craftgrrl | in love with a bag.. help! (Reply)

OK- here's my thing.

I love love love Kate Spade bags. Love them so much that I'm seriously willing to consider spending over $100 (or more..) for one. And it's not just the label, I just love the sort of box-y look and the stiffness and.. I don't know, I just am in love with them. I had a fake Kate Spade purse that I loved loved loved, and combined with my real Kate Spade wallet I got as a Christmas present from a rich relative, I felt very stylish.

Anyway. I was walking through Neiman-Marcus today to get to the mall, and I saw something that.. I just adored.

So it was like this, the basic Kate Spade bag-y type, but more.. small tote bag size. And different colors: the natural in the picture is black, and the orange a wonderful bright lime green.. and the stitching said: "sketchbook, crossword puzzle, lipbalm"

I'm not joking, I'm in love

OK. So how could I recreate the shape of the bag? Some kind of pattern, and use card stock on the inside? Has anyone attempted something like this? Any patterns, or reccomendations?

and the bag.. on the clearance table - reduced from $245 to $143. It's a good thing I didn't have money on my credit cards, 'cause I was in love. Seriously.