Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Hey blog friends! First of all, thank you so much for your kind words about the bags. I know I have great friends and a beautiful family, but wow! I smiled with each of your comments. I feel so blessed.

Okay. On to the drawing for that cute bag on the bench. If you've been following the blog, you know that I'm still "old school" when it comes to technology. So this is how it works- I wrote down a name for every comment on my blog so far. Did you leave three comments? Well your name went in three times......

I put all of the names into this jellybean jar. If you're looking for the person who ate ALL of those treats? Let's just say her purse company rhymes with jellybean....... (Hey, it's stressful here people).

Meet my totally unbiased name drawer/chooser/picker - (the youngest)

Here he goes....Good luck guys!

And the winner is.........

Congratulations Christie J. aka (Six-pack Momma)! Inbox me on Facebook with your address and I'll send the bag to your home. Be good to her, okay?

Again, thanks again for following this silly blog. It has been a lot of fun to write. Keep checking back as I'll be giving away more fun stuff soon. 

Happy Monday :)

My name is Shellybean and I'm a bagaholic.....

Ok. So you know how girls just HAVE to have the latest bag? In all the latest colors and styles? Well...I'm really more of a shoe girl myself....

Instead, I love to MAKE bags. All kinds. Clutches and hobos, totes and purses....Anything that will store important stuff like lipstick and gum and wallets and pens and phones and loose change......Oh, you get it! I love to pick out fabrics and design patterns and try to build bags that are fun, useful and of course, adorable! Yep, and making bags is what I've been doing in that "now-very-messy" craft room of mine :)

So with the urging of some fantastic friends and family, I will soon be launching my bags on Artfire.com.  See that little button on the right that says "My Artfire Shop"? Well that is where you will be able to click (eventually) and see some of the bags I've been working on. My husband set the online store up months ago, but I've got to tell you.....I've procrastinated putting my bags up for fear of that little confidence issue I have. Will people like them? Are they the right size/shape/color/style/design....blah blah blah :)

Okay friends. I'm looking for feedback. Do you have one (or more) of my bags? Can you tell me what you liked about it? What could I improve on?...

Leave a comment at the end of this post. Even if you don't own one of the bags....Cause I'm hoping you will eventually want to :)

Oh and see that cute bag up on the bench in my header? I'm giving it (the bag, not the bench!) away to a random commenter. The drawing is Monday night. So leave a message and your name in the comment section.  If you're a Facebook friend, you can see a few of my bags in my photos......To those of you that have blessed my life with words of encouragement and love, I wholeheartedly thank you :)

Good Luck friends!

Mini Redo-

On one of our "vintage" shopping trips, we found this adorable old mail center shelf. As much as I love to paint, I wanted to leave this one alone. First, I love the way each compartment has a simple white splash of paint with a stenciled number. Second, I would in NO way enjoy painting each of those little cubes....

In lieu of paint, I decided to back each cube with a piece of scrapbook paper. I went with pastels since it was going in the craft room. If I ever change my mind on color, (imagine!) I can always switch out the papers.

Now I have a neat little place to store my ribbons and things. Isn't it cute?

Happy Thursday friends :)