finished!

Remember my sneeky peek from last Friday? Well now it is finished, and this is the result! This pouch/purse has a little pocket on the front when you open it, and another larger pocket on the inside. The idea for this one has been in my head for some time, I wanted to achieve a finish that had more movement and life in it. Initially the leaves and stems were only attached at the bottom, but I felt that this left it a bit fragile, so added a single stitch to each to help give them a bit of stability without compromising their movement too much. The lining, which shows partially on the front too, (the purple band at the bottom) is part of a recycled tshirt, I bet it never thought it would end its days like this! : ) And I wanted to thank High Desert Diva for the little surprise she sent me in the post, do you recognise this little envelope? The one with the number two on I admired on her blog a little while ago, and now it has travelled all the way to the UK! Thank you so much, it was very kind of you to send it to me. And I also love all the stamps on the main envelope and the bird on the postcard, I had to show you them too. Thanks very much!! : ) And, in this, my longest post ever, I am also in a treasury! One of my purses with a padded circle on the front is here! ***And I have just seen that this treasury is on the front page of etsy, right now!!!*** Holly and I are off to a farm park today as I have the day off work and it is school holidays, so I will be catching up with all your blogs later. : )