If you're not a DIYer or even if you are a DIYer but you want something handmade which isn't in your DIY-genre check it out. This is the case for me ... I'm a knitter, but I can't really sew. Well, I reckon I COULD sew if I applied myself, however I lack the patience to practice and improve. My mom was a fantastic seamstress, but maybe it's one of those things that skips a generation or in my case just manifested into a different craft. All the same Etsy supports my theory those who can, do and those who can't... buy!
I love the idea of supporting a fellow craftinista. One of my faves is Precocious. She makes fabulous bags and now... headbands :) I've been faithfully wearing my felted satchel bag that I knit a couple of years ago, but we had some wicked heat +100 about two weeks ago and I quickly realized that boiled wool against bare skin on those days just isn't comfy. I needed cotton and I needed it bad! There it was... the sling bag! I worked with Andrea (she is well named too :D) and got to select from a variety of Amy Butler fabrics and we collaborated on "The Andie". I absolutely love, love, love - j'adore my bag! (Any Eloise fans out there? You get me.)
So next I inquired about headbands. I noticed in Precocious' profile something about headbands. Now I don't have a very circle-headband friendly HEED. I have a flat head or something, who knows! So I usually opt for the C-shaped headbands, but cute ones are very difficult to find. I mentioned the idea to Andrea and she noodled on it. A few days later she surprised me with the news that she made a couple of prototypes, et voila!! Headbands!! Now let me tell you I also have a very sensitive noggin when it comes to headbands on account of my spectacles. Not only are these headbands abso adorable, they are comfy as all get out! There I am below in one of my new headbands.
Long live the entrepreneurial spirit and super talented craftinistas!
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Ok now you have done it. There are a few bags I am now eying up bad. The whole crafty thing not sure where and how it comes about but I love it! Welcome back girl!
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