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Sunshine Award

It is a great feeling to receive an award from an awesome blogger who thinks that your site is awesome too. Thank You, Mischievouseyez for nominating me for this award. Please visit her site here! Now to the Rules! Here are the AWESOME 10 NOMINEES : Lady Kate The C-Sweet aisling95 Christina Every thing under the sun…

Sunshine Award

Sneak Peek Friday’s

Here’s a sneak peek into the world of La Cartera! New design ideas for the weekend, special events, and first words. What’s Happening in the Polls If you missed the poll results for ” This Old Purse Survey,” 53% of women considered their favorite purse as “Fabulously Comfortable”. Women prefer comfortable over expensive! That’s great news! Just…

Poll Results- This Old Purse Survey

As I suspected…Out of the three categories 53% of your favorite purses are considered “Fabulously Comfortable”. Women prefer comfortable over expensive! “This Old Purse Survey”- poll results are listed below: Fabulously Comfortable 53% Fabulously Stylish 27% Fabulously Expensive 20% So wait a minute….What does comfortable mean to you???

Urban Summer Purse Tutorial~ Part #2

Let’s create the purse lining, inside pocket, and install the purse feet for the Urban Summer Purse Tutorial~Part #2. Just for consistancy…I left you with Step 4 in the last tutorial so I will begin Part#2 with step 5. Materials Needed: Lining (solid color fabric) Pocket (printed fabric) Purse Feet Pellon Stabilizer Magnetic Closure Step 5…

This Old Purse Survey

Today is the last day to cast your vote on the weekly poll. Please take a minute to take the quick survey poll on “This Old Purse”. What does your favorite purse reveal about you? The purse you carry should fall into three categories of fabulous!

Linen Safari Handbag

The upcycle Linen Safari Handbag, is pure joy! Using a burlap curtain panel and paisley fabric remnants to create this pleated design, is strictly dedicated to my neutral color purse fans. After receiving the results from the “Color My Purse Beautiful” poll. I decided to create something in a neutral color. I must admit that I like bold colors, but…

Royal Valentine Clutch

Introducing the “Royal Valentine Clutch”. This is a great combination of upcycling a leather skirt and woven fabric from the Republic of Senegal in West Africa. The fold over clutch with zipper and latch is so cute it’s not just for Valentine’s day, but for any day. Let me know what you think of my newest creation. …

Sneak Peek Friday’s

Here’s a sneak peek into the world of La Cartera! New design ideas for the weekend, special events, accomplishments, and a sneak peek into this weeks survey results. What’s Happening in the Polls This is the first time that all categories are tied???? I would like to thank everyone who participates in the poll surveys, it…

Urban Summer Purse Tutorial Part #1

The Urban Summer Purse Tutorial is a 3 part series. Please follow me to receive notification of any updates automatically. I’ve made some minor adjustments to the straps for stability that will be revealed in the 3rd tutorial. Lets begin with selecting your fabric of choice and materials needed: Printed fabric 1/2 yard needed Solid…

This Old Purse Survey

Take the survey poll on “This Old Purse”. What does your favorite purse reveal about you? I found myself carrying the same old purse. I never thought of a purse as one of life’s little pleasure. It’s the one item that carries everything you need, or matches your outfit perfectly. The purse you carry falls into three categories…

Urban Summer

As you know this month I have been upcycling, recycling, and repurposing textiles to create purses/totes and wallets. Well I have finally used some colorful fabric from Accra, Ghana and turquoise fabric I’ve had for years. I think the combination is pretty cool, for a spring time and “Urban Summer” look. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. Let me know what…