Neckband in Purple Meadow
New Products!
A Little More Time Six months into life with Covid 19, the lack of large events like Bloom has meant that time I would normally spend creating lots of…
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Tara Large Zip Top Handbags
Emerging from Lockdown
At the start of Lockdown... ... no-one knew how long it might last. Suddenly our world shrank to a 2km radius. I'd been used to hopping in the car to…
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My Backpacks Have (Finally) Arrived!
How long? Really? It's take you how long? More than 2 years. For more than two years I have been saying to people who have asked if I make backpacks…
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Why and How I use Recycled Jeans to Make my Handbags
I'm regularly asked why I use recycled jeans in my bags. It would be easier to use new fabric that is handy to cut, for instance. Why do I say…
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A Celebration of Spring, Carnaval, International Women’s Day and Sunshine! And a Spring Promotion!
It's the 1st March today, and I always think that March signifies the speeding up of the year. Once January and February are done, time seems to speed up and…
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Handmade in West Clare
Beat the January Blues with Mood Enhancing Handbags Designed and Made in West Clare!
Mood Enhancing Handbags! As the bright lights and festive atmosphere of December become a distant memory, and we all face into a grey and dreary January, it’s time to look…
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Last Posting Dates are Fast Approaching!
And in fact one is today, Wednesday 12 December! If you are planning on treating yourself or a loved one to one of my bags for Christmas, the last posting…
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It’s Christmas Craft Market Season!
For Crafters and Retailers, This is the Busiest Time of Year You probably didn't me to tell you that! I've been cutting, sewing and packing like a crazy sewing woman…
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Ballymaloe, Burren Fabric and Cat Beds (not necessarily in that order)
It's a day for the fire As I type, yesterday's glorious blue skies seem a distant memory with the rain currently sliding down the windows. I'm hugging the radiator in…
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Prepping the zips
Autumn is here, the nights are drawing in, thoughts turn to Hallowe’en and the C word….. CHRISTMAS!
But not here in bag making HQ, its all about the jam! Just when the August blood red fingertips from picking blackberries seem like a distant memory, I raided the…
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