Mixed reds

Last week I had another opening of one of our buildings in the office: a new school in Amsterdam. In this case red was the appropriate color accent. So quickly this bag was born. I think I prefer the proportions of this latest bag.

Shiny and matte, red and more orange-like were mixed. Such a nice game to play.

When I have some time left, and that will be not before Sinterklaas, I'll make you a tutorial of these kind of bags. The result of this sewing lesson will be given away to one of you! So keep an eye on my blog :).

Bling bling

Today we had a family gathering because of my mother's birthday: we have been walking on the beach and into the forest of Oostvoorne. For that reason I added some bags to my nowadays production: a classical bag for my mother and a pair of younger styled bags for my sweet cousins of 16. All made of leather samples. Loved to see that they appeared to be a hit! Unfortunately the rain came today, so I wasn't able to shoot my cousins with their new bags. But, as usual, M wanted to model before we left.

This time the samples were used in a landscape direction. The bags are reversible, so when they like it they can turn their daytime bag into a hip evening bag. The separated ends of the double stitched lace are just knotted. This way the lace can be taken out the holes and attached again on the other side.

Tiny treasures

Look at these tiny treasures M and L brought home from school last week! 1, 2, 3: by L, 4: by M.
(I miss them at this moment, they'll be home again tomorrow evening...)

Dress bag combi

Just love the idea of making a bag that fits to my dress this easy: I used some leather samples (4 times A4) from the office and turned them into this simple bag.

Not only matching my dress but as well the interior I designed in the office. Tomorrow we are attending the official opening of this building. And I will wear my new bag of course!
Other openings to come of other buildings might lead to other color combinations...

Just draw!

Last year I already wrote about how to mark 'those that are mine'. This weekend I was up to it again, using these textile markers. L loves the different shoes on both little feet.

Her idea

(Almost forgotten how to blog, but here I am again!)

Today M wanted only one thing: a new cell phone cosy. Since she lost her phone a while ago, she got a new one, the cheapest ever. But she is as happy as ever.
She told me exactly what to do. Making the tiny phone going upward by pulling the string or ribbon. So this is it, out of remnants of some former blogged items. Does any of you blog followers know which one?

Scary

In school L loves to make colorful meters with her knitting fork. This week her teacher created a snake of it; now L has a new friend that she's carrying everywhere she goes.

Just met...

... Petra of Vervlogen Dagen! My first exciting, sort of blind blogger date. She and I started a blog at the same time and ever since we have a kind of digital friendship by leaving comments on each other's posts. Now she was my guest and I must say: she is in real even more great and beautiful than her blog is! 
And sweet... she brought this such beautiful bag (see comments in link) for M ('may I say you once again that I love it?'), a pencil case in L's favorite colors and some fat quarters for me :), of course all designed and made by herself, even the fabrics. Please bring me more visitors like this. It was a long, but still to short being together for both mothers and daughters.

Her own Penny

Let's unwrap the small present on the left! M is still a horse lover, very much, even more. And like all girls like her she is fond of the Penny, a Dutch kids magazine for horse lovers. She can't wait for a new one; every second Tuesday our postman makes her very happy.
Now her mother: I don't like the Penny. Don't like the kitschy style, the level, the fact that she's no longer reading a normal book... And I can't stop telling her that once in a while. Poor girl.
To compensate my complaining I made her a special edition of the Penny: a mini photo album full of pictures of her, hugging 10 horses in the Schwarzwald last Mai. A little surprise for her birthday, that made her more happy than the chair she got as well.

Update: the posted animation doesn't work anymore.... I'll repair it after holidays.

HEMA

Here's another happy HEMA-tape-shopper! Look at M's presents, wrapped in the middle of the night... In reality the fluo tape is even more bright, it almost shined in the darkness!
Btw, in the large package on the right she found a chair (in almost fluo red), because next holidays we will make a new worktop in her room. More about that later. And later more about the little present on the left... Hope you feel as curious as M did ;).