December bag making

A few people at school commissioned me to make these bags:

Art Time

Lately I've been taking pictures of some of my old old drawings and adding color through an image manipulation program called Gimp.  Its a lot of fun and surprisingly easy now that I understand how the program works.  

I'd love to start publishing little cartoons online.  There are sooooo many things that I want to do and so little time.  I'm determined to keep room in my life for art so I've started to write down my schedule for each week and plan ahead so that I have time for projects.  I also have recently been commissioned to make a bag for a birthday gift.  I've given myself a due date for December 5th to have the front done on two so that the customer can choose and then I have another bag to sell on etsy.  

I'll post them when they are ready.

Diaper Bag

I love making diaper bags!  This is my second one to date.  Hopefully I'll have more to show by January.

Presents

This week has been a busy one for me because I've been none stop making bags especially for family.  I've also made myself a pair of shorts (my first successful attempt at pants!)

Front of the shorts

Back of the shorts

They aren't perfect but they fit!

 Bag I made for someone's birthday

I think I'm going to keep this one... 

The back has the awesome collection of buttons and the front....

Has the big shark!

This is a diaper bag I made for Lisa

here is the back.. it is secured with velcro

This is a bag for my dad... you can just barely make out the sails from the photo but in real life its much easier to see.

This one is for my mom.  The bird's eye is made with a shell.

The inside of the Bird's Nest bag

The inside of the birthday bag

The inside of the diaper bag

Pride Fest change purses I'll be selling this Saturday at the Fredericton Pride Fest!

drawings and doodles

This is a journal entry from my time traveling through Europe a few summers ago.  

The bonfire at the cottage, this year we actually remembered to bring vegan marshmallows!

Mike driving on our way to Ohio this summer.

When ever I go on a trip I always bring a notebook and pen/markers/pencils so if I get inspired I can make something.

Lately in the studio

I finished 5 new bags since I've been back.  Here they are:

I'm almost completely out of zippers now so I must go shopping soon or put to use that annoying velcro which I haven't really made my peace with yet... Perhaps its time to come up with a new bag design?

More to come!
-Carolyn

Back from the U.S.!

We had fun traveling through Maine, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.  I especially enjoyed seeing family and friends and finally getting to see Farm Sanctuary!  Now that I am back I feel like I am having a vacation hangover.  I could barely get myself to sew for two hours yesterday and then I ate half a pot of lazy vegan mac n cheese and re watched this terrible movie called Father of Invention that we had rented the other night.
Now I am sitting at the Barracks and thankful to be somewhere that is not home.  Soon my batteries will be recharged and I'll start cranking out more product.
Tomorrow I have a meeting with a very talented musician in Fredericton who I'm hoping to collaborate with and make a music video!  More details to come :)

P.S. Check out Farm Sanctuary:
http://www.farmsanctuary.org/
I hear people say all the time "I could never go vegan" but if you are interested in even just eating more veggies I highly suggest getting familiar with motivators through the Farm Sanctuary website.  They have a lot of great information for omnivores and vegetarians alike.  If you are blissfully ignorant about where your McDonald's happy meal comes from and wish to remain so do not visit the site.

Creature Royalty Wristlet

This little guy completely surfaced on his own. I had no plan for this bag when I started and then this guy slowly showed himself to me. Its named Creature Royalty because he has jewels attached to his headband. He might be a caterpillar but whenever I ask him what is going on he just smiles at me mischeviously.

 

Unicorn Magic Bags

What I've been up to

I haven't had a chance to buckle down and take some decent photos of the stuff that I've been making recently so I decided to do an impromptu photo session to show off what I've been working on lately.

I tried to collaborate with Angie on a photo/advertisement, this was the only decent picture I got.  

I just finished off this scarf I started years ago.  

I started knitting a strap but it was coming out too thick so I finished it off early.  I figure it will make a great pocket for a bag.

The Medusa Bag!  I just finished her yesterday.  I'm so proud of my work on this one.

The Medusa bag strap, ain't it shiny?

Shark change purse

 Shark Change purse 

Finished strap, to be added to a bag soon

Tree bag I'm working on!  Can't wait to show this one off when its complete!

Singing Lady Bag

Here she is:

Mike did a great job modeling for this one.  The singing lady bag is great for wearing over the shoulder, she costs $50.00
Come see her at the Barracks tomorrow!  Woot!

New Bags!

I'll be selling these at the Barracks starting on Monday, so exciting!!!!