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29 Jun 2011
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A Blogger’s Lament

I have been feeling guilty for having neglected my blogging endeavors for — well let’s just say for too long! So here is an attempt to make up for lost time….It’s not that I haven’t been busy – it’s more the case that I’ve been too busy!  I started the new year by making up a batch of Book Club purses:

These covers from the70’s are
SO much fun!
I followed that with a series of Nancy Drew purses (equally fun of course).
I have most recently been working on some custom orders that have taken me in new directions.
I have just completed 4 different Austen book purses – 3 of them are variations of Pride and Prejudice. I love this black leather edition I found.

 

So thanks for checking on me – I’m alive and well and keeping busy!

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09 Nov 2010
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Fantastic Fall Finds

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me” C.S. Lewis

I love little weekend jaunts to the wonderful small towns and quaint shops
that dot the Minnesota and Wisconsin landscape. In particular I am inspired by the creative ways that items are grouped and arranged in shops so that you want to bring the whole “look” home with you.

Here’s a link to one of my favorite shops in Stillwater, MN. Soooo, lovely!

One shop I was particularly taken with, displayed vintage books and tea cups together. Well, being a fan of both, I was smitten! Hence, I went on a “tea cup” spree and will be offering some of my finds along with my book purses later this fall. Hope it’s just your cup of tea!

Book Purse and Tea Cup #1 Book Purse and Tea Cup #2
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20 Oct 2010
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Holiday Book Purse Line-Up

I’m busy creating a wonderful Holiday line up of book purses which will be ‘unveiled’ on Sunday Nov. 14th!  Included will be purses made from EACH of Jane Austen’s novels – several versions of P&P – Little Women – Harry Potter – Shakespeare – Through the Looking Glass and as many other favorites as I can manage to get ready!!   I’m excited to have discovered some lovely early-19th-century reproduction fabric by Barbara Brackman.  Entitled ‘Hartfield’, named for the manor house in Jane Austen’s Emma., Hartfield echoes the colors and prints of early-nineteenth-century England.   I’m excited about my line up and hope you will have fun Holiday Shopping at ExLibrisPurses!

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