Market Bag #1 Rasberry Mocha

I've been inspired lately by the Summer weather and the Farmer's Market to make some bags for my shop. Here is the first:

I made it reversable so you can change your bag with your mood:

This market bag is available in my SHOP.

Vintage Buttons from Belle

Every week my mum and I go over to our friend Belle's house to crochet. She's the loveliest lady who's lived through ever so many adventures, she's traveled on a covered wagon, lived through The Depression, and that's just the beginning.
Last week she pulled out her button box and gave me a jar to fill with as many buttons as I wanted.

I feel as happy as a pirate. :)

Once I got them home I sorted them into little baggies so they're with their matches. Not as pretty as being in jars I suppose, but this way none of the matches get lost! The buttons I only have one of I can still put in jars so I can admire them. :)

Now...what to make to but all these lovely buttons on? :) I'm sure I'll think of something!

Oh, and I'm having a Sale in the SHOP! Do stop by! :)

Organizing Ribbon :)

I've decided to try and take one thing a day in my sewing room to organize rather than keep trying to tackle to entire room at once and so today I decided to organize all our bits of ribbon. We had about 3 boxes and two bags of jumbled mess which I was basically able to fit into one box. Don't you love that? :)

I made cards to wind the ribbon that wasn't on spools. I got the idea from THIS awesome and inspiring post.
I put some of the random spools and little pieces too small to wind around a card in a little box that fit nicely into the bigger box with the cards of ribbon:

And all the spools in another box:

Which fits just right into the bigger box. :)

It may not be the best organizing plan, but it works great for now. Feel so good to have that jumbled mess gone. Now I just might have to make something with ribbon trim on it. :)