In May, we displayed and sold our goods at the Village Fun Fair. We met this cute little old lady who talked our ears off to the point where we were looking and hoping for more customers to come to our booth so we had an excuse to escape. Well, she wound up buying several of our items and making some special orders. Maggie was the lucky one to deliver the special orders to her home. She was nervous. Well, this sweet woman gave us two shoe boxes full of vintage buttons! She appreciated our craft so much that she thought that we needed those buttons because she saw that we would use them with love. We wound up giving her the special order because those boxes of goodies were worth so much more than our little hair clips. When Maggie had to visit her on another occasion to fix a glitch, this sweet woman gave us some goodies that she had made and thought that we would appreciate. What a nice person!
As you know, we use burlap bags from coffee beans to line a lot of our bags. In the past, I had a coffee company that roasted the beans give us the empty burlap bags for free. As time passed, I lost contact with this gentleman and I was worried we would wind up having to pay for these bags. People sell them for a pretty penny online. I contacted several local coffee places and most places wanted to charge per bag. Well, I finally got a man who said to come on by and he'd give us a few. Maggie and I loaded up and headed to the warehouse. He met us outside and took us to the back and gave us a HUGE amount of beautiful burlap bags! He had looked at our blog and recognized that we were legitimate and made something beautiful out of a dusty old coffee bag. Let's just say that Maggie and I were both glad that we took her SUV instead of my tiny Toyota. What a nice guy!
My brother-in-law is a police officer and is also in the Navy Reserve. Our last visit to see him, he loaded me up with a couple of arms full of military camoflouge uniforms including a beautiful army green parka. He had told me he might have a couple of things. I had no idea he would give us so much wonderful fabric that Green Envy Girls would eat up! What a nice guy!
With all that being said, pictured below are some of the bags that were created from the generosity of nice people.
This tote has vintage mushroom fabric from The Budget Shop that I mentioned in an earlier post. Notice the khaki fabric and pocket that was cut from a men's pair of cargo pants. And of course, the army green is from that parka that my brother-in-law gave us.
Here is a detail shot of the flower that we created from the zipper of the parka. I also used the tags that were inside the jacket at a decorative element on the front and back of the bag.
And here is a shot of some of that beautiful burlap used to line the bag. This bag sold immediately.
And here is a shot of some of that beautiful burlap used to line the bag. This bag sold immediately.
This next bag is our "Amy" bag. A friend of ours donated a cute pair of J Crew shorts that inspired this bag. It has some vintage floral fabric and some denim elements as well.
I created a flower utilizing the worn denim and zipper, and we used a button pattern on the front along a small hidden pocket.
There is also a hidden pocket on the side!
This tote utlizes a lot of the same military elements as the first one including several of the buttons from the parka. This bag is different from the others because of the vintage tie flower and we used a piece of the tie in the fabric portion of the bag as well.
Hopefully, I'm on a roll and will be able to continue my blog posts. About the time I think I've got everything under control, something like a sick kid, an upset husband, or the oppressive heat gets my life all chaotic and it takes some time to sort through the stacks of lifes pages. Thanks so much for reading!
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