a taste of me...

i heart looking at greeting cards and thought i would try designing some myself...here's a taste.
top left {you mend my heart- thank you}
top right {two peas in a pod}
bottom left {you're my lobster}
bottom right {i think i love you}

just a little heaven for me

i finally did it. i made a tote bag and it was successful. the process of making this tote bag is not hard once you learn. there is one moment where you pull the outside of the bag through this tiny hole you left and flip the lining and then- {voila} it's a bag. that feeling of anticipation is a little bit of heaven for me. not sure why, but it gives me a rush.

i heart the brown leaves on my fabric from japan that is heavy duty enough for a tote bag. for the lining, i used this yellow and green floral linen-like fabric. i heart koseki fabric...it's beautiful. with the left over piece, i made a small pouch for the bag.
now i'm waiting for the zipper foot to come for my sewing machine and i'm going to begin making zipper pouches. off to making another tote bag for now...just got fabric from alexander henry. i'll post that one next.

OZOcar

so i know these days everyone (especially in NY) is about "going green." i was on my way to the airport the other day and realized that on average i am in a black towncar 3 times a week. as i was reading domino magazine i read about a perfect alternative called OZOcar. they use hybrid cars which use 70% less gas- mainly a prius or a lexus rx400. it's a brilliant idea- definitely one of those "i wish i thought of that" moments. since my company is "going green" as well...i'm definitely pitching this idea to our green 16 group tomorrow.

next time you have to go to the airport or anywhere else in the tri-state area, use OZOcar. you'll be one step closer to a cleaner, greener city. by the way, i heart the illustrations on the site especially the landing page.