Place-mat Handbags

A few years ago I made a place-mat handbag/scripture tote for my little sister.  My older sister thought it was pretty cool and wanted one too.  So I went to the store found a cute place-mat and bought some cute wooden handles to add to it, and then left it with the rest of my craft stuff.  So fast forward about 3 years, I was working on a few craft projects and realized that I needed another little bag to put some of my stuff in.  I had the stuff I needed to make a place-mat bag for myself, as well as the stuff I bought for my sisters.  Well, her birthday is on Sunday so I decided that I would whip hers up for her, so that I can give it to her for her birthday.  I LOVE the way her bag turned out.  Mine is just for my craft stuff, so I didn't care as much if I could see the thread from stitching on the ribbon handles.  I do love how these turn out, and they are so quick and easy. I finished both of them in less than a half hour.  I found a tutorial on line here you can look at.  Just keep in mind you can adjust it however you want, and use whatever kind of handles you would like.  There are a lot of different ways out there to make these fun and festive. 

My sisters

 Mine

 

These are also great for little girls!  My 22 month old has been using these as her purse since I made them.  I had to hid them from her so that I could use them. 

Bow Holder

I found this tutorial online and I just had to make one for my little girl.  I also have made 2 other bow holders that I just kinda made up.  Here is a picture of the one I made for my daughter and the one I made for a friends baby shower.

The one I made for my friend

 The one I made for my daughter

 The other bow holders I came up with

Bows Bows and More Bows

I love making hair bows for my little girl, however, her hair is getting to that stage where it is too long to wear a bow on a headband, and too short just to clip a bow in her hair, (did I mention she is almost 2 and still doesn't have enough hair to really do anything with!). So as of late she is just wearing the cheap-o headbands.  They look cute, but it makes me sad she can't really wear any of the bows I made.  Recently I found out that one of my girl-friends is having a little girl after having 2 boys, so that gave me a great opportunity to pull out all my hair bow making stuff and get to work, so her little girl can have some cute hair bows.  Now I don't try to push the style of hair bows I like on anyone so I just made her one of each of the different kind I like to make and added them to a bow holder I made.  Most of these bows I discovered how to make on my own, but you can find tutorials out there for most of them.  If you really would like to know how to make one of them, email me and I can see if I can help you figure it out.