Monthly Archives: October 2009

new look + blog

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Things were crazy busy this week,  I wanted to take a quick moment though to pop in here.

I have a little announcement about something I have been working on behind the scenes the last few weeks… Chara Michele Photography, my photography business, has a new look and a blog!

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I am really excited about this! I worked with an amazing graphic designer on my new logo and branding & just love it. I am also excited to be starting a blog for my business. It will include sneak peeks of sessions, and all sorts of goodies. So if you are a fan of my photography, take a look & be sure to bookmark it or add it to your feeds. I would love to hear from you too if you stop by, just leave a comment here or there (or both :) (There is already a post up there of an engagement session, so be sure to stop by for that :)

I will still be blogging here of course & even sharing some photography stuff here still, but it will stay more craft focused here and my new blog will be where I share more of my photography. I never thought I would have 2 blogs, but I think this is the perfect direction for my photography & crafting. So I hope you will share in the journey at both!

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Friday Link Love

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Just a few lovely links around blog land that I found this week…

- Loving Regina’s connected posts lately. Her posts have made me think a bit about priorities & what is really important to me. Also, what makes me feel connected to life & what I want to feel more connected to in life.

- Recently stumbled back across Equinox & this time I added it to my google reader. I love the idea of a photo project like this! Such a great way to connect with a friend across the world.

- This post by Molly really resonates with me. I feel like she wrote it for me (well and maybe for herself:). Normal is good.

- Okay a little more light hearted, but such a great tip! I can always use some decorating advice. Although I have to admit that I am feeling very unmotivated to do much decorating in our current place, but I can always save it for later.

- A new to me blog, Life in the Fun Lane. Apparently even though I have no motivation for decorating our current home, I do have motivation to look at decorating magazines & blogs :)

What fun blogs & links have you stumbled across this week?

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Autumn Bag

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Finally I fit some sewing time in. Well more accurately I fit some sewing in when I really should have been working on some other stuff. It was totally worth it though :)
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I really wanted a new bag for fall. It seems like autumn hit pretty quickly this year & with the cool weather I just had to have a new bag. (I needed something to brighten my mood since fall around here means lots of rain & no sun.) The fabric I used for this new bag just screamed fall to me so I sat down as soon as I could to make this purse.
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I had a general idea of what I wanted in a new bag, but I honestly just jumped in & started cutting with hardly any planning. It really was a case of hoping it would turn out the way I was wanting it to. Which it did! There are a few things I would tweak but it is pretty much what I had imagined. (The inside of the bag could probably use a pocket or two & the straps are a bit long – even with the hardware adjusted to its shortest length.)

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There is a front pocket with a magnetic clasp & the main part of the bag has a concealed zipper (definitely the hardest part of the whole thing – I think there are a few tutorials out there, but I didn’t use any – like the rest of the bag I just winged it & hoped for the best). I love having a somewhat open front pocket for sticking anything I need to find but don’t want to dig around the bottom of a bag for & a zippered main compartment for things that need to be a bit more secure.

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The best part of the whole process is that everything was pretty much out of my stash. I took the strap hardware off an old store bought bag & repurposed it. The zipper was one I bought with a bunch of others from a garage sale so the color is more contrasting than matchy-matchy. The fabrics were ones that I picked up with no real purpose, but just begged for me to make a bag. As much as I sometimes want to use my stash up (to buy more really), it is lovely to be able to sit down & start a project without ever having to leave the house for random bits & thread…

I would love to make another one of these bags, but have no idea where to find the strap hardware (and I don’t have any more old bags sitting around waiting to be cut up)… Any suggestions? The rings are actually rectangles (no curves like on a d-ring) & the other bit allows the strap to be adjustable.

Also, thanks for the lovely comments on my last post :) Since reminding myself why I am blogging, I have actually felt more inspired to blog again & less pressure to have it always be perfect :)

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