Fabulous Fun New Totes and More!

Brenna with some of the totes and messenger bags.

Another weekend packed full of crazy sewing and discovering a totally awesome new store! Brenna wanted to come home to do a few things, renew her driver's license (she's 21!), do her taxes, work on her Spanish homework with Michala, and maybe to see Mom. Well, she did get to see me! 
Michala also got here Friday after stopping at Sam's and a couple of other places and we got right to work finishing two bags. We made plans to go to Champaign early Saturday morning to check out The I.D.E.A. Store. Wow! If you are into re-using materials for art, you MUST check this place out! We spent close to an hour in the first half of the first isle. There is everything from laundry detergent lids and candy wrappers to maps and mat board. We found frames that Kevin repainted already, ribbon, books, thread, storage boxes, and much, much more! This place takes donations and puts a price on just about anything you can think of bringing in. We walked out with some really great ideas and four bags of stuff. All for about $30!!! Now, this little excursion did cut into our sewing time. We had about four hours left.  Aghhhh!

We have an order for a pink and zebra print bag and make-up zipper pouch. Michala and I seem to work really well together but for some reason, we each started doing the other's "job". Talk about being out of whack. (What exactly is "whack"?) Anyway, we get through it, excited about the trims we choose and once again, fall totally in love with each new bag! We finish two pink and zebra bags for our customer to choose from. Michala and Brenna are off to shower and get ready to meet their friends for the evening and I am left to put together the little zipper pouch. 

Beautiful button and trim

These buttons look like large gems! The pink trim is really pretty.

Check out a close up of buttons and trims!

LOVE the pink!

And the little zippy pouch is the cutest thing ever!

I had so much fun with this little pouch I had to make another. And several more are on the way! All of the seams are totally hidden so the inside looks as fabulous as the outside!

Adorable!

I would love to chat some more but I am so excited about the fabrics that are just waiting to be cut and sewn into some other fab bags and zippy pouches!