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Yesterday my friend Toast'n'Candy gave me a treat in the cutest little shopping bag. Today I decided that I wanted to make myself some cute little shopping bags, so I pulled it apart (it had gotten spotted from the tasty treats inside), traced its shape and fold lines onto a template, and then used that (and a scoring tool) to make a few out of newspaper:

I used a starry hole punch and sisal twine for the handles to match the rustic look of the newspaper. They need a little rectangle of matte board or cardboard to strengthen the bottom, I think.

Do I have anything to put in them? At the moment, no, but I do think they are rather cute and I'm sure I will use them for something eventually. They'd also be fun made out of wrapping paper or bigger brown paper bags, or waxed paper for cookies perhaps. I wish I knew how to make a PDF and host it somewhere, because I'd be glad to share a template with any of you who might like to make your own. I could probably draw a picture with dimensions and e-mail it if anyone does. Comment with your addy if so!

My friend Camilla and I went on a pilgrimage to Satin Moon Fabrics, where I'd never been (I'd tried before, but always on a Monday, when they are closed). It is a tiny shop crammed with loads of lovely fabric. I stood worshipfully in front of their selection of cotton lawn from Liberty, but didn't even ask the price (but omg they had wonderful things I'd never even seen before-- one perfect fall cotton with acorns on it! ah! and another pinky one with tiny little frilly dresses!). But I think I need to stock up the etsy shop and sell some stuff before embarking on more projects!

Any suggestions about stuff that should go in the shop? I'm thinking more simple tote bags in fun fabric, and perhaps some mid-size messenger bags like the Cassandra that I've been carrying around myself. But I'd love advice from the fashionistas reading my blog (you girls know who you are!).

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