I’ve been playing with different proportions & construction & this is one of the models that popped up. I like how the handle fits through the top hole & how the flap is a natural edge shaped by the leather hide. This is my new favorite leather & I’ve got a bunch of it so will be trying out all sorts of models. I’ve also been playing with “self” handles so the whole bag has the same color & texture. It looks very grown up to me like it should be out on the way to an important meeting.
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Elke, I’m delighted I found you, and feel there is a strong connection here. I think your style and approach to life and creating mirrors that of my two daughters, Roxy and Sarah. (I will be sending them to your site.) Roxy lived in NYC for almost 12 yrs–graduated from Parsons, and is now in Utah, earning a living from her Etsy shop and blog, http://romawinkel.blogspot.com/. I hope you’ll take a look at her work. Sarah also lived in NYC for many years. She is also a designer/artist. She got her Masters at Naropa, in Boulder. She works in ceramics and metal–she’s currently creating simple ceramic buttons as part of her repurposing passion. She loves updating vintage and well-loved, past-worn clothing with her buttons. Her Etsy shop, http://www.etsy.com/shop/FULTONandCO, shows the start of her new button line. She’s also studied glass blowing and glass bead making at the Kitengela Glass Studio in Kenya and has made leather bags with big glass buttons as the closures. Finally, I am a former cooking magazine editor and am doing a blog to help families return to the family dinner tradition and to help moms work smarter, not harder, in their kitchens (www.dinnerour.com), and I’d like to invite you to stop by. To close, your site is lovely and your work is gorgeous, clever, and fun! I hope we can get acquainted as time goes on, and I would LOVE for you and my daughters to get to know each other. Meanwhile, bravo and continued success! Your fan, Alice Osborne
I LOVE IT!!! How do I order it? You have great designs. I live in Vegas and would love get my hands on that amazing bag!!!
Venice, Thanks so much for the e-mail! I’m opening an on line shop March first & the bag will be available. There is only one as I specialize in one of a kind- Hope you can check it out. The shop link will be posted in the sidebar of the blog.
Cheers!
Elke