shoes and ships...

handbags

i've just spent waaay too much time on this site (via shelteriffic) playing "design your own very fashionable handbag".  very very fun. 

when i am out and about in stockholm i am always a bit confounded by the girls who carry such rendy handbags.  i know that some of these bags cost hundreds of dollars and are so coloful they surely would only complement a couple of outfits at the most. 

i just can't bring myself to do it.  practical to a fault, maybe.

but this site really wowed me and i love the concept and even the bags.  their fabric choices numer in the hundreds and i am positively drooling over at least 10 of them.

it's still left to be seen if i would actually part with a couple of hundred dollars for a cute handbag i fear i may get tired of after the novelty has worn off, but in the meantime i am loving the idea of it all.

desperate measures

can i even believe it is still sweaters and windbreaker weather on june 1???  actually... yes.  i can.  sigh.  a few years ago it snowed in june, so i suppose this is a good time to count my blessings!

since it looks like summer will never arrive - some of my trees are only juuust getting leaves - i had to take matters into my own hands.  flowers i need, and so flowers there shall be. 

some made from vellum some made with some fun new stamps i just bought at my favorite store in stockholm - ljunggrens paper in the old town. the blue one is a copycat of a card with vellum flowers i saw at target and loved - they have the best cards there!  who knew?  i came home so revved up i decided to play with vellum and embossing powder.  i wish i had noticed if there was an artist credited for the vellum cards.  now that i have the knack of working with vellum (the knack lies in what kind of glue to use so that it doesnt show through), i'll step away from the copycat and make some of my own. 

sure it's fun to make stuff, but it really ain't no substitute for the real thing where flowers are concerned.   i'm off to spend far too much money on annuals again this year.  i'm all about the instant gratification.