A little outside of the box... or bag, rather.

I wanted to share a couple of custom pieces that I made around Christmas time (better late than never, right?). A friend of mine (Brenna, who recently ordered a bag for herself) requested these for a couple of people on her gift list that were tough to buy for.

The first is a pouch that she wanted to give to a family member's new girlfriend that she hadn't yet had the chance to get to know very well. Brenna knew that she really liked horses, so we decided to incorporate a horse into the design. I first explored horse fabrics, but I was extremely underwhelmed by the options I found. So, I decided to take matters into my own creative hands and made the silhouette of a horse out fabric and then appliqued it to the front of a handmade pouch. Here's the result. Apologies for the not-so-great pics; I took them with my iPhone. :)

And this one was for the 6 year old daughter of one of Brenna's good friends. Her name is Olivia, she loves everything pink and loves carrying purses. Thus, the pink purse that says OLIVIA on it! I put a zipper on it so she could be rough with it and not lose anything out of the inside. The handles are a re-purposed pink belt.