Blue Berry Shopping Bag

Another new shopping bag in fabric that's very reminiscent of the 70s - a charming stylized motif of berries and flowers in blue, purple, white and black. 

This fabric is a personal favourite. I just love it!

This is the large version of this shopper, so that you can do grocery shopping with it as well. It's the same size as the polka dot one.

You can find it listed here.

Linked to: 

Annemarie's Haakblog

Black and White Polka Dot Shopper

 Newest, handmade shopping bag in a black and white polka dot fabric with ivory natural cotton handles.

Very lightweight and practical so you can pack it in your bag for any kind of shopping emergency.

Linked to:
Annemarie's Haakblog

December Give-Away

Some time ago (all the way back here) I promised you a give-away of this bag:

But time slipped by -as only time can- and no more was heard of it....

Until now.
In the spirit of clearing old debts and getting ready for a  New Year and a clean slate, it's now officialy give-away time.

Fully reversible.

One side is a black natural linen with the added interest of a section that has been ribbed and a strip of the loveliest striped natural cotton in a muted olive green and white.

The other side is a sheer organza with a big opaque floral motif on it. It is backed with natural canvas. 

If any of you remember, it is the perfect twin of this bag listed in the shop, with the only exception that it had a small imperfection.

(If you notice the bag on the left has a little gap in the seam on its right. That's where it escaped the thread.....This will be sewn together, but as any handsewn article can attest, it won't be totaly invisible......)

There is only one requirement for you to be in the draw, and that is to leave a comment telling me what you'd like to wear a bag like this with.

For extra entries you can do any of these:

(But don't forget to  leave a seperate entry telling me you did so, so that it can be counted as an extra entry)

1. Follow One PerfectDay blog (follow button is on the right hand side of the blog)

2. Heart OnePerfectDay shop on etsy

3. Tell me what your favourite item in OnePerfectDay etsy is.

4. Like OnePerfectDay on facebook.

5. Follow OnePerfectDay on Pinterest (button on top right hand side of blog).

6. Tweet about the give-away.

7.Share this give-away on facebook or blog about it.

The give-away is open to anyone, internationaly.

Open from 15-30 December 2011.

A winner will be announced on December 31 and your prize will be shipped in the New Year when the post office re-opens.

Please make sure there is a way for me to contact you (blogger profile, etsy shop,etc).

If I cannot contact the winner or if the winner fails to respond within a week there will be another draw.


Good Luck!

Bag Entries for Purse Week

I finally made the deadline today for the bag contest going on over at A Lemon Squeezy Home.

This is the bag I entered today.

The front.

The back.

Some close-ups and details.

It's actually the second one I finished today because I ruined the first version of the bag -identical except for the floral fabric used.

The moral of the story is: don't try that new thing you've been meaning to when it's close to your deadline......

I'm very happy with this one except that I altered it's original rounded shape by adding some tucks down at the corners at the bottom and they make it look boxier than what I had in my sketch.

But I like boxy as much as I like rounded......so it's fine.

The large circle on the one side is in fact a pocket. It closes with a magnetic clasp and it's been my favourite pocket for a while now.

It holds quite a few things and pretty securely at that.

My other entry is this one:

They've been both uploaded in the Purse Week Group on Flickr.

Wish me luck!

Linked to:

Annemarie'sCrochet blog, Our Creative Spaces, Day And Age Designs, Zsazsazsu, I Heart Nap Time, Fabric Fascination, The Gunny Sack

Newest -Floral Organza- Bag

This is my newest bag.

It's fully reversible, made with some of my very favourite fabrics.

One side is a black linen with some lovely ribbed texture and some of my newest striped cotton fabric -a muted green and white I'm besotted with.

The other side is a a sheer organza with an enormous, opaque floral print on it that I've lined with my trusty plain natural canvas.

You can't really see this in any of the pictures but up close you can see the canvas under the sheer parts of the organza. Especially when you move.

As has been my custom lately, I've made two identical bags.

Unfortunately, one has a little flaw........

I wouldn't sell it in any condition other than perfect, so you can expect a give-away soon.

Linked to:

Homework, TeaRoseHome, OurCreativeSpaces, Today'sCreativeBlog,  Zsazsazsu, Petite Hermine, Day And Age Design, AnnemariesCrochetBlog

Brand New Circle Bag!

The latest challenge of the European Etsy Team , hosted by the marvellous Fishes Make Wishes is all about Geometric Beauty.
Since I've been making lots of Circle Brooches lately, I thought it would be a cop-out to just add one of those as my entry....
The point of these challenges is to be inspired to make something completely new.
So, springing off the challenge -but not being able to get away from the Circle alltogether-  I give you:

The Reversible White Cotton Tote with Large Pink and Red Mix Circle Applique Pocket.

As the -pretty descriptive- title suggests, it's a fully reversible white cotton bag...with a really big circle on it.

Which just happens to be a pocket.

It's like a giant Circle Brooch, made out of circles in a variety of my favourite red, pink and white fabrics.

Their edges -just like the brooches'- are  unfinished in order to get the shabby chic look that seems to be becoming something of a mania for me lately.

If you turn it inside-out, you get an antique-white natural cotton canvas bag.

Plain but for a square pocket in the same canvas with red stitching.

This is also made to fray into shabby-chicness. 

The straps are long wide and made of the same white cotton used on the outer bag.

Though it's not a big bag, it fits quite a lot because it's shaped like a market bag.

And it's listed in the shop!

Linked to:

I Heart Naptime, Petite Hermione, Day And Age Design, Homework, Today's Creative Blog, ZsaZSaZsu, AnneMarie'sBrieblog

At The Circus Bag Give-Away Winner

...and the winner of the fully reversible 'Circus Bag' with detachable brooch  is....

Number 79: Rebecca -who will be notified by email.

Thank you all so much for participating.

I will be having another special give-away for you in the month of August.

Hope to see you then.

At The Circus Bag

Yes, I made it!
My entry for the Circus European Street Team challenge is finished!

I called it the 'At The Circus' Tote Bag  and this is it:

It's actualy one bag, but it is fully reversible, with a big bright, frilly brooch that you attach wherever you wish.

One side is  bold red and white stripes with a generous band of vintage white lace on the top.

The other side is one of my all-time favourite fabrics. A very retro looking cotton print with lots of moody black and white and some surprising bursts of purple and red amid the stripes and flowers.

It reminds me of those Victorian tattoed  ladies of the sideshows.

So, according to your mood, you turn the bag inside out and have two very different bags in one.

As for the brooch you choose if you will attach it or not.

You can wear it as a totaly seperate accessory on your clothing or on another bag -or even a hat.

And if anyone was wondering why there are two bags in the pictures....it's not just to show you the fully reversible nature of the bag....

For the first time ever, I made two identical bags.

Because one bag is meant for you!

Yes, it's give-away time!

The give-away should be up by tomorrow morning so please drop in and comment to win.

Linked to:

 Carolyn'sHomework

Today'sCreativeBlog

SkipToMyLou

Craft-O-Maniac

TeaRoseHome

FreePrettyThingsForYou