Purses, Pocketbooks, Fashion Accessories

These are some examples of purses my oldest daughter makes (ok, technically she is my step-daughter). She even makes her own patterns!

More from my family!

I have to smile when I look at this whimsical Santa my SIL made (right). I feel just like he looks, lots of times!

A reader pillow by my SIL (left). It has a hard bottom and could be used, not just for reading, but anything that a lapdesk would come in handy. The picture does not capture the lovely vintage fabrics like seeing it in-person does.

The Rest Of The Story

I designed the Camo Boot Christmas Stockings as something unique and different. My mother in-law made 3 of them for me to give as Christmas presents to the three brothers who own and operate our local "country store". They hung the stockings, the only three of their kind in the world, as far as I know, up in their store and several people not only commented enthusiastically about them, but inquired about purchasing them. It really created a big "buzz" in our little community. One of the brothers asked me to make him a wholesale price, which I did. My mother in-law and I were off the fabric store again! This time we (mostly she) made 15 stockings. Understand, it is now after Christmas and into the first week of the new year. When I took 'em to the store, the brother changed his mind about the wholesale thing, but he did offer to put them in the store and let me display them there. Today, I made hang tags and tied them on the stockings. Now if the 50 or so people who wanted them before Christmas, actually wanted them enough to buy them AFTER Christmas remains to be seen. 15 takers? We'll see!

BUMSTIX is launching!

I have a terrifically talented family. We are dabbling in finding out how much public interest we can generate from our handcrafted items. Let us know what you think. mailto:lisa@arisepublicationspecialists.com

Our first official product is a novelty item for the hunters in your life. It is an original design and locally handcrafted. It is shaped like a real boot, is made of quilted camoflouge and lined with hunter orange. The tops are designed to look like real skins/hides.