My mother was here visiting me from the States last fall. I gave her a bunch of bags to take home with her, as she had offered to try to sell some of them in her region of the world. A few months ago she sent me this photo of a happy-looking customer holding her newly-purchased leather wristlet! I had made several of these (scroll to second photo) a couple of years ago from upcycled suede leather clothing. It was fun to see this lady holding hers!

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a friend, Ann, whose sister, Becky, had bought a bag for herself (and had taken it to Costa Rica) and one for their sister, Carol, as a Christmas gift last year. Carol sent Ann some photos of her bag with her in Mexico, and Ann forwarded the photos to me. Of course I just HAD to obtain permission to use the photos to show you a happy gift-receiver (permission was granted, yay!)! Below is Carol, boarding a boat in sunny Cozumel, Mexico, wearing her sunny yellow bag made by me!! Doesn’t it look great against her blue shirt?!?!?