Neckband - Blue Burren
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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New Products!
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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Emerging from Lockdown
Marie Large Backpack in Blue Fuchsia
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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My Backpacks Have (Finally) Arrived!
Spanish Point Beach
Looking Forward and Back – a true January Blog Post
Nothing Day? It is a long, long time since I wrote a blog post, and I've got slightly out the habit of writing them. So, seeking inspiration I decided to…
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Looking Forward and Back – a true January Blog Post
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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Beat the January Blues with Mood Enhancing Handbags Designed and Made in West Clare!
NOPOSTAGE
A Man’s Guide to Buying a Handbag
How to buy a handbag for your wife or girlfriend and get it right! I thought I might re-post this blog post from last year. Updated to take account of…
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A Man’s Guide to Buying a Handbag
Christmas on the Square
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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It’s Christmas Craft Market Season!
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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Autumn is here, the nights are drawing in, thoughts turn to Hallowe’en and the C word….. CHRISTMAS!
The Handmade Fair site
Back to the Sewing Machine
Well! Wasn't The Handmade Fair at Ragley Hall fun? Driving into such an amazing location was stunning. Ragley Hall itself is gorgeous, standing on a hill overlooking glorious rolling parkland…
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Back to the Sewing Machine
Zips for purses drying in the sunshine
Divided by a Common Language
I have to start with this picture of zips from jeans drying in the sunshine yesterday. This is the start of the purse making process. The zips are cut from…
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Divided by a Common Language