Your Clutch handbag collection in Reds and Greys
Who wouldn’t want this collection of beautiful clutches? Well, to get it, you’d have to shop at all five stores from these great women! Click on the photos to go directly to their shops.
This first clutch is made by Malaika over at HMDDesigns. Just like Jenn, Malaika has a new opportunity that is a blessing for her and her family. After home-schooling her kids for 8 years, Malaika has found a new career that gives her and her family much-needed healthcare benefits! I am very excited for Malaika in her new job, but I will miss her designs. In addition to making clutches, Malaika’s shop also has these brilliant mustache wallets. Just in time for Movember!
Red wool plaid clutch handbag. Perfect for the season!
This second clutch is handmade by Nancy at NancyEllenStudios. Nancy and her sewing machine can crank out some amazing and varied arts and crafts. Check out her other clutches and bags, but also browse for the snowman soft cuddly toy! Really good work!
Red and white chevron clutch. Love the embellishment!
Another well done handmade clutch is the gray chevron clutch made by Sarah at BobLovesEleanor. Sarah has lots of other cluches, bags, and totes. Check out her bright Spring Street reversible Bin Bucket!
Gray chevron clutch in the most popular size – 8 inches.
How cute is this Eiffel tower clutch in white and dark shades of gray? I love its roominess. Made by Stacey at BagsByStacey, there are also many other clutches, bags, and wristlets for your Christmas list.
Gray and white Eiffel Tower wallet clutch.
Speaking of Eiffel Tower, a place that my daughter has wanted to go since she was three years old, here’s another clutch featuring it. For you Francophiles, this is a perfect holiday gift! It’s made by Mona at Mona’s Box & Bags. She also has some chevron makeup clutches and lots of other bags at her shop. Mona will have a sale from Nov. 23 – 30th for 20% OFF. Use the code BLACKFRIDAY2012 at her shop.
The French Vacation clutch featuring the Eiffel Tower. No need to spend a bundle when you can have this!
I will be curating and promoting some more clutches, shops and the amazing women who make these by hand. No robots are used in the production of them ;). I hope you will peruse these shops and find that perfect gift for some lucky person on our list!
Clutch purses with vintage rhinestones
Get your clutch handbag in time for the Christmas holidays! This is in a series of features on handmade clutches that I will be posting to bring some amazing clutches and talent to your attention. I know you will find some great gifts for those on your list and you might be tempted to pick one up for yourself. Please feel free to share this and give a gentle hint to your beloved! 🙂
If you want to see a fabulous selection of opulent design, I am thrilled to feature Jenn and Michelle’s shop at J&Em. There must be something in the water, because Jenn, like Erin, also resides in North Carolina! Twins Jennifer and Michelle are a great team who share a similar creative aesthetic. I am so proud to announce that Jennifer was just recently accepted to the Ultrasound Program and will be devoting herself to that field for the next couple of years. What a great opportunity! To help you in making your purchase decision better, Jenn will generously offer 30% OFF plus FREE SHIPPING! This offer is good for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. So stop by her shop and get yours before it’s gone! And please offer her a congrats in her new opportunity!
I most love their well-crafted handmade clutches with this design: the raw edge silk ruffle flower with a vintage rhinestone in the center.
I love the brilliant orange silk lining of this well-constructed winter clutch.
A beautiful splash of color in the midst of the season!
Vintage Kimono Clutches
Looking for a holiday gift for someone special on your list? Whether it’s for your mom, sister, grandma, best girlfriend, aunt, or babysitter, a handmade clutch handbag is a treasured, useful and thoughtful gift. As part of my holidays promotions, I will be highlighting original clutches handmade by amazing women.
One woman in particular was just mentioned in my previous blog. Erin is a mom of 2 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Erin is the originator of using vintage kimono fabric to make her clutches. Her eye for fabric and fabric placement is quite keen. Her clutches are truly treasured gifts and she sells at local arts and crafts shows as well as online through her shop on Etsy. My relationship with Erin goes back about 3 years and I am endlessly impressed at how giving she is to her fellow clutch makers from encouraging to supporting others with her experience.
This handmade clutch is made with original vintage kimono fabric. This clutch is a beautiful rendition of the peacock clutches that we’ve seen. It goes well for the holidays with a LBD (little black dress) or for a spring wedding.
Erin only uses vintage kimono clutches. She has them imported from Japan! These are the real deal.
Love the bold color!
How stunning is this coin purse? Beautiful chrysanthemum!
If you are looking for a clutch, Erin has a huge selection with many price points. Please check Erin’s shop out!
20% OFF total purchase – It’s on!
Thank you everyone, for your congratulations. This is a gentle reminder that our sale has just begun for our once-a-year biggest sale as a thank you to our customers. The sale ends on Nov. 11 , 2012 at midnight EST so please plan your purchases well. Get your needs now during this sale to make your clutches for Christmas(!) offerings. OMG, I heard Christmas music one week after Halloween at a DVD shop in Ho Chi Minh City! Many Western traditions and culture have permeated the far reaches of the Earth. I just can’t believe they had Christmas music before Thanksgiving already – in Viet Nam, no less!
http://purseframesoutlet.etsy.com
http://whilebabynaps.com **Thy will refund 20% OFF total purchase + any excess shipping at time of shipping at my online shop.**
Our other sister is in town to help Thy out with the orders and so far, all orders have gone out within 24 hours! Thank you for all the emails and notes that you’ve written in Note to Seller. I think I’ve replied and thanked each one who wrote personally, but I didn’t want to go without saying thanks, again, here as well. If I missed you, things are a little cray-cray around here — in a WONDERFUL and BLESSED way — but we are doing everything to get all orders out timely so you can get to the business of sewing and making!
Y is here helping with your orders …
Not helping with your orders? These 2! But they sure look cute! 🙂
11/11/12 – 3 year Anniversary Sale
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been on Etsy for 3 years (and that I’ve been in business since 2001!). It’s really amazing that I still have many of the same customers that I’ve had since I opened on Etsy in 2009! You have included me by sharing about marriages, birthdays, loss of jobs, new opportunities, illnesses, deaths of loved ones, and new babies. You share with me your joys and sorrows as much as I share! Let’s have some cake!
Can you believe that this is a cake? They don’t make them like this anymore …
I cannot have an anniversary to celebrate if I didn’t have customers … so as a thank you for your business, support, encouragement and loyalty, I am offering my annual sale of 20% OFF ALL items in the store. 20% OFF your total purchase. This includes frames, kits, PDFs, and Gutermann glue.
How perfect are these cake pops??? Lots of other cake pops at the blog. Click on the picture for more.
Here are the Legal terms:
*Sale valid from November 8, 2012 – November 11, 2012 midnight EST.
*No extensions of this yearly sale will be made for payments/orders received after the closing deadline of November 11, 2012 midnight EST. Get your orders in!
*Good until inventory runs out! First in, first out. If I run out prior to the end of the sale, you will be contacted and you can keep your order with the rain-check (see below) until a new production is done, or you can cancel the order. Your anniversary sale discount will be honored at the SALE price at which you bought it regardless of price fluctuations in the raw metal prices.
*This sale is not retroactive on any previous sales or for any pending orders.
*You must enter code “3rdsale” at check out during November 8, 2012 – November 11, 2012 midnight EST and you will get 20% OFF your total purchase immediately.
*Due to the anticipated high number of orders in, please allow for up to 5 business days for your items to be packaged and shipped. We normally ship 99% of items within 24 hours, but due to historical high demand during the sale, please allow us time to do final inspections, package, and ship your order. If for some reason that it takes longer than that, we will let you know, but this window will give us time. All orders will have the 30-days money back, full refund (minus shipping both ways) for any reason extended from the date of shipment of your order.
*For Custom Listings, just contact me at the shop and a custom listing will be done for you with 20% OFF and the correct shipping applied. Please know that we only charge the true and correct shipping for all orders at all times of the year.
Two ways to contact on the Shop home page.
*If you don’t see a quantity or size listed, it means someone has just ordered it and it has not yet been re-listed. You can wait until it gets re-listed, order it at my webstore or contact us through the shop home page or through any item and Thy can make custom listing for you.
Contact button available on every item’s listing.
*Sale applicable to frames out of stock but under production as rain-check items (see below).
Raincheck items:
*I just started another new production of frames in various sizes and finishes. The list is quite big, but if the frames that you want are not in stock but is currently in production, we will extend the 20% sale price if you pay in full by the deadline of November 11, 2012 midnight EST.
*Rain checks will be shipped when your entire order comes in unless you contact us otherwise. (Items can be shipped as they come in but you will charged shipping each time.)
*Due to the back-n-forth nature of conversations (emails through my Etsy shop), contacts requesting custom listings must be sent in before the sale deadline of November 11, 2012 midnight EST. If we have your contact with a request for a custom listing with items needed and quantity in before that deadline, you qualify for the 20% OFF total purchase. ALL payments for custom listings must be paid within 48 hours of the Custom Listing going up on Etsy.
Made in New Jersey!!! 🙂
We thank you, again, for your loyalty and support. Work is never “work” when you are getting this much joy from servicing and interacting with your customers. 🙂
~Winn (and Thy)
Starbucks follows Small Biz Owners with Square
Another huge company is following where small business owners have gone by offering Square at their locations! Starbucks is the biggest company yet to offer mobile payments. As you may recall, JcPenney‘s has just joined previously.
Read the entire article here:
Fall Arts and Crafts Fairs are right around the corner. This would be a great opportunity for you to have this as an option for your customers to pay via their preferred credit card without any upfront fee since it’s free. That’s a big help for crafters, hobbyists, and small business owners. To read more facts – such as how the average transaction is higher when using mobile devices, read my blog post here.
Have you tried it? Have you found it helpful?
Clutches in Asia
As promised, below are some snaps of clutches from my travels. The best of the lot is from the shopping mecca of Kuala Lumpur. There was one store devoted entirely to clutches. It was in every conceivable color and style, though leaning toward the evening and special occasion clutches. I managed to snap two pics before being admonished. Almost all stores have a “No Pictures” policy. I don’t know why exactly because I adore their merchandise!
I must apologize for the poor quality of some of these pics. As you might recall, my trusty old camera broke and I was using one of my much older back-ups. It didn’t do well in florescent lighting and I could not get it to stay in focus unless I was absolutely still. Guess a good camera is on my Christmas list! Enjoy and I hope these clutches provide some inspiration!
I LOVED these wallet and coin clutches. The stripes and clear sequins were really cute!
This clutch is a cake! How lovely are these cupcakes? My 6 year old daughter would be thrilled to have these for her birthday party!
Leatherette clutches with embroidered musical motif at a mall kiosk.
Cute hand-embroidered coin clutches at an airport kiosk.
Hand-painted clutches of girls in hanboks at a Seoul, South Korea handbag shop. These were pricey but gorgeous!
Orange is a HOT color in Asia. I’m seeing everywhere, from Tod’s handbags, to Nine West shoulder bags, to this impressive boutique.
A clutch and handbag shop in KL, Malaysia.
I snuck another shot in before getting admonished for taking photos!
Clutches and shoes.
If you have any pics of clutches from your travels, contact me at my online shop or Etsy shop. Would love to see them and I can post them!
Clutch PDF tutorial updated – FREE download
Hi all-
I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. I missed out on fireworks so hopefully you got to enjoy some!
As per my previous post, I just did a minor update to the clutch tutorial. Please go to this post and enter your password that you received when you bought the tutorial to access it for free. This time, I’ve added a thumbnail of the 2 pages with updates allowing you to just print those 2 pages and insert them into your hard copy booklets. I’ve increased the measurements in order to make the clutches fuller. Of course, you’ve always been able to do this, but I’ve made a permanent change to the dimensions to the 6×3 TeaTime(TM) Clutch, the 8×3 Classic Day(TM) Clutch, and the 10×3 Cross and Carry(TM) Clutch.
Click here to get to the post and get your update.
Once there, you can either download either the updated page OR download the entire tutorial. You’ll know you have the latest version with this cover picture:
Cover with the most updated version.
If you’ve bought the PDF in the last 2 weeks, you will have already gotten the latest update.
Have an enjoyable weekend! I’m heading to Kuala Lumpur (again) for several days for some girl time with my bestie. Be back with some pictures!
Winn
Clutches everywhere … ?
Maybe it’s selective perception but I seem to be seeing clutches everywhere. Granted, I am a bit obsessed with clutches. My trusty camera finally died *wah wah* so I just started taking pics with my other not-so-new camera. However, batteries are dead, wouldn’t you know it, so….. I will post pics of the clutches in a future post! Promise!
But check this out ladies. I was just reading an article about how Gwenyth Paltrow is coming out with a Goop collection.
T-shirt for $90. Not in my budget … 😦
It was interesting because I’m always reading many many many things, never knowing where it’ll lead me. On this occasion, it led me to her website goop.com, and I noticed that they recently updated the site. Guess what they have for the shopping or “get” tab? A clutch as the icon!
How awesome is that? It kinda looks like a clutch made using my 4.5×3 inch nickel-free frame, doesn’t it? 🙂
My clutch tutorial was also recently reviewed and featured in another blog. This time it was Jen over at BettyCrockerAss. With that name, you know I’d like her anyway! 🙂 You should check her out. She is a quilter extraordinaire!
You can check out her review of my tutorial. Jen brought up an excellent point: the corners were too pointy making the clutch more of an “A” shape. As you know on pg. 13 of the tutorial, you can make the clutch fuller by cutting more off the ends. You can square it off more to change the silhouette. However, Jen did an ingenious alteration with the use of buttons. I’ve since updated the tutorial with new measurements to make the clutch fuller and the update is up. Go to this post and enter the same password that you received when you bought the PDF in order to get the update. You have 2 options for getting the update this time: just page 13 where the changes were made OR the entire updated tutorial.
Jen reviewed by purse frame clutch tutorial as part of Sara’s Purse Palooza 2012 at Sew Sweetness. I was really honored that Jen reviewed my tutorial and added to it, and that Sara started this whole thing. You should go and check out all the great reviews and free tutorials at Sara’s blog.
I will be back late this week with another quick post about the updated tutorial. But in the meantime, for you early readers, you can grab your update now!
Clutches from HCMC, Viet Nam
Hi everyone! It’s been a month since I’ve blogged, but as you all know too well, life happens. 🙂
It’s been a very, very busy time of the year for me and the family. Two of my kids had their birthdays and that means me making egg-free cakes since my oldest son has an egg allergy. I love many things about Ho Chi Minh City, my temporary home for another 2 years, but the one thing I detest is the shopping. 😦 It’s terribly inconvenient. Just finding vanilla extract took trips to three different stores, and after giving up, my dear friend Dutch friend Zita had some to spare for me! Thank goodness for friends and neighbors in this expat community. Target and Costco would make a killing in this town. 🙂
Hayley turned 6! She wanted a princess castle cake.
I found tips from amazing bloggers on the Internet to make this cake. I could not find any grocery stores that sold ice cream cones here! My husband flagged down a street vendor who was selling ice cream and bought them off of him. I made fondant out of strawberry flavored marshmallows. The best thing? My son could enjoy this cake along with all the kids without fear of an allergic reaction.
Ethan (second from left) turned 10! He had a party at the house and invited 4 of his friends over for a swim party.
He finally outgrew the “theme” cake. Since one of his friends has an allergy to food coloring(?), his egg-free cake was plain with sprinkles to make the number. Simple!
I have also continued to do my weekly visits to my Grandma, who does relatively well for her old age. I am very thankful for the visits and the many talks that I have with her. Nothing brings me more joy than to see her smile, like she is in the pic below. Her eyes absolutely light up when my kids are around. Sometimes I go by myself, and sometimes I’ll bring one or two of the kids with me. The bumpy trip in traffic has made my middle child prone to carsickness. Noah hurled coming home from one trip and when Hayley looked over, she vomited as well. Lucky for Ethan’s quick reaction, he bolted up and managed to avoid the calamity. And he was seated in between them!
Ethan taking a nap at his Great Gram’s. 🙂
My Grandma’s health is off-and-on but not as precarious as she was last October. She has a keen mind and still runs the show. We try to make her comfortable and happy. She only asks for visits and a little money to donate to the local temple. She gives me fruit (mango, pomelo, guava) every time I come and visit. She also tells me to stay out of the sun, which is quite impossible with three active kids. Not to worry, I use SPF 50 on them and myself every day.
I had time to go to a trade show where local artisans showcased their talent. I was most impressed by the emerging rice art displayed there. Below are artwork made by a local firm that employed disabled people. The director was a young lady who just recently graduated from university and started her own company! Her employees use rice that has been roasted to different shades to meticulously create the designs. The rice is adhered by a proprietary eco-friendly glue. It was really striking artwork. I was really impressed with this young visionary who found her passion while at the same create jobs for those who often have a next-to-impossible task of finding suitable employment.
The Mac Daddy – Steve Jobs.
Rice grains close up.
The eternal beauty of Marilyn Monroe.
An aficionado’s item.
Whatever little time I had left, I had to do more errands. On a trip to get my daughter a toy cell phone for her birthday, I saw some cute clutches sold in local accessories shops in downtown Ho Chi Minh City. They do not allow photography but I had to break the rule and whip out my point-and-click and snapped some candid shots!
Coin clutches at a local HCMC shop. The owl is too cute!
Fancier evening clutches at another shop.
The Union Jack one was awesome! Would have been great for the Diamond Jubilee. The pleated navy one was very well made.
Completely adorable! The owl here was a knitted design. Genius!
School is out so I will be busy with the kids every day. My youngest sister is also here visiting for 7 weeks so it’s full at our house. I can only work once the kids are in bed at 8pm. Most of you with young kids may be experiencing the same thing that I am: how to keep the kids busy and how to limit their time on electronics! We have a couple of trips planned: South Korea for 5 days and the US (NJ, IL, IN, and WI) for 2 weeks. I think the travel and jet lag will really age me and test my patience, but traveling is a nice problem to have!
Until next time, I will update the tutorial in some key measurements. You already know how to adjust the measurements and how to make your own pattern from my bonus tutorial, but I will make a permanent change since I like the fuller look of clutches. As always, I will let you all know about it here first. So if you haven’t already done so, subscribe to get the email update when that happens. The update will be free for all of you who bought the clutch tutorial. For your convenience, it’s the same password as was sent to you when you bought the tutorial.
Lastly, I’ve had 5 versions of a clutch for the 12×3.5 frame but I haven’t found a way to make it easy to make, so it might entail a new tutorial for that size bag, altogether. I will give it one more attempt before doing a whole new and different tutorial for that size alone. I have been working on different patterns and sewing steps to simplify it while making the template printable from your desktop printer without any scaling. Just print and go like the other tutorials. I’m not quite there yet.
Until next time, I hope you all are having an enjoyable summer. Remember to wear sunscreen! 🙂 ~Winn
About
I am the #1 US seller of purse frames and I’ve been incorporated since 2001. This blog is mainly aimed at my audience of clutch handbag makers. I have a very small niche that is comprised of 99.9% women. I am loyal and promote handbag makers who are loyal to me by using my fine purse frames. When they are successful, then I am successful.
The two businesses that I own are:
*purse supplies, Gutermann glue, and DIY clutch kits at whilebabynaps.etsy.com, whilebabynaps.com
*up-cycled purse supplies PurseFramesOutlet.etsy.com
To find clutches made using my fine metal purse frames, LOOK to see “Trademarks of WhileBabyNaps.com and H&D LLC” and you’ll know the clutches are made using the finest metal purse frames that are tested for lead and that have a protective coating to lengthen the life of the clutch. You can go to any of the sellers on the Sellers page.
****NOTE: If you want someone to make a clutch for you, please contact any of my sellers and inquire. They will gladly make custom orders!****
Interested in reaching my audience? Advertise. Contact me here.
Thank you for stopping by for a look.
Warmly,
Thy Khuong
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