
this might be a long post (just giving a heads up) i have been trying to set-up an etsy store.....researching pay pal....and frankly wondering what i am doing. not sure when i look into having an on-line shop if etsy is for me. really i just want to have something small something that seems like my own......a place......my place, that excepts checks or money orders(do they still have those?) layaway options.....the types of services i would like a shop to offer. so i am working on it folks this is going to take longer than i first predicted...besides i still have to make things for the shop, right:)
If any of you have any insight on any of this i would love the advice.
so i am doing a little giveaway a beach bag since i made this to be enjoyed in the summertime and i do not see my shop opening this summer i wanted someone to put it to good use.
one side of the bag is a beach fence surrounded by waves...they didn't have fences on the beaches I grew up around but I can remember seeing one on a postcard and I thought it was so romantic. I saw my first real beach fence in Corsica a couple of years ago. I was with Jason and we were hiking along the coastline when I stopped to look at a crooked beach fence. Jason looked back at me asking if I was tired. "No, I'm fine." I replied when really I felt like shouting "I am in love with you and this incredibly romantic, crooked, beach fence!"
the back of this bag is beach glass colors with a little bit of beach sand colors throw-in all woven together because that is how it is after all.
The photo's below are close-ups of the bag. This bag is surprisingly light but can hold a lot and be roughly set down on the beach. It can be put in the wash and dryer but it does have some silk that can not be ironed on high.
(*not that I make a habit of ironing bags but thought I should add this note)
It is made well overall but there are some parts, for instance, the blue little pieces of Indian cloth on the end of the straps, that are sewn on with the intent to wear away some day or at least become a little tattered...you may ask "Why?" and I would have to answer that
"It just felt like the right thing to do at the time." That is how I sew.
The green straps have the fabric's name neatly tucked in them you would never know this because of how I sewed them shut. The fabric is called children's storybook fabric and the beach to me has the magic of a children's storybook it always has and always will, so there it is tucked and stitched secretly into this little beach bag.
It is up for grabs folks just send an email or leave a comment I will pick a winner this Sunday. katy
p.s. the drawing is just for the beach bag the contents inside the bag are just to show what it can hold. i don't think anyone would like my groovy swimsuit