More bridal orders

I've had a series of bridal orders on my schedule for awhile.  These were all ordered around the same time, but needed various fabrics and frames, so they aren't completed until now. 

First of all, these six woven clutches.  Five are ivory, one chocolate brown. 

 The interiors are all different.  I love when brides want to personalize their clutches like this.  She also chose teardrop clasp frames, which really are elegant.

 Last night I glued 13 clutches.  My poor fingers are still aching this morning. 

 These six plain clutches will be going to a bride who will be putting her own lace on them, from her mother's wedding dress, I think.  I picked a lacey neutral fabric for the inside to compliment the lace that will be going on the outside.

 And these three different purses for another bride.  That bird fabric in the back took about 6 weeks to arrive!  Nothing like shipping stress to make you bite your nails.

 So that was my evening's work last night.  I'm really happy to be able to get these orders off to their new owners!

Some recent custom orders

Wedding season is in full swing and I've been working on lots of fun custom orders this spring and summer.  I have several still to finish this week, but I thought I'd share some now and some later this week when I'm done.

First, I sewed these three velvet clutches in gunmetal frames. 

 I love the embroidered monograms.

 These flap clutches looked awesome, made out of black satin.  I wish they looked better in this picture, but I almost always have lousy lighting when I'm completed with orders. This picture kind of makes them look like trash bags!

 This bride picked four different colors of silk for her and her bridesmaids.  I love the teal gingham.

Today I finished my new largest order ever.  Twelve nautical clutches!  Four were bow clutches, and for the others she told me to use a variety of embellishments, and gave me the leeway to choose some new ones.  I had a lot of fun with that. The interiors are a mixture of blue, red, and gold.

 These two are my favorite new ones, a porthole and octopus.  I've decided to offer the octopus in my shop as a regular option.

 I've also decided to add pearl and rhinestone nautical clutches as a listing in my shop.  This idea came from a previous bridal order.  I love working with creative brides!