In Love with these Mini Purses

mini purses/pouches

I started out making these as rosary holders for my mother-in-law and other family members, and now I use them as a wallet, gift card holder, even stuff them with stamps and store inside my desk. I love all the new fabrics I have just waiting to be made into these nifty little bags.

What do you think?

FINALLY! The Shop is Officially O-P-E-N!

Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm so insanely excited! My shop is officially open! There's only one listing up, but it's a start. I'll be putting more listings up throughout the week as I finish photographing the items. Hope you'll stop by the shop to see what's available :-))))

Almost There!

Little by little, my shop is taking form. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a January 2011 opening.

What do you think about my brand-spanking-new display cards?

p.s. - {please excuse the low lighting but I took them at twilight ;-)}

Handmade Contessa Etsy Shop Preview: More Pins, Hair Clips, Bobby Pins & Earrings!

I am seriously suffering from carpel tunnel syndrome now. I've been working non-stop for over a week building up the shop's inventory. Here are just a few of the goodies I've been working on over the past few days:



'Ring Around the Rosie' pin



Slim Cross pin



Chunky Cross pin



Funky Daisy pin

Bella bobby pins and earrings



Bella hair clips



I apologize for the lack of imaginative names for my creations, but my creativity is best represented in my handmade works. And now I'm off! My work continues...

Handmade Contessa's Etsy Shop Preview: Fabric Flower Brooches

Funky Daisy

As if the holidays aren't a busy enough time for me, I'm still hard at work churning out more inventory for my new Etsy store (fingers crossed it'll be ready come January!). I'll be carrying fabric flower pins in several different styles like peonies, roses and a funky daisy ;-)

Peonies

These are just a few of my samples. I'll have PLENTY more come January. I've had such positive responses to these that I'm confident I can do many more, especially with a Valentine's Day theme.

So what do you think?

Handmade Contessa's Etsy Shop Preview: Pony Tail Holders

As I continue to work on building up my inventory for the new Etsy shop, I thought it would be nice to offer a few previews of the items I'm currently working on.

First up are the fabric-covered button pony tail holders. These are just so adorable for little girls to wear, don't you think?