GIVEAWAY and NEW DESIGN!

ok kids! so today i will announce the winner of my giveaway, it'll be very soon......
in the meantime lay your eyes on this - announcing THE SUPER PLEATED CLUTCH!!!!

YAY!!!! this has been in my head ever since i designed the super pleated tote.  it's the perfect sibling!  it's super sized with gorgeous side pleating and it has a zippered closure.  take this baby out for a spin! get yours here.

fresh off the sewing machine.....

i have been hard at work, a while back i procured a box full of leather jackets & skirts and now is the time to start finally piecing together some of my ideas. here are two new designs that with some tweaking i would like to make staples to my shop.

houndstooth folded clutch in brown and black reclaimed leather:

super pleat tote in cranberry reclaimed leather:

2 in 1 clutch combo!!

this one needs a name cause i think i'll actually keep this design and recreate it in different leathers, faux and reclaimed. did you ever take out your clutch and find you needed more room all of a sudden? i have worked all weekend on this problem and come up with my clutch combo.
should you need more room all of a sudden just unfold this clutch and move a couple straps around and voila!!!!! and really sleek hand/shoulderbag!

here are some more views:

more new stuff!!!

just finished this fold over clutch a little while ago!!!!

i never know what name to give my bags, i end up just naming them after the techniques i use or what they look like. some people give them girl names, some people name them after cities, i think i better start getting some names together.

sneak preview part 3

friends think maybe i am making things too complicated on myself by creating different accessories. but i say i have creative A.D.D. so i don't know what else to do with myself. maybe it also comes from the fact that i have a hard time buying accessories for myself so i have been having fun making them and it's really neat to make things that i haven't seen anywhere.

anyway here's a sneak peek at some more jewelry that will be at my HOLIDAY TRUNK SHOW on dec 12!

sneak preview part 2

ooh la la the ruffle clutch in charcoal reclaimed leather and studs! has a removable strap and organic twill interior. i wanna take it out drinking with me.

next up

after lunch at randazzo's in brooklyn yesterday, i drove to cedarhurst with my leftover fried clams drenched in medium sauce, happily cramming them in my face at stop lights. the mission was to pick up some leather coats at the thrift store on central avenue for my reclamation process.

while absorbing the mindless exchange a lady was having with her bluetooth device shoved in her ear, i found a huge black trench coat - it had shoulder pads maybe i should keep them in case this '80's comeback gets really out of control - and a dusty mauve metallic jacket. pretty good score!

so today after cutting pipe for boilers - oh that's right, a little part time plumbing never hurt anyone - i got to dismantling the jackets.

so i have some work ahead of me.

oh YEAH!

most of the time i am a terrible procrastinator. i mean really really bad. i will walk by a pile of clean clothes 20 times and not fold them. it's really not cool at all. shamefully i will tell you that at times the pile of clothes will be on the bed and we sleep with them in the bed. gross.

it is a SHOCK that only yesterday i mentioned reusing leather from previously worn garments to create some of my clutches, and here is one already! amazing.....
i am keeping this one cause i think i should. take a look at my etsy store for more clutches.