Matters of the Heart

Hey,

Well I’ve finally finished making the Clutch bags for the lovely Tess and her bridal party, that I told you about a few weeks back.  So several damask lovelys are currently winging their way across the pond to her and her bridesmaids – I hope she loves them!  Together we decided on a neutral cream and white damask print cotton as the basis for the bags.  We then trimmed this in a gorgeous layer of ribbon in deepest plum, classic ivory and touches of gold.  The bags were all lined in cream cotton and had a beautiful mother-of-pearl effect button stack as closure.  I so enjoyed working closely with someone other than my often design-fatigued brain, to create something special – even though measuring, cutting, pinning and sewing 5 Clutches turned out to be more demanding than I thought it would!  So here be the spoils:

 

I’ve had quite a few custom orders lately actually, which is really good for the old sewing self-esteem! I’ve had some successful bids through Etsy’s Alchemy system, which is great as I really enjoy undertaking a specific design and creating something unique and giving someone exactly what they had envisioned.  So feel free to hit me up if you want something wondrous made in a certain fabric, as I’m always more than happy to flex my thread into creating your specific ideas.  I’ve also been toying with the idea of introducing a few new designs into the store – namely glasses pouches (after an alchemy request for one was snapped up and I’ve since made a few of them, so sensing a possible gap in the market!) so watch this space if you’re on the lookout for somewhere to store those vintage sunnies!

Today finds me rather pooped (read exhausted – yes, exhausted at 7pm!) after spending a day at my nephew’s 2nd birthday party.  So an afternoon of too much cake, too many egg sandwiches, too high a number of screaming toddlers – plus a playhouse and sandpit – does not a happy Amy make.  Here’s the little man in all his birthday glory, now this is mischievousness (word?!) personified:

In other news, I am currently most loving Florence and the Machine.  Caught her on Jonathon Ross (which I don’t normally watch I shall admit now, but the wall-to-wall Michael Jackson coverage was starting to grate somewhat) last night and I am instantly in love with her style.  She has a vintage, romantic yet edgy look about her and her music – perfect Summer fare.  So I shall love you and leave you with Rabbit Heart…

Amy at WB x