New Spring / Summer Collection

Champagne Swing Top

Blush Pink Hiphugger Top

Red Hiphugger Top

Java Brown Leggings

Here are a few pieces of my Spring / Summer collection. Although I have them on Amanda the Mannequin at the moment I do plan a photo shoot in a couple of weeks.

New Handbag Design

It has been wonderful getting back to working with leather. Sure, I love making clothes! Who doesn't? But I love working with leather. Why not make leather clothes? I really don't care for working with lambskin, and that really is the most appropriate leather for clothes. I'm still working on the white leather jacket. But I have so many projects on my table, you would not believe! And of course, I must always put customer's orders first. 

I've been making a few handbags. Nothing new. I've been making them for years, but not on Etsy. So now I've added handbags to my designer line and I'm just having so much fun at it. Here's my latest design.

Britt Bag in Deep Plum

I made this one with 4 leather panels on each side. I offset the squares just a bit. I didn't want the whole thing to look too match-y. I decided to price all of my bags at $125 each. Yeah, I know I could get more, but I don't want making the bags to become a complicated messy job. They are really simple bags.

I also have a couple of new leather in my Town line. May as well show them off too while I'm at it. 

Town Bag in Absolut Silver

This one is a metallic silver leather with white stitching and silver hardware!

Town Bag in Black Bomber

This one is made with really bomber jacket leather! Direct from Italy!

I have two more leather bags to do for the new year. Back to work I go.

SharonH

Fine-Threadz Leather Town Bag in Deep Plum

Deep Plum Hobo

w/contrast stitching

Here is my newest leather bag! It's a huge hobo bag done in Deep Plum  Leather with a smooth top grain and white contrast stitching. I've added my signature braided leather strap and a raw edge gray satin lining. This is the only one I have in stock. Not sure if I'll be able to get my hands on anymore of this great leather.

Size 16 x 13 x 3.5
Strap 21 in. long
Drop from shoulder is 27 in. 




Click on the pictures to see full details.

SharonH

Fine-Threadz Leather Town Bag in Bittersweet Chocolate

Here is my newest leather bag! It's a huge hobo bag done in Bittersweet Chocolate Leather with a pebble grain and white contrast stitching. I've added my signature braided leather strap and Fine-Threadz signature sateen cotton lining in black and white. This is the only one I have in stock at the moment. Not sure if I'll be able to get my hands on anymore of this great leather.

Size 16 x 14 x 3
Strap 21 in. long
Drop from shoulder is 29 in. 

Town Bag in Bittersweet Chocolate

Town Bag with Fine-Threadz lining!

SharonH

I Simply Must Have It - OPI Shatter!!!!

One of my most favorite fashion accessories isn't, technically, an accessory! Nail polish. But I tend to like very nontraditional colors. This is someone who has three different shades of black in her collection. And when you get right down to it, no, even all blacks aren't the same.

My favorite brand of nail enamel is OPI. Only once you get your hand on some OPI... or rather get some on your hands, will you too find out that not all nail enamels are created equal. It last longer. It chips less. The colors are in the hundreds, but they can be hard to find locally. Try Ebay. Anywhooo OPI is about to introduce a black that crackles over a colored nail polish creating a leopardy print look.

 

Honestly I'm not sure who Katy Perry is (that's a lie) and I couldn't care less about whether some of the OPI line has Serena Williams' name on it (that's not a lie). I'm not interested in any of the other colors as I have plenty of colors of my own and all I really want is that black. 

I also want to mention visiting the OPI website is well worth it. It's a wonderful experience! This is where you can see all of their latest colors, sure. You'd expect that. What I like is the animated section where you can try on any of their colors. In this "Try This Color On" section you get to choose the tone of the hand, the nail length and to "virtually" try on all the colors they have to your little heart's desire without having to deal with a messy cotton ball. Really, what more could ask for? (Oh I know! Free nail polish!)

OMG! That is awesome. I just can't wait. However I heard it won't be out until the new year. Bummer. When I find it... and I will... I'll be sure to let you all know. 

SharonH

Here's one of my latest Treasuries on Etsy!

Great Photography Artist of Etsy

You don't have to be the artistic type to have an appreciation for art. Art is what it is just because it speaks to the soul. Have you ever seen a photo and just said "Wow"? Well art is like that. You can love it. You can hate it. But the fact that it issues any response is considered a good thing.

I like a lot of different types of art, but I don't really care for the classics. Like "The Mona Lisa". It's suppose to be a masterpiece, but it just doesn't do a thing for me. I actually saw it at the Louvre in Paris. It was surrounded by guards and you really couldn't get that close to it. It was much smaller than I expected. My initial response was "all the hoopla, over that!?! On the flip side, when I went to see the Arc de Triomphe (my #1 reason for going to Paris), my  mouth fell open in awe. I walked around it. and under it, as traffic would allow. It's like an overpass that traffic travels under down on Champs Elysee. It was huge! Never seen anything like it! Now that was art. To me.

 So I realize I don't have the right to say what is art in someone else eye's. Only my own. In that aspect anything could be art. That is the best thing about art. It will always depend on whether the viewer sees it as art. I'm by no means a pro at art, but I'm one who would question whether anyone has the right to call themselves an art expert. LOL! (Always bucking the system, I am!)

So without further ado (isn't that French?) here are some awesome photography artists that I have recently had the pleasure of rubbing elbows with! They are members of the TreasureMe Team on Etsy and I really love their work. For the fun of it, I'll give a one word description of each piece and we can compare notes. 

Promopocket

Sexy!

Bomobob

Tranquil!

GinaPhoto

Metro!

Photomcgee

Glacial!

Super 8

 Rain!

Eireanneilis

Beautiful!

First Light Photo

Time!

The BQE

Industrial!

Such wonderful fine art photography. I have several favorites with each of these great artist, so I have a very hard time NOT using them over and over in my treasuries. Their work has the ability to set the whole tone for my treasuries, so I feel they are lacking without them. Anyway, I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. To see more of their work, please click on the picture to visit their shops.

SharonH