Purse Charms

 My cousin started selling Miche purses a few months ago,  Of course we all fell in love with them.  Just love the idea of being able to change my purse without having to empty it each time.  Cause if' you're like me, you carry a lot of junk in your purse. 

In their catalog they have something called Charmers, which essentially are purse charms.  When my cousin had her store, she used to sell purse charms, and they were so cool.  I didn't like the ones in the catalog, there's only maybe 6 at a time shown.  And they just weren't me.  So I decided to make my own.

I didn't realize how many heart beads and charms I had, so i put some of them on one.  Just love how that one turned out.

 And of course, I love beach themed items.  And I love blue too.  So of course I had to make a beach themed purse charm.

I was laughing at the fact that the four I made the other night were all blue.  Love the teardrop turquoise bead.

And I don't know where I found this big silver bead, but just love it!  So, used some of the smokey blue beads for that one.

I've got a few more that I need to make, so will post them as I make them.  They're so fun to make!

Jeans purses

I've been spending the past few days trying to come up with ideas to decorate the jeans purses that I made from old recycled jeans. These ones aren't lined cause my sewing machine couldn't sew in the lining. But I think they're awfully cute and a great way to recycle jeans.

This pair is from a tan/taupe pair of jeans. I had these appliqué butterflies in my stash, and decided that they would look really cool on this pair:

I then cut out a kawaii skull from felt and sewed that on a pair of khaki pants that I made into a purse. I found the checkered belt with the skull from that cool second-hand store in San Mateo. Thought it would go well together.

I then figured that I could embroider on the jeans before sewing them up. So I embroidered a bunch of these little pink flowers that were already in the machine. I thought the middles of the flowers would look really cute filled in, so I found my fabric paint and painted them in.

I made the belt out of this fun material my friend gave to me to use for different projects.


Those are what I have done so far. I'll get more stuff done during the week. I'll post as I create. My creative juices are flowing again...YAY!

My first purse

This is my first attempt at sewing a purse. It is an easy pattern. I just have to learn how to sew straight. Well, maybe not straight but consistant? LOL I know there are a bunch of mistakes on it, but it's fun knowing that I can actually sew something other than straight lines. :)

I want to try another one then maybe on to something else?? LOL