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.