Marci and I made our acquaintance when I made a comment on Craftlog and noticed someone else (Marci) made a comment at the exact same time.  I visited her blog and sent her an email asking about altered books.  Isn't it weird how you make connections on the web?

Since then Marci and I have swapped and even hung out a couple of times.  She recently bought a place in Brooklyn and I was trying to think of an appropriate house warming gift.  Lucky for me, she emailed me asking about commissioning a wristlet.

She had some cute ideas about what she might want so it would match her summer outfits.  She liked the striped purses and she wears a lot of teal and apple green.  I told her I loved her ideas and I'd get back to her.  What I didn't say was that I'd get back to her with a box. :)

The handle is spool knit with the same cotton yarn that I used for the wristlet (Have you seen this loveliness?!  I need to get some large-holed beads!).  For the label, I used Apple Green felt.

  The interior has a little money-and-card pocket, too.  I really like the way you get a peek at the fabric pattern above the zipper.  I didn't get a good picture of the top of the closed wristlet, but you can kind of see what I mean in these pictures.  (Bethany commented on the fabric peek-a-boo effect on this wristlet.)

This is my second fancy fabric tab zipper pull.  It's hard to see the detail because of the fabric's print, but I used a star-shaped eyelet and a jump ring to attach it to the zipper.  I LOVE putting eyelets in things.

As you can see, my wristlets only hold the essentials: phone, keys, money, ID, and credit cards.  I think I could probably sneak a lip gloss in there too.  You know, since I didn't tell Marci I was going to send her one, I was totally tempted to keep this baby for myself.