gettin' er done

LOVE when i have a productive kick ass day!!! today was definitely one of them.  working on getting ready for Freret Fest this weekend, filling an order for Wild Card, and filling in my inventory for what i sold last weekend at Algiers Festival.

today i got 22 zipper pouches made along with three handbags!!!!! i cut everything out yesterday so it was all sewing. i was getting what i refer to as "sewing head" (kinda like museum head--another form of overload from doing something i love) so i took a break at 2:00 and went for a five mile run.  as a side bar i just want to say i am getting more and more used to running in this humidity and i'm kinda proud of that because it's just a fact of life (do you hear that show's song in your head right now??? "you take the good, you take the bad, you take 'em all and there you have the facts of life" ok, you can tell i do...) down here in new orleans.  i've even embraced my big hair--and when someone asks me if i got a perm i say proudly- no, it's natural!!

here are the zipper pouches i made....

funny....to look at this pic i wouldn't say the sewing time was 6 hours but yeah, it was.  then i made this custom order bag for Judy from Judy DiGeorge Designs.  she asked me to make this bag for her out of her own vintage fabric.  i was honored that she would pick me (trust me!) to make this bag that she's wanted for so many years!!  it's a BEAUTIFUL bark cloth fabric.  i can't wait to give it to her at the festival on saturday!!!  she hasn't seen it yet so i can't wait to see her face...it feels like christmas just a little.

and then i made two cross body bags to replace the two i sold this weekend.

i have to work at my other job tomorrow so hopefully i will have enough energy left to make the final large bag i have cut out.  i need to replace some artwork too but that may not happen...there's still price tags to make and other market prep that needs to happen on friday.  did i mention that i'm excited for this market???  i'm in booth 1014 if you come by--right next to ElleDeeNOLA--and you have to see her awesome jewelry and pedestals!!!