I can't believe I never posted this!

When my the Sister in Law found out she was expecting a little girl she asked me to make her a diaper bag similar to a picture of a purse she had seen.  I welcomed the challenge and made this bag for her.  I was so excited to take it to her I forgot I hadn't taken any pictures before we left home.  Since I didn't really have a pattern for it I knew I would need some good pictures to reference later.  Because really, who can resist such an adorable bag!?  I have to make myself one someday.



The dimensions are similar to the other size of diaper bag I make, but this bag has a wider bottom and so it sits a little nicer in my opinion.  I made this over a year ago and I still love looking at it.  Hope you enjoy the 'Ella' too!

Hanky Giveaway

I have an awesome cousin that has a blog where she gives pretty cool tips and project ideas. I think she is amazing. She has a giveaway going for something that completely caught my eye what with my love of fabric and all. She is having a giveaway for some vintage hankies. You have to check it out! http://iholdallthecards.blogspot.com/2011/11/vintage-hankies-giveaway.html

My new Love

So sometimes I can't help myself when it comes to fabric and certain color combinations. What can I say? The whole reason I started making bags for people was so I could have an excuse to play with fabric and not have to spend all the money associated with it. But I do have moments of weakness. This moment started with my need for a kindle cover. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on a cover that wasn't cute and I couldn't find one that I liked for not a ton of money... notice a theme here? Then I got creative and decided I could make my own cover and it would be darling to say the least. I went fabric hunting and I knew I wanted to do something with yellow, I just had find the right one. I walked around until I found one that spoke to me. So I picked it up and came home and made my cover.

Well, before I knew it I 'needed' a new purse. And wouldn't you know I still had some of that fabric left from my cover. Perfect! I added some grey and yellow to it and I am in love with the result! I am normally a brown kind of person but I am completely won over by this grey! I am working on a diaper bag for my sister in law right now with the same shade of grey and I can't wait to finish it so I can share it with you.

I am constantly amazed at all the room these bags have and how much they hold! I was at the store the other day and the cashier asked me if it was a diaper bag. I said no, it is my purse, but it holds just about everything. Inside my head I was thinking... you definitely don't have kids do you?

Pears and Flowers

I made these two bags for a lady that picked out her own fabric and sent it to me. They are all corduroy fabric. I have noticed they have some pretty cute corduroy fabric choices in the stores as it is fall now. I have to say I love all things fall and fun corduroy prints fits right in there. I am working on some fall table runners right now and can't wait to share them with you when they are done.

Kailey

My niece is getting baptized this weekend and I am super bummed that my family won't be able to make it. She is ALL girl so I thought I would make her a ruffle scripture tote for her big day. I am so proud of her and her decision to be baptized!

Scripture Totes

A friend of my sister was in need of some new totes to take their scriptures to church in. I was more than happy to make up a little bag for them based on my usual design. I had so much fun playing with the ruffles and lace! This little tote would also be a good mini purse. Depending on how much stuff you carry it could work for you too! It has six pockets on the inside and is 7 inches tall, 8 inches wide and 4 inches deep. Such a perfect little size!

Here are the bags I made for them:

Mom: She wanted pink and black and cream. I am in love with this style. I even like it without the flower on it! Just think of all the possibilities!

Daughter #1: Originally she wanted blue since it is her favorite color. Then she looked at my blog. How can you resist Zebra and Hot Pink?!Daughter #2: Her favorite color is green and she loves animals with big eyes, enter the fun polka dots and owl print. Such a fun combination!

Two new ones

I had two friends request that I make them a little bit bigger version of the standard bag. I love the new size! It's a few inches taller than the standard and an inch wider. What a difference that little bit of extra room makes! Here are some pics to see what they requested.

I never get enough of green. What a great color! On this one I made a side pocket big enough for a water bottle since she always carries one in her purse. What custom pockets would you like?This one has made an animal print lover out of me. OH my! I can't even say how much I love this bag. I am now on the 'hunt' for some super cute animal print of my own. I had some scraps left over and couldn't help myself. I can see my niece toting this little beauty around!Don't all little girls want to be like their mommy? Truly glamorous!

I can't get enough of these two!

My latest Creation

I have taken some time to focus on a new 'project' lately. Its pretty time consuming and causes me to loose quite a bit of sleep, but so worth it. We had our third little boy last month. Isn't he adorable!?

Cherry Tote

I had a fun afternoon sewing this tote bag today. I think it turned out adorable with the cherry print and the red corduroy. This is such a universal size bag, its wonderful! My friend who I made my first tote bag for says that it is her new favorite bag. I made this one for my mom and can't wait to see how much she loves it. I think it is darling and SO my mom. She wanted her handles a little shorter to just carry not really go over the shoulder and I think it makes the bag look more balanced. The dimensions on this bag are 13.5 inches tall, 12 inches wide and 6 inches deep. It has seven pockets on the inside as well as a ton of space for all your other stuff! I can adjust pockets, handles, pretty much anything if you want me to make a custom bag for you. See the side panel for my contact information. And don't forget to have a wonderful day!!

Just a sampling of some of the things you can fit in this bag. This is a large three ring binder and a set of scriptures. With oodles of space left over!!

Project Mode

Lately I have been in 'project' mode as I am getting closer and closer to August and baby boy number three joining our family. With that said, I have been getting a lot done, but not a lot of posting of what I have been doing. So, without further adieu, My latest creations:

A cousin of mine is having her first little boy about a month after me and she was home visiting so we threw a surprise shower for her. My sister in law, mother in law and I went in on this gift for her. I made the bag and then we filled it with goodies. I may be a little biased, but I think she liked our gift the best! These bags really do make amazing gifts. I loved the variation with the fabric, I used more patterns on thie one and it made it have a fun personality all its own.

Just to give you an idea of the size of these bags. They are SO roomy! We filled her bag with some onsies (I cut some images out using my cricut and ironed them on and then stitche around them) diapers, a wipe case (of course matching) hand sanitizer, clippers,... the options to fill them are endless!

This diaper bag is for a friend that is due in just a few more days with her second little girl. Her husband wanted something without pink on it for those times that he would have to carry the bag. My friend came with me to pick out fabric and I love what we came up with! This was our happy medium for girly, but not too girly: an amazing orange and light blue paired with chocolate corduroy.I made this diaper bag a while ago with the other batch I forgot to take pictures of, my sister in law sent me the pictures so I could post them. The bulk of the fabric is the same as the one I made for our cousin, but look at the difference between the two!

This is the 'tote' bag I have been talking about. I made this for my friend who wanted a bigger bag than the pures, but not quite like the diaper bag. This is tall enough to hold a three ring binder and not have it poke out the top at all. It also has the usual pockets galore on the inside to hold all your smaller items you don't want lost at the bottom of the bag. She went with me to choose her fabrics and it was fun to make a bag with a colored corduroy instead of the neutrals I have been using. She inspired me to get some red that I will do with a cute black print in some time to come. The dimensions on this are 15 inches tall, 12 inches wide and 6 inches deep. She wanted me to do some flowers on the outside and I had fun experimenting with those. I added some green felt leaves to help tie it all together.

Diaper bag #1

This is one of the diaper bags I made and sent the other day. It is going to serve as a new church bag for our cousin. If you go to church with kiddos, you know that entails LOTS of stuff. Man... whish I could bring snacks and things to keep ME busy at church. Oh wait, I guess I do, they are called children!

I loved the bright colors and print on this bag. So much fun and it reflects the amazing personality of the cousin who will be using it.

I put an extra big pocket on the outside that is covered by the flap when the bag is closed. And my favorite feature of my bags... LOTS of inside pockets. I just love pockets, don't you?

Pink Paisley

I recently finished making a few purses and diaper bags and in my eagerness to send them to their new owners I forgot to take pictures. When I get them I will have to post them because they were pretty fun! This, however, was one of the purses I made for Tyson's cousin.

I am also making a new size of bag right now, more of a tote and can't wait to share that in the coming days when I finish!

What I've been up to

I had a few more custom orders come in last week and I always love it when they do cause it means I get to play with fabric!

This is really similar to one I had made for my sister before. The outside B&W wasn't available so I had to punt with this one. I really think it turned out nicely though!

This one is for a friend of ours and I love how it turned out. I really think it would be cute paired with reds as well. Maybe even a red bottom.

Back view. I love how fun this fabric is!

Pink and Brown for my cousin. I am really pleased with how it turned out, there were a lot of choices for pink and it was hard to narrow it down because this was my first pink one.
Inside. I really liked this stripe that we chose for her lining.

Darling Diaper Bag

I LOVE my newest creation. A few people have been asking if I was going to be making a diaper bag (myself included) and I finally had a reason to. My sister is attending a baby shower this weekend and wanted a super cute gift, so enter my remake of my purse into a diaper bag. What do you think? I was really pleased with how it turned out, especially since it was all from a picture in my head. There are eight pockets on the inside and one big pocket on the front, the flap keeps all your items nicely inside and the ties give it the perfect amount of structure. The dimensions are 12x15x7. I was pleased with the end result because it isn't a collosal bag, but you can fit a LOT of stuff into this! If you are interested in a diaper/messenger bag of your own let me know! I would love to make one for you.