Recent custom orders

I guess it's been over a month since I last blogged.  I've had quite the selection of bridal and custom orders since then.  Here's a boatload of pictures.

Nautical orders continue to be popular.  I love when a bride picks something different for each purse.

 This was actually not an order, but a quilt for my newborn niece.  Kind of busy, with lots of appliques.  Choosing complementary colors for a quilt is always difficult for me.  The important thing was that my sister loves it.

 Some woven purses. Have I mentioned this is my favorite of my designs?  I've been making variations of it from the beginning and still enjoy making it.

 Ivory with orange and pink insides (another thing I love doing--can you tell I like it when brides find unique ways to personalize their purses?)

 I had a bride ask for a red cameo, and I was about to decline, when I actually searched around and found one.  I decided to go ahead and buy a few and add it as an option in my shop.  I haven't actually gotten around to that yet though! I think I may have a section in my shop simply for nautical purses of different variations.

 This customer sent me two different fabrics .

 Bright green gathered purse with keyholes and chocolate interior.

 The funny thing is, the fabric in the above order was so difficult to work with that I decided to only offer gathered purses in silk.  Polyester fabrics warp when exposed to the iron, which I have to do in order to fuse the interfacing in this style of clutches.  I had a bride ask for silver and white silk gathered clutches:

 After that I added these to my shop with a few different variations: flowers, keyholes, and plain.  This was a little over a week ago.  I've already had three brides order them!  One chose different embellishments for each bridesmaid, which will be fun.

 A customer asked for a silver anchor or something with rhinestones, and I was pleased to find a rhinestone anchor!  I've ordered some plain silver anchors to offer as an option, and am considering adding these rhinestone anchors too.  I also had to clear out a drawer just to use for nautical embellishments!  I needed them easily accessible so that I can see at a glance if I'm close to running out of a certain style.

 Champagne satin clutches with cascading ruffles.

 Coral interiors:

 Seven silk pleated clutches in gray:

 With a peach cotton print on the interiors:

 Three ruffled black clutches for bridesmaids and a fuchsia (a color I recently finally figured out how to spell correctly!) clutch for the bride, and a woven clutch for MOB.

 Four green silk clutches with couched embroidery and bead leaves.

 Silver and scarlet purses for the bridesmaids and silver and ivory for the bride.

Whew!  That's my July plus a bit of August custom order round-up!  Coming up in the next couple of weeks, I have several orders of gathered clutches, a fun nautical/bow variation, and a large woven clutch order.  My work is cut out for me!