yep, i'm tooting my own horn here, but i think i have a pretty good reason! i was a runner-up in a purse designing contest! check it out here:
http://www.chroniclebooks.com/blog/ (obviously i'm velouria73.) amy butler is one of my top 2 FAVORITE fabric designers ever, so when i found out she was judging a contest to make a bag "inspired" by her fabrics, well i couldn't leave it alone. unfortunately, i found out about said contest exactly one week before the deadline, so i had to come up with a plan and execute the bag in a pretty short time. it was crazy, i tells ya! i'm not a pro bag maker either, i've only made a few. you can't tell but there are some pins there. i didn't have it quite done, but i was up until about 1:30 the night before you had to post your pics and i barely got it up there in time. i need to do a few nice finishing touches and then i'll actually be able to use it.
anyway, i can't believe it! i really haven't won much, so it's really surprising. it totally made my day when i found out!
so there. horn tooting finished, back to our regularly scheduled self-doubt.