Here are some more pictues of Friday's party. I wish I was more of a photographer, I would have taken a picture of all of the items that I had....in one picture. It was quite a spread.

My next show will be on March 11 at the Business Fair at Lakes Elementary school in Hartland. It is located off of old 23 on Taylor Rd. Hope to see you there. I am working on some springy/summery bags.

Tina with her brown bag.

Hilary with her "Mommy" of her Mommy and Me bags.



Megan purchased this little beauty for her mother-in-law.

Lori took home the brown/green bag with a wonderful belt. Thanks Lori for all of your encouragment.


Hillary purchased the orangy-pink Mommy and Me bags. Thanks Hillary for your continued support.














Sarah took home the covetted "weekender" bag. This bag got many favorites on Etsy and at the party.












Hosting has its rewards. This cute number was Megan's reward for having a party in her home. Thanks so much Megan for getting your friends together and sharing my homemade goodies with them. It was a lovely party.






Tina took home the Polka Dots bag. This bag is great for carrying all of your essentials including but not limited to your computer, files, diapers, sippy cups......you know just the necessities.





Please post comments if you would like. Especially those of you who have my bags.

These are the new kids on the block.

Neutral stripes. This bag will go with everything. It has a brown leather belt with a leather bottom.
This green one has a braided belt on it. I love the way this one lays on the shoulder. This is the perfect size bag. Sold!!

Sold!!

The brown polka dot is a large bag with a lot of stiffener in it. This would be a great knitting bag or possible diaper bag. Sold!!

This black and orange one is for the Brighton Bulldogs. I am having a party this Friday and there will be some ladies there that are Bulldog fans. I have another one that is totally orange with a black ribbon around the bag. No flowers on that bag. The buttons on this black bag with the flowers has vintage buttons from the button lady in Ann Arbor. They are hammered silver buttons. You cant really see it in the picture very well.

This pink one is really cute. It is very Japanese looking. The leaves on the branch are actually hearts.

I now have 10 items on my Etsy account. See link to the right.

Sold!!!

Here is a new bag that I just finished. It is huge. It would be great for a weekender or diaperbag or if you just need to carry a lot of stuff this is the one.

I have two more that should be finished tonight. They have vintage buttons on them.

I just went to Ann Arbor last week to check out The Button Lady. I can not even express how lovely this lady was. She had to have about 1 million buttons in there. She is very knowledgeable. She travels around the states lecturing and showing her button collection......her personal one. Not the million she has in her store. If you need a button she is the lady to see. I got a little bag about half the size of a paper lunch bag for about 45 bucks. I do not usually spend that on my buttons but they were worth every penny. If you or anyone in your family finds a pail of buttons let me know.

Here are a few new purses that I have made. 1st one.......Go Bucks!! This one went to my good friend Cheryl. The Biggest Bucks fan I know.

She loved it. It is just the right size. I used a heavy black cotton on the inside. It really gave it a rich feel on the inside.

This purse was for my good friend Kathy. I really liked the belt on this one. It is completely adjustable as much as you want.

She said, "THANKS! THANKS! I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT!"

This one is for my good friend Betty. I love the inside fabric of this bag. It is some vintage fabric that I found at an antique store.

Yummy.

Sold!!! 75.00

I now have a couple of bags on Etsy.

Check'em out.

The eagle has landed.

We have been diligently looking for the Wii game console for Spencer for Christmas. Dave........aka Dad of the year.........got up this morning at 6:30am to go to Target because one of the employees told him they were getting some in today. He got there at 7 and there were already 40 people in line for it. He was kind of bumming out but they started handing out tickets at 7:30 because it was crazy weather today of course. Here is a picture of my back deck and you will see why Dave is Dad of the year. Needless to say we got it.

So Christmas is saved. I already told Spencer that he probablly would not get it because I was not going to pay a premium for it. We are really excited about it. Almost everyone we know that has one is totally excited about it.

Here is a few pictures of Spencer and his chicken pox.

You cant really see it well but this first picture to the left he has one pock on each eye lid. This next one looks like I drew the big dipper on his back. And the ones on his head are huge. I put my finger in the picture for a size reference.

I have a funny story about my neice when she was little. My sister asked her if she had ever had the chicken pox, she said "No, but I've had chicken nuggets."

I know Spencer would rather have chicken nuggets too.

YEEEEEEHOOOOOOOO!!!! My new to me industrial sewing machine is sitting in my basement. This thing is a haus. Dave had a friend help him move it in. I do not currently have room in my craft room for it. I am quickly running out of space.

I have more bags to show you. Megan my friend is giving them to her aunt and mother.

This one is for Spencer's teacher.....the greatest teacher ever.....Mrs. Haar. Spencer actually helped me make this one. And he designed the cell phone case for her.

This one is just so cute but I dont know who would carry a cream purse. It really is lovely.

Here are the Mommy and Me bags I promised.

Take care. I will blog more tomorrow. cq

I have been on the hunt for the last two weeks for an industrial sewing machine. I have met and talked with some really nice people. I am always amazed at how there are instant connections with other people that do what you do. There are lots of talented people out there. I went to a store in Plymouth called Hands on Leather to use my first industrial sewing machine. I know.....my kind of store. Wow. I cant believe how much a machine can change your life. I cant wait to find one for my house. This thing sewed through my bags like "budda" not buddha "budda".

Well there was a really talented girl in there named Janine. She makes the cutest leather pockets for change and coupons. She hand tools the leather and sews them up by hand. They are only 35-50 dollars. She also makes the most beautiful mittens. She only sells those for the wool that she has in them.

I also went to a lady's house. She has a Mercury M280L. In the process of looking at it I sold her one of my purses. I was really excited about that. I really need this machine because my purse inventory is down to 4 bags. So I just called her and told her I will take the machine.

Wish me luck because this thing is FAAAAASSSSSSTTTTTTTT!!!

My camera just died. Of course. So in about an hour I will put some pictures of the mommy and me bags on here. OHOHOHOOHOH> I just opened an Etsy account. I am trying to link from here. But the pictures for that sight will not be up for an hour either.

Last but not least. Spencer came home from school today. He has the pox..........chicken flavored. Not fun.

OK. Off to make some purses.

Hello all. I just went to my first craft show. WOW. I was so surprised at how well it went. My expectations were very low. I only expected to sell 1 or 2 of my bags. I sold 10. YOWSA!! The feedback that I recieved was priceless for me. I am really excited to get back to the craft room and whip up some more tasty treats.

The top right pictures are all of the treasures I brought to the craft show. I set up my living room to look like how I wanted it to look at the show. And of course I left my camera at home the day of so these are the only pictures that I have of the table. I did take some with my camera phone but now I need to figure out how to get those off of there and on to here.

These two sweaters and the giraffe outfit are still available. The jackets are 35 each and the giraffe outfit is 55. The pants and hat are 70 % silk and 30 % cashmere and the giraffes are 100% cashmere. Size NB. They are decadent. The green jacket size 12 mos is 100% merino and the striped one size 2t is lambs wool the grey lining on the front of the jacket is 100% cashmere.

I also have 3 mommy and me bags left. I will try to post those pictures later. The olive one is 120, the blue one is 100 and the red one is 80.

There are cell phone cases for the olive and blue one of these bags for an add on of 8 dollars. (These cell phone cases are made by Spencer and the procedes go to him. He is wanting to get a new toy that is 80 bucks! and he is learning sewing skills.)

At the show several people want to have cindygert parties. So if you are interested please let me know in advance so I can get all of the goodies made.