Very Productive Weekend.

It was a great three-day weekend! I wanted to change up a little and take care of some sewing. My mom laughs at me because when I purchase fabric, 45" or 60" wide, I always buy at least four yards. (yep, I said 4 yards!). I've been so busy trying to make sure I have enough to sell for Mocha Child, that I haven't sewn for quite some time now.

I decided to take out my sewing machine to work on some snack bags to sell in upcoming fairs and also to have some for cases for stationery sets. Now, my daughter is a very girly tom-boy. She loves her dresses, shoes, having her hair twisted....the whole nine. Like her mother, she loves purses! While making my messenger bag (I'll show you that one later), I pulled out some material to make her one as well for her snacks and keys and anything else she can fit in it. Take a look below. I liked the way it came out so much, I decided to make another one. It is a cotton/poly print and lined with cotton muslin. The strap is made from muslin and it is closed using a coordinating zipper. The cover flap is made with the same fabric as the bag and is also lined with cotton linen. I will make more of these and post them to my mom's Etsy site at www.jenidesign.etsy.com. There they will be on sale for $15.00 each. I will take a picture of her with the bag over her shoulder so you can see what it looks like worn. It is too cute!

Don't worry, I will never stray too far from my stationery. Here are a few items that I completed over the weekend as well.

Well, that was part of my weekend. I will post items to my Etsy shop tonight.
Blessings