New in the Shop

Just in time for Back to School, I added a few items to the shop.

First, this gorgeous waxed canvas lunch tote in deep red. You can find it here.

                                      

Next, I made some leather clutches in different colors.

                                      
                                  

You can find them here, here, here, and here.
Last but not least, a knot bag made of super soft chocolate brown leather. 

                              

Are you ready for Fall?

Father's Day Coupon on Zakken

To celebrate Father's Day, I am offering a 10% coupon valid on everything in the shop, including sale  and made to order items. Enter code FORDAD10 at checkout. Coupon valid until June 21st.
Below is a sample of available items. To see them all, visit Zakken on Etsy.

 Organic Cotton Shibori Tote

 Waxed Canvas Lunch Bag

 Eco-friendly Recycled Denim Tote

 Denim Tote with Leather Handles

The Brown Leather Zen Bag

Happy shopping!

A trio of summer bags

Snow showers, thunderstorms, pelting rain... Summer is on its way! Yesssss!!!
To celebrate, I made three new totes for the shop.
The design is simple, rectangular, no gusset, French seams, no lining. The fun part was the Shibori dyeing process. I just love to unwrap each bag to see the individual design.

Here they are, just in time for Mother's Day:

Denim

Soleil

Fuschia

The three of them in the woods (right before the storm, I might add)

Waxed Denim Tote

I found this amazing Cone Mills (made in the USA) selvedge denim and decided it would be perfect for a tote.

The  12oz dark denim and burgundy leather work together beautifully. 

This tote is available here.

Waxed denim is hard to find, so I decided to wax my own. The result is a wonderfully pliable fabric, water resistant, slightly darker than the original and feeling thicker than the non-waxed denim.

The waxed version is available here.

Check it out in the shop.

Shibori Dyed Totes

I had so much fun making these... I love the way they turned out. Find them at Zakken.

From the top: Ocean, Soleil, Denim, Citron, Fuschia

The totes are individually hand dyed and hand made. Due to the dyeing process, the designs are all different. My favorite color is Ocean closely followed by Soleil, pictured above.

What is your favorite color?

New in the Shop

I have been having fun with leather lately. Little leather pouches with contrasting zippers and mini tassels have been popping up in my shop, just in time for Mother's day.
I always carry a mini leather pouch when I travel. They are super-useful to stash phone, passport, and electronics cables, as well as other goodies like mints or lip balm. No more searching around the bottom of your bag!

I have been carrying a handmade leather purse for almost three years now. I made it originally to carry my iPad on the airplane, but it quickly became my go-to bag. After receiving many compliments on it, I decided to reproduce it for the shop, only a bit larger. The closures and the strap are made from a different weight leather in a contrasting color that really compliments the brown leather. The body is made of oiled leather, which is really smooth and wonderful to the touch.  

What do you think?

Have a beautiful rest of the week.

Bags and more bags...

Last week being Spring Break, I had more time to sew - yay!

I made a couple of dresses based on the Nettie bodysuit as well as a sweatshirt, and a striped top (to be blogged later as my camera's battery just blanked out.)

A couple of new bags came out of the studio as well:

         - a really (REALLY) big travel bag,  the Voyager, made with brown wasxed canvas and burgundy leather

          - a large electric blue leather clutch, super soft lined in vintage kimono silk, and

          - my favorite, a square bottom Zen Bag, based on my original Zen Bag, only larger, and made with linen and scrumptious leather. I love the mix of soft leather and linen, simple but elegant...

Here are some pictures of the bags:

The Voyager

The Leather Clutch

The Square Zen Bag

See you soon with - hopefully- some pictures of my newest tops and dresses.