Miss Beadle's Bags

While this weekend was no home run for bag sales at the holiday craft fair in Sonoma, all was not lost. I met some nice artists, including two talented members of Roots Collaborative: Samantha Barsky of Note•ify greeting cards, and Emily Fitzpatrick of Cottage Home Decor Oilcloth Products. One of my highlights was meeting a cast member from my favorite childhood TV show, Little House on the Prairie. Charlotte Stewart played the sweet school teacher Miss Beadle. She was not a visitor at the craft show this weekend, but a vendor — and guess what? She is a bag-maker, of all things! Hers are small, cotton floral pouches, and great shopping totes made from recycled dog food bags. Knowing I was a Little House fan, and a fellow bag-maker, she signed a photo for me (usually reserved for her customers, with the purchase of a Charlotte Stewart bag). She made me swear not to tell anyone... but here I go spilling the beans! Seriously, how could I help myself? Click the image for Charlotte Stewart on Wikipedia.

Wallets & Gadget Bags on The Mind

I'm thinking about making some wallets or small bags for gadgets or makeup. That's all for now, folks.

New Blog for The Buy Indie! Project

The Buy Indie! Project began to take on a life of its own, so I created a new blog dedicated to all the Buy Indie! activity. Find it here: http://thebuyindieproject.blogspot.com/

The new blog now contains all of the recent posts from this blog about the project, so please go there and follow it for future updates.

Also, follow my Buy Indie Tweets, at http://twitter.com/BuyIndieProject.

Shopping Spree

Yesterday my mom and I went to Berkeley to find new fabrics for my winter collection of bags. For those of you who are crafty, you might like Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics or Discount Fabrics in Berkeley. I also bought a new mannequin torso from Mannequin Madness to model them!