Vintage Textile Bag Show

It's time for my spring bag show at Re-Gifts in south Minneapolis.  Saturday, April 26th 10am-5pm.  This season the show features bags made from vintage textiles of all kinds: leather, vinyl, canvas, cotton, and lace.  Find these designs there and more.

The Moth and The Sweater are Friends

This custom order was pretty unique because it came with three paper grocery sacks of moth-eaten sweaters. I shrunk the wool down as an extra measure against unravelling seams, patched them into the shape of a bag, and announced: Better Luck Next Time, Moth!

The Robot Feels Angry

My newest t-shirt design is ready. I designed the angry robot for the following reasons:

1. Robots are awesome.
2. Robots are awesome.
3. Robots are rad.

Oh, and also:

4. Robots have feelings.

Find these styles in my Etsy shop or order up a custom shirt (sweetsisterosoul@hotmail.com).

Gettin' Press

Good News: Recycling is Rad has gotten a little attention lately, thanks to local writer Stephen Regenold. His article appears today in the Twin Cities' Star Tribune, and has already been shown up in a couple of other papers across the country (find the links on the left to read the article).

I'm definitely excited about the press, especially as such a small operation. And stay posted for details on my upcoming show at Re-Gifts featuring vintage textiles for spring and summer.

Everything Old is Wonderful

Aside from the normal riff-raff I make, I haven't even touched any real vintage textiles in quite a while. Which I would say was my first love, if I didn't realize that it would be too cheesy to say such a thing. Then--Yay!--I got a custom order for a handbag made from grey leather (you can find that one in an earlier post...), and not long after that, a request from a good friend for a fantastic birthday clutch that was imbued with hope. (That was the actual custom order, I promise.) I felt that raspberry vinyl was imbued with hope and a love of all things 1980. That would be the clutch in the first photo.

Anyway, all that got me started using some vintage stuff again, which is still recycling, if not quite the same level as making stuff out of tossed out plastic shopping bags. Instead, I've been recycling lengthy vintage burgundy leather trench coats and bright red old leather blazers. I'm not like a style consultant or anything, but I don't feel sorry for removing those items from circulation.

The raspberry clutch is already prancing around Washington, but you can find the other two in my Etsy shop.

Cozy Revolution

One day people will come to their senses and stop drinking their drinks out of cozy-less cans. Think of all those hands, needlessly freezing...all those bubbly drinks, sadly and unnecessarily warming to room temp. The revolution is here my friends, and these are just two of the possibilities for cozyin' up. It's time to get cozy.

Recycling is All-American

Oh Team Awesome. You.

Here's a few bags that salute the team, encourage daredevilry, and embiggen even the smallest with their noble spirit. Because Minneapolis, with the rest of America, is on the verge of spring, and we're all getting squirrely. Time to don the stripes and jump your bicycle over Snake River Canyon.

Meet the team at my Etsy shop....