Tie bags...

OK, so these two lovely ladies that I met one day at the play area decided that they would market my tie bags for me when they go to a craft fair on November 6. I think it's an AMAZING idea, but the INSTANT something turns from "I like to" into "I have to", I don't want to. So I haven't been really motivated to WORK on the tie bags. Then, I was planning to spend a couple of days doing nothing but tie bags when Tim was off last weekend - but we were in the hospital with Mini instead. So I've only gotten a little bit done, but I'll probably have these two bags finished by tomorrow. I'm thinking I'd like to make five in time for the show. If they actually sell, then I'm going to start hunting for ties again. I used most of the really fun ones on bags for friends and family, so I have HUNDREDS of sort of ugly ones...but I'm going to sew them into bag anyway. People carry LOTS of bags that I think are horribly ugly. Anyway, here's my progress...


That's my couch in the background. I looks (and feels) like an old pair of blue jeans! :)

Mom/Artist friends?!?

Today I took Mini to the play area and I was carrying my tie bag, this one:


And one of the moms asked me about it and we started chatting and I think I made a FRIEND! I need people to be proud. I've lived here TWO YEARS and don't have a single Minnesotan friend. Not one. We traded numbers and everything! I hope she calls first...but how long are you supposed to wait before calling? I don't know these things because I don't have any friends. So these two moms make dresses for little girls from vintage pillow cases - how cute is that? And they sell them at craft fairs and wanted to know if I sell tie bags. I said no, because I have Mini Me. Can you imagine him if I tried to get him to sit still all day? Or for ten minutes? Not so much. Maybe some day...

PS - This bag is NOT my original design, it is made using a tutorial by RickRackRuby that I found on Craftster. BUT I have her written permission to make and sell them.