag is really cute, I especially love that red button that I think goes perfectly with black and mustard yellow. And the handles are a wonderful faux leather!

I especially love the lining, how perfectly it goes with the colors of the purse--andy khaki goes with almost anything!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/84979813/khaki-flowers-bag-purse-cotton-yellow

I Love You With All My Heart!

I just started a new line of delicate purses and keepsake holders--I made them from plush fur and they are fully lined...great as bridesmaids gifts, too!

http://http://www.etsy.com/listing/72344252/i-love-you-with-all-my-heart-small-purse

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72340871/i-love-you-with-all-my-heart-purse-in?ref=v1_other_2

http://www.etsy.com/listing/72339323/i-love-you-with-all-my-heart-purse-in?ref=v1_other_2

The Most Beautiful Button in the World (to me)

The most beautiful button in the world to me (as you must expect) is flashy, bright, noticeable, ostentatious, colorful and big.

Not surprising, uhmmm?

Well, I had this lovely, large button for a while and I kept trying to match it up. It's funny, but you can choose a piece of fabric this is the exact colors of a button, and it can look horrible together.

I can't explain it, but I get a kind of !ping! in my head when a combination looks right. The other night, I finally matched up a humdinger of a combo and I wanted to share it with you.

Thanks for paying attention to my blather. I've had fun. :)


http://www.etsy.com/listing/66389117/cozy-bag-bohemian-rainbow