Mini Giftbag Purse.

Carrie Rhoades has a great tutorial for this purse. I don't have the die for making this purse, so I came up with my own version.

I used distress inks for the inside and outside and stamps. 

I added a "shabby" pocket to the front and a button I made.

On the right side I attached an eyelet with some charms. I like to add negative strips to my work.

On the left side I added a smaller side pocket.

Here you can see the inside.

For the handles I chose twine. The rings are held by faux leather strips. I decided not to add a closure.    Renate                                              

 

Pocket Prayer Pouches.

I finally finished all the charms for my pocket prayer pouches. I'm new to working with wire, but I thought everything turned out great.

For this one I just practiced wrapping the wire in a spiral.

This is the heart I made. I like it a lot.

Here I tried to make a moon shape. The top I tied together with some twine, instead of real thin wire.

Here I just recycled some beads from a broken bracelet I had.

I have some small spools. I just wrapped it with an old map and strung some fabric thru it.       

                                       

I used strips of old  book pages to make this charm. I rolled it up on a toothpick and added about 3 layers of UTEE to seal it.

Here I just took a picture of all of them.

I also wanted to add a bible verse to each pouch. I've seen a tutorial this morning from Lilian Guerrero on how to make a faux gelli plate. That was right up my alley. So I gave it a try. It worked great.

Here are some I made with the faux gelli plate.

I totally like these mini rolodex cards because when I pulled them of the "plate" part of their paper stuck to it. But it gives it such an awesome look.

I will definitely make more prints. Thank you for the inspiration Lilian.                                                    Renate