Well - in all honesty, I know the lyrics to "Listen, the Snow is Falling" more from Galaxie 500's cover than I do from Yoko Ono's original - but you gotta give credit where it's due, right?

The snowflake tote is inspired by that beautiful song and features two sides of hand-embroidery - one lyrics in a pretty pink - the other varied snowflakes in tones of silver, pink, and white. The inside is lined with the pink fleece that the bag rests on.

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The peacock tote is single sided and features a hand-embroidered/hand-designed peacock feather.
The inside of the tote features a little pouch lined with felt - perfectly sized for an ipod, or keys, wallet, phone, etc.
I embellished the strap that holds the pouch to the bag with a vintage rhinestone button for a little flair.
The lining is a leopard type print done in turquoise and a brownish green.

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here are two of my newest creations.

two black totes - one featuring one of my favorite oscar wilde epigrams, the other a beaded bicycle.
i love 'em both.

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I started with a black canvas tote that I bought at AC Moore and went to town embellishing it with an embroidered quote in red from William S. Burroughs and a design that I created featuring mechanical gears done in silver embroidery floss, silver seed beads and sequins.

I then lined it with this awesome white and red polka dotted cotton lining and voila - a girly tote with a bit of moxie.
A tote that rallies against uniformity!

WOO HOO!

I just made this card set - using soft black window screening and pretty glass seed beads.
The window screening is cut in a circular pattern and bunches of pretty glass seed beads are sewn to the card in a random fashion.
The card edges are scalloped and framed against complimentary cards stock.
Each design can be removed from the card and framed after it's given.

here's my newest design:

handcut birdie sitting on a circle of polka dot cardstock that is surrounded by a complimentary circle of cardstock and framed with a scalloped edge piece of cardstock.
I handsewed all of the sequins and glass seed beads to the circular border.
what do you think?

I was browsing in AC Moore and stumbled across their clearance section - where I found these "bracelet bands": bendable metal strips - packed three or four to the set, they were only 50 cents!!
So I stocked up, came home and decided to make a beaded cuff. First I took my window screening (soft, black and meshy) and cut a strip that would fit the width of the bracelet. I think cut a piece of lavender felt that would be wide enough to wrap the entire cuff and left enough to enclose the ends.
I then handstitched the mesh to the felt and then sewed glass seed beads of various colors to the felt (on top of the mesh). I pinned the felt together on the back and then handstitched it closed and handstitched the ends. I added small, vintage shell buttons to the ends of the cuff to give it a finished look.
Here's the end result:

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I'm going to try it with different colored felt, and might cut some of the metal strips into a length suitable for necklaces.
The cuff straightens out fully after it is bent which I also like - you could wear it low or higher on the arm depending on your mood.

well after a long weekend spent sewing tiny seed beads to a giant tote, I have finished it! YAY!
i was inspired by the byrds album "sweetheart of the rodeo" and decided to interpret the cover in a newer, modern way.

I handbeaded the cowboy boot with hundreds of glass seed beads. Each one is sewn singularly to the tote and then designed and embroidered a floral garland around it to add a bit of whimsy and feminine flair. I'm in love with this bag now.

I've been trying to create some new unique cards - especially invitation worthy designs that might end up being sets.
This is my newest creation: a cupcake card - all handsewn with beads and sequins on a handcut cupcake.

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the obsession is definitely cemented.
after the godard masculin feminin tote, i was inspired to create something purely graphic (without a quote) yet still inspired by classic films

here's the newest tote: hand-sequined film camera tote bag





what do you think?...anyone else doing sequin designs?? i'd love to see any that are out there!!!

So i've been going tote crazy since I posted my last one and here's the newest - inspired by my obsession with French New Wave cinema, this quote "Il n'y a aucune fille typique" translates to "There is no typical girl". It's taken from Jean Luc Godard's film Masculin Feminin - a film countdown number appears while this is uttered (one of 15 throughout the film) this one has always been my favorite.

I sewed everything onto a cotton canvas tote - each sequin and bead by hand and then embroidered the quote.
My fingers hurt!