Saturday, March 31, 2012

Bangle Clutches



Sometimes you just need a little something to carry just the important things, lipstick, debit card, phone when heading for a night out. More importantly, how do you keep your hands free to hold your martini? I thought since purse are fun to carry anyway, why not make it almost like jewelry. Bangles are fun to wear and attach it to your clutch and its fabulous!

Necktie Kellys

I am a huge fan of classic bags, the Hermes Kelly bag being one of my favorites, well anything Hermes is my fav (Birkin anyone?)! I wanted to design my own "Kelly" bag. So I took the shape, again very structured which I love and recycled some men's suits. I always wanted to use neck ties somehow in my designs. I love ties and I don't think they are worn enough anymore. The body of the bag is a men's suit jacket. I cut out around pockets and use those so there is a place for keys or lipstick, the lining is a men's dress shirt and the strap and flap is a necktie. And voila! You have a Necktie Kelly. It lays nice and flat and holds it shape and of course looks great on!

Chopstick Totes

I love to use unusual objects for purse handles. So one day I was out looking at fabrics and saw this awesome line of Oriental prints. I knew I had to make some bags with those. I wanted a simple design, I love structured shaped bags. I wanted to use something different for the handles, chopsticks made perfect sense. I have shown these bags for about a year now, and people really enjoy them. I love making them because the fabrics are so fun and I think the bag is the perfect size. I don't like to carry lots of things around so this size works perfectly for work or as a small tote for shopping and running errands.