craftgrrl | The new commemorative state quarters... That's what all the kids are talking about these days! (Reply)

Hey everyone! I've been watching this community for a couple weeks now and it's quickly become my favorite. There are so many ideas swimming through my head right now. I wish I had found this place before school started so I could have more time for crafts. Anyway, here's some stuff I've made...

My first purse - made without a pattern with help from my mom. A little bright, but it was just for practice.

And look! It's accidentally reversible!

My second purse turned out a little better. I used a Vogue pattern. The black corduroy worked really well, but I quickly learned that stretchy material + sewing machines + me = not good.

The third purse I made was for my friend, Anna. All of my friends were really impressed by the black one. Anna's turned out better than mine. She picked out some really cute material.

My peach purse! I wanted a peach patch for it but I can't find one anywhere. I thought Hot Topic had a My Little Pony patch that had a pony with a peach behind her... But no. They had it in a key chain and an antenna topper. No patch )c=

And finally, the ba-jillion (OK, not really) necklaces I made this summer with my new favorite necklace making stuff. Crimping beads are the best thing I've ever found for necklace making. I also use Beadalon Wires that I got from Michaels. Best stuff ever. I haven't broken any of my necklaces since I started using it.

Sorry that's not a very good picture. Some of those I bought and had to take apart because they were too big for me. I like my necklaces to be tiny.

(If this was too many pictures for one post, I apologize. I'm just excited about my junk (c=)