Urban Heirlooms Style: Rambling Roses

Urban Heirlooms Style: Rambling Roses Check out my friend's new blog site. She's a super talented leather purses designer. Enjoy!

Featuring interview

I am just so excited to announce that I'm being featured in an amazing blog ~ Sea Flower Studios. Marissa is the writer/founder of this blog. She write and feature things about handmade, artists, Etsy, and all sources of information you need to know about the handmade community. Marissa is also a jewelry designer herself. Please check out her beautiful jewelry shop here.

To get to know more about me and Füchst Bags, please click on this link to read the interview:  http://seaflowerstudios.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/fuchst-bags/
 

For more information about these bag, please visit http://www.fuchstbags.etsy.com/. Thanks for visiting my shop.

New treasury

New treasury on Etsy created by Sea Flower Studio. I just love the combination of all the handmade product here. Enjoy! http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d51f02ce5b26d91ab29153b/hot-and-cold

How to create a centerpiece that cost next to nothing

This large centerpiece idea came while I was preparing a New Year Eve dinner for our friends and family. It was quite a hectic day preparing meals for 20 people, and I didn't have time at all to go out to buy fresh flowers for our centerpiece, and so I quickly came up with this idea. I took one of the plants that used to be an outdoor plants for the Summer that had a nice base, and I quickly filled the spaces in between plants with a couple of large purple silk flowers. I then added Christmas ornaments over the plants and filled in more ornaments wherever there's gaps in between plants.  The arrangement looked beautiful on our buffet table. A few of our female friends asked where I got my centerpiece from, and some of them even wondered if the plants was real. :)

                                          Here are the steps by steps photos of my centerpiece:

Here is the finished product... what do you think?

This used to be an outdoor Summer plants I moved it indoor for the Winter hibernation.

These are the material I used for the centerpiece decoration

During arrangement

Close up to see the beauty of the Christmas ornaments

Hope you like my centerpiece!

You can also use any other silk or fresh flowers to create a similar centerpiece for any of your up-coming events. I just want to share this idea with you because I know we could all use this little tips to save time and money. I hope you will enjoy my tip!

xoxo

Mandy

Functional, Chic, & Stylish Handmade Handbags: http://www.fuchstbags.etsy.com/

Happy Holiday!

 May you and your family the joyous Christmas and the best new year to come! All the very best in 2011!



Me and my son infront of a large fireplace in the lobby area








This is the beautiful decoration in the lobby







My recent trip to Niagara Falls - Canada and stayed a night at the Great Wolf Lodge. It was fun and worth a trip there.



I hope your Christmas and new year as sweet as the candies on the wall. :)

Summer is over!

I can't believe Summer is almost coming to an end. My kids will be back to school starting this coming Tuesday, September 7. I admit I did complain that they drove me crazy sometime during their time off, but I know I will miss them next week when they're back to school. I have been spending these two months taking them places, swimming, and tennis lessons. I know I will come down with an empty-nest syndrome for a few days when they're gone, but I'm sure I will quicky get back in track with my work in my cozy working studio. :)

Following are some of the photos I took over the Summer and thought I would share them with you to remembering the Summer months. I love nature, and I think even wild flowers do have their own beauty and uniqueness. Enyoy!

Enjoy the rest of the Summer!

Füchst Bags is being featured in a giveaway blog site

It was quite presently surprised to find out that my bags and I was being featured in a giveaway blog site called Moms Addicted to Bargain. I woke up this morning, as usual I turned on my computer and went straight to my Facebook Fan Page to see what's new and maybe add some new posts to keep in touch with my fb fans. Instead, I found a link from the MATB blog site and a picture of my Sky blue wristlet that I had just recently sold it to a lovely client, Emily. It turned out that Emily purchased the same style wristlet in different floral print a month ago, and she loved it. She purchased the second one to giveaway in her giveaway blog site. How sweet is that! I'm so thankful to Emily for such nice gestures, not only did she purchased the purses from me, but to help promote my shop, me, and my collection of handmade bags. A HUGE THANK YOU to Emily! One classy client! XOXO.

It's not too late, you can still enter the draw for this giveaway today. Please follow this blog site for more future giveaways http://momsaddictedtobargainsites.blogspot.com/2010/08/our-first-giveaway.html

Good luck everyone!

My new convertible Medusa bag

Medusa is my newly designed and handmade bag that has a set of magic straps that can be converted from a tote, to messeger bag, and to a backpack. I named it Medusa because of its snake liked straps that are so versatile.

The name Medusa stucked in my mind since I studied a story in my English class back in my high school year. The story was about an absolute beautiful Greek Godness Medusa who had long silky hair. She bragged at being more beautiful than the Goddess Athena, and one day, while in her temple, she was ravished by the Sea God Neptune. Athena was outraged by this and turned her into the Gorgon she became famous for being. She turned Medusa's beautiful hair into snakes and let it be that she could no longer see the handsome men who came to court her, as they would instantly be turned to stone if they looked into her eyes. Lol...I hope it won't turn you into stone when you adore my Medusa bag. :)

This is the close up of Medusa. She has a large exterior zippered pocket that alone can be a size of you regular purse.

It can then convert into a backpack simply insert the straps thru the o-ring and then hook both straps to the  square rings at the mid bottom of bag. Or if you are in the mood to carry it on a slant over your shoulder as a messeger bag. Viola! It will be another style bag.

If you want more of a lady look? No problem, you can simply bring the straps over the o-ring and then insert them thru the o-ring and hook both swivel hooks onto a square ring attached to at the end of the other strap. Viola! A shoulder/tote bag.

  

Here is the interior of the bag. You can see a large pencil like zippered pocket and three sectioned pouches on the other side.

You see? You can store so much stuff in these three sectioned pouches. Listen up new MOM! Here's a bag for YOU! :)

This is a very roomy EXTRA Large bag that has functionality, style, and sturdiness. If you are a large bag kindna gal, you are going to LOVE this bag. You can also select and choose you own fabric here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FuchstBags?section_id=7158403

I hope you'll enjoy the story of my Medusa bag! 

Christmas in July SALE!

My store is particapating in the BOBO sale on Etsy. If you have already eyed out for one of Füchst Bags purse, please check the sale link below to see if one of your favorite item is there.

¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨ CHRISTMAS IN JULY SALE! Save 25% off on selected items found in SALE section here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FuchstBags?section_id=7158411 . Discount will be refunded via Paypal. ¨¨¨°º©©º°¨¨¨

Have yourself a wonderful weekend!