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!

My stressful months had passed...

It has been awhile since my last blog post, May 31. Let me tell you what had happened to me in between those time. I had quite a roller coaster months in between the month of May and June. It was all started out with an outdoor craft shows and sales that I attended as an exhibitor. I spent the whole two months, working extremely hard on sewing new bags to fill up my booth and for sell. Half way through the process, my most dependable industrial sewing machine broke down because I jammed it too much with thick layers of leathers! Good grief! I tried fixing the machine myself to avoid paying an arm and a leg for the repair cost. It took me awhile to realize that it's out of my hand, it needed a magic touch by the mechanic guy. So I sent it out for repair and I was fortunate enough to find a repairman that didn't charge me a hefty price for it. It's about $40, but I had to lug the whole machine head in about 100 pounds "dead weight" machine to the car and to the store.  You would not want to know how's my back felt after that! :(P

While my heavy duty sewing machine was on repair, I couldn't just sit around doing nothing as I'm quite a workaholic, I sewed clothes! I made about 6 kaftan tops, 4 skirts, 3 summer dresses, and 7 interchangeable shawls/tops. It was fun and easy making clothes comparing to making handbags. The light weight that could feed easily through sewing machine making life so much easier.

I was well prepared by the show date in anticipation of making tons of sells at the show.  Unfortuately, it  rained out during the two days of the show...., and it was an "outdoor show"! It didn't turn out the way I was hoping for, but hey...who said life is always as smooth as we want it to be right? I just have to let it pass and move on to my next project.

Here are a few photos of my booth setup: Enjoy!

This is an interchangeable top that you can wear it as a shawl, scarf, or just a fun top like this over a tan top, and matching with jeans or shorts.

These fabric are gorgeous and are imported from India.

Our fishing day

Aside from my kids, my work has always been my first priority. I work a lot to create my line of handbags, taking photos, posting them in my Etsy.com shop, and promotions, etc...  As I am the kind of person who don't know how to relax...., I'm taking a day off today doing nothing but spending quality time with my hubby and two kids. We went fishing! This is the first time our kids had actually doing some fishing.  We have had a few lines tangled and kids had trouble casting the lines, other than that we had fun!

I enjoy taking pictures of rocks

Beautiful peaceful pond

These birds look so relaxing

Kaftan/Tunic top giveaway on Facebook!

Help us hit 550 Facebook fans!

We would be greatly appreciated for your big push to help us spread the word about Füchst Bags Fan page.

The draw will be conducted once we hit 550 + fans by June 15. One lucky fan could win a Kaftan/tunic top valued of $69.00!

To be eligible for this draw you must fully respond to 1 to 4 tasks below to earn an entry. For each task you fully complete, you will earn 1 entry. For example if you complete 1 task , you will earn 1 entry. If you complete 4 tasks, you earn 4 entries.


Task 1. All you need to do is become a fan of Füchst Bags, or simply send your friends over to become fans of Füchst Bags http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuchst-Bags/259012321499 and then post a comment/s in the comments section of this post that you send them, for example: Mary Jo Smith send me. And of course, the more friends you send, the more chances you'll win!

Task 2. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link to your blog entry. Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

Task 3. Spread the word on your Facebook of Füchst Bags giveaway. Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

Task 4. Spread the word on Twitter about this giveaway. (Leave a link to your twitter). Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

A winner will be chosen at random and their name will be posted on our Facebook Fan page/here

Good Luck!

Decorating tip - How to jazz up an ordinary door

Before

This is my kitchen door that used to look a bit plain and boring, I gave it a life by adding a small pannel of gathered drape, a couple of wall hangings, and a few plants. As my kitchen sink is facing this door, and so this is what I look at when I do my diskes, and I want to look at something pretty...wouldn't you? :). The drape is not only pretty to look at but it serve the purpose of giving you a little privacy too.

I found this sheer fabric in champagne color with checker patterns in the local fabric store. I measured the width and length of the door, and then cut and sew the drape up. I will give a tutorial of how to make this simple drape in my next blog post. So, don't forget to come back! ;)

Voila! Here is the finished touch. How do you like it? Isn't it look more welcoming and pleasing to the eyes?

After

My new LEATHER Lotus hobo bags

The beautiful sun came up today, it gave me the oppotunity to take some photos of my newly produced leather Lotus hobo bags. As promised in my previous post that once I finished making these leather bags, I will post them up to show you. And here they are!

Let me tell you...these bags are so soft and sturdy, and it is made of high quality cowhind leathers. I hang them by the door in my studio, and every time I entered the room...mmmmm...I just love that smell of  leather. And I couldn't help turning my head to look at the bags every time I walked by the door. I secretly patted on my back for the job well done. Lol. 

These bags are available to purchase at Füchstbags.Etsy.com for $235 each. Please take the advantage of our FREE SHIPPING for now until the end of April.

Have a wonderful day!

New Lotus bags!

I hope you didn't miss me too much as I have been quite busy lately working on my facebook fan page. I find everytime I create a promotion site, I tend to get hooked on it for a while before realizing that I have neglected my other sites. Now I am back and will try to post a couple of blogs per week!

As promised in my previous post, here are some of my new Lotus hobo bags in different colors and prints!




Oh, there is more!

These bags are available for sale in my Esty shop from $79 to $83 each.

I have also completed a few LEATHER Lotus hobo bags, and they all look amazing! I can't wait to show them off to you, but the weather this week has been cloudy, and I need good natural sunlight to photograph them. Hopefully we will have a few sunny days coming soon! :)

Beautiful Jellyfishes

I LOVE looking at jellyfishes. I think they're the prettiest sea creatures that God have ever created. Watching their soft flowing movements relax and calm your mind. I took these photos while I was visiting the large Aquarium Vancouver.

Alien mushrooms? Ha ha...

 Do they remind you of Poached eggs? :)

UFO Invasion!

STARWAR! These are the tini tiny jellyfishes that you need a magnifier glass to see them. 

I think they would make great paintings for your walls at home.

Winner of our Valentine's Day giveaway is....

Carie #76 is the lucky winner of our Valentine's Day draw!

I would like to take this opportunity to thanks everyone of you who participated in the draw. For those of you did not win this time, please try again next time because I will be doing the giveaway again soon. : )

Champagne color roses are my favourite.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Taxation time!

Today is Sunday. Can you believe I spent my entire beautiful Sunday doing my TAXES? I don't know how many of you out there enjoy doing your annual taxes...especially if you're running a small business like me...the endless receipts of supplies, expenses, fees, and inventory to go through....SIGH...

I'm just taking a small break from my boredom to show you the mess I'm getting myself into....

Do I look like a C.A.? NOT! :)

You see...lots of last year's trash accumulated.

Let's put my boring accounting work aside and enjoy this cute masterpiece from my little boy, Mitchell.

I ordered two of my sons to clean up their toy room today. When I went up to check if everything was clean...I discovered something really cute...it's Pikachu disguising himself as the Incredible Hulk. Ooooo.....Isn't that cute?

I hope your Sunday afternoon is more enjoyable than mine! Have a good one!

PS: Don't forget to enter Valentine's Day giveaway!

http://fuchstbags.blogspot.com/2010/01/valentine-handbag-giveaway.html

Valentine handbag giveaway!

This is an adorable heart shaped handbag and her name is Juliet. I know, I know...you probably prefer “Romeo” right??? However, I think she will make the perfect gift for any stylish woman on Valentine’s Day.

Ta-da!!!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39427689

I will be conducting a draw on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2010 to determine the winner. 

To be eligible for this draw you must fully respond to at least 1 of the 5 tasks below to earn an entry.  For each task you fully complete, you will earn 1 entry.  For example if you complete 1 task , you will earn 1 entry.  If you complete 5 tasks, you earn 5 entries. 

Please note that each contestant is permitted a maximum of five entries.

Task 1. Follow my blog and leave comments under this post on, a) Which of my bag models are your favourite? b) What colors would you like to see in my bags?   c) Do you prefer fabric or leather materials in my handbags?

Task 2. Blog about this giveaway and leave me a link to your blog entry.   Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

Task 3. Heart my Etsy shop http://www.fuchstbags.etsy.com/.  Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

Task 4. Become my Facebook Fan http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fuchst-Bags/259012321499 and spread the word on your Facebook.  Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

Task 5. Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/fuchstbags and tweet about this giveaway. (Leave a link to your twitter).  Leave a comment below this post to confirm that you have completed this task.

Good luck!  The winner will be randomly selected by a number generator at http://www.random.org/