Purse & chopsticks

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Here's my version of that pinch-and-cut bag 
I found the pretty beaded trim at Hancock Fabrics, and added plastic canvas in between the lining and outside to give it some structure (I carry way too much stuff in my bag!)"

And here are some customized/decorated/beaded chopsticks...

I took those cheap snap-apart chopsticks (I had to snap about 20 pairs of them to get 10 even-enough pairs to pass muster -- good thing I'm a packrat!), sanded them with 00 and 000 grade sandpaper, wrapped masking tape about an inch down from the top and painted each one with two different colors of paint.  Finally, I sealed them with clear nail polish (which is almost like lacquer, right?) and set them to dry.

Then I got a little obsessive-compulsive (me? no way!) and decided that I needed to add beads to one chopstick from each pair (the Japanese aesthetic values asymmetry, right?).  Here's the result:


And a close up of the pink-and-orange ones: