Having spent this evening scanning photographs of some of my earlier creative endeavours (within the last 10 years!), I thought I should share them...I spent a couple of months back in 2002/03 making handbags, make-up bags and purses which I sold at Spitalfields Market and a handful of pre-Christmas craft fairs - most of the bags I made from scratch but some were shop-bought and accessorised with ribbons and swarovski crystals and various other bits & pieces - butterflies too!
My all-time favourite is the satchel type bag (pictured at the bottom) with the dragon motif, swarovski crystals and blue/pink ribbons - I still use it and it's stood the test of time well!! In fact, it was spotted by someone in a bar one evening who commissioned me to make one for her, the best form of advertising!
