I Heart the Phoebe Bag

I whipped up another little Phoebe bag for a friend this week - it came out pretty cute!  A very simple (and FREE) pattern from artsy crafty babe - check it out, if you haven't already. 

I used a Kelly green exterior with tiny white polka dots, and a navy striped interior with little green pin stripes.

I want to make a billion more of these!  Need to stock up on magnetic snaps and I'll be good to go for Christmas, I think.  For the ladies in my life, anyway. 

Here's a close up of the green fabric.

And of the blue.  There is a little pocket in there too, just too dark to see.  What do you think?  I need to get better at picking color combos, but this came out well. 

PS: Have you entered my GIVEAWAY yet????

Purse Perfection

I printed out this free pattern forever ago from Artsy Crafty Babe forever ago, and its been sitting on my desk since.  I finally got my act together and whipped up one of these cute Phoebe bags and I love it! 

Its got a magnetic snap so your stuff stays put.  (If you need help with the snap, check out this post from Messy Jesse to walk you through it - with pictures!)

A little pocket inside for your cell phone or what have you. 

It fits on your shoulder comfortably, and is roomy enough to fit your wallet, a paperback, and all of the vitals but not too massive to overwhelm you. 

The pattern was simple and easy to follow - I think I may just make a few more! 

Lucky Girl!

I won yet another blog contest! I feel so lucky. Thanks to Kate and Oli (a really great blog that I check out often), I learned of the awesome purse making talents of Hayden J . Thanks to her generous giveaway, I won this amazing bag!

Yay look how happy I am! Lame pictures, I know - I received the package at work and was so excited I couldn't wait to post about it right away! (Or, after blogger resolved its weird picture posting issues this afternoon. Did anyone else have problems with that today?).

Thank you so so much to Aimee of Hayden J (check out her shop!) and Kate and Oli for putting this together. Woo hoo!